Over half a billion years of evolution, animals evolved remarkable adaptations for locomotion in complex three-dimensional environments. For centuries, engineers have turned to these biological systems to seek inspiration for constructing functional, flexible, and efficient robotics. In the past decades, biologically inspired robotics has matured into a significant branch of robotics. Recently, biologists and interdisciplinary teams are using robots as viable testbeds to explore and evaluate hypotheses in animal behavior. This strategy offers a suitable alternative to traditional biological methods, which have several limitations, including the feasibility to minimize confounding influences and isolate effects, the effects of the experiment and the experimenter on the study animal, and other limitations imposed by the behavior of the animals, etc. This workshop aims to bringing latest results in bio-inspired robots and expand their applications in biological studies from individual locomotion to collective behavior. Current studies on bio-inspired robots are evolving due to a deeper understanding of biological principles. In return, these bio-inspired robotics are providing the perfect platform for biologists to better understand biological phenomena.
Czech Technical University
Tsinghua University
Zhejiang University
Universität Freiburg
University of Cambridge
Zhejiang University
Nanjing University
Beihang University
Beihang University
HU Berlin
TU Delft
We invite submissions on late-breaking research at the intersection of robotics and biology.
Some of the topics of interest include:
- Bio-inspired flying robots and their applications in biology
- Bio-inspired territory robots and their applications in biology
- Bio-inspired underwater robots and their applications in biology
- Bio-inspired sensing and locomotion control in robotics and animals
- Swarm robotics and their applications in biology
Submissions should take the form of 1-page extended abstracts. Contributions can encompass novel ongoing work, recently published research, or collaborative and/or large-scale projects.
Accepted submissions will have the opportunity to deliver a spotlight talk and present a poster. Please note that these submissions will not be published, shared, or archived.
Final submission deadline: Within a rolling period of five business days until September 30, 2025 (23:59:59 PST)
Submission link: https://forms.gle/tR7TX4sG1xkVuhf97
Time | Speaker | Title | Chair |
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12:50-13:00 | — | Opening | TBD |
13:00-13:30 | Huichan Zhao | Empowering soft robots with high-power-density artificial muscles and multimodal sensors | TBD |
13:30-14:00 | Fumiya Iida | TBD | TBD |
14:00-14:10 | Jian Deng | TBD | TBD |
14:10-14:20 | Zhenshan Bing | TBD | TBD |
14:20-14:30 | Yating Zheng | Bio-inspired Behavior Emergence and Collective Control in Swarm Robotic Systems | TBD |
14:30-14:40 | Ziyu Ren | TBD | TBD |
14:40-15:00 | Coffee Break | TBD | |
15:00-15:30 | Tomas Krajnik | TBD | TBD |
15:30-16:00 | YuFeng (Kevin) Chen | Acrobatic maneuvers in insect-scale aerial robots via deep learned model predictive control | TBD |
16:00-16:10 | Tianxue Zhang | TBD | TBD |
16:10-16:20 | Fadong Chen | TBD | TBD |
16:20-16:40 | Coffee Break | TBD | |
16:40-16:50 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
16:50-17:00 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
17:00-17:30 | Isabella Fiorello | Biohybrid Evolution: Engineering Microrobotic Machines Inspired by Plant Systems | TBD |
17:30-18:00 | Cosimo Della Santina | TBD | TBD |
18:00-18:10 | — | Closing & Award | TBD |
MPI-AB & University of Konstanz
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Michigan
University of Queensland
University of Freiburg
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Konstanz
University of Konstanz
MPI-AB
If you have any questions about this workshop, please contact:
Liang Li <lli@ab.mpg.de>