Workshops
Workshop Dates and Venues
We would like to thank all applicants for the many workshop proposals submitted. We accepted as many workshops as possible within the available program space, and we appreciate the time and effort contributed by all organizers.
Workshops will be held on April 7 and April 11. Please note that the venues differ by date, as follows:
- April 7: Hotel Kanazawa
- April 11: Kanazawa Institute of Technology
The accepted workshops are listed below. Workshops are categorized as either full-day or half-day. For half-day workshops, the schedule is further specified as either a morning or afternoon session in addition to the date.
For detailed schedules and additional information, please refer to the websites provided by each workshop organizer.
Workshop Schedule
- 8:45 AM – 12:30 PM Morning Session (with a coffee break)
- 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Lunch Break
- 1:45 PM – 5:30 PM Afternoon Session (with a coffee break)
Coffee Breaks: Start times and duration are managed by each workshop organizer. There are no mandatory coffee break times for all workshops.
Equipment: Organizers must apply to the committee for panels or fixtures (for poster sessions/hands-on workshops).
Workshops on April 7
Venue
Hotel Kanazawa
Full-day Workshops
- Monolithic Soft Systems: Co-design components, tools, materials, and fabrication strategies for next-generation robotics
- Edible Technologies and Robotic Food
- Minds and Bodies: Co-Design for the Future of Soft Manipulation
- Electrical Impedance Tomography-Based Tactile Sensing: Bridging Soft Robotics and Artificial Touch
- Artificial Muscles in Soft Assistive Wearable Robotics
- Soft Transitions: Soft Robots for Land ↔ Amphibious ↔ Underwater Locomotion
- Functional and Untethered: Soft Machines Powered by the Environment
Half-day Workshops (Morning)
- Soft Robotics Meets the Sea: Novel Robot Design for Harsh Environments
- Fast and impulsive robots enabled by soft actuators and mechanisms
- Understanding Soft-Matter Stiffness: Key Challenges and Emerging Research Directions
Half-day Workshops (Afternoon)
- Human-centered soft electronics and soft robotics
- Adaptive Intelligence in Adaptive Bodies: AI for General Shape-Changing Robots
- Robotics Materials Systemics
Workshops on April 11
Venue
Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Full-day Workshops
- Multi-Stable and Origami-based Soft Robots
- The Role for Control in Soft Robot Autonomy
- Enabling soft robotics technologies for real-world applications
- Nonlinear Physical Intelligence in Soft Machines
- Living with Robots Safely: Embodying Asimov’s First Law through Soft Robotics
- Non-skeletal Soft Robotics for Practical Application
- Advanced Textiles x Soft Robotics
Half-day Workshops (Morning)
- Soft actuators to the rescue! Leveraging soft actuation for challenging scenarios
- Exploiting Fluids and Embodied Intelligence in Soft Robotics
- Frontiers in Physically Intelligent Robots with Architected Soft Materials
- Bridging Soft Robotics and Human–Computer Interaction to Open New Potential Spaces
