The Schedule
Time
Event
13.20 - 13.30
Welcome
13.30-14.50
Keynote Panel I: Aerial Robotic Systems and Applications
13.30 - 13.50: Mirko Kovac (Physical Artificial Intelligence in Aerial Robots)
13.50 - 14.10: Stefano Mintchev (Collision-tolerant drones for exploring natural and man-made environments)
14:10 - 14:30: Salua Hamaza (Aerial Soft Manipulation)
14.30 – 14.50: Van Anh Ho (Tombo Propeller: Bio-Inspired Deformable Structure toward Collision-Accommodated Control for Drones)
15.00-15.20
Coffee Break
15.20-16.20
Robot Demo Competitions (5 min presentation, 5 min questions each) (20 minutes Open Concept Discussion)
(15.20-15.30) Flying-Fox-Inspired Perching of Flapping Drone by A Hook on Pendulum
Shih-Chun Lin, Laboratory of Bio-inspired Soft Robotics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
(15.30-15.40) Towards Soft Aerial Robots for Dynamic Inspection and Manipulation
Rianna Jitosho, The Movement Lab and Charm Lab, Stanford
(15.40-15.50) Bio-inspired deformable propeller concept for smooth human-UAV interaction and efficient thrust generation
Fernando Ruiz, GRVC Aerial Robotics Lab, University of Seville
(15.50-16.00) Aerial Manipulation via Modular Quadrotors with Passively Foldable Airframes
Huaiyuan Jia and Songnam Bai, Robotics and Intelligent Systems, City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
16.20-17.40
Keynote Panel II: Bio-inspired Flight, Manipulation, Adhesion
16.20 - 16.40: Robert Katzschmann (Future aerial robots powered by muscles)
16.40 - 17.00: Gih Keong Lau (Safe aerobatics by ornithopters: recent advance and applications)
17.00 - 17.20: Li Wen (Aerial-aquatic robots capable of crossing the air-water boundary and hitchhiking on surfaces)
17.20 - 17.40: Pakpong Chirarattananon (Samara-Inspired Revolving-Wing Robot Breaks Endurance Limits of Small Drones)
17.40- 18.00
Closing