Workshop scope and intended audience

The goal of this workshop is to provide a comprehensive overview of the current trends in designing control schemes for applications involving soft robots, encompassing both model-based and model-free control strategies. The objective is to target real-world applications and challenging case studies, analyzing the strengths and limitations of both, and possibly assessing the improvements achievable by their synergic combination.

The workshop is intended for Ph.D. students, researchers, engineers, companies, and practitioners who share an interest in control and automation within the domain of soft robotics. With this initiative, the organizers aspire to establish an inclusive platform for engaging in open discussions with key stakeholders.

The final workshop schedule is reported in the Program page, together with the list of speakers and abstracts of the proposed contributions. Each talk will consist of 35' plus 5' for Q&A, separated by coffee and lunch breaks designed to maximize the participants' opportunities to discuss technical problems and tighten or establish professional networks. At the end of the workshop, a roundtable among presenters and participants will be organized to discuss about future direction of model-free and model-based controls for soft robotics applications.

Organizers