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SUMMARY:BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 7
DESCRIPTION:1. Prof. Stephen Bailey\, Professor\, Elon University\, USA\n\nTitle: “Impact of a Carbohydrate Mouth Rinse on Corticomotor Excitability after Mental Fatigue”\n\n\n\nMental Fatigue has been associated with reduced physical performance and may impact the ability of someone to use exoskeletons or robotics for a long period of time. Rinsing your mouth with a carbohydrate drink has been shown to be effective at improving the brain’s ability to initiate and maintain function of our motor systems. The purpose of this study is to determine if a carbohydrate mouth rinse can positively impact motor function after mental fatigue. Nine subjects (6 females\, 3 males) completed 2 experimental sessions after they rinsed their mouths with a typical carbohydrate drink or a placebo. Function of a muscle in the hand was determined before and after subjects were mentally fatigued. Mental fatigue was created by having subjects complete several trials of the Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT). Mental fatigue was increased under both conditions\, but no differences were seen between the groups. Reaction time during the SCWT was faster when subjects used the carbohydrate mouth rinse\, but correct response rate was not different between the groups. Motor function was improved (34%) after the mental fatigue task when subjects used the carbohydrate mouth rinse and reduced (-29%)  when subjects used the placebo. The carbohydrate mouth rinse was successful at maintaining motor function and improved cognitive function after mental fatigue. These results suggest that a carbohydrate mouth rinse may be a valuable tool at combating the negative consequences of mental fatigue. \n\n\n\n2. Franziska Kirstein\, BlueOcean Robotics\, Denmark\n\n\n\nTitle: “Designing\, developing and manufacturing healthcare service robots with sustainability in mind”\n\n\n\nDesigning\, developing and commercializing robots is a challenging business. It’s about tackling countless technical obstacles\, satisfying end-user and customer needs while coming up with a solution that actually can generate revenue. Blue Ocean Robotics creates and commercializes robots for humans\, to change the way people work to be more meaningful\, rewarding and healthy. This talk will delve into the early design phases of the companies’ healthcare service robots UV Disinfection Robot and Patient-Transfer-Rehabilitation Robot that have been developed in Public-Private-Partnerships with hospitals: from identifying user needs\, over conducting field studies\, analyzing user requirements to coming up with a concept design and finally introducing the prototype into the hospital. Specifically\, it will focus on the aspects that will support a long-term\, sustainable implementation of the robot. \n\n\n\nAfter acknowledging the intricate nature of robot development\, the talk will shortly dive into yet another challenge: the sustainable manufacturing and life cycle management of robots. Robots can increase quality of life\, but their manufacturing itself can potentially outbalance their positive impact. The materials and designs used make it difficult to recycle the parts\, especially electronics. Toxic materials or rare-earth metals impose an additional environmental threat. The demand for robots is increasing and it’s definitely a challenge for robotic providers to balance social\, environmental and economic sustainability. I will share a few first efforts on how Blue Ocean Robotics is working towards a more sustainable manufacturing of robots and the challenges faced during this process. \n\n\n\n3. Kris Verdonck\, BrIAS Resident artist\, A Two Dogs Company\n\n\n\nTitle: “listen to the bloody machine/The garden of the future”\n\n\n\nIn the work of Kris Verdonck Objects (dead matter) and Subject (people\, living matter) are constantly intertwined. Objects are often infused with “performative characteristics”\, whilst people have “objective” characteristics. Objects carry out dramatic actions\, and actors are put on display in the museum. \n\n\n\nDuring his fellowship he will work on  “The Garden of the Future”\, a project in collaboration with Institute of Natural Sciences\, A two Dogs Company\, and OHME/BrIAS/FARI to create an innovative project on an artistic\, technical and educational level. It would bring together knowledge and experience from the arts\, robotics and biology. \n\n\n\nEcosystems \n\n\n\nThe survival of plant and animal species (and therefore humans) depends on the various relationships between them. The most well-known example probably is the importance of bees for the pollination of flowers and plants. \n\n\n\nIn the field of “biomimicry\,” the robotic and AI-controlled imitation of these species is being explored to better understand these relationships and to develop alternatives for when certain species – and thus interactions – become extinct. The Garden of the Future subscribes to this quest\, aiming both to develop prototypes for machines that can take over functions in the ecosystem and to actually implement them in the garden of the Museum of Natural Science in Brussels. The machines thus developed will fill in an ecological relationship (e.g. pollination) as well as poetically give form to interactions between plants\, animals and environments. In addition to artistic and technical development\, this project will result in an expo that can raise public awareness of ecological dynamics\, climate change and the role of technology. \n\n\n\nFor the teams link\, or in-person participation\, registration is required. Coffee and tea will be served. \n\n\n\nThis Seminar will also be livestreamed on our Youtube channel @BrIAStalks
URL:https://brias.be/event/brias-sustainable-robotics-seminar-7/
LOCATION:VUB AIXC\, Pleinlaan 9\, Floor -1\, Ixelles\, 1050\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 8
