The 1st International Winter School will cover the following topics:
- Fundamentals of smart (self healing, sensing, actuating) materials, biology and design, actuation, sensing and control/AI in soft robotics
- Integration smart materials in soft robotics
- Applications of smart materials and soft and growing robotics
- Relevant societal and economic impact and personal development (transferable skills) as presentation skills, science communication, ethics, exploitation)
In addition, we aim to organise out-of-the-box tutorials teaching creative skills that are normally not covered during conferences.
SMART Winter School Programme
Location: Cambridge, UK
Venues: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge (CUED) & Jesus College
ARRIVAL, Sun 12 December:
14:00 Start of registration and check-in at the College.
19:00 Evening “Get-together” Event with food and drinks.
Day 1, Mon 13 December
07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast at College
Morning Session (Hybrid Event)
08:30 – 09:00 SMART Winter School Registration open [CUED Foyer]
09:00 – 09:30 Winter School Welcome and Introduction [LT1]
09:30 – 10:30 Mark Cutkosky
10:30 – 11:00 Refreshments break [LT 1 Foyer]
11:00 – 12:00 Pooi See Lee
12:00 – 13:00 SMART/SHERO Overview 1
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch [LT 1 Foyer]
Afternoon Session
14:30 – 17:00 Monitoring of 3D printed soft robotic hinges with flexible strain sensors using Arduino/ Building your own self-healing actuator (run in parallel)
17:30 – 19:00: Student poster session and meet-and-greet
*Please note: preferred poster sizes are A1 or A0
Free evening: College dinner or Pub Visit
Day 2, Tues 14 December
07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast at College
Morning Session
09:30 – 12:00 Building a soft robot with omnidirectional bending capabilities: From fluidic artificial muscles manufacturing to the overall system characterization/ Modeling soft robots with SOFA
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch [LT 1 Foyer]
Afternoon Session (Hybrid Event)
13:30 – 14:30 Shoji Takeuchi
14:30 – 15:30 Barbara Mazzolai
15:30 – 16:00 Refreshments break [LT 1 Foyer]
16:00 – 17:00 Carmel Majidi
Free evening: College Dinner or Pub Visit
Day 3, Wed 15 December
07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast at College
Morning Session (Hybrid Event)
09:30 – 10:30 Herbert Shea
10:30 – 11:00 Refreshments break [LT 1 Foyer]
11:00 – 12:00 John Biggins
12:00 – 13:00 Tom Erez
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch [LT 1 Foyer]
Afternoon Session
14:30 – 16:30 ‘From the Romans to DNA: A Tour of Historic Cambridge’ [Dress code: umbrellas, warm jackets, comfortable walking shoes + cameras for golden hour pictures]
18:00 – 19:00 Drink at college [Dress Code: smart casual]
19:00 – 21:00 Formal dinner [Dress Code: smart casual]
Day 4, Thurs 16 December
07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast at College
Morning Session (Hybrid Event)
09:30 – 10:30 SMART/SHERO Overview 2
10:30 – 11:00 Refreshments break [LT 1 Foyer]
11:00 – 12:00 Peer Fischer
12:00 – 13:00 Karoline von Häfen
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch [LT 1 Foyer]
Afternoon Session
14:30 – 17:00 Machine learning for modelling and control of Soft Robots/ Assembling a biohybrid energy harvester based on living plants and measuring electrophysiological signals in plants (run in parallel)
17:30-21:00 Barbecue (at College)
19:30-21:00 Student Panel discussion + Magic Show (https://matthewlemottee.com/)
Day 5, Friday 17 December
07:30 – 08:45 Breakfast at College/Check-out/Luggage to the CUED
Morning Session (Hybrid Event)
09:00 – 10:00 Silvia Vignolini
10:00 – 10:30 Refreshments break [LT 1 Foyer]
10:30 – 11:30 Jonathan Rossiter
11:30 – 12:30 Robert K Katzschmann
12:30 – 13:00 Lunch [the OHMC]
13:00 – 15:00 Scientific Panel Discussion + Prize Distribution
Afternoon: Departure
Those who would like to spend an extra day in Cambridge should contact Jesus College and book an extra night directly with them. Jesus College conference service: +44 (0)1223 760524 or email us on conference@jesus.cam.ac.uk.
Tutorial Activities
In addition to lectures, talks and seminars, the Winter School will be running parallel tutorial sessions that will not be broadcast online. Tutorial sessions and speaker sessions can be found in separate menus above.