Program - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2024)

Program Overview

The detailed ICRA 2024 program can be found through the PaperPraza, which is now available in the following link:

https://ras.papercept.net/conferences/conferences/ICRA24/program

Program at a glance

Program is tentative and may subject to change.

Plenary Talks

May 14th 9:00-10:00, National Convention Hall

Dr. Yoky Matsuoka

Managing Executive Officer of Panasonic Holdings, CEO of PanasonicWELL, and Founder & CEO of Yohana

How to Turn a Roboticist into a Corporate Explorer

In recent decades, the robotics industry has undergone a remarkable transformation. Technological advancements and robotics researchers embracing entrepreneurship have led to an increase in funding for robotics companies and an overall growth of companies producing significant revenue. It’s an exciting time to be in the field of robotics! In this talk, we will discuss various ways to innovate and create a meaningful business in the current global market. Specifically, I will introduce the concept of the corporate explorer and talk about a non-traditional path to innovation, incubation, and creating a massive impact.

May 15th 9:00-10:00, National Convention Hall

Prof. Sami Haddadin

Robotics and Systems Intelligence, Technical University of Munich (TUM)

The Great Robot Accelerator: Collective Learning of Optimal Embodied AI

Robots have achieved unprecedented performance jumps over the last decade. As of today, however, robot design and build are laborious and suboptimal, costly and constitute a major limitation in achieving the anticipated robotics revolution. At the same time, we see intelligent machines that learn and perform tasks, and are able to generalize their skills to new contexts. However, robot learning faces seemingly unsolvable hurdles such as disembodied machine learning not being able to leverage our understanding of the physical reality, finding energy and time efficient solutions, or generalize to complex and dynamic manipulation skills. In this talk I will discuss the autonomous Co-Evolution of Embodiment and Intelligence as the central challenge of robotics. Only, when robots will evolve in an AI-propelled highly evolutionary process, we can finally reach the tipping point and automatically synthesize general purpose robots. I will introduce the concepts of Collective Learning and Optimal Embodied AI as two main pillars vital to this transformation towards an AI-Accelerated Robot Evolution.

May 16th 9:00-10:00, National Convention Hall

Prof. Sunil K Agrawal

Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Rehabilitation Medicine, Columbia University

Rehabilitation Robotics: How to Improve Daily Functions in People with Impairments?

Neural disorders, old age, and traumatic brain injuries limit activities of daily living. Robotics can be used in novel ways to characterize human neuromuscular responses and retrain human functions. Columbia University Robotics and Rehabilitation (ROAR) Laboratory designs innovative robots with these goals and performs scientific studies to improve human functions such as standing, walking, stairclimbing, trunk control, head turning, and others. Human experiments have targeted individuals with stroke, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, and elderly subjects. The talk will provide an overview of these robotic technologies and scientific studies performed with them to demonstrate strong potential of rehabilitation robotics to improve human functions and quality of life of people around the world.

Keynote Talks

May 14th 15:30-16:00

Name	Affiliation	Talk Title
Prof. Lianqing Liu	Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China	Biosyncretic sensing, actuation and intelligence for robotics
Prof. Dawn M. Tilbury	University of Michigan, USA	Digital Twins for Manufacturing Automation
Dr. Claudio Pacchierotti	CNRS, Univ Rennes, Inria, IRISA, France	Beyond Force Feedback: Cutaneous Haptics in Human-centered Robotics
Prof. Yu Sun	Robotics Institute, University of Toronto	Medical Robotics for Cell Surgery – Science and Applications
Prof. Yasuhisa Hirata	Tohoku University, Japan	Adaptable AI-enabled Robots to Create a Vibrant Society – Moonshot R&D Projects in Japan –

May 15th 15:30-16:00

Name	Affiliation	Talk Title
Prof. Calin Belta	University of Maryland, College Park, USA	Formal Methods for Safety-Critical Control
Dr. Manuel Catalano	Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Research Line Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation	Robots in the Wild: From Research Labs to the Real World
Prof. Harold Soh	National University of Singapore (NUS) and Smart Systems Institute (SSI), Singapore	Building Guidance Bridges with Generative Models for Robot Learning and Control
Prof. Lorenzo Sabattini	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Unleashing the power of many: decentralized control of multi-robot systems
Prof. Myunghee Kim	Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago	Human-wearable robot co-adaptation

