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IEEE/RSJ IROS WS - Building Safe Robots
A Holistic Integrated View on Safety

Invited Speakers


We have a brilliant line-up of speakers.

Control and Perception

Johannes Lachner
Johannes Lachner
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Talk: Energy budgets for safe control
Website: https://jlachner.github.io
Andrea Pupa
Andrea Pupa
Assistant Professor at the University of Modena
Talk: Safety-aware control and task scheduling
Website: https://www.arscontrol.unimore.it/andrea-pupa/
Rong Xiong
Rong Xiong
Professor at the Zhejiang University
Talk: Humanoid robot safety
Website: ZJU Profile

Modelling and Design

Ivan Ruchkin
Ivan Ruchkin
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University
Talk: Reliable World Models: Physical Grounding and Safety Prediction
Website: https://ivan.ece.ufl.edu/
Sven Parusel
Sven Parusel
Franka Robotics
Talk: Designing human-like tactile robots
Website: LinkedIn
Marta Lorenzini
Marta Lorenzini
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
Talk: Ergonomic and safe robots
Website: IIT Profile

Deploying and Testing

Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee
Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee
Assistant Professor at Cornell University
Talk: From Lab to Home: Safety in Deploying Physical Caregiving Robot Systems
Website: https://emprise.cs.cornell.edu/
Robin Kirschner
Robin Kirschner
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Talk: Testing robot tactility
Website: TUM Profile
University of Nottingham MIRMI TUM TUM Shanghai Jiao Tong University NOKOV Motion Capture