[Cyverse.Nappn] [webinar] Soft Agro-food robotics, Wed. Jun 23, 9:00 EDT (UTC -4)

[Tabb, Amy]

Hello NAPPNers,

There will be a webinar tomorrow morning at 9am EDT (UTC-4) potentially of interest to this community.  See below for details.  Best, Amy

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Ali Leylavi Shoushtari from Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands, will present, "Soft Agro-food Robotics," on Wednesday, June 23, at 15:00 CEST (UTC +2).

For easy conversion to your time zone, see the converter from timeanddate.com <http://timeanddate.com>: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=AgRA+webinar%3A+Ali+Leylavi+Shoushtari+presents+on+June+23%2C+2021&iso=20210623T15&p1=3583&ah=1

The webinar will be provided through Zoom, please register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HlvLL1GVTwubNaU1cbCnBQ

Alternatively, you may view through YouTube live, which has a lower
bandwidth requirement than Zoom.  To get the link, check the technical
committee's Twitter account up to 15 minutes prior to the start of the
webinar: https://twitter.com/AgRoboticsTC

Abstract:

Soft Robotics is a young yet promising field of research aimed to enhanced robots' safety and adaptability while keeping them simple and affordable. In agro-food robotics, crops are usually delicate, having high variability (i.e. different shape, size, surface texture/roughness and softness) and are affected by environmental conditions e.g. moisture and dust which makes them challenging to handle using conventional rigid robots. The above-mentioned features of soft robotics can significantly contribute to the robots' versatility, making it a perfect solution for the agro-food robotic challenges.

To achieve this goal, I try to answer the question of how and to what extent soft robotics can enhance the versatility of robots specially in grasping and manipulation. In particular, I would present two main approaches toward soft versatile robots i.e. engineering-based and bio-inspired design of novel soft robotic components with some research examples. For instance I will present some works on morphing grippers that can passively adapt to the object with complex shapes together with an active adhesive interface for safely handling delicate crops.

All details, including the time zone converter, technical details, and presenter biography available at the AgRA TC webpage:
http://ieeeagra.com/events/webinar-june-23-2021/


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