Conference Sessions


Conference Sessions

S01 - Human-centric Technologies for Seamless Human-robot Collaboration

Organizers: Qing Gao, Xin Zhang, Edoardo Lamon, Gokhan Solak
  • Safe and human-aware physical interaction
  • Multi-modal human perception
  • Activity and intention recognition
  • Human-centric interface design
  • Smart devices for human capability enhancement
  • Representation of human states and actions
  • Human-aware planning and control
  • Role allocation in human-robot teams
  • Transfer of human skills via imitation learning

S02 - Multimodal Collaborative Perception and Fusion

Organizers: Yixuan Sheng, Xinchen Yang, Jinbiao Liu, Naoyuki Kubota, Fan Xu
  • Multi-source sensing signal processing and detection
  • Multimodal collaborative perception
  • Multimodal intelligent human-machine interaction and fusion
  • Pattern recognition
  • Cognitive simulation, computing, and artificial intelligence
  • Hybrid brain-machine interface
  • Neuromuscular control and sensory feedback

S03 - Intelligent Robot Perception in Unknown Environments

Organizers: Sixian Chan, Zhaomin Chen, Haibin Cai
  • Multi-modality and multi-task application for robots
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Cross-modal perception
  • Intelligent computation for robot perception
  • Object detection/tracking

S04 - Vision-Based Human Robot Interaction and Application

Organizers: Zhiyong Wang, Jing Li, Yandong Tang
  • Human behavior analysis
  • Environment perception
  • Intelligent interactive robot
  • Visual diagnosis and treatment robot
  • Industrial visual inspection
  • Driver monitoring system
  • HRI in virtual reality
  • Adaptive human-robot interaction

S05 - Reliable AI on Machine Human Reactions

Organizers: Meng Han, Jiahui Yu, Changting Lin
  • Evaluation and benchmarking of AI on machine human reactions
  • Explainability and interpretability of AI on machine human reactions
  • Robustness and security of machine human reactions
  • Reliable human activity understanding
  • Reliable video understanding
  • Explainable smart medical systems
  • Other advanced topics of reliable AI on machine human reactions

S06 - Wearable Sensors and Robots

Organizers: Tao Liu, Yinlai Jiang, Joao Paulo Ferreira
  • Sensing integrated innovation
  • Clinical application
  • Human-adapted control

S07 - Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of Human Movements

Organizers: Ting Zhang, Jiangjun Meng, Liang Jiejunyi
  • Exoskeletons, exosuits, actuated orthoses and prostheses
  • Supernumerary robotic limbs
  • Neuro-robotics, neuro-prostheses and neuro-rehabilitation
  • Neurological Disorders and Rehabilitation
  • Mechatronic design and control of human movements
  • Cognitive/physical interaction paradigms for wearable robotics
  • Human-robot multimodal interaction paradigms
  • Bioinspired design
  • Human-centered design
  • Textile and apparel design for wearable robotics
  • Functional, biomechanical and physiological evaluations

S08 - Perception and Manipulation of Dexterous Hand for Humanoid Robot

Organizers: Guanjun Bao, Haoyong Yu, Tao Wang
  • Mechanism and mechanical design of dexterous hand
  • Tactile and perception for robotic hand
  • Soft sensor for robotic hand
  • Perception of object: physical property and motion
  • Manipulation modelling of human hand
  • AI-based Learning for human hand manipulation
  • Anthropomorphic manipulation planning
  • In-hand manipulation and control

S09 - Medical Imaging for Biomedical Robotics

Organizers: Dongxu Gao, Yingke Xu, Yalin Zheng
  • Medical imaging
  • Machine learning and artificial intelligence
  • Applications of medical imaging
  • Biomedical robotics applications

S10 - Advanced Underwater Robot Technologies

Organizers: Yong Lei, Yongjun Gong, Rongxin Cui, Gong Xiang
  • Innovative underwater robot design
  • Underwater robot hydrodynamic performance analysis and optimization
  • High fidelity dynamic modelling for underwater robot and parameter estimation/identification technologies
  • Underwater robot sensing, localization & control in complex environment
  • Advanced robotic underwater operation technologies
  • Underwater man-robot interactive technologies
  • Advanced underwater robot homing and docking technologies
  • Networked and autonomous underwater robotic systems
  • Deep sea robotic exploration technologies
  • Deep sea robotic salvage & operation technologies

S11 - Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms (Ⅰ)

Organizers: Duanling Li, Guilin Yang, Jiantao Yao, Tuanjie Li, Jun Zhang, Yanbiao Li
  • Theoretical and applied kinematics
  • Mechanism synthesis and design
  • Analysis and design of robot manipulators
  • Novel types of parallel mechanisms
  • Deployable mechanisms and Metamorphic robots
  • Other related issues

