Tuesday, October 15th 2024, 8:00-12:00, Room 9, 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.

            

Schedule

8:00 –	Welcome and introduction (organizers)
8:05 –	Invited presentation by Takahide Yoshiike, Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Japan: Avatar Robot with Dexterity and Shared Autonomy
8:25 –	Invited presentation by Kouta Minamizawa, Keio University, Japan: Project Cybernetic being: Bridging Divides with Cybernetic Avatars
8:45 –	Invited presentation by Harsimran Singh, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany: Exploiting Decades of Teleoperation Research for Advancing Human-Robot Collaboration beyond Transparency
9:05 –	Invited presentation (online) by Young Soo Park, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), USA: Robotic Digital Twin of Dual-Arm Telerobotic Hot Cell / Glovebox
9:25 –	Contributed presentations (5 minutes each) Toby Buckley and J. 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"
9:55 –	Poster session and coffee break
10:30 –	Invited presentation by Jongwon Park, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Korea: Design and Control of the Hydraulic Dual-Arm Robot, ARMstrong, and its Application to Nuclear Facilities
10:50 –	Invited presentation by Antonio Frisoli, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA), Italy: Remote Haptic Telepresence and Telemanipulation with Robotic Exoskeletons
11:10 –	Invited presentation by Charith Fernando, Executive Officer and CTO, avatarin Inc., Japan: Skills Learning Telepresence Robots for Remote Support
11:30 –	Panel discussion (invited speakers, moderated by organizers)
12:00	End of workshop

We were soliciting contributed presentations and demonstrations on all aspects related to robotic avatars.
[Link to the call]

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