May 16th 15:30-16:00

Name	Affiliation	Talk Title
Prof. Yoko Yamanishi	Kyushu University, Japan	Emergent Functions of Electrically-induced Bubbles and Intra-cellular-CA(Cybernetic Avatar)
Prof. Kensuke Harada	Osaka Univ. Japan	Robotic manipulation aiming for industrial applications
Prof. Iolanda Leite	KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden	The Quest for Social Robot Autonomy
Prof. Rong Xiong	Zhejiang University, China	Integration of Robotics and AI: Changes and Challenges
Prof. Mariana Medina-Sánchez	Ikerbasque – NanoGUNE, Spain	Tiny Robots, Big Impact: Transforming Gynecological Care

Workshops/Tutorials

Workshops

Monday 13th May 2024

Title	URL	Type	Area	Room	Time
Debates on the Future of Robotics Research	https://www.roboticsdebates.org/	Hybrid	North	G411	Full-day
Workshop on Field Robotics	https://norlab-ulaval.github.io/workshop_field_robotics_icra2024/	Hybrid	Conference Center	302	Full-day
Continuum and Soft robotics for medical applications with rising stars on the stage	https://events.femto-st.fr/Workshop-ICRA2024-Continuum-Soft-Robotics/en	Fully in person	Conference Center	304	Full-day
Agile Robotics: From Perception to Dynamic Action	https://agile-robotics-workshop.github.io/icra2024/	Hybrid	Conference Center	414-415	Full-day
6th Workshop on Long-Term Human Motion Prediction	https://motionpredictionicra2024.github.io/	Hybrid	Conference Center	313-314	Full-day
2nd HERMES Workshop: Multi-Robot Sensing & Perception in Extreme Environments	https://hermes-workshop.com/2024.html	Hybrid	Conference Center	315	Full-day
Towards Collaborative Partners: Design, Shared Control, and Robot Learning for Physical Human-Robot Interaction	https://sites.google.com/view/icra24-physical-hri	Hybrid	Conference Center	411-412	Full-day
Society of Avatar-Symbiosis through Social Field Experiments	https://dil.atr.jp/ITB/en/ws-icra2024/	Fully in person	Conference Center	413	Full-day
3rd Workshop on Future of Construction: Lifelong Learning Robots in Changing Construction Sites	https://construction-robots.github.io/	Hybrid	Conference Center	301	Full-day
What does Responsible Robotics mean?: Stretching roboticists’ horizons from an academic, government and philosophical perspective	https://tinyurl.com/ResponsibleRobotics	Hybrid	Conference Center	416-417	Full-day
Workshop on Ontologies and Standards for Robotics and Automation	https://wosra.github.io/wosra/	Hybrid	Conference Center	418	Full-day
Exploring Role Allocation in Human-Robot Co-Manipulation	https://sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/icra24-co-manipulation/home-page	Hybrid	North	G1	Full-day
C4SR+: Continuum, Compliant, Cooperative, Cognitive Surgical Robotic Systems in the Embodied AI Era	https://www.ee.cuhk.edu.hk/c4sr	Fully in person	Conference Center	501	Full-day
Dynamic Duos: Human-Robot Co-Worker Adaptation in Manufacturing	www.rocoadapt .eu	Hybrid	Conference Center	502	Full-day
Autonomy in Robotics Surgery: State of the art, technical and regulatory challenges for clinical application	https://metropolis.scienze.univr.it/icra24-workshop-autonomy-in-robotics-surgery/	Hybrid	Conference Center	503	Full-day
2nd Robot-Assisted Medical Imaging ICRA-RAMI	https://sites.google.com/view/rami-icra-2024-workshop/home	Fully in person	North	G403	Full-day
