CFP: ICRA25 workshop on "Pulling the Strings on Creative Collaborations"
Elizabeth Jochum
Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the full day workshop on “Pulling the Strings on Creative Collaborations: A retrospective on Puppetry, Choreography and Control” to take place on Friday 23 May 2025 at ICRA in Atlanta, Georgia.
Topics of interest include:
* creative approaches to dynamics, control, and motion planning for robots
* modeling complex motion for dynamic systems
* animating expressive movement and behavior
* dance, puppetry, somatics and other movement-centered practices in robotics
* movement notation for robots
* aesthetics and movement
* interdisciplinary collaboration with artists
* artistic approaches in research
We welcome researchers at all career stages from diverse backgrounds to participate in the workshop, which will include invited keynotes by:
Prof. Magnus Egerstedt - UC Irvine
Prof. Todd Murphey - Northwestern University
We are pleased to offer a Hands-On workshop led by puppeteer
Jason Hines - Artistic Director of Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts
Panel discussion with invited speakers:
Prof Gil Weinberg - Georgia Institute of Technology
Prof Laurel Riek - UCSD
Prof Wendy Ju - Cornell Tech
Workshop Program and additional information is available at: https://events.the-rad-lab.org/workshops/icra25-puppets/index.html
PhD students are invited to submit posters for the workshop.
Space is limited for the hands-on workshop, so registration is strongly encouraged.
Register at: https://forms.gle/Qyh8wcPvtDgq87bb7
Poster Submission: https://forms.gle/Qyh8wcPvtDgq87bb7
Poster Submission Deadline: Friday 25 April 2025.
Please contact Patrick Martin <thehive...@gmail.com> with questions.
See you in Atlanta!
On behalf of the organizing committee,
Patrick Martin, HIVE Lab, University of Richmond
Amy Laviers, RAD Lab
Elizabeth Jochum, RA Capital/RELATE Lab AAU
