For the SoftGrip project, autumn came with a poster presentation at the Federation's Symposium on Soft Robotics. The event was held between the 1st and 2nd of September 2022, at the Delf University of Technology in the Netherlands. It addressed the current status and future challenges in the field of soft robotics from the perspectives of research, development, and application.
The symposium included keynote speeches from Stanislav Gorb (Kiel University), Herbert Shea (EPFL), Just Herder (TU Delft), Wenqi Hu (MPI-IS) and Charlie Wang (University of Manchester). There was a broad and multi-disciplinary audience, including professionals from the medical field, industrial community and academia, as well as artists, designers, and the general public.
On behalf of the SoftGrip consortium, Niccolo Pagliarani, Giacomo Picardi, and Matteo Cianchetti from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA) produced a poster titled "Soft Robotics for Safe and Delicate Grasping". More specifically, Niccolo Pagliarani presented the poster at the event and participated in the soft robotics competition, which focused on the fabrication of soft grippers capable of picking objects of different shapes and sizes. The overall symposium experience was rewarding, and the SoftGrip team won first prize in the competition, a great honour for the SoftGrip project.
For more information on the event:
https://www.softroboticswinterschool.nl/symposium
