Schedule
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Mo - 05/09/2011 |
Introduction to the BCBT2011 Paul Verschure: "Biologically Constrained Learning" Roberto Cingolani: "Nanotechnologies for humans and humanoids" Noel Sharkey: "Trading rights: the ethical marketplace of robotics"
Tutorial: IQR Marti Sanchez & Ivan Herrero |
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| Tue - 06/09/2011 |
chair Paul Verschure
Kevin O'Regan: "How to Make a Robot that Feels" Hillel Chiel: "Towards Autonomous Robots: Lessons from Biology"
Tutorial: IQR/DAC Armin Duff & Encarni Marcos |
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| Wed - 07/09/2011 |
chair Tony Prescott
Aaron Sloman: "How to combine science and engineering to solve philosophical Dom Massaro: "Technology Assisted Reading Acquisition (TARA): Acquiring Literacy Naturally" Auke Ijspeert: "Control of locomotion using central pattern generators: from biology to robotics"
Tutorial: Current status of the simulations theory of thinking - Germund Hesslow |
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| Thurs - 08/09/2011 |
chair Paul Verschure
Frank Grasso: "Biologically-inspired balancing of inherited and learned behaviors in mobile robots" Jon Kaas: "The Evolution of the Large, Complex Human Brain"
Tutorial: TBA |
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| Fri - 09/09/2011 |
chair Paul Verschure
Frank Bremmer: "Spatial representations during eye movements" Federico Carpi: "Electromechanically active polymer artificial muscles for future soft robotics and biomimetics"
Tutorial1: Exploring brain macrosystems: functional principles meet neuroanatomical structure - Bjorn Merker Tutorial2: Hardware implementations of spiking neural networks for real-time behaving cognitive systems - Giacomo Indiveri |
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Sat - 10/09/2011 |
No Talks |
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Sun - 11/09/2011 |
No Talks | |
| Mon - 12/09/2011 |
Huosheng Hu: "Biomimetics - An evolutionary transformation from biological systems to intelligent robots" Tony Prescott: "Modeling Natural Intelligence" Joseph Ayers: "Synthetic Neuroethology"
Students work on projects |
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| Tue - 13/09/2011 |
chair Tony Prescott
Frank Grasso: "Exploring cephalopod object manipulation: modeling studies of neural control of Octopus suckers and squid tentacles" Maria Carrozza: "Towards human-robot symbiosis - New perspectives for assistive and rehabilitation robotics" Andy Philippides: "Mimicking the elegance of insect behavior: a case study in visual navigation"
Tutorial: iCub tutorial - Ugo Pattacini |
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| Wed - 14/09/2011 |
chair Paul Verschure
David Lentink: "Biofluiddynamics of flight as an inspiration for design" Mitra Hartman: "Biological Modeling and Biomimetics: Some Thoughts from Study of the Rat Vibrissal (Whisker) System"
Students work on projects |
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| Thurs - 15/09/2011 |
chair Tony Prescott
Yoseph Bar-Cohen: "Humanlike Robots - The ultimate challenge to mimicking biology in a synthetic form" Maarja Kruusmaa: "How Fish KISS: A Reductionist Approach to a Biomimetic Design of an Underwater Fish Robot David Lane: "Dolphin inspired sonar development for autonomous underwater vehicles.
Students work on projects |
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Fri - 16/09/2011
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chair Paul Verschure
Students project presentations
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