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SDU Biorobotics

Program

 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
 09:55-10:15 Ahmad Rafsanjani
Limbless crawling soft robots
 10:15-10:35 Shigaki Shunsuke
Olfactory navigation on land and in the air using a teleoperation system for an insect
 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
 11:35-11:55 Dai Owaki
Self-Organized Soft Underwater Locomotion in Jellyfish Cyborgs
 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
 14:25-14:45  Naresh Kumar Thanigaivel
Skeleton–Skin Architectures: Rethinking How We Build Hybrid Soft Robots
 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 

 





Last Updated 27.03.2026