Scientific Program

Wake-body interactions in the paired flight of the yellow fever mosquito

9:30-10:00

Insect-inspired AI for tiny drones

10:00-10:30

Insect biomaterials

11:00-11:30

11:30-12:00

Physical synchronization of self-oscillating limbs for fast and autonomous locomotion

12:00-12:30

Biomimetic approach to structural colour in insects

12:15-12:30

12:30-14:30

Photonic sensing of microscopic insect features in situ

14:30-15:00

Early vision for robotics

15:00-15:30

Comparative biomechanics of Diptera flight

16:00-16:30

You don't need a weatherman to see which way the wind blows: Neural specializations underlying the adaptive radiation of flies

16:30-17:30

Cuttlefish-inspired suction cups for dynamic and versatile grip

9:00-9:30

Multiscale perspetives on insect attachment systems

9:30-10:00

Limbless crawling soft robots

10:00-10:30

Octopus neuromuscular mechanics

11:00-11:30

Navigation at landscape scale in bees: Models, methods, and a little data

11:30-12:00

12:00-13:30

Insect kinematic acquisition

13:30-14:00

Bloodthirsty?! Deep behavioral phenotyping reveals how mosquito-pathogen interactions shape transmission

14:00-14:30

A female-locust inspired hybrid soft-stiff robotic digger: Mimetics and implications for digging efficiency

14:30-14:45

Biomimetic cooling

14:45-15:00

Mechanical and aerodynamical study of Odanta wings

15:30-15:45

Flight dynamic of swarming malaria mosquitoes

15:45-16:00

Fluid mechanics in olfaction: The mesoscale of release and capture of sex pheromones

16:00-17:00