Events
4th Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics
University of Twente, November 8th-9th, 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 Brusse )
for more information: http://hfr2011.wordpress.com/
STIFF/VIACTORS Summer School
Frauenchiemsee, Bavaria, July 25 - 29
A Summer School on Impedance devoted to human and robotic impedance. It has been jointly organised by the EU FP7 research projects STIFF and VIACTORS.
Keynote speakers:
Alin Albu-Schäffer, DLR
Antonio Bicchi, U. Pisa
Etienne Burdet, Imperial
Neville Hogan, MIT
Oussama Khatib, Stanford
Gerald Loeb, USC
Joseph McIntyre, UPD-CNRS
Patrick van der Smagt, DLR
Sethu Vijayakumar, Edinburgh
Workshop "Motor Skill Learning and Neurorehabilitation"
Zurick, Switzerland, during the IEEE Int. Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), July 1st, 2011
Organized by Etienne Burdet (Imperial College, London)
Workshop New Frontiers of Robotics Science and Technology: a Brainstorming Jam Session
Università di Pisa, June 14-15, 2011
See the Program
Viactors-related talks:
Jean-Paul Laumond (LAAS - CNRS) - On human and humanoid locomotion
Darwin Caldwell (IIT)- Compliance and Humanoid Robots
Antonio Bicchi (UNIPI) - “Embodied Intelligence” and Variable Impedance Actuation
EMBODYi Workshop
Shanghai, China (During ICRA), Friday, May 13, 2011 at 9:00 am
Scientific collaboration in Embodied Intelligence in Europe: the FET EMBODYi programme of the European Commission and the new actions for 2011-2012 (Flagships and FP8)
Workshop “Towards Autonomous Physical Human-Robot Interaction”
Shanghai, China (During ICRA), Friday, May 13, 2011
Future emerging Technology Conference FET2011
Budapest, 04-06 May 2011
The European Future Technologies (FET) Conference and Exhibition aims to be the European forum for facilitating international cross-disciplinary dialogue and discussion on visions and challenges for frontier research in future and emerging information technologies.
Session "Robots Interacting with Humans – Embodied Intelligence for Better Robots" , 6 May (Friday) 10:45 - 12:15
HFR Workshop
3rd Workshop for Young Researchers on Human-Friendly Robotics
Max Planck Institute for Biological CyberneticsTuebingen, Germany,
October 28th-29th, 2010
Organizers: Raffaella Carloni (UTWENTE), Agostino De