Back to the Future: Robot Learning Going Probabilistic	https://probabilisticrobotics.github.io/	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F202	Full-day
Bioinspired, soft and other novel design paradigms for aerial robotics	https://aerial-robotics-workshop-icra2024.com/	Hybrid	North	G301	Full-day
Impulsive motion in soft robotic and microrobotic systems	https://ris-lab.github.io/impulsive/	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F204	Full-day
Agile Movements II: Animal Behavior, Biomechanics, and Robot Devices	https://sites.google.com/view/agilemovementsii/home	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F205	Full-day
BIMANUAL MANIPULATION: ON KITCHEN CHALLENGES	https://sites.google.com/view/icra2024-ws-bi-mp/home	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F206	Full-day
The robotics, psychology and neuroscience of body augmentation	https://www.imperial.ac.uk/human-robotics/icra-2024-workshop/	Fully in person	Conference Center	303	Full-day
Sustainable Soft Robots: Working with the Environment	http://www.sustainable-soft-robotics.com/	Hybrid	North	G404	AM
Robotics and Sustainability: A Bidirectional Relationship	https://sites.google.com/view/rsicra2024	Hybrid	North	G7	Full-day
2nd Workshop on Mobile Manipulation and Embodied Intelligence (MOMA) Integrating Perception, Learning and Control for Full Autonomy	https://mobile-manipulation.net/moma2024/	Hybrid	North	G8	Full-day
(Re)designing the tree of robotic life: a game of alternative timelines	https://sites.google.com/view/tree-of-robotic-life-icra2024/home?authuser=0	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F203	Full-day
Advancing Sustainable Food Systems through Agri-Robotics Innovations	https://www.santannapisa.it/it/icra-2024-workshop-agri-robotics	Hybrid	North	G302	Full-day
Co-design in Robotics: Theory, Practice, and Challenges	https://www.robotmechanisms.org/activities/icra-2024-codesign	Fully in person	North	G303	Full-day
Robot Trust for Symbiotic Societies	https://www.trustworthyrobots.eu/rtss-icra/	Hybrid	Conference Center	419	AM
Soft Continuum Manipulators: Bottlenecks and Applications	https://softperceptiverobots.it/	Hybrid	North	G304	Full-day
Advanced human-robot interfaces based on physiological signals and sensory stimulations	https://www.a-human.unimore.it/	Fully in person	North	G401	Full-day
Assistive Systems: Lab to Patient Care	https://sites.google.com/view/assistivesystems-icra-24/home	Fully in person	North	G402	Full-day
MAD-Games: Workshop on Multi-Agent Dynamic Games	https://icra2024-madgames.f1tenth.org/	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F201	Full-day
Workshop on Robot Ethics – Ethical, Legal and User Perspectives in Robotics and Automation (WOROBET)	https://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/english/research/groups/robin/events/workshops/workshop-icra2024.html	Fully in person	North	G2	Full-day
Applications and Future Directions of Affective Technologies	https://afdat.blogs.rice.edu/	Hybrid	Conference Center	419	PM
ProxyTouch: Whole-body Proxy-Tactile Architectures for Industrial and Service Applications	https://sites.google.com/view/icra2024proxytouch/home	Hybrid	North	G4	PM
Bio-inspired robotics and robotics for biology	https://li-lab.de/workshop/	Hybrid	North	G5	Full-day
A Future Roadmap for Sensorimotor Skill Learning for Robot Manipulation	https://icra-manipulation-skill.github.io/	Hybrid	North	G6	Full-day

