Areas mainly addressed: B2B and innovation 

Main questions to be answered: 

· How can cross-disciplinary collaboration between artists and industry drive innovation and new product development? 

· What are the key success factors for this type of collaboration? 

· How can artists’ unique perspectives and creative problem-solving approaches help industry overcome innovation challenges and leverage emerging technologies? 

WS Description: This workshop explores the potential for cross-disciplinary collaboration between artists and industry to drive innovation and new product development. Drawing on real-life examples, we will examine the key success factors for these collaborations, and explore how artist can be involved in industrial product- and process design to foster innovation, creativity, and problem-solving in industry. The workshop will be structured as a moderated discussion with the panelists, followed by a Q&A session. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the challenges and opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration in their own organisations. 

Intended outcome: The workshop aims to encourage cross-disciplinary collaborations and inspire new approaches to innovation. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the potential benefits of working with artists, and how to establish successful collaborations. 

Approach: • Introduction (5 min) 

• Presentations (25 min) 

• Panel discussion (20 min) 

• Q&A session (20 min) 

Contributors: Aldo Sollazzo, entrepreneur and innovator, expert in robotics, computer vision, and 

computational design. Director of the Master in Robotics and Advanced Construction at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya in Barcelona and CEO of Noumena, Reshape and LAMÁQUINA (ES). (Attendance confirmed) 

Panos Sakkas, architect and co-founder of research and design studio The New Raw in Rotterdam (NL), developing digital craftsmanship techniques and circular design concepts, using robots to transform plastic waste into circular products. (Attendance confirmed) 

Jelle Feringa, architecture and robotics specialist. Founder at Terrestrial, developing a robotic approach to earthen construction. Co-founder of EZCT, Odico formwork robotics & Block Foundation. 

Moderation: Zeynep Birsel, Project Developer at Waag Futurelab and Waag Concept Lead for S+T+ARTS and Natalia Vargas, Project Manager for Open Space and Open Design at Waag Futurelab 

Further information: https://starts-prize.aec.at/en/; https://waag.org/en/; https://starts.eu 

Organisers: 

· Natalia Vargas, Natalia@waag.org, Waag Futurelab

· Zeynep Birsel, Zeynep@waag.org, Waag Futurelab

Areas mainly addressed: B2B and innovation 

Main questions to be answered: 

· Why do we need more artistic involvement to advance the manufacturing industry? 

· Who are the S+T+ARTS Residency winners of the Vojext project and what are their ambitions? 

· What are critical factors for a successful involvement of artists into industrial research and production? 

WS Description: Robotic manufacturing and human-robot collaborative technologies offer unique challenges for SMEs for fast uptake, development and adoption. In addition to novel technology design and development with a diverse group of industry partners as well as DIHs, the VOJEXT project integrates artist residencies with a goal for introducing artist-led critical and alternative approaches to collaborative robotic interface design. The residencies investigate cobot interactions in construction and arts and crafts as sectoral application areas and social interactions as a cross cutting research topics focusing on safety, comfort, harmony as well as ethical paradigms such as fair labour systems, co-learning and skills development that impact the ability to adopt and diffuse robotic technologies by the workers in manufacturing SMEs. 

Intended outcome: Workshop covering material new to ERF that the Robotics community should engage with 

Approach: This workshop offers the chance to learn about how artistic experimentation can further innovation in the manufacturing industry. The S+T+ARTS residency winners will be revealed during the workshop at ERF. You will meet the organizers of the programme as well as two of the chosen artists. 

Presentations on the ambition of the residencies and the outcomes proposed by the winning artists 

Q&A 

Contributors: Maria Eugenia (Xenia) Beltrán, Senior R&D Project Manager and Head of Big Data in LifeSTech at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), VOJEXT Project Coordinator (confirmed) 

Zeynep Birsel, Project Developer at Waag Futurelab and Waag Concept Lead for S+T+ARTS (confirmed) 

Two S+T+ARTS Residency winning artists (to be announced during workshop) 

Further information: https://starts.eu, https://waag.org/en/, https://vojext.eu 

Organisers: 

