Research Workshop at ICRA 2025 Atlanta, USA
Multi-Stable and Origami-based Soft Robots
May 19, 2025
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, USA
Bi- and multi-stable structures, including origami structures, allow to rapidly release stored strain energy as they transition between various equilibrium shapes. These snap-through transitions between stable configurations enable the generation of rapid and amplified deformations. The application of bi- and multi-stability to soft actuators and robots has attracted significant research interest. Previous and current work demonstrated numerous innovative applications of bi- and multi-stability. These include single-input control mechanisms, high-speed actuations for jumping robots, significant shape reconfigurations, adaptive sensing, mechanical logic computations, and more.
This workshop aims to showcase recent developments and foster connections among researchers exploring multistability in the field of soft robotics.
Invited Speakers
Cynthia Sung
University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
Ruike Renee Zhao
Stanford University, Stanford
Miha Brojan
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Hanqing Jiang
Westlake University, China
Evgueni Filipov
University of Michigan, Michigan
Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Lihua Jin
UCLA, California
Katia Bertoldi
Harvard, Massachusetts
Suyi Li
Virginia Tech, Virginia
Kyu-Jin Cho
Seoul National University, South Korea
Perla Maiolino
University of Oxford, England
Tian Chen
University of Houston, Texas
Organizers
Amir Gat
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Robert Shepherd
Cornell University, New York
Ezra Ben-Abu
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Zeynep Temel
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
Hod Lipson
Columbia University, New York
May 19th - Monday
09:00-09:10 Workshop Introduction
09:10-09:30 Katia Bertoldi - Multistability for Mechanical Intelligence
09:30-09:50 Kyu-Jin Cho - 3D Printed Soft Origami for Deployable Soft Robots
09:50-10:10 Hod Lipson - Fast Untethered Soft Robotic Crawler with Elastic Instability
10:10-10:20 10 spot-light talks of 1 minute each
10:20-11:00 Coffee Break & First poster session and demos
11:00-11:20 Amir Gat - Flow-Controlled Shape-Morphing Structures with Multiple Stable End-States
11:20-11:40 Zeynep Temel - TBD
11:40-12:00 Robert Shepherd - Bang Bang – Millisecond Sense and Respond Loop Using Explosive Actuation of Bistable Structures
12:00-12:30 Lunch Break
12:30-12:50 Lihua Jin - Non-Equilibrium Soft Robotic Matter
12:50-13:10 Ezra Ben Abu - Directed Instability as a Mechanism for Fabricating Multistable Twisting Micro-Structure
13:10-13:30 Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin - TBD
13:40-14:20 Coffee Break & Second poster session and demos
13:30-13:40 10 spot-light talks of 1 minute each
14:20-14:40 Ruike Renee Zhao - Bioinspired Origami Millirobots
14:40-15:00 Cynthia Sung - Algorithmic Design of Origami Robots
15:00-15:20 Evgueni Filipov - Origami for Dexterity in Miniature Manipulation and Testing
15:20-15:40 Coffee Break & Group discussion circles
15:40-16:00 Suyi Li - Golden Ratio Yoshimura – How a Minor Tweak to the Decade-Old Origami Design could Create Massive Multi-Stability
16:00-16:20 Hanqing Jiang - Mechanics and Devices of Origami-based Haptics
16:20-16:40 Perla Maiolino - Exploring Kinematic Bifurcations and Hinge Compliance for In‐Hand Manipulation
16:40-17:00 Coffee Break & Group discussion circles
17:00-17:20 Miha Brojan - Multistable Origami Inspired Concept for Propulsion of Soft Robots Through Fluid Media
17:20-17:40 Tian Chen - Mechanical Multi-Stability Towards Robotic Intelligence
17:40-18:00 Workshop conclusions & Winners announcement
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 Georgia World Congress Center, located in Atlanta, USA. Stay tuned for more detailed information on the exact location within the venue, which will be communicated at a later time.
