| Time | Description | Topic |
| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome note | Organizers Introduction to Soft Transitions |
| 09:15-09:35 | Terrestrial Locomotion and Soft Robots |
Barry Trimmer The Utility and limits of biological models for robot design |
| 09:35-09:55 | Koh Hosoda Bioinspired Soft Embodiment for Adaptive Locomotion in Complex Environments |
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| 09:55-10:15 | Ahmad Rafsanjani Limbless crawling soft robots |
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| 10:15-10:35 | Shigaki Shunsuke Olfactory navigation on land and in the air using a teleoperation system for an insect |
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| 10:35-10:55 | Coffee Break | Poster Session |
| 10:55-11:15 | Underwater Locomotion and Soft Robots | Akira Fukuhara Reconstructing Extinct Animal Swimming Suggests a Polysemantic Control Rule Common to Terrestrial Locomotion |
| 11:15-11:35 | Rob Scharff Bioinspired soft robots for underwater locomotion, manipulation, and perception |
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| 11:35-11:55 | Dai Owaki Self-Organized Soft Underwater Locomotion in Jellyfish Cyborgs |
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| 11:55-12:30 | Poster Teasers | 2-minute pitch presentation |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch | Poster Session |
| 13:45-14:05 | Amphibious Locomotion and Soft Robots Early career spotlight talks |
Kotaro Yasui How centipedes and eels navigate land and water: Insights from a motor control perspective |
| 14:05-14:25 | Megan Leftwich A maneuverable underwater robot based on extensive study of the California sea lion |
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| 14:25-14:45 | Naresh Kumar Thanigaivel Skeleton–Skin Architectures: Rethinking How We Build Hybrid Soft Robots |
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| 14:45-15:05 | Aida Parvaresh Dehkharghani | |
| 15:05-15:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:20-16:30 | Mentorship & Brainstorming Studio | Student groups - idea generation |
| 3-minute pitches | ||
| 16:30-17:00 | Panel Discussion | Biologist, and Roboticist |
| 17:00-17:30 | Closing Remarks | Awards, group photo, and closing discussion |