· Natalia Vargas, Natalia@waag.org, Waag Futurelab

· Zeynep Birsel, Zeynep@waag.org, Waag Futurelab

The objective of this workshop is to strengthen the interaction between the miniaturized robotics and the healthcare robotics communities. Developments in miniaturized robotics have resulted in multiple proofs-of-concept with great potential to be exploited in the healthcare domain. It concerns especially minimal-invasive surgery including (i) robotic intervention in confined space inside the body (e.g., in otolaryngology) and (ii) focused drug delivery via micro/nano- carriers (e.g., in the brain). It also finds application in cell engineering such as single cell sorting for biotherapies. This workshop will fill the gap and develop synergies between TG miniaturized robotics and TG healthcare robotics to promote and boost the development of multiscale robotic tools in healthcare.

Several types of robots have been developed in the healthcare domain. This workshop will address both specific application fields: (i) minimal-invasive surgery and targeted/localized drug delivery and (ii) drug/biomedicine fabrication. In both application fields, combining miniaturized robotics and large-scale robotics will improve the overall performance thanks to the complementarity between the great operational range (large-scale robots) and the precision of the task (miniaturized robots). In surgery, large robots at the scale of the human body are required to be able to access several operation configurations. Miniaturized robots can reach currently inaccessible places inside the body, e.g., the olfactive bulb in the nose, but the deployment will need to be carried out by a large- scale robot. Concrete applications to operate in confined locations in the human body will surely need the collaboration of both large-scale robots and miniaturized and micro-robots.

In biotherapies, there is also a multiscale challenge, where large robots are required to pipette samples, and miniaturized robots, which can be combined with lab-on-chip technologies, are capable of sorting single cells in samples or carrying out single-cell analysis. The development of biotherapies with an accessible price requires the automation of those steps.

In both cases, joining forces of both the TG miniaturized robotics and TG healthcare robotics will pave the way toward multiscale robotic solutions for healthcare domains.

Organization committee

Workshop Schedule
11:05 – 12:15: Invited talks on most promising technologies & challenges in both fields

Healthcare robotics

•  Prof. Muradore Riccardo, Univ. of Verona, Italy, confirmed
•  Prof. Sanja Dogramadzi, Univ. Sheffield, UK, confirmed

Miniaturized robot start-ups in healthcare

• Dr Sergio Lescano, CEO, Amarob Technologies, France, confirmed
• Dr Bertrand Duplat, CEO, Robeauté, France, confirmed
• Prof. Sinan Haliyo, Optobot project, Univ. Paris Sorbonne, France, confirmed

New trends in Miniaturized robot for healthcare

12:15 – 12:25: Open discussions on possible new connexions between both communities

12:25 – 13:55: Joint Lunch break!

Bio: Prof. Dr. Sven Behnke holds since 2008 the chair for Autonomous Intelligent Systems at the University of Bonn, Germany, and heads there the Computer Science Institute VI – Intelligent Systems and Robotics. He received a PhD in computer science from Freie Universität Berlin in 2002. In his dissertation “Hierarchical Neural Networks for Image Interpretation” he extended forward deep learning models to recurrent models for visual perception. In 2003 he did postdoctoral research on robust speech recognition at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, CA. 2004-2008 Professor Behnke led the Research Group “Humanoid Robots” at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. His research interests include cognitive robotics, computer vision, and machine learning. His team NimbRo has won numerous robot competitions (RoboCup Humanoid Soccer, RoboCup@Home, MBZIRC, ANA Avatar XPRIZE). 

Areas mainly addressed: Agile Production, B2B and innovation 

Main questions to be answered: 

· How to manage the death valley from lab results to industrial products, especially for the mature spin-off with already successful products? 

· What environmental and social issues can be impacted by industrial miniaturized robotics, and how to positive impacts can be pushed forward? 

· Wide but scattered market, few suppliers: Could collaboration between miniaturized robotics companies help open the market? 

WS Description: This workshop aims to facilitate the first interaction between spin-offs in miniaturized robotics to build a global response to upcoming challenges. After more than 15 years of activity, miniaturized robotics has demonstrated the economic viability of industrial applications. However, if miniaturized robotics labs are active only to strengthen their own collaboration and visibility, and spin-off companies are just concerned with their own businesses, this could hinder the visibility and overall performance of this highly potential and dynamic robotic sector. In this workshop, we will present the current achievements of key industry players in miniaturised robotics, as well as their collaboration with academic partners. The workshop is expected to renew a global vision of academic-industrial cooperation and will impact the responsiveness of miniaturized robotics to future challenges. 

