Schedule

The workshop will consist of two sessions. An initial session in the morning where invited speakers will do a max 15 min presentation, followed by 10 min of questions. Speakers come from both robotics and natural science, giving both the perspective of the robotics side and the end users side. The second half will be in the afternoon and will be composed of 10 min demonstrations by the selected papers authors and poster presentation sessions. Authors of both demonstrations and posters are encouraged to demonstrate not only software but hardware components that they have developed or are using to other participants and share with them their experience with the hardware.

10h00-10h15 Introduction by the Organisers

10h15-11h30 Invited Speakers

Kourosh Darvish Talk: Towards Generalizable and Interactive Robotics for Autonomous Science Discovery 20min+5min Questions

Phillip M. Maffettone Talk: Embodied Intelligence for Scientific User Facilities 20min+5min Questions

Lilo Pozzo Talk: Optimization of Soft Materials using AI integration in an Open Source, Flexible and Modular Automation Platform 20min+5min Questions

11h30-11h45 Coffee Break

11h45-13h00 Invited Speakers

Naruki Yoshikawa Talk: Lowering the barriers to self-driving laboratories 20min+5min Questions

Leon Budde Talk: How compliant mechanisms can promote safe and precise handling 20min+5min Questions

Cristoph Otto Talk: A flexible work cell for handling samples and vessels to create customized workflows or 3D printers as laboratory equipment 20min+5min Questions

13h00-14h00 Lunch Break

14h00–16h30 Paper Demonstrations and Posters

16h30–17h00 Coffee Break

17h00-18h30 Round Table

18h30-20h00 Group Dinner