Educational trip to Slovenia

Last week, our PhD student 𝗩𝗲𝗹𝗷𝗸𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗰 and Associate Professor Nikola Knežević took part in the 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, organized within the Project ROMANDIC.

The school focused on a practical and difficult problem: how robots can perceive and manipulate deformable objects, especially textiles. The format worked well – speaker sessions paired with hands-on labs and research discussions covering perception, simulation, control, benchmarking, and real-world applications. The practical tasks were carried out on ABB, PAL Robotics, and Franka Robotics platforms.

Events like this are valuable in two directions: they help early-stage researchers work on real constraints and real systems, and they often bring forward solutions that are sometimes surprisingly creative compared to the “default” way we approach a problem in our day-to-day work.

Thanks to Andrej Gams and the team at the Jozef Stefan Institute for the invitation and excellent organization.