Program

The final program can be downloaded.

November 8th, 2011

• 8:30 – 8:45 Raffaella Carloni – Welcome and Introduction
• 8:45 – 9:25 Invited Talk Jean-Paul Laumond – Understand the computational foundations of anthropomorphic locomotion
• 9:25 – 10:05 Invited Talk Roberta L. Klatzky – A user-centered approach to workspace limitations in tele-operation
• 10:05 – 10:25 – Poster Presentation
  • A. Aly, A. Tapus – Speech-driven arm gestures synthesis in multimodal human-robot interaction [pdf]
  • G. Borghesan, B. Willaert, J. De Shutter – A constraint-based programming approach to physical human-robot interaction [pdf]
  • M. Fumagalli, E. Barrett, S. Stramigioli, R. Carloni – The mVSA-UT: a miniaturized variable stiffness actuator [pdf]
  • S.S. Groothuis, G. Rusticelli, A. Zucchelli, S. Stramigioli, R. Carloni – The rotational variable stiffness actuator vsaUT-II [pdf]
  • A.Q.L. Keemink, M. Fumagalli, S. Stramigioli, R. Carloni – Mechanical design of an aerial manipulator [pdf]
  • C. Harper, M.E. Giannaccini, R. Woodman, S. Dogramadzi, T. Pipe, A. Winfield – Challenges for the hazard identification process of autonomous mobile robots [pdf]
  • I. Havoutis, S. Ramamoorthy – Learnt skill manifolds for robot control [pdf]
  • A.Y. Mersha, S. Stramigioli, R. Carloni – Bridging the gap between workspace and precision in haptic teleoperation of aerial
    robots [pdf]
  • A. Minuto, A. Nijholt – Whispering knowledge with shapes: robotic tutoring for path-finding in building environments [pdf]
  • R. Philippsen, L. Sentis – Open source whole-body control framework for human-friendly robots [pdf]
  • J. Solis – Towards the introduction of novel human-friendly robotic platforms for educational purposes [pdf]
  • L.C. Visser, W. de Geus, S. Stramigioli, R. Carloni – Human-like walking with compliant legs [pdf]

• 10:25 – 10:45 Coffee break

• 10:45 – 11:25 Invited Talk Adriana Tapus – Towards human-robot customized interaction
• 11:25 – 11:40 B. Lacevic, P. Rocco – Safety-oriented planning and control using danger field [pdf]
• 11:40 – 11:55 F. Flacco, T. Kröger, A. De Luca, O. Khatib – A depth space approach to human-robot collision avoidance [pdf]
• 11:55 – 12:10 C. Harper, G. Virk, M. Bates – Enhancing risk assessment for safer robot-human interaction [pdf]

• 12:10 – 14:00 Lunch, Poster Session and Hardware Demonstration

• 14:00 – 14:40 Invited Talk Sarthak Misra – Robotics for minimally invasive surgery
• 14:40 – 14:55 A. Gijbels, E.B. Vander Poorten, J. Vander Sloten, P. Stalmans, D. Reynaerts – Comanipulation strategies on a robotic device towards safe and successful retinal cannulation [pdf]
• 14:55 – 15:10 A. Ajoudani, N.G. Tsagarakis, A. Bicchi – Tele-impedance: an approach for skill based body-machine interface [pdf]
• 15:10 – 15:25 M. Abu-Alqumsan, N. Martens, R. Jenke, C. Kapeller, C. Hintermuller, A. Peer, M. Buss – Adaptative brain-computer interface and its application in robotics [pdf]

• 15:25 – 15:45 Coffee break

• 15:45 – 16:25 Invited Talk Dirk Lefeber – Variable stiffness actuators in lower limb rehabilitation robots, prostheses and orthotic devices
• 16:25 – 16:40 R. Unal, R. Carloni, S.M. Behrens, E.E.G. Hekman, S. Stramigioli, H.F.J.M. Koopman – Design of a fully passive transfemoral prosthesis for normal walking [pdf]
• 16:40 – 16:55 R. Ronsse, T. Lenzi, N. Vitiello, S.M.M. De Rossi, M.C. Carrozza, B. Koopman, E. van Asseldonk, H. van der Kooij, J. van den Kieboom, A. J. Ijspeert – Adaptive oscillators anticipate movements in human-robot interactions [pdf]
• 16:55 – 17:10 M. Paleari, V. Margaria, S. Rosa, P. Ariano – HExEC: hand exoskeleton electromyographic control [pdf]
• 17:10 – 17:50 Invited Talk Stefano Stramigioli – Modeling and control of interaction using port-based robotics

• 17:50 – 18:00 Raffaella Carloni – Conclusion of the first day

• 19:00 Social Dinner

November 9th, 2011

• 8:50 – 9:30 Invited Talk Bruno Siciliano – Robots moving closer to humans
• 9:30 – 9:45 J.L. Herder, R. Barents, B.M. Wisse, W.D. van Dorsser – Efficiently variable zero stiffness mechanisms [pdf]
• 9:45 – 10:00 M. Laffranchi, N.G. Tsagarakis, D.G. Caldwell – CompAct compliant actuators with variable physical damping for human-friendly, robust and performing robots [pdf]

• 10:00 – 10:20 Coffee break

• 10:20 – 11:00 Invited Talk Alin Albu-Schäffer – Design and control of robots with variable stiffness actuation
• 11:00 – 11:15 M.C. Plooij, M. Wisse – A spring mechanism for resonant robotic arms [pdf]
• 11:15 – 11:30 M. Coeckelbergh – Trust, expectations, and emotions in human-robot relations [pdf]

• 11:30 – 12:00 Organizing Committee – Summary and Farewell

• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch

• 14:00 – 16:00 Visit of the Control Engineering Lab

This page has the following sub pages.

• Invited Speakers