Organised by

General Chair : Prof. An Jacobs (VUB),

Program Chair: Dr. Shirley Elprama (VUB)

Program Committee members: prof. dr. An Jacobs, dr. Shirley Elprama, prof. dr. Bernardo Innocenti, Kristóf Takács

Description

For in-person attendance, as well as online attendance of the webinar, registration is necessary. please register for both days or choose one of the days by filling out the registration form. This Forum will also be live-streamed on our Youtube channel @BrIAStalks

Abstract

“How do we collaborate in a sustainable way with robotics in the future?” is the core topic of the field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI). As part of the Brias topic on sustainable robotics, we are organizing a forum consisting of two workshops on two subfields: the domain of HRI in surgery and HRI in EU manufacturing companies. As part of this forum, we will discuss the sustainability challenges of future Human-Robot interactions in these domains in-depth, and we will co-create solutions with the attendees in a multidisciplinary setting. With the output of both workshops, we want to synthesize a comparison of the debates in both subfields and will communicate these results to all participants and to the broader community.  

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Program

Human robot collaboration in surgery and healthcare

08:30 – 09:00 – Arrival and coffee

09:00 – 09:15 – Introduction (prof. dr. An Jacobs – imec-SMIT, VUB and prof. dr. Bernardo Incenti ULB) 

09:15 – 09:30 – The importance of sustainability goals in the surgical domain(Kristóf Takács & prof. dr. Tamas Heidegger – Óbuda University)

09:30 – 09:40  – Q&A

09:40 – 09:55 – Robotic knee surgery (prof. dr. Bernardo Innocenti – ULB & KU Leuven)

09:55 – 10:05 – Q&A

10:05 – 10:20  – Insights from workshop on sustainability goals (dr. An Jacobs – imec, SMIT – VUB)

10:20 – 10:40 – Short break

10:40 – 10:55 –   Sustainability goals at Idevax – Rob-id (Koen Beyers – Idevax)

11:10 – 11:25  –  Sustainability goals at ORSI Academy (dr. Nicola Frego – ORSI Academy)

11:25 – 12:30 – Panel discussion led by dr. Carl Mörch with previous speakers

12:30 – 13:30 –  Lunch break & arrival participants afternoon session

 

Human robot collaboration in EU manufacturing companies

13:30 – 13:40 –  Introduction (prof. dr. An Jacobs – imec, SMIT – VUB)

13:40 – 13:55 –  The importance of sustainability goals in the production domain (dr. Marta Lorenzini – Italian Institute of Technology) 

13:55 – 14:05 – Q&A

14:05 – 14:20 –  HRI in production context  (dr. Shirley A. Elprama – imec-SMIT, VUB & FARI)

14:20 – 14:30  – Q&A

14:30 – 15:00 – Short break

15:00 – 15:15 – Sustainable Robotics in Production Environments: Navigating Challenges and Achieving Innovations (Sharath Chandra – PROFACTOR)

15:15 – 15:25 – Q&A

15:25 – 15:45  – Universal Design as Sustainable Design of Service Robots (prof. dr. AJung moon – McGill University)

15:45 – 15:55 – Q&A

15:55 – 16:30 – Group discussion: brainstorm with the audience about SDG’s in relation to human robot collaboration in production (prof. dr. An Jacobs – imec, SMIT – VUB)

16:30 – Closing remarks (dr. Shirley A. Elprama – imec, SMIT – VUB & FARI)

16:30 – 17:30 – Reception