0830-0900 Breakfast and Registration

0900-0915 Introduction (Jeff Krichmar)

0915-0945
Jeff Krichmar (UC Irvine)
A Socially Assistive Robot That Interacts With People Through Tactile And Bi-Directional Learning

0945-1015
Guy Hoffman (Cornell University)
Robot Emotion Expression Through Material and Material Changes

1015-1030 Coffee Break

1030-1115
Francis McGlone (Liverpool JM University)
Sensing Touch & Feeling Touch: Two States – Two Systems

1115-1200
William Harwin (Reading University)
How robots and humans control contact force and why might this be important in healthcare

1200-1330 Lunch Break, Poster Sessions & Demos

1330-1415
Andrea Chiba (University of California, San Diego)
Touch for Attention’s Sake

1415-1500
Deborah Forster (University of California, San Diego)
Perceptual Primitives in a Kid-Friendly Robot. The Case History of RUBI-PAL

1500-1530 Coffee Break, Poster Sessions & Demos

1530-1615
Veronica Santos (University of California, Los Angeles)
Haptic perception for physically interactive robots

1615-1700
Mike Tolley (University of California, San Diego)
Soft Robotics (TBD)

1700-1745
Dave Reinkensmeyer (UC Irvine)
Interactive robotic movement training after stroke and the role of somatosensation

1745-1800 Wrapup & Closing Statements