SOMIRO School

Miniaturized and soft robots

9-13 October 2023

Marina di Castagneto Carducci (Italy)

Registration will open soon…

Objectives

The SOMIRO School on “Miniaturized and soft robots” consist in a 4-days program balancing frontal and practical lessons, plus some networking and social activities. The main topics discussed will be about innovations in the robotics sector and characterization at the nano-scale in industrial environment, with special attention to the transfer of the knowledge acquired in SOMIRO. Networking with companies and other European funded projects to discover future opportunities in the robotics market will be encouraged.

SOMIRO School is addressed to high-degree students and young researchers, partners of other EU funded projects and professionists in the robotics sector all over Europe.

Every participant will be allowed to present their work inside everyday’s poster session!

Location

Marina di Castagneto Carducci (Tuscany – Italy)

Program

9 Oct 2023

Networking

11:00 – 20:00

11:00 – 11:45 | Registration
11:45 – 13:00 | Welcome, SOMIRO School and project presentation
Klas Hjort (Uppsala University, SOMIRO Project Coordinator), Isella Vicini (SOMIRO Project Manager, Warrant Hub SpA)
13:00 – 14:00 | Light lunch
14:00 – 15:00 | Sensors and Softgrip: TOLIFE project
Alessandro Tognetti (University of Pisa)
15:00 – 17:00 | Presentations of other EU projects & networking
Tbd
17:00 – 18:00 | Visit to Pisa’s Piazza dei Miracoli
18:00 – 19:00 | Transfer to Marina di Castagneto Carducci
20:00 | Dinner

10 Oct 2023

Materials, Sensing, Communication and computation

9:00 – 20:00

MORNING

9:00 – 9:15 | Introduction to day 2
9:15 – 10:00 | Manufacturing
Gustaf Mårtensson (Mycronic)
10:00 – 10:45 | Actuator Technologies (+ electronic hardware coupled to up-converter)
Florian Hartmann (EPFL)
10:45 – 11:15 | Break and poster session
11:15 – 11:45 | Chemical sensors and Sensing
Hugo Nguyen (Uppsala University)
11:45 – 12:15 | Presentation by Bristol Univ in SOMAS
12:15 – 13:00 | Round table discussion about applications and end-user perspective
(The Circle and Riso Preciso)
13:00 – 14:00 | Light Lunch

AFTERNOON

Networking activity

11 Oct 2023

Actuator Technology, energy management and electronic hardware

9:00 – 20:00

MORNING

9:00 – 9:15 | Introduction to day 3
9:15 – 10:00 | Low power communication, computation (and its electronic hardware)
(IMDEA)
10:00 – 10:45 | Energy management (and electronic hardware coupled to solar power)
(JKU)
10:45 – 11:15 | Break and poster session
11:15 – 12:15 | Presentation of other EU projects & networking session

Soft, smart materials for robots: SMART project | Bram Vanderborght (University Vrije Brussel)
Deeper sense project (Tbd)
Practical activity | Florian Hartmann (EPFL)
Hands-on: experience to solar | Christoph Putz (JKU)

12:15 – 13:00 | Open Discussion
13:00 – 14:00 | Light Lunch

AFTERNOON

Networking activity

12 Oct 2023

Robotics

9:00 – 13:00

MORNING

9:00 – 9:15 | Introduction to day 4
9:15 – 10:00 |Robotics: system integration and collaborative robot
Invited speaker: Vito Trianni
10:00 – 10:45 | Robotics: mechatronics and control
Invited speaker: tbd
10:45 – 11:15 | Break and poster session
11:15 – 11:45 | GEL-SYS ERC presentation
Martin Kaltenbrunner
11:45 – 12:15 | Round table
12:15 – 13:00 | Closing cerimony
13:00 – 14:00 | Light Lunch