2007 IEEE International Conference
on Robotics and Automation
10-14 April 2007, Roma, Italy
Full-Day Workshop on Biomimetic Robotics
Final Programme
Welcome and Introduction to Biomimetic Robotics
8.30 - 8.50: Cecilia Laschi & Barbara Mazzolai
Biology and Robotics: experiences of joint research in Biorobotics
8.50 - 9.35: Roy Ritzmann and Roger Quinn "Insect and Robot Movement Through Complex Terrain: Running, jumping, flying and crawling"
9.35 - 10.20: Sten Grillner and Paolo Dario "Modelling and Implementation on a Lamprey-like Robot of a Vertebrate Locomotor System"
10.20 - 10.40: Coffee-Break (provided at the workshop)
Biology and Robotics: experiences of joint research in Biorobotics (cntd)
10.40 - 11.25: Robert Full and Mark Cutkosky "From Bio-inspiration to Robotic Implementation"
Modelling and simulation of biological systems in Biorobotics
11.25 - 11.55: Barry Trimmer "New challenges in biorobotics: incorporating soft tissue into control systems"
11.55 - 12.25: Auke Ijspeert "From swimming to walking: using robots and numerical models to get insights into the modifications of locomotor circuits during vertebrate evolution"
12.25 - 13.50: Lunch time
Prototypes of robots that crawl, swim and jump
13.50 - 14.20: Joseph Ayers "Controlling underwater robots with electronic nervous systems"
14.20 - 14.50: Naomi Kato "Biomimetic Design for Highly Maneuverable Underwater Vehicles"
14.50 - 15.20: Jan Wessnitzer "Multimodal sensory integration in insects-towards insect brain control architectures"
Emerging technologies and applications in Biomimetic Robotics
15.20 - 15.50: Yoseph Bar-Cohen "Biomimetic Robots: Innovation Inspired by Biology"
15.50 - 16.10: Coffee-Break (provided at the workshop)
Emerging technologies and applications in Biomimetic Robotics (cntd)
16.10 - 16.40: Metin Sitti "Biologically Inspired Miniature Robots"
16.40 - 17.10: Carlo Menon "Biomimetics and robotics for space applications: challenges and emerging technologies"
17.10 - 18.00: Panel Discussion
All speakers and audience
18.00: End of the workshop