Activities

IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (Robosoft)

The 8th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland. Dates TBD. 

• Website: https://softroboticsconference.org/

Conference activities

The following workshops and competitions are endorsed or sponsored by the TC on Soft Robotics in upcoming conferences:

• ICRA 2024: Continuum and Soft robotics for medical applications with rising stars on the stage  
• ICRA 2024: (Re)designing the tree of robotic life: a game of alternative timelines  
• ICRA 2024: Impulsive motion in soft robotic and microrobotic systems
• ICRA 2024: Advancing Sustainable Food Systems through Agri-Robotics Innovations
• ICRA 2024: Soft Continuum Manipulators: Bottlenecks and Applications
• ICRA 2024: Sustainable Soft Robots: Working with the Environment
• ICRA 2024: Cognition across species: from nature to robotic application

The following workshops and competitions were endorsed or sponsored by the TC on Soft Robotics in previous conferences:

• IROS 2023: Workshop on Agricultural Robotics for a Sustainable Future
• IROS 2023: Tensegrity Robotics Workshop
• IROS 2023: Functional Fashion
• IROS 2023: Soft Robotics Balloon Robots

Awards

• The IEEE/ SICE SII2024 Best Soft Robotic Paper Award
  • Title of Paper: "Fiber Jamming Mechanism for Back-Stretchable McKibben Muscles"
  • Awardee name: Hiroyuki Nabae