Register now for upcoming RAS Seasonal School on “Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Based on Soft Robotics”

IEEE RAS Seasonal School on Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Based on Soft Robotics

Location: virtually from 14- 18 of June 2021

The Seasonal School is one of the Technical Education Programs (TEPs) sponsored by the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in 2021. It aims to provide:

  *   Technical knowledge of engineering processes for designing, developing and validating robotic systems for rehabilitation and assistance;
  *   Technical knowledge of engineering processes for designing, developing and validating soft robotic systems;
  *   Practical experience of shared (medical/engineer) design process of robotic systems for rehabilitation and assistive devices;
  *   Knowledge of expected rehabilitation and assistance from the medical side.

World-class experts in various related disciplines will deliver plenary talks and will organize hands-on workshops.
We are looking forward to welcoming you virtually in June 2021!
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Registration
Prospective applicants must fill in the Application Form by June 1st, 2021. The admission to the school will be decided upon a selection made by the School’s Advisory Committee.
A limited number of 60 attendees will be able to attend the school. Only in case of selection, candidates are requested to finalize the registration and pay the registration fee by bank transfer within 5 days of notification. Payment details are reported on the school’s website.

Important deadlines
Application Deadline: June 1st, 2021.
Payment Deadline: 5 days after receiving notice of participation.
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Plenary speakers
Kyu-Jin Cho, Seul National University, Korea.
Dario Farina, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
Fumiya Iida, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Michelle Johnson, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Cecilia Laschi, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy.
Stefano Mazzoleni, Politecnico di Bari, Italy.
Marco Molinari, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Italy.
Ryuma Niiyama, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Hao Su, City University of New York, United States of America.
Michael Tolley, University of California, United States of America.
Conor Walsh, Harvard University, United States of America.
Hirata Yasuhisa, Tohoku University, Japan.
Loredana Zollo, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy.

Workshops
WS1 – Organizer: Matteo Cianchetti, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy. “Tools for modelling and developing actuators for soft robotics”.
WS2 – Organizer: Federico Renda, Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates.“SoRoSim: A MATLAB toolbox for Soft Robots Modeling”. Tool: SoRoSim.
WS3 – Organizer: Hadi Sadati, King's College London, United Kingdom. “Working on TMTDyn”. Tool: TMTDyn.
WS4 – Organizer: Christian Duriez, University of Lille, France. “DEFROST Platform: Modeling, Simulation and Control of Deformable Robots on SOFA Framework”. Tool: Defrost.

For further and up-to-date information, please visit the school’s website.