Towards Large-Area Tactile Sensing Skins:
From Scalable Materials to Embodied Robotic Perception
Location: [Hall A2, VIECON, Vienna, Austria]
Time: [14:00 - 17:30, 1st June]
About the Workshop
Robotic systems are increasingly expected to operate in unstructured and dynamic environments, where local contact information, global context awareness, and safe human–robot interaction are essential. However, current tactile sensing solutions are often limited to small-area arrays or fingertip sensors, restricting their ability to provide whole-body awareness and robust interaction capabilities. In contrast, biological organisms seamlessly integrate distributed tactile sensing across large skin surfaces to support grasping, locomotion, and environmental interaction with remarkable resilience.
This workshop brings together researchers from robotics, soft materials, and flexible electronics to address the challenges and opportunities of large-area tactile sensing skins. We will explore cutting-edge topics including:
Materials and Fabrication
Printed flexible electronics, soft smart composites, and multimodal sensor integration.
Signal Processing
Calibration techniques for high-density sensor arrays and distributed sensing systems.
Tactile Perception Algorithms
Bridging local contact information with global spatial representations.
Applications
From robotic manipulation and safe human-robot interaction to wearable and assistive devices.
Multi-scale tactile sensing: from material design to robotic perception (AI Generated)
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Yiyue Luo
University of Washington
Topic: Scalable Tactile Interfaces Across Humans, Robots and Tools
Prof. Takao Someya
University of Tokyo
Topic: Recent Progress of Electronic Skins for Soft Robotics and Healthcare
Prof. Gordon Cheng
Technical University of Munich
Topic: Deployment of Large-area Electronic Skin on Humanoid Robots
Prof. Kyungseo Park
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Topic: Hardware-AI Co-Design of Whole-body Robotic Skin
Schedule
| Time | Event | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 – 14:05 | Opening Remarks | Organizers |
| 14:05 – 14:30 | Keynote Talk 1 | Prof. Zhenan Bao (Stanford University) |
| 14:30 – 14:55 | Keynote Talk 2 | Prof. Takao Someya (University of Tokyo) |
| 14:55 – 15:20 | Keynote Talk 3 | Prof. Giorgio Cannata (University of Genova) |
| 15:20 – 15:30 | Poster Flash Talk | Poster Authors |
| 15:30 – 15:55 | ☕ Coffee and Poster Session | |
| 15:55 – 16:00 | Sponsor Presentation | Dr. Sneha Rhode Gupta (WILEY) |
| 16:00 – 16:25 | Keynote Talk 4 | Prof. Gordon Cheng (TU Munich) |
| 16:25 – 16:50 | Keynote Talk 5 | Prof. Kyungseo Park (DGIST) |
| 16:50 – 17:10 | Keynote Talk 6 | Prof. Yiyue Luo (University of Washington) |
| 17:10 – 17:30 | Panel Discussion | All Speakers |
| 17:30 – 17:35 | Closing Remarks | Organizers |
Organizers
Yunqi Huang
University College London
Yingjie Zheng
Zhejiang University
David Hardman
University of Cambridge
Changhao Xu
Stanford University
Perla Maiolino
University of Oxford
Fumiya Iida
University of Tokyo
Thomas George Thuruthel
University College London
Sponsors
