Tuesday, October 15th 2024, 8:30-12:30, ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi
Organizers
- Sven Behnke, University of Bonn, Germany
- Jee-Hwan Ryu, KAIST, Korea
- Daniele Pucci, Italian Institute of Technology, Italy
- Veronica J. Santos, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Description
Robotic avatar systems allow human operators to instantly transport
their senses, actions, and presence over long distances, without the
need for resource-hungry and time-consuming travel and avoiding
potential risks present in the remote environment. Applications of
avatars include emergency response, healthcare, space, professional
services, telecommuting, attending meetings, visiting friends and
relatives, and tourism.
Telepresence through avatars is a hot topic
in robotics research because avatars represent the next generation of
telepresence devices that allow people to not only communicate through
audio and video, but also to navigate remotely, manipulate objects in
the distant environment, and physically interact with humans.
Developing and using robotic avatar systems touches on many areas,
including humanoid robots, telerobotics, haptics, tactile sensing,
robotic hands, VR/AR, and human-robot interaction. Through avatar
systems, real-word interaction experience data is generated, which can
be a basis for learning world models and autonomous functionalities.
The workshop will be a forum to discuss and reflect different
perspectives on the current state of avatar technology and future
research challenges. The program will consist of invited talks,
contributed talks and demos, and a panel discussion.
Invited Speakers
- Takahide Yoshiike, R&D Co., Ltd.: “Avatar robot with dexterity and shared autonomy”
- Kouta Minamizawa, Keio University, Japan: “Cybernetic being - towards expanding human social abilities through cybernetic avatars”
- Harsimran Singh, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany: “Exploiting decades of teleoperation research for advancing human-robot collaboration beyond transparency”
- Young Soo Park, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), USA: “Robotic Digital Twin of Dual-Arm Telerobotic Hot Cell / Glovebox”
- Jong-Won Park, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Korea: “Design and Control of the Hydraulic Dual-Arm Robot, ARMstrong, and its Application to Nuclear Facilities”
- Antonio Frisoli, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA), Italy: “Remote haptic telepresence and telemanipulation with robotic exoskeletons"
- Charith Fernando, Executive Officer and CTO, avatarin Inc., Japan: “Beyond Telepresence”
Accepted Contributions
- Toby Buckley and Edward Colgate: "Dexterous Manipulation with a Bi-Manual Anthropomorphic Teleoperation Robot"
- Marcello Palagi, Giancarlo Santamato, Gianluca Rinaldi, Simone Marcheschi, Daniele Leonardis, Massimiliano Solazzi, Antonio Frisoli and Domenico Chiaradia: "Lightweight and Wearable Mechanical Tracker for Upper Limbs designed for Telemanipulation Tasks"
- Masaki Haruna, Munetaka Kashiwa, Kiyotaka Ishi, Toru Sato, Atsuko Uemura, Shunsuke Ichihara, Masaki Ogino and Shigeaki Tagashira: "Compact Avatar “MARU-TO” For Entertainment Business By Team Last Mile"
- Xiao Chen, Youssef Michel, Hamid Sadeghian, Abdeldjallil Naceri and Sami Haddadin: "Network-aware Shared Autonomy in Bilateral Teleoperation"
- Joong-Ku Lee and Jee-Hwan Ryu: "Development of a Collaborative Robotic Arm-based Bimanual Haptic Display"
- Hyunsu Kim, Harim Ji, Somang Lee and Dongjun Lee: "Hardware Design for Compact and Accurate Wearable Cutaneous Haptic Device in Avatar Systems"
We were soliciting contributed presentations and demonstrations on all aspects related to robotic avatars.
[Link to the call]