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 Research Workshop at RoboSoft 2023 Singapore
Bi- & Multi-Stability in Soft Robots

April  3, 2023

Marina Bay, Singapore

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Bi- and multi-stable elastic structures rapidly release stored strain energy during transitioning between different equilibria shapes. These snap-throughs transitions between stable configurations allow to generate rapid and amplified deformations in elastic structures. Recently, the application of bi- and multi-stability to soft actuators and robots has attracted a growing amount of research interest. A wide range of innovative uses of bi- and multi-stability have been demonstrated.

These include single-input control mechanisms, high-speed actuations for jumping robots, major shape reconfigurations, adaptive sensing and mechanical logic computations. This workshop aims to present recent developments and to connect between researchers working on leveraging multistability in the field of soft-robotics. 

Invited Speakers

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Tian Chen

University of Houston, Texas

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Johannes T.B. Overvelde

AMOLF, Netherlands

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Tommaso Ranzani

Boston University, Massachusetts

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Gianluca Rizzello

Saarland University, Germany

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Mingchao Liu

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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Andres F. Arrieta

Purdue University, Indiana

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Takuya Umedachi

Shinshu University, Japan

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Benjamin Gorissen

KU Leuven, Belgium

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Martin Kaltenbrunner

Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

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Matteo Cianchetti

Sant’Anna, Italy

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Kyu-Jin Cho

Seoul National University, South Korea

Organizers

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Amir Gat

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

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Robert Shepherd

Cornell University, New York

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Ezra Ben Abu

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

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Yoav Matia

Cornell University, New York

April 3rd - Monday 

 08:00-08:25  Registration & Gathering & Coffee

 08:25-08:30  Opening Remarks

 08:30-08:45  Martin Kaltenbrunner - Exploiting snap through instabilities in soft robotic matter: From fast actuation to elastocaloric cooling

 08:45-09:00  Kyu-Jin Cho - Bioinspired robots using bistability for fast movement and posture retention

 09:00-09:15   Johannes T.B. Overvelde - Harnessing instabilities to embody intelligence in soft robots

 09:15-09:30   Coffee Break

 09:30-09:45  Amir Gat - Flow-controlled shape-morphing structures with multiple stable end-states

 09:45-10:00  Gianluca Rizzello - A bi-stable soft robotic module actuated by dielectric elastomer artificial muscles: design, characterization, modeling, and control

 10:00-10:15  Robert Shepherd - TBD

 10:15-10:30  Coffee Break

 10:30-10:45  Matteo Cianchetti - Improving fluid ejection efficiency through torsional instability

 10:45-11:00  Ezra Ben Abu - Growing soft robot based on viscous actuation of constrained multistable elements

 11:00-11:15  Andres F. Arrieta - Underactuated control in soft robotics from hierarchical multistability

 11:15-11:30  Coffee Break

 11:30-11:45  Tommaso Ranzani - Controlling motion of fluidic soft robots via magnetic fields

 11:45-12:00  Mingchao Liu - Harnessing Snap-through for Power-amplification in Jumping

 12:00-12:15  Benjamin Gorissen - Metafluids, embedding nonlinearities in the fluid

 12:15-12:30  Takuya Umedachi - Caterpillar-inspired locomotion that Utilizes Bi-stability of Soft-bodied Robot

Program

Preliminary Program

The program is subject to change, and will be updated continuously up to the conference.

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Location

Location

 

The upcoming conference will be held at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre, located in Singapore. Stay tuned for more detailed information on the exact location within the venue, which will be communicated at a later time.

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