DESCRIPTION:1. Prof. Pierre Lambert\, Professor\, ULB\n\nTitle: “Soft microrobotics : crossing point between mechanics\, small scale and compliance.”\n\n\n\nFor decades\, robotics has been pushing stiffness to increase resonance frequency and using piezo-actuators as reference smart materials. \n\n\n\nNowadays\, new microfabrication techniques for small scales and the emergence of compliant active and sensitive materials opens new ways to produce/sense motion and force below the millimeter. This talk will present two ongoing solutions currently investigated at ULB: using glass and photonic Bragg grating to produce instrumented compliant mechanisms\, and using heterogenous polymerization of hydrogels to build active cubes at 100µm scale to produce selective kinematics on purpose. \n\n\n\n2. Dr.  Hieu Luu Trong\, Can Tho University\, Department of Automation Technology\, College of Engineering\, Viet Nam.\n\n\n\nTitle: ” UAVs in Agriculture”\n\n\n\nThis talk is about research on mounted cameras drones in paddy fields. The research topic started with the relationship between predicting crop yield via soil compaction and plant health. It is continued with the evaluation of the surface roughness of the paddy field. From this researcg we can explain why the same paddy field can yield different productivity rates. Rice seed density is also evaluated using UAVs in the context of transplanted rice and rice sowing machines. \n\n\n\n3. Robin Wilmart\, PhD Researcher\, ULB\, SAAS\n\n\n\nTitle: “Robotics for knee rehabilitation”\n\n\n\nAnyone who has suffered joint injuries probably had to consult a physiotherapist at some point and begin a long rehabilitation process. However\, the shortage of physiotherapists in many European countries makes it very difficult for a patient to keep regular appointments\, which can be disadvantageous\, particularly in the early stages of the rehabilitation process when the physiotherapist needs to be seen more frequently. In comparison\, to recover from an injury\, a professional competitor will exercise and be seen by a physiotherapist generally every day of his or her rehabilitation\, whereas an ordinary patient will have appointments twice a week on average\, resulting in a longer rehabilitation period for the latter. \n\n\n\nDue to the large number of knee injuries in the population\, many engineers have focused their efforts on this particular joint and have proposed numerous robotic solutions to help physiotherapists manage more patients with knee injuries in the same amount of time. This talk will present the current state of robotics in this field and the challenges faced by the bioengineer when designing such devices. It will then demonstrate the importance of understanding the needs of physiotherapists and giving them the right tools to assess their patients on the one hand\, and consolidate general medical knowledge of knee rehabilitation on the other. \n\n\n\nFor the teams link\, or in-person participation\, registration is required. Coffee and tea will be served. \n\n\n\nThis Seminar will also be livestreamed on our Youtube channel @BrIAStalks
URL:https://brias.be/event/brias-sustainable-robotics-seminar-8/
LOCATION:ULB Solbosch Campus\, ULB Solbosch Campus Department of Control Engineering and System Analysis (SAAS)\, Brussels School of Engineering Building L second floor\, door E\, Brussels\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:BrIAS Sustainable Robotics Seminar 9
DESCRIPTION:1. Prof. Bettina Wollesen\, University of Hamburg\, Institute of Human Movement Science\, Germany\n\nTitle: Cognitive-motor interference while using an exoskeleton\n\n\n\nExoskeletons\, which are coupled with selected user’ body regions\, increasingly capture various fields of applications in industrial settings. Next to the morphological structure\, the support characteristics (e.g.\, movement- and position-dependent) are highly relevant for precise movements without cognitive-motor interference (simultaneous motor and cognitive task). For a comfortable\, healthy\, and suitable use of exoskeletons\, the human-machine interaction concerning support characteristics is essential. While biomechanical aspects (e.g.\, muscle activity) have already been investigated\, cognitive-motor performance in simple or complex tasks\, when using an exoskeleton\, is less considered. This talk will give an overview of existing evidence combined with own research results. \n\n\n\n2.  Prof. Paolo Turrini\, Associate Professor\, University of Warwick\, UK\n\n\n\nTitle: Designing Artificial Agents that Learn to Act for Social Good\n\n\n\nIn social dilemmas individuals are faced with the choice of paying a cost to contribute to a common good (cooperate) or simply abstaining from doing so and free ride on the contributions of other people (cheat). Countless models\, simulations and experiments with humans\, have shown that nothing good is going to come out from leaving individuals to regulate themselves. If we want to ensure socially desirable behaviour\, we need to put mechanisms in place that discourage cheating and promote cooperation. \n\n\n\nIn this talk\, I will explore the emergence of cooperation in social dilemmas with the option of opting out\, where individuals play a social dilemma in pairs but can also decide whether to continue playing with their current partner or break ties and be randomly assigned to someone else instead. We will observe that this simple mechanism is enough to promote cooperative behaviour even in populations of self-interested individuals. \n\n\n\nTo this end\, I will show that utility-maximising Q-learning agents are able to discover and adopt strategies for partner selection that ostracise selfish agents\, completely by themselves. I will then move to experiments conducted with humans on these games\, analysing the conditions under which cooperation prevails\, and show how a simple Reinforcement Learning algorithm can faithfully simulate the way humans behave. \n\n\n\nWhat I will to present is joint work with Chin-wing Leung\, Apurva Shah\, Eugene Malthouse\, Nobuyuki Hanaki\, Charlie Pilgrim and Thomas Hills. \n\n\n\n3. Dr. Fatma Demir\, Post-Doc\, Brubotics\, VUB\n\n\n\nTitle: Towards sustainable research management: Lessons from the SMART Project\n\n\n\nDrawing insights from the Project SMART (Soft\, Self-responsive\, Smart MAterials for RoboTs\, www.smartitn.eu)\, my presentation will frame a practical approach to achieving sustainability in research management. The MSCA SMART-ITN Project\, a collaborative initiative between academia and industry\, focuses on developing young researchers in the fields of soft robotics and smart materials. Gathering innovative technological breakthroughs\, responsible research practices\, and interdisciplinary collaborations\, the SMART Project is a very good example for the principles of sustainable research management. This talk will aim to border key lessons learned from the SMART Project and provide action strategies and inspiration for researchers to foster sustainability in their research management in diverse scientific domains.”