Friday 17th May 2024

Title	URL	Type	Area	Room	Time
Robotics and Automation in Nuclear Environments	https://ukaeaevents.com/robotics-for-nuclear-environments/	Hybrid	North	G401	Full-day
3D Visual Representations for Robot Manipulation	https://3d-manipulation-workshop.github.io/	Hybrid	Conference Center	301	Full-day
Advancements in Trajectory Optimization and Model Predictive Control for Legged Systems – 2nd Edition	https://atompc-workshop.github.io/	Hybrid	Conference Center	302	Full-day
Robots for Understanding Natural Ecosystems	https://sites.google.com/view/icra-2024-rune-workshop/home	Fully in person	Conference Center	303	Full-day
Cooking Robotics: Perception and motion planning	https://sites.google.com/view/icra2024cookingrobotics/	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F205-F206	Full-day
Robot Software Architectures (RSA24)	https://rsa24.weebly.com/	Fully in person	Conference Center	311-312	Full-day
Multi-Object Grasping: Progress and Prospects	https://sites.google.com/view/icra2024-multiobjectgrasping/home	Hybrid	Conference Center	313-314	Full-day
First Workshop on Vision-Language Models for Navigation and Manipulation	https://vlmnm-workshop.github.io/	Hybrid	Conference Center	315	Full-day
Radar in Robotics: Resilience from Signal to Navigation	https://sites.google.com/view/radar-robotics	Fully in person	Conference Center	411-412	Full-day
Anthropomorphic and zoomorphic end-effectors: asset or useless bias?	https://sites.google.com/view/ws-icra-24-bias/home	Hybrid	North	G303	Full-day
Workshop on Resilient Off-road Autonomy	https://theairlab.org/icra2024_offroad_workshop	Hybrid	North	G402	Full-day
Breaking Swarm Stereotypes	https://hauertlab.com/breaking-swarm-stereotypes-workshop-icra-2024/	Hybrid	Conference Center	413	Full-day
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN MEDICAL ROBOTICS From Lab Bench to Clinical Use – How to?	https://translational-medical-robotics.github.io/	Hybrid	North	G403	Full-day
4th Workshop on Representing and Manipulating Deformable Objects	https://deformable-workshop.github.io/icra2024/	Hybrid	North	G304	Full-day
Loco-Manipulation: Algorithms, Challenges & Applications	https://sites.google.com/view/loco-manipulation-icra24/home	Hybrid	Conference Center	414-415	Full-day
Cognition across species: from nature to robotic application	https://bsr.iit.it/icra2024-ws-cognition	Hybrid	Conference Center	304	PM
Unconventional Robots: Universal Lessons for Designing Unique Systems	https://sites.google.com/andrew.cmu.edu/unconventionalrobots	Hybrid	Conference Center	416-417	Full-day
Accelerating Discovery in Natural Science Laboratories with AI and Robotics	https://sites.google.com/view/icra24-accelerating-discovery	Hybrid	North	G5	Full-day
Human-Robot Companionship for Healthcare and Wellness: Which Form of Companionship for What Type of Care?	https://www.santannapisa.it/en/institute/dirpolis/ethics-tecnology	Hybrid	North	G2	Full-day
Humanoid Whole-body Control: From human motion understanding to humanoid locomotion	https://icra-2024-humanoid.github.io/	Fully in person	Conference Center	418	Full-day
RoboNerF: Neural Fields in Robotics	https://robonerf.github.io/2024/	Hybrid	Conference Center	419	Full-day
ViTac 2024: Robot Embodiment through Visuo-Tactile Perception	https://shanluo.github.io/ViTacWorkshops/	Hybrid	North	G411	Full-day
Supervised autonomy: how to shape human-robot interaction from the body to the brain	https://sites.google.com/view/hri-workshop-icra2024	Hybrid	Conference Center	501	Full-day
Robots and roboticists in the age of climate change	https://sites.google.com/site/adrienescandehomepage/ICRA2024ClimateChange	Hybrid	North	G404	PM
Human-Centric Multilateral Teleoperation: Perception, Telecommunication, and Coordination	https://sites.google.com/view/humancentricicra2024	Fully in person	North	G6	Full-day
Innovations and Applications of Human Modeling in Physical Human-Robot Interaction	https://sites.google.com/view/icra2024-workshop-human-phri	Hybrid	North	G7	Full-day
How to Ensure Correct Robot Behaviors? Software Challenges in Formal Methods for Robotics	https://sites.google.com/lehigh.edu/fmr-icra2024	Fully in person	North	G8	Full-day
Advancing Wearable Devices and Applications through Novel Design, Sensing, Actuation, and AI	https://icra-2024-wearable-workshop.csail.mit.edu/	Hybrid	Conference Center	503	Full-day
Wearable Intelligence for Healthcare Robotics (WIHR): from Brain Activity to Body Movements	https://icrawearable.github.io/	Hybrid	North	G301	Full-day
Emerging Technologies in Smart Exoskeleton Systems	https://icra-2024-workshop-exos.github.io/	Fully in person	North	G404	AM
Expanding Frontiers of Sim2Real: Robotics, biomechanics, plasma physics, chip design, and beyond	https://sites.google.com/view/myosuite/myosymposium/icra24	Hybrid	North	G1	Full-day
Nursing Robotics: a new field emerging from the integration between robotics and nursing science	https://zkks.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/ICRA2024/	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F201	Full-day
Speed-dating to long-term relationships: Art-robot Residencies Enabled by Common Language	https://roboticart.org/icra-2024-workshop/	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F202	Full-day
Workshop on Human-aligned Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Agents and Robots	https://harlworkshop.github.io/	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F203	Full-day
2nd Workshop on NeuroDesign in Human-Robot Interaction: The making of engaging HRI technology your brain can’t resist	https://neurodesign-in-hri.webflow.io/	Hybrid	Annex Hall	F204	Full-day

Tutorials