The 4th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR 2011) has been held on November 8th-9th, 2011, at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.
Motivation and Objectives
The growing need to automate daily tasks, combined with new robot technologies, is driving the development of human-friendly robots, i.e., safe and dependable machines, operating in the close vicinity to humans or directly interacting with them in a wide range of domains. The technological shift from classical industrial robots, which are safely kept away from humans in cages, to robots, which are used in close collaboration with humans, is facing major challenges that need to be overcome.
The objective of the workshop is to bring together researchers so to share knowledge on design, control, safety and ethical issues, concerning the introduction of robots into everyday life.
List of topics
- Fundaments of human-friendly robots: mechatronic design, control, analyses (safety measurements, performance metrics, impedance estimation, etc.)
- Applications of human-friendly robots: physical interaction (medical and rehabilitation devices, prostheses and orthoses, telerobotics, etc.), cognitive interaction (robot assisted therapy, personal and entertainment robots, robot learning, etc.)
- Social and ethical issues
Invited Speakers
- Alin Albu-Schäffer, Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt
- Roberta L. Klatzky, Carnegie Mellon University
- Jean-Paul Laumond, LAAS-CNRS
- Dirk Lefeber, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Sarthak Misra, University of Twente
- Bruno Siciliano, University of Napoli
- Stefano Stramigioli, University of Twente
- Adriana Tapus, École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées
Important dates
- Paper (one A4) submission due: October 4th, 2011
- Notification of acceptance: October 15th, 2011
- Registration: October 31st, 2011
Organizers
- Raffaella Carloni, University of Twente
- Sami Haddadin, Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt
- Dongheui Lee, Technical University of Munich
- Gianluca Palli, University of Bologna
- Angelika Peer, Technical University of Munich
- Paolo Robuffo Giordano, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
- Irene Sardellitti, Italian Institute of Technology
- Riccardo Schiavi, University of Pisa
- Bram Vanderborght, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Previous HFR Workshops
- Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics 2008, University of Napoli
- Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics 2009, Italian Institute of Technology
- Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics 2010, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