URL:https://brias.be/event/brias-sustainable-robotics-seminar-9/
LOCATION:ULB Solbosch Campus\, ULB Solbosch Campus Department of Control Engineering and System Analysis (SAAS)\, Brussels School of Engineering Building L second floor\, door E\, Brussels\, Belgium
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SUMMARY:BrIAS Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Speakers\nEric Feron\, BrIAS – OHME Resident Artist (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology\, Saudi Arabia) \n\nAriadne\, a common-sense thread for enabling provable\nsafety in air mobility systems with unreliable components\n\nSharath Akkaladevi\, BrIAS Fellow (Profactor GmbH\, Austria) \n\nTowards Sustainable Robotics: Intuitive Interfaces and\nPhysical Collaboration in Human-Robot Interaction\n\nDewi Brunet\, BrIAS – OHME Resident Artist\, Belgium \n\nFolding for sustainable robotic\, between art & science
URL:https://brias.be/event/brias-seminar-3/
LOCATION:Brussels
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SUMMARY:BrIAS Forum: Sustainable Robotic Technologies
DESCRIPTION:General Chair : Prof. Bram Vanderborght (VUB) \nProgram Chair: Dr. Michel Joop van der Schoor (FARI/VUB)\, Dr. Fatma Demir (VUB) \nDescription\nRobots are becoming an integral part of our economy\, society and planet\, assisting us in various tasks. However\, the rapid growth in robotics usage has also given rise to relevant concerns regarding sustainability. At present\, urgent issues such as rare-earth material usage\, e-waste\, energy efficiency and ethical concerns hinders the sustainable development of robotics. As we increasingly rely on robotics\, it becomes increasingly critical and urgent to ensure that these technological advancements are sustainable and eco-friendly. Since robotics is the integration of many technologies\, we will discuss in this Forum sustainable robotics technologies ranging from material science\, material processing and metal\, electronics with sensors and processing\, actuators\, energy\, power and batteries and control and artificial intelligence. \n\nProgramme\n08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Coffee \n  \n09:00 – 09:30 Opening speech \n\nBrIAS directors and Programme Directors\n\n9:30 – 10:45 Session 1: Responsible Innovation and Artificial Intelligence (Development) \n\nMichel Joop van der Schoor (Vrije Universiteit Brussel\, Belgium)\nWard van der Tempel (Voxelsensors\, Belgium)\nSophia Falk (Universität Bonn\, Germany)\n\n10:45 – 11:15 Coffee Break \n  \n11:15 – 12:45 Session 2: Energy Efficiency and Applications (Use Phase)   \n\nGoldar Davila Alejandro (Université libre de Bruxelles\, Belgium)\nAbhishek Gupta (Technische Universität Berlin\, Germany)\nKris Verdonck (A Two Dogs Company\, Belgium)\n\n12:45 – 14:00 Lunch \n  \n14:00 – 15:15 Session 3: Sustainable Materials and Applications (Production) \n\nAlix Partridge (University of Bristol)\nJoost Brancart (Vrije Universiteit Brussel\, Belgium)\nSeppe Terryn (Vrije Universiteit Brussel\, Belgium)\n\n15:15 – 15:45 Coffee Break     \n  \n15:45 – 16:45 Session 4: Circular Economy and Applications (End of life)        \n\nJelle Saldien (Universiteit Gent\, Belgium)\nAles Ude (Jožef Stefan Institute\, Slovenia)\n\n\nFor in-person attendance\, as well as online attendance of the webinar\, registration is necessary. please register for both days or choose one of the days by filling out the registration form. This Forum will also be live-streamed on our Youtube channel @BrIAStalks
URL:https://brias.be/event/brias-forum-sustainable-robotic-technologies/
LOCATION:FARI Institute\, Cantersteen 16\, Brussels\, 1000\, Belgium
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