S12 - Evaluation of Wearable Robots for Assistance and Rehabilitation

Organizers: Shuo Ding, Haitao Yang, Shuaishuai Han
  • Evaluation of wearable robots in industrial scenarios
  • Clinical evaluation of wearable robots for rehabilitation
  • New evaluation methods/tools of wearable robots
  • Preliminary evaluation of the latest wearable robots

S13 - 3D Printing Soft Robots

Organizers: Dong Wang, Biao Zhang, Yuanfang Zhang, Yi Xiong
  • Soft robotics
  • 3D printing
  • Modeling and design
  • Experiments

S14 - Dielectric Elastomer Actuators for Soft Robotics

Organizers: Jiang Zou, Feifei Chen, Chongjing Cao, Wenbo Li, Wenjie Sun
  • Dielectric elastomer actuator
  • Dynamic modeling
  • High-precision tracking control
  • Optimization design

S15 - Human-like Locomotion and Manipulation

Organizers: Anhuan Xie, Qiuguo Zhu, Xin Wang, Fusheng Zha, Guoteng Zhang
  • Anthropomorphic design of humanoid robot
  • Locomotion control of humanoid robot
  • Manipulation control of humanoid robot
  • Human-like skill learning
  • Interaction for collaborative locomotion and manipulation
  • Human-like environmental perception and navigation

S16 - Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning for Smart Robots

Organizers: Zhi Han, Lianqing Liu
  • Image/video enhancement
  • Machine learning architectures and formulations
  • Motion and tracking
  • Optimization and learning methods
  • Recognition and classification
  • Transfer/Low-shot/Semi/Unsupervised Learning
  • Vision for robotics and autonomous vehicles

S17 - Robotic Tactile Sensation, Perception, and Applications

Organizers: Jixiao Liu, Bin Fang, Miao Li, Dianpeng Qi, Rui Wang, Chenguang Yang
  • Novel sensors, devices, and applications
  • Flexible electronics for robot tactile sensation
  • Machine learning for robot tactile perception
  • Vision-based tactile sensing and application
  • Novel mechanism for tactile measurement
  • Grasp, manipulation, and cooperation
  • Physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI)
  • Tactile sensing for industrial and medical applications
  • Humanoid robot sensation and application
  • Embodied intelligence for human-robot interaction

S18 - Advanced Sensing and Control Technology for Human-robot Interaction

Organizers: Qinchuan Li, Chenguang Yang, Wei Ye, Gang Chen
  • Innovative robot and human-robot interaction interface design
  • Kinematics and dynamics modelling for robot systems
  • Robot control methods for human-robot interaction
  • Human motion analysis and modelling
  • Sensing & localization in complex environments during human-robot interaction
  • New sensors developed for human-robot interaction
  • Advanced robot skill learning and generalization methods
  • Imitation learning and reinforcement learning of robots
  • Multimodal learning in human-robot interaction
  • Ethics topics about human-robot physical interactions
  • Other related issues

S19 - Knowledge-based Robot Decision-making and Manipulation

Organizers: Wei Song, Zhixu Li, Zheng Chen, Jianfeng Liao
  • Knowledge representation and reasoning
  • Knowledge graph construction and application
  • Human intention prediction and task planning
  • Multi-Modal knowledge fusion for decision making
  • Large language model based decision making
  • Manipulation with domain-specific knowledge
  • Learning to make decision and manipulate

S20 - Design and Control of Legged Robots

Organizers: Haihui Yuan, Chunjiang Fu, Xingye Da, Songyuan Zhang, Ruilong Du, Sumian Song
  • Key components of legged robots
  • Design of legged robots
  • Simulation of legged robots
  • Trajectory planning of legged robots
  • State estimation of legged robots
  • Dynamic balance control of legged robots

S21 - Robots in Tunnelling and Underground Space

Organizers: Xinjun Liu, Haibo Xie, Jianfeng Tao, Lianhui Jia, Yixin Zhai
  • Design, modelling, and analysis for robots in tunnelling and underground space
  • Environmental and self-state perception for robots in tunnelling and underground space
  • Intelligent operation and maintenance decision-making for robots in tunnelling and underground space
  • High speed, smooth, and high-precision control for robots in tunnelling and underground space
  • Application of robots in tunnelling and underground space, including but not limited to segment assembly robots, steel arch frame assembly robots, snake arm robots, tool changing robots, unmanned rock drilling trolleys, etc.

