Workshop @ HRI 2012
Workshop on: Advances in Tactile Sensing and Touch based Human-Robot Interaction
to be held in conjunction with the
7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2012)
Boston, USA, March 5-8, 2012
Download the program here.
Scope of the Workshop:
The problem of "providing robots with the sense of touch" is fundamental in order to develop the next generations of robots capable of interacting with humans in different contexts: in daily housekeeping activities, as working partners, as caregivers, etc. Through tactile sensing it is possible to estimate physical properties of grasped or touched objects. Tactile feedback may enable the detection and the safe control of the interaction of the robot with object or humans. Finally, touch based cognitive processes can be involved by developing body self-awareness to differentiate "me" from "not me" thus opening new relevant problems.
The objective of this Workshop is to present and discuss the most recent achievements in the area of tactile sensing starting from the technological aspects, up to the application problems where tactile feedback plays a fundamental role.
The Workshop will cover, but will not be limited to, the following three main areas:
- Technological aspects of robot skin design and implementation including: advanced transduction devices, large scale sensing technologies, embedded electronics, system level solutions, etc.
- Software and algorithmic aspects related to tactile data processing: software engineering, robot control, touch based reactive behaviors, touch classification, object recognition, etc.
- Cognitive issues related, but not limited, to skin-based behaviors and task level control, including: human-robot interaction, learning and assistive technologies etc.
Specific relevant topics include (but not limited to):
- New tactile sensing technologies
- System level design solutions for large area tactile sensing
- Bio-inspired tactile sensor design and data processing
- Psycho-physical studies on human sense of touch
- Integration of touch with other sensing modalities
- Algorithms and architectures for tactile data processing
- Tactile and touch based cognitive control applications
- Experimental tests and benchmarks
Target Audience:
The Workshop is expected to be a forum for researchers working in the areas of tactile sensing, robot grasping and interaction control, haptics, human-robot interaction, cognitive robotics etc.
Extended Abstract Submission Guidelines:
Researchers presenting their results at the Workshop are requested to submit a 2 to 4 pages extended abstract (in PDF format) including figures, pictures, graphs and references. The extended abstract will form the Workshop Proceedings. The papers must be formatted using the same template of the main HRI conference. The templates (Word and LaTeX) are available here.
Extended abstracts should be submitted to: Fulvio Mastrogiovanni (
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Important Dates:
Abstract submission deadline: January 10, 2012.
Acceptance decision: January 30, 2012.
Final Manuscript Submission due: February 10, 2012.
Workshop Day: March 5, 2012.
Program Committee:
Aude Billard (EPFL, Switzerland)
Annalisa Bonfiglio (Università di Cagliari, Italy)
Giorgio Cannata (Università di Genova, Italy)
Piero Cosseddu (Università di Cagliari, Italy)
Torbjorn Dahl (University of Wales at Newport, UK)
Kerstin Dautenhahn (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
Lorenzo Natale (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
Fulvio Mastrogiovanni (Università di Genova, Italy)
Giorgio Metta (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
Daniel Polani (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
Ben Robins (University of Hertfordshire, UK)
Lucia Seminara (Università di Genova, Italy)
Maurizio Valle (Università di Genova, Italy)
Organizers:
Giorgio Cannata (Università di Genova, Italy)
Lorenzo Natale (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
Fulvio Mastrogiovanni (Università di Genova, Italy)
Giorgio Metta (Italian Institute of Technology, Italy)
