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, Honda Research Institute Japan: “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: “Development of the ARMstrong Nuclear Emergency Response Robot and Radiation Preparedness Training for 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”
Call for Contributions
We are soliciting contributed presentations and demonstrations on all
aspects related to robotic avatars, including but not limited to:
- Components for Avatar systems (sensors, mechanisms, displays,
etc.)
- Methods for perception and control in Avatar systems
- Simulators for Avatar systems
- Integrated Avatar systems
- Telerobotics
- Haptics
- VR/AR technology
- Mitigating communication latency and bandwidth limitations
- Shared or supervised autonomy
- Benchmarking of Avatar systems
- Applications for Avatar systems
- Position presentations, e.g. on ways to further advance robotic Avatars
- Submission deadline: August 31st, 2024
- Acceptance notification: September 15th, 2024
- Final version due: September 30th, 2024
- Workshop date: October 15th, 2024
Presentation or demonstration proposals have to be submitted as a
PDF in
2+n format (at most 2 pages of content and n pages of references in the
IROS double column format). Templates are available here: LaTeX, Word.
All submissions have to be made through EasyChair and will be
peer-reviewed.
Final versions of accepted presentations and demonstrations will be
made available on the workshop website.