Research Workshop at RoboSoft 2023 Singapore
Bi- & Multi-Stability in Soft Robots
April 3, 2023
Marina Bay, Singapore
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
Tian Chen
University of Houston, Texas
Johannes T.B. Overvelde
AMOLF, Netherlands
Tommaso Ranzani
Boston University, Massachusetts
Gianluca Rizzello
Saarland University, Germany
Mingchao Liu
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Andres F. Arrieta
Purdue University, Indiana
Takuya Umedachi
Shinshu University, Japan
Benjamin Gorissen
KU Leuven, Belgium
Martin Kaltenbrunner
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Matteo Cianchetti
Sant’Anna, Italy
Kyu-Jin Cho
Seoul National University, South Korea
Organizers
Amir Gat
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Robert Shepherd
Cornell University, New York
Ezra Ben Abu
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
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
Preliminary Program
The program is subject to change, and will be updated continuously up to the conference.
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.
