DAY 3 MASTERCLASSES & BREAK-OUT SESSIONS: 4 APRIL 2025


Naoto YoshidaMotivational autonomy: Grounding the agent’s motivation to the intrinsic physical dynamics of the body.
Pou Wai LeiMechanical Neural Computing in Adaptive Material Systems
Ananya GandhiMoving Depot (MOD): An Efficient Depot Motion Strategy for Multi-Robot Foraging
Kadri-Ann PankratovMolecular Level Changes Lead to Embodiment-Wide Actions
Nick WilkinsonBeyond “not-falling”: A mechano-regulation paradigm for balancing in animals and robots

BREAK-OUT SESSION 1 (BS 3-1-2)

CHAIR: David HardmanCo-chair: Amanda Xu
Sundararaman KrishnamoorthiDesigning for Embodied Cognition: The Impact of Spatial Layout on Collaborative Problem-Solving in Smart Workspaces
Qinghua GuanCompliance Regulation for Embodied Intelligence
Giulia D’AngeloWhat’s catching your eye? – Bioinspired and neuromorphic algorithms to model visual attention
Julien SerresFrom bio-inspired optical compass to polarimetric geolocation
Marin MoulardEcology of Embodied Intelligence
Angel P. del PobilResponsible Embodied AI
Tian Lan< Title needed >
Qihan Jin< Title needed >
Sujay Kadam< Title needed >

BREAK-OUT SESSION 2 (BS 3-1-3)

CHAIR: Huijiang WangCo-chair: Nana Obayashi
Aysha AlshehhiTrident: A Multi-functional Soft Appendage For Underwater Locomotion And Grasping
Sarokin YauheniAre liquids parts of embodiment?
Veikko SariolaSoft micropneumatic tactile sensors and touchpads
Bilge BaytekinPhysical chemical regulation of soft robotic actuators
Xiang Wang< Title needed >
Tianfeng Liang< Title needed >
Maki Sato< Title needed >
Sergiu Tcac Popescu< Title needed >
Alexia Le Gall< Title needed >
CHAIR: Kai-Fung ChuCo-chair: Richard Monteiro
Xiaowei ChiVideo Generation Model For Robot Manipulation
Syed Abdullah NazirLearning to Rock-and-Walk: Dynamic, Non-Prehensile, and Underactuated Object Locomotion Through Reinforcement Learning
Xiaoping ZhangRobot environment perception and understanding
Valeria BecattiniLearning to Attenuate Myself: A Predictive Processing Account of Body-Scan Meditation and the Dissolution of Bodily Boundaries
Mohd Owais< Title needed >
Tanmay Gupta< Title needed >
Sergey SychevQuantum generation of random processes – initiating unsimulated free-will cross-border search