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<p class="MsoNormal">Final call for extended abstracts for posters and short talks – *<b>extended</b>* deadline Monday 9 April, 2018
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<p class="MsoNormal">Submissions from postdocs and students are particularly welcome for short talks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Active touch for perception and interaction: How nature inspires robotics
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICRA 2018 Workshop - Friday 25 May, 2018 (all day)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Australia<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Website: <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/icra18activetouch">
https://sites.google.com/view/icra18activetouch</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Submission deadline: Friday 9 April, 2018<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submission: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fconferences%2F%3Fconf%3Dicra18activetouch&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEXE7WUM24luZY8DzdJHT-cik2feA" target="_blank">
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icra18activetouch</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Format: Authors should submit an extended abstract (2 pages recommended) as a PDF in the standard ICRA conference format, in order to present a poster or short talk at the workshop.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Demonstrations: Attendees of the workshop who would like to do a demonstration should also submit an abstract detailing their demonstration, marked 'Demonstration' in the title.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Scope<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Robots with a biomimetic level of tactile perception and interaction capability would transform our economy and society, with applications ranging from assistive robots in factories and at home, social interaction, healthcare and disaster
rescue. The natural sense of touch that inspires technology is not limited merely to the anatomy of the sensory organs, but encompasses also the active behaviours and habits in using touch to interact with the environment, both in humans and animals. This
workshop will encompass recent progress in the area of active touch for perception and interaction from the perspective of how nature inspires robotics.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Preliminary program <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/icra18activetouch/program">https://sites.google.com/view/icra18activetouch/program</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Keynote speaker <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vincent Hayward - Mechanics of Tactile Perception<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Invited speakers<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Edward Adelson & Wenzhen Yuan (MIT) – artificial tactile perception and tactile sensor fabrication<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jeremy Fishel (Syntouch) – bio-inspired active touch and tactile sensor fabrication<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ravinder Dahiya (Univ Glasgow) - robotic tactile sensing and electronic skin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shinichi Hirai (Ritsumeikan Univ) - soft biomimetic tactile sensing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Allison Okamura (Stanford) – haptic feedback in humans<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tony Prescott (Univ Sheffield) – active touch, biomimetic whiskered robots<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nitish Thakor (Singapore Inst) - soft haptic neuroprosthetics (invited)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pablo Vadivia (Singapore Univ) – underwater biomimetic touch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yon Visell (UCSB) – active touch and haptics (invited)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Organizers<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lepora.com&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHlV_iTXkI0CCb_-QktFexJwuGFwA" target="_blank">Nathan Lepora</a> (Univ Bristol / Bristol Robotics Lab) - biomimetic sensor fabrication and active touch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jaist.ac.jp%2Fms%2Flabs%2Fvanho%2Findex-e.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGPh_D0Qb9vUfzJUzWlDxetT1wssA" target="_blank">Van Ho</a> (Japan Adv Inst of Science and Tech) - human and artificial
touch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nms.kcl.ac.uk%2Fhongbin.liu&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGLsNc8C7XQPxHrg98wvpHHcukwxw" target="_blank">Hongbin Liu</a> (Kings College London) - tactile robotics in medicine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lornat75.github.io&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE5rcdaH3VWKHUeIJvKe1hOyInjAg" target="_blank">Lorenzo Natale</a> (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) - humanoid touch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ics.ei.tum.de&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNG5Ed0s8EQP80QkQprMIxwKkDQtpw" target="_blank">Gordon Cheng</a> (Technische Universitat Munchen) - biomimetic touch<o:p></o:p></p>
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Dr Nathan Lepora, Reader in Robotics & BRL lead in Tactile Robotics<br>
Dept of Engineering Maths, Merchant Venturers Building, University of Bristol<br>
Office (MVB2.50): 0117 3315169 Lab (BRL bays 1-3): 0117 3286171<br>
www.lepora.com @nathanlepora @tactilerobot <o:p></o:p></p>
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