SWARM2025

PROGRAM

PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

(Last updated on March 20th.)

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SPEAKER INSTRUCTIONS

For Oral Sessions

  • Each speaker is allocated a total of 20 minutes.
  • Organizers do not provice PCs in session rooms; please bring your own laptop PC that can be connected to HDMI for your presentation.

For Poster Sessions

The poster sessions (poster spotlight and interactive sessions) will be held on 23th September in the foyer of the Central Lecture Hall building, the spotlight will take place in Lecture Hall 10.

Poster Spotlight Session (13:45-15:20)

  • You have two minutes to introduce the topic of your poster. 
  • Spotlights will use the same PC, which we will provide. Presenters must upload their spotlight presentation (PDF or PPTX) before the Spotlight session using a memory stick.

Poster Interactive Session (15:40-17:30)

  • You are responsible for printing, setting up, and taking down your poster. Organizers do NOT provide a printer; please print your own poster in advance and bring it with you. Place the poster on the panel labeled with your number (P**) during the lunch break (11:30-13:00), and remove it before you leave.
  • Posters will be displayed on poster display boards that are distributed in the foyer.
  • The poster should follow the International Standards Organization (ISO) size A0. The dimensions for the A0 format are 84 cm x 119 cm. The orientation of the poster should be portrait.

FOR POSTER SESSION AUDIENCE

Vote for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd best presentations by 18:00 on September 23rd using the provided voting sheets.
You can vote only once.
The Best Poster Awards will be announced at the Award Ceremony.

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

23rd, Tuesday

From 11am onwards conference registration

  • 9:00h – 12:00 Workshop 1 and Workshop 2 (parallel) DETAILED INFO
    Workshop 1 – Harsh environment robotics
    11:15 – 12:00 Keynote Talk: Masayoshi Tomizuka
    Topic: Intelligent, Autonomous and Swarm Control of Robots in Harsh Environment
    Workshop 2 – Muscle to Mobility (M2): Crafting Soft Robots with Bioinspired Design Principles
  • 12:30 – 12:40 Opening Remarks
  • 12:45 – 13:30 Plenary Talk 1: Heiko Hamann
    Topic: Mobile robotics, swarm robotics, and bio-hybrid systems
  • Coffee Break
  • 13:45 – 16:45 Specific Sessions (2 Parallel Sessions & Poster Spotlight with following Postersession)
  • Coffee Break
  • 17:00 – 17:45 Plenary Talk 2 : Kenzo Nonami
  • 17:50 – 18:40 Plenary Talk 3: Antonio Bicchi
    Topic: Soft actuators and soft hands

24th, Wednesday

  • 9:00 – 9:45 Plenary Talk 4: Cecilia Laschi
    Topic: Soft Robotics
  • Short break
  • 10:00 – 10:45 Plenary Talk 5: Dongheui Lee
    Topic: Control, robotics and dynamical systems. Bioinspired design and fluids
  • Coffee Break
  • 11:00 – 13:00 Specific Sessions (3 Parallel Sessions)
  • Lunch Break
  • 14:00 – 14:45 Plenary Talk 6: Nicholas Gravish
    Topic: Transfer principles of biological systems towards the design and control of mobile robots.
  • Coffee Break
  • 15:15 – 17:30 Specific Sessions (3 Parallel Sessions)
  • Short Break
  • 17:45 – 18:30 Plenary Talk 7: Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu
    Topic: Modular soft robotics
  • 19:30 – Social Event (Dinner)

25th, Thursday

  • 9:30 – 10:15 Plenary Talk 8: Deborah Gordon
    Topic: Ant colonies
  • Coffee Break
  • 10:45 – 12:45 Specific Sessions (3 Parallel Sessions)
  • Lunch Break
  • 13:30 – 14:15 Plenary Talk 9: Sabine Hauert
    Topic: Robotic swarms
    Title: From Nano to Macro: Building Trustworthy Swarms for People
  • Short Break
  • 14:30 – 16:30 Specific Sessions (3 Parallel Sessions)
  • 16:30 – 17:00 Poster and Paper Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks
  • 17:15 – Farewell Event

Workshops – September 23, 2025 – 9:00-12:00

Workshop 1

Harsh environment robotics

  • 9:00 – 9:15 Introduction
  • 9:15 – 9:45 Paper 1
    Title: Fuel cell system development for harsh environment at F-REI
  • 9:45 – 10:15 Paper 2
    Title: Fluid powered robots for harsh environments
  • 10:15 – 10:45 Paper 3
    Title: Aerial Interception of Multiple Drones by Multiple Distributed Chasers with Batch Deployments
  • 10:45 – 11:15 Paper 4
    Title: Transfer of Skill from Human to Robot
  • 11:15 – 12:00 Keynote Talk – Masayoshi Tomizuka
    Topic: Intelligent, Autonomous and Swarm Control of Robots in Harsh Environment

Workshop 2

Muscle to Mobility (M2): Crafting Soft Robots with Bioinspired Design Principles

  • 8:30 – 8:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • 8:45 – 9:15 Neuroscience Control Strategies
    Prof. Dr. Henrik Jörntell
  • 9:15 – 9:45 Siulating Movement Science
    Dr. Hari Teja
  • 9:45 – 10:15 Control of Bioinspired Robots
    Prof. Poramate Manoopong
  • 10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break
  • 11:00 – 11:30 Soft Robotics
    Prof. Dr. Cecilia Laschi
  • 11:30 – 12:00 Human Robotics
    Prof. Dr. Etienne Burdet
  • 12:00 – 12:30 Bioinspired Design Process (Interactive)
    Dr. Junior Rojas and Assistant Prof. Dr. Saravana
  • 12:30 – 13:00 Panel discussion
  • 13:00 Goodbye Notes