The Soft Revolution – Transforming Manufacturing with Soft Robotics

To coinide with Smart Manufacturing Week, join two leading UK robotics experts for an insightful 90-minute webinar exploring the critical and growing role of robotics in modern manufacturing and Industry 4.0.

Soft robotics, inspired by biological systems, is revolutionizing how we handle delicate, complex, and variable tasks. This webinar will dive into the latest advancements, practical applications, and future potential of this flexible technology to increase efficiency, safety, and adaptability across diverse industrial sectors.

Speakers:

Prof Guido Herrmann Professor of Robotics and Intelligent Control & Head of Control Systems and Robotics Group, University of Manchester

Bridging the gap between Intelligent Control theory and real-world industrial applications. Prof Herrmann will discuss the control systems, Digital Twins, and robust adaptive techniques necessary for deploying compliant and collaborative soft robots effectively in dynamic manufacturing settings, including those in extreme environments.

Prof Samia Nefti-Meziani OBE Professor of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Birmingham 

Pioneering the design and development of low-cost, highly adaptive soft actuation and gripping systems. Prof Nefti-Meziani will present her work on bio-inspired continuum arms and variable stiffness soft grippers, showing how these AI-driven technologies are enabling complex, delicate manipulation in sectors like food, agriculture, and high-value manufacturing.