Theme: Medical Robotics
09:30 – 10:00
Opening Ceremony
10:00 – 10:10
Session Introduction
10:10 – 10:50
Microrobots and their Coming Impact on Healthcare
Prof. Bradley NELSON
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
10:50 – 11:05
Tea Break & Poster Session
Market Cafe & Multi-function Room, 1/F
11:05 – 11:45
Future Role of Doctors in the Era of AI and Robotics
Prof. Joseph Jao-Yiu Sung
Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
11:45 – 12:25
Micro/Nanoscale Robotics for Biomedical Applications
Prof. Fumihito ARAI
The University of Tokyo, Japan
12:25 – 13:50
Lunch
CC Tang & MW Ho Lounge
13:50 – 14:30
Traversing the ‘Valley of Death’ in Medical Robotics Translation: Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations, and Entrepreneurships
Prof. Samuel Kwok Wai AU
Multi-scale Medical Robotics Center, Hong Kong SAR
14:30 – 15:10
Medical Robotics for Cell Surgery – Science and Applications
Prof. Yu SUN
University of Toronto, Canada
15:10 – 15:50
MAGNUS: Magnet Array-Guided Neurovascular Steering
Prof. Liu WANG
University of Science and Technology of China, China
15:50 – 16:10
Tea Break & Poster Session
Market Cafe & Multi-function Room, 1/F
16:10 – 17:10
Local Clinician Talks
(Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR)
The Emerging Roles of Micro-robots in Lacrimal Operations
Prof. Kelvin Kam Long CHONG
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Advancing Care with Robotics in the Management of Patients with Head and Neck Cancers
Prof. Jason Ying Kuen CHAN
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Can Robotics Enhance Treatment Precision and Recovery of Stroke Patients?
Prof. Bonaventure Yiu Ming IP
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
17:10 – 18:00
Tea Break
16:10 – 16:50
Roundtable Discussion
18:30 – 20:30
Cocktail Reception
MRC R&D Lab, 20E, Hong Kong Science Park
Theme: Bioinspired Robotics
09:30 – 09:40
Session Introduction
Prof. Li WEN
Beihang University, China
09:40 – 10:20
Using Robots as Scientific Tools to Decipher Animal Locomotion
Prof. Auke IJSPEERT
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
10:20 – 11:00
Biohybrid Robotics
Prof. Shoji TAKEUCHI
The University of Tokyo, Japan
11:00 – 11:30
Tea Break & Poster Session
Market Cafe & Multi-function Room, 1/F
11:30 – 12:10
Bioinspired Robot Designs with Embodied Intelligence
Prof. Kyu-jin CHO
Seoul National University, South Korea
12:10 – 14:00
Lunch
CC Tang & MW Ho Lounge
14:00 – 14:40
TBC
Prof. Tiantian XU
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
14:40 – 15:20
Agile and Robust Micro-Aerial-Robots Powered by Soft Artificial Muscles
Prof. Kevin CHEN
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
15:20 – 15:50
Tea Break & Poster Session
Prof. Liu WANG
Market Cafe & Multi-function Room, 1/F
15:50 – 16:30
Advancing Miniature Aerial Robotics: Bio-Inspired Design and Mechanical Intelligence
Prof. Pakpong CHIRARATTANANON
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
16:30 – 17:10
Motor Intelligence for Soft Robots
Prof. Cosimo DELLA SANTINA
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands
17:10 – 18:00
Roundtable Discussion
19:00 – 22:00
Welcome Dinner
Happiness Cuisine, Hong Kong Science Park
Theme: Robots in the Real World
09:30 – 09:40
Session Introduction
Dr. Amos MATSIKO
Science Robotics, AAAS, USA
09:40 – 10:20
Robotized Intelligent Manufacturing: from Tri-co Robots to AI-powered Humanoids
Prof. Han DING
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
10:20 – 11:00
Robot Perception and Manipulation Using Vision
Prof. Yunhui LIU
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
11:00 – 11:20
Tea Break & Poster Session
Market Cafe & Multi-function Room, 1/F
11:20 – 12:00
Robots to Upscale the Sterile Insect Technique against Mosquitoes
Prof. Jeremy BOUYER
CIRAD, France
12:00 – 12:40
Robotic Systems for Honeybee Behavioural Analysis
Prof. Tomas KRAJNIK
Czech Technical University, Czech
12:40 – 14:00
Lunch
CC Tang & MW Ho Lounge
14:00 – 14:40
Dynamic DNA Nanorobots as Tools for Biophysics and Material Science
Prof. Shelley WICKHAM
The University of Sydney, Australia
14:40 – 15:20
Sensing Science and Technology for Smart Robots
Prof. Rong ZHU
Tsinghua University, China
15:20 – 16:00
Reconfigurable Robots for Real Intuitive Interactions
Prof. Jamie PAIK
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
16:00 – 16:30
Tea Break & Poster Session
Prof. Cosimo DELLA SANTINA
Market Cafe & Multi-function Room, 1/F
16:30 – 17:30
Editor Panel Discussion
Dr. Amos MATSIKO
Science Robotics, AAAS, USA
followed by panel discussion with Prof. Bradley NELSON and Prof. Li WEN
17:30 – 18:00
Closing Remarks & Award Presentation