S22 - Robotic Machining of Complex Components

Organizers: Jixiang Yang, Zhoulong Li, Xingwei Zhao
  • Dynamics modelling of robotic machining system and its application in process optimization
  • Robotic measurement and the point-cloud data analysis
  • High stability force control in compliant grinding to guarantee the surface quality of curved parts
  • Tool path smoothing and feedrate optimization to improve the motion stability and efficiency of robot
  • Error prediction and compensation/control to improve the path accuracy of robotic machining
  • Chatter identification and suppression to improve the surface quality in robotic milling of thin-walled parts
  • Machine learning technologies to enhance the modelling accuracy and efficiency of robotic machining system in large workspace
  • New technologies of robot design to enhance performance of robotic machining

S23 - Clinically Oriented Design in Robotic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Organizers: Ning Jiang, Kang Li
  • Physiological signal sensing and processing
  • Mechanical design of surgical and rehabilitation robots
  • Actuation and control design of surgical and rehabilitation robots
  • Clinical evaluation of surgical and rehabilitation robots

S24 - Visual and Visual-tactile Perception for Robotics

Organizers: Hua Yang, Shuang Mei, Zeyu Gong
  • Deep learning for robot visual and visual-tactile perception
  • Object detection, segmentation and categorization
  • RGB-D perception
  • Simultaneous localization and mapping
  • Sensor fusion
  • Vision-based navigation
  • Visual-tactile perception for grasping and manipulation

S25 - Perception, Interaction, and Control of Wearable Robots

Organizers: Chenglong Fu, Kui Xiang, Yuquan Leng
  • Human motion recognition and prediction based on wearable sensors
  • Design and control of lightweight wearable drives
  • Force control of wearable robots
  • Robotic prosthetics
  • Exoskeleton robot
  • Supernumerary robotic limb

S26 - Marine Robotics and Applications

Organizers: He Shen, Jian Gao, Zhengxing Wu, Gang Wang
  • Biomimetic and bioinspired marine robots
  • Marine robot designs and analysis
  • Dynamics and controls of marine robots
  • Underwater communication and perception
  • Guidance, navigation, and control technologies
  • Collaborative operations of marine robots
  • Applications of marine robots

S27 - Multi-robot Systems for Real World Applications

Organizers: Qiuguo Zhu, Fei Gao, Wei Song, Shihan Kong, Weining Lu
  • Intelligent robotics and multi-agent systems
  • Aerial swarms
  • Multi-robot learning
  • Multi-robot autonomous exploration
  • Multi-robot perception and path planning
  • Human & multi-robot interaction

S28 - Physical and Neurological Human-Robot Interaction

Organizers: Mingjie Dong, Mingming Zhang, Rui Huang, Huimin Shen
  • Robot-assisted rehabilitation and assessment
  • Design of rehabilitation robot
  • Physical human-robot interaction
  • Neurological human-robot interaction
  • Human in the loop rehabilitation
  • Brain-computer interface
  • Intelligent recognition algorithm based on EMG/EEG signals

S29 - Advanced Motion Control Technologies for Mobile Robots

Organizers: Zhang Chen, Yuqing He, Yiyong Sun, Zhan Li, Linqi Ye, Yang Deng
  • Motion control in unstructured environment
  • Fast trajectory planning methods for mobile robots
  • Advanced model predictive control theory and applications
  • Learning-based motion control technologies
  • Large angle maneuver for mobile robots
  • Control and planning for cross domain robots
  • Other related issues

S30 - Intelligent Inspection Robotics

Organizers: Laihao Yang, Xin Dong, Zhongdong Jiao, Yu Sun
  • Latest progress of state-of-the-art technologies in the field of robotics, sensing, and pattern identification for intelligent inspection
  • Emerging robotics technologies such as soft robotics, micro-crawling robotics, and bio-inspired robotics for intelligent inspection
  • Kinematics, intelligent control, and path planning for in-situ inspection robotics
  • Intelligent sensing technologies such as flexible sensing, multi-mode sensing integration, and damage imaging method
  • Deep learning methods in vision-based damage detection
  • Explainable machine learning in the field of intelligent structure design, control, and detection

S31 - Robotics in Sustainable Manufacturing for Carbon Neutrality

Organizers: Bin He, Long Chen, Bai Chen
  • Artificial intelligence in robotics
  • Innovative robotics, such as underactuated robotics, mobile robot, collaborative robotics
  • Design and manufacturing for low carbon footprint
  • Carbon neutrality, energy conservation, digital twin in sustainable manufacturing system
  • Application of robotics in sustainable manufacturing system
  • Design and simulation software for rRobot in manufacturing System
  • Machine vision technology for robot in manufacturing systems
  • Wearable robotics

S32 - Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms (Ⅱ)

Organizers: Duanling Li, Guilin Yang, Jiantao Yao, Tuanjie Li, Jun Zhang, Yanbiao Li
  • Theoretical and applied kinematics
  • Mechanism synthesis and design
  • Analysis and design of robot manipulators
  • Novel types of parallel mechanisms
  • Deployable mechanisms and Metamorphic robots
  • Other related issues

General Track

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