Intended outcome: Workshop discussion topics of common interest, success stories, use cases, etc, Workshop on recent developments in technology or applications, Workshop covering material new to ERF that the Robotics community should engage with 

Approach: The goal of the WS is to let people meet and discuss to create and a highly inclusive miniaturized robotic community, not only relying on academics. The workshop will be organized in the form of short presentations of successful industrial achievement (crossing the valley of death), and a vision for the future. 

The workshop will be followed by a panel discussion, which will probably continue after the workshop. 

Tentative agenda: (80 min) 

* 5-6 Presentations from industrial speakers (50-60 minutes) 

* Panel discussion, both industrial and academic (20-30 minutes, the time may not be sufficient, the additional discussion will be continued after the workshop) 

Contributors: – M. Philippe Beaulieu, Mecademic, Canada, confirmed 

– M. David Heriban, Percipio Robotics, France, confirmed 

– Prof. Sinan Haliyo, Univ. Paris Sorbonne, France, confirmed 

– Dr. Ziyu Ren, Max Plank Institute, Germany, confirmed 

– Dr Maxence Leveziel, FEMTO-ST, France, confirmed 

– Dr. Fabian von Kleist-Retzow, Univ. Oldenburg, Germany, confirmed 

Organisers: 

· David Hériban, david.heriban@percipio-robotics.com, Percipio Robotics

· Isabelle Faggianelli, isabelle.faggianelli@percipio-robotics.com, Percipio Robotics 

· QuanZhou, quan.zhou@aalto.fi, Aalto University 

· Michaël Gauthier, michael.gauthier@femto-st.fr, FEMTO-ST

Autonomous Low-Emission Swarm of Infra Construction Machinery, Tot 

Areas mainly addressed: Robotics and AI/Big Data Value, B2B and innovation, Net Zero/Sustainability, Autonomy, Collaborative Robots and cloud robotics 

Main questions to be answered: 

· The main research question is how to research and develop open “Building Information Modelling” (BIM) -based automation and robotics for construction of infrastructures and buildings. 

· How can we utilize “building BIM” in building construction automation? How can we utilize “infra BIM” in infrastructure construction automation? Should current BIM concepts and guidelines be changed to enable integration to automation and robotics? 

WS Description: BIM in Construction Robotics. The workshop will focus on the recent development and achievements in the field of BIM-based automation and robotics in construction. The focus is in the integration of open BIM with more and more autonomous construction machine control. Examples of BIM-based robotics systems will be introduced both from infrastructure and building construction areas. 

Intended outcome: Workshop discussion topics of common interest, success stories, use cases, etc, Workshop on recent developments in technology or applications, Workshop covering material new to ERF that the Robotics community should engage with, Workshops engaging non-roboticists to understand needs/goals (policy, commercial, technical), Workshop expected to create a roadmap or white paper, Information about community involvement and services offered (e.g. DIHs, open calls, platforms, …) 

Approach: The workshop will focus on the recent development and achievements in the field of BIM in construction robotics. The utilization of BIM in more and more autonomous machine control, together with new means and technologies to control emissions, and real-time cloud service systems will be illustrated, demonstrated and discussed. The organizers and speakers are top level members of research institutions and companies service providers. 

This workshop will guide researchers through the many features so that we can discuss ways for them to benefit from our platform in their research. We also want to obtain feedback on our development by identifying strengths and weaknesses in discussions and guided hands-on sessions. 

Contributors: Masahiri Indo, Shimizu Corporation, Japan. Donato Greco, Hilti Denmark. Prof., Dr. Sigrid Brell-Cokcan, RWTH Aachen DE. Peter Sjöberg, Volvo Construction Equipment. Unicontrol, DK. Possible other. 

