Half Day Workshop
Service Robots in Urban Environments: Legal and Safety Issues

May 13, 2009, Kobe, Japan

overview date and venue organizers speakers programme abstracts

Workshop Programme

09.00 - 09.10

Workshop Opening
Pericle Salvinig and Takayuki Kanda

09.10 - 09.35

Dependable robots physically interacting with humans
Eugenio Guglielmelli (Universtià Campus Bio-Medico, Italy)

09.35 - 10.00

Automated vehicles on the road: the necessary future or a dream?
Michael Parent (INRIA-IMARA, France)

10.00 - 10.25

Special Zone for Robot Development and Practical Testing in Japan
Atsuo Takanishi (Waseda University, Japan)

10.25 - 10.40

Coffee Break

10.40 - 11.05

Toward the Human-Robot Co-Existence Society: On Legislative Consortium for Social Robotics
Yueh-Hsuan Weng (Administrative Cadre Conscription Agency, Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan)

11.05 - 11.30

Safety Guidelines and International Standards for Robots in Contact with Humans
Yoji Yamada (Nagoya University, Japan)

11.30 - 11.55

How to Conduct Field Experiments with Service Robots in Urban Settings?
Takahiro Miyashita (ATR, Japan)

11.55 - 12.00

Workshop Conclusions