Program
Monday, November 19, 2018, Vorhoelzer Forum, City Campus Munich
| 09:15 | Registration |
| 09:30 | Welcome and opening remarks: Mr. Tetsuya Kimura, Consul General Japan in Munich Prof. Ernst Rank, Director of TUM-IAS |
| Session 1 | |
| 09:45 | Takao Someya, University of Tokyo/Japan: "Smart skins connecting cyberspace and human" |
| 10:15 | Gordon Cheng, Technical University of Munich/Germany: “End-to-end smart robot skin” |
| 10:45 | Michael Friebe, Otto-von-Guericke University/Germany: “Proximal Audio Sensor Integration for Acoustic Palpation during Robotic Surgery and Human Monitoring Applications including situational Awareness and Navigation" |
| 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Ali Javey, University of California/USA: “Wearable Sweat Sensors” |
| 12:00 | Nitish V. Thakor, Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SiNAPSE), National University of Singapore/Singapore: “E-dermis: Multi-layer, multi-receptor tactile array with neuromorphic algorithms detects texture, shape and provides a range of sensory perceptions” |
| 12:20-13:45 | Lunch break with poster presentation |
| Session 2 | |
| 13:45 | John Rogers, Northwestern University and Simpson/Querrey Institute/USA: “Soft Electronic and Microfluidic Systems for the Skin” |
| 14:15 | Benjamin C.K. Tee, National University of Singapore/Singapore: “Human-Inspired Artificial Somatosensory Systems” |
| 14:45 | Nikolaus Correll, University of Colorado/USA: “Towards materials that make robots smart: gesture recognition in tactile sensing skins” |
| 15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 | Roland Johansson, Umeå University/Sweden: ”Fast and accurate geometric tactile processing during object manipulation” |
| 16:15-16:45 | Discussion and wrap-up |
| 17:00 | Lab tour Chair for Cognitive Systems |
Tuesday, November 20, 2018, TUM-IAS Faculty Club (4th floor), Garching
| 09:45 | Welcome |
| Session 3 | |
| 10:00 | Ajay K. Pandey, Queensland University of Technology/ Australia: “Multi-functional Organic Optoelectronic Arrays as Smart Skin for Robotics” |
| 10:30 | John D.W. Madden, University of British Columbia/Canada: ”Proximity, touch, pressure and shear from an elastomeric skin” |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 | Ravinder Dahiya, University of Glasgow/UK: “Large Area Flexible Electronic Skin for Robotics” |
| 12:00 | Barbara Mazzolai, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia /Italy: “Perception in plants: a new model for smart tissues in growing robots” |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 | Indranil Ronnie Bose, Fraunhofer EMFT: "Flexible Hybrid Integration (FHE) as an enabler for Robotic e-Skin“ |
| 14:00-14:30 | Discussion and wrap up |