Further information: https://www.research.fi/en/results/funding/33475 

Organisers: 

· Rauno Heikkilä, rauno.heikkila@oulu.fi, University of Oulu

· Tanja Kolli, tanja.kolli@oulu.fi, University of Oulu 

· ChristianSchlette, chsch@mmmi.sdu.dk, University of Southern Denmark

Areas mainly addressed: Robotics and AI/Big Data Value, Ethical, Legal, Social, Economic implications of robotics, B2B and innovation, Net Zero/Sustainability 

Main questions to be answered: 

· 1. Challenges and priorities: what should be contribution of social robots for sustainability and how the sustainability goals can be defined from social robotics perspective. 

· 2. Kinds of sustainability: What kinds of sustainability to consider and prioritize: Social, Environmental, Economical and those can be achieved by design? 

· 3. Real World Perspetctive: How sustainable applications can be ensured from the real world perspective: Stand alone robot vs ecosystem of technologies? End user vs Public Perception? 

WS Description: Should Social Robots now think about Sustainability? Yes! Remember the ERF 2022 workshop on “Social Robots: the duality of sustainability and societal applications”? The duality which we introduced and explored: how a social robot can be sustainable and how it can be applied for sustainable applications. Based on input from experts with diverse backgrounds (in talks, panel discussions, audience engagement), it was evident that there are several aspects to consider and there is a need to dive deeper, create a comprehensive list, and brainstorm and set priorities among those. 

This second edition of the workshop will address the above needs, provide an opportunity to contribute and shape this key aspect together, with a more dedicated engagement with stakeholders. 

The workshop will also set the context for the next important question of Sustainable balance of Human-Robots co-existence. 

Intended outcome: Workshop expected to create a roadmap or white paper, Workshop on recent developments in technology or applications, Workshops engaging non-roboticists to understand needs/goals (policy, commercial, technical), Workshop covering material new to ERF that the Robotics community should engage with 

Approach: The main aims of the workshop is to 

1. Ensure that there is community being built with all the stakeholders, and create the much needed awareness around this central aspect of Sustanability and Applications of Social Robots. 

2. Establish a multi-way communication channel to to strengthen the collaborative efforts around these topics. 

In this regards, the workshop will bring different stakeholders together, identify and create interest groups, and foster discussion to collect valuable insights and feedback. Therefore, the agenda is designed to balance the time division necessary to accommodate talks from various stakeholders, create the ground for discussion, open the floor for brainstorming and to collect feedback for roadmapping through audience engagement. 

To set the ground, selected experts and panelists (from industry, academics, end users, policy makers) will be invited for short presentations to provide insiders perspectives and position statements. The questions will be provided to the panelists and speakers in advance. This will avoid having general talks from the speakers, but to the points and focused presentations. Also to better capture the requirements, barriers, potentials and policies at EU level, the invited experts are from different countries of Europe. 

The outline of the agenda and theme (Total 80 Minutes): 

– Introduction by organizers: objectives, themes, past findings, objectives (5 minutes) 

– Position statements from Industry (10 minutes) 

– Position statement from Academics (10 minutes) 

– Position statement form cross disciplinary experts, end users and policy makers (10 minutes) 

– Interactive Panel discussion including audience engagement (40min) 

– Concluding remarks, with pointers for next steps and white paper creation (5 minutes) 

Contributors: Speakers/panelists: 

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(Industry and Innovation) 

– Ms. Franziska Kirstein, Senior Scientific Domain Lead, Blue Ocean Robotics, Denmark 

– Dr. Amit Kumar Pandey, Chief Robotics and AI Officer, Rovial Space, France; President, Socients AI and Robotics, France 

– Mr. Francesco Ferro, CEO, PAL Robotics, Spain 

(End users) 

– Dr. Alberto Sanna, Director, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, The San Raffaele Smart City, Milan, Italy 

(Research and Academics) 

– Prof. Praminda Caleb-Solly, Professor of Embodied Intelligence, University of Nottingham, School of Computer Science, UK 

– Prof. Filippo Cavallo, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, Italy 

(Public perception) 

– Dr. Anneli Roose, Coordinator for Robotics4eu, Estonia 

– Dr. Agnes Delaborde, Laboratoire national de métrologie et d’essais, France 

Organisers: 

· Amit Kumar Pandey, amit.k.pandey@socients.ai, Socients AI and Robotics

· Franziska Kirstein, fk@blue-ocean-robotics.com, Blue Ocean Robotics