
Arash Ajoudani
How physical and social factors can come together in human-robot interaction
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Alin Albu-Schäffer
What algebraic topology and differential geometry can teach us about intrinsic dynamics and global behavior of robot
DLR – German Aerospace Center
TU Munich

Nancy Amato
Towards trainable bio-robots built from programmable biological neural processors
University of Illinois

Jessica Burgner-Kahrs
Open continuum robotics
University of Toronto

Margarita Chli
Vision-based robotic perception: challenges & opportunities
ETH Zurich
University of Cyprus

Nadia Figueroa
Collaborative robots in the wild: Challenges and future directions from a human-centric perspective
University of Pennsylvania

Dario Floreano
Human robot symbiosis
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Abderrahmane Kheddar
Non-invasive real-time knee prosthesis motion monitoring
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Mirko Kovac
Sustainability robotics
Imperial College London

Dana Kulic
Simulations for HRI
Monash University

Sami Haddadin
A theory on collective learning: From experimental observation to collective learning dynamics with similarity exploitation
TU Munich

Yasuhisa Hirata
Cooperation of assistive robots to improve productivity in the nursing care field
Tohoku University

Takamitsu Matsubara
Bayesian disturbance injection: Simultaneous inference of flexible policies and disturbances for robust imitation
Nara Institute of Science and Technology

Katja Mombaur
From performance indicators in sports to improved motions of human-centred robots
University of Waterloo

Yukie Nagai
Robotics for understanding and assisting neurodiversity
University of Tokyo

Jamie Paik
Reconfigurable robots for soft interactions
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Daniela Rus
Liquid networks for learning control
MIT

Dorsa Sadigh
Learning robot policies from non-traditional sources of human data
Stanford University

Angela Schoellig
Safe learning in robotics: Quo Vadis?
University of Toronto
TU Munich

Roland Siegwart
Interactive and environment-aware flying robots
ETH Zurich

Abhinav Valada
Rethinking robot learning for autonomy at scale
University of Freiburg

Markus Vincze
Object perception & manipulation: Where do we stand?
TU Wien