Confirmed Guests

Position: Professor, University of Vermont, USA.

Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Evolutionary Computation

Position: Full Professor, EPFL, Switzerland.

Research Interests: Locomotion, Robotics, Computational neuroscience, Machine learning, Nonlinear dynamical systems  

Position: Programme Director (Design Informatics) & Senior Lecturer, The University of Edinburgh, UK

Research Interests: Augmented reality (AR), virtual and immersive environments, Digital Anthropology, play-based prototyping, soft robotics and luxury.

Position: Professor, Osaka University, Japan.

Research Interests: Robotic Mechanisms, Mechanical Design, Homeomorphic  Mechanisms

Position: Co-Founder, Helix Robotics. PhD Candidate, EPFL, Switzerland.

Research Interests: Robotic Manipulation, Robot Design, Compliant Interaction, Tactile Sensing and Control, Applications of Robotics

Position: Professor, EPFL, Switzerland.

Research Interests: Modular robotics, Origami robots, Soft robotics

Position: Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, USA.

Research Interests: 3D printing, Materials Robotics

Position: Professor, University of Bristol, U.K.

Research Interests: Soft Robotics, Medical Robotics, Smart Materials and Mechanisms, Biomimetics,  

Position: Assistant Professor, Yamagata University, Japan.

Research Interests: Molecular Biology, Biomimetics, Bioinformatics

Position: Assistant Professor, UCLA, USA.

Research Interests: Robotics, Wireless sensor networks, MEMS

Position: Courtesy Faculty, Oregon State University, USA.

Research Interests: Soft Robotics, Additive Manufacturing, Bioinspired Materials & Mechanisms