Workshop | A European co-design workshop on developing successful humanoid robotics projects for healthcare.

Programme time: 13-Oct | 15:15 | 75 min
Room: D. Luis Room

Moderator: Marianne Pouwer (Oost NL, AI-hub Oost-Nederland)

Speakers

Marianne Pouwer (Oost NL, AI-hub Oost-Nederland)
Francoise Siepel (University of Twente)
Carlos Azevedo (Instituto Pedro Nunes)
Lars Dalgaard (Danish Technological Institute)
Gizem Bozdemir (PAL Robotics)
Victor Alonso Ramos (Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de Galicia -CTAG-)

Full description and objectives

Humanoid robots are rapidly moving from research laboratories towards real-world healthcare applications. However, developing successful healthcare robotics projects requires much more than innovative technology. Successful implementation depends on understanding clinical needs, hardware capabilities, AI development, human-robot interaction, stakeholder engagement and adoption within healthcare organisations.

This interactive co-design workshop brings together experts covering the complete innovation chain: from AI programming and robotics hardware to healthcare implementation and European innovation projects. Rather than focusing on individual solutions, the workshop aims to identify the key ingredients of successful humanoid robotics initiatives for healthcare.

Participants will actively contribute their own experiences, lessons learned and recommendations through interactive discussions and live polling. Together we will explore questions such as: Which healthcare tasks are most suitable for humanoids? What implementation barriers should projects anticipate? What hardware and AI capabilities are essential? Which organisations and stakeholders should be involved in future European collaborations?

The workshop outcomes will provide practical guidance for researchers, companies, healthcare organisations and innovation projects working on humanoid robotics, while strengthening collaboration within the European robotics ecosystem.

Why you want to join?

This workshop directly addresses these themes by exploring how humanoid robotics can create high-impact value in healthcare through the ADR convergence. By bringing together researchers, technology providers, healthcare experts and end users, the workshop focuses on identifying best practices for technology transfer, user adoption and successful implementation of humanoid robotics solutions in healthcare. The interactive co-design format enables participants to exchange practical experiences and develop recommendations that support innovation, competitiveness and the wider deployment of ADR technologies across the European healthcare sector.

Running agenda

Time	Running agenda
15:15–15:20	Introduction & current project initiatives
15:20–15:36	Presentation: Current state of healthcare robotics and implementation lessons, Discussion: What implementation barriers have you experienced?
15:36–15:58	Presentation: From teleoperation to autonomous humanoids: a roadmap for robotic ultrasound Presentation: Programming humanoids with AI: practical lessons and future developments Discussion: Which clinical tasks are most promising for humanoids?
15:58–16:25	Presentation: Designing humanoid hardware for healthcare: lessons from PAL Robotics. Presentation: How to get ready: bridging the gap between humanoids and end users Discussion: Co-design session: What should every successful European humanoid healthcare project include?
16:25–16:30	Wrap-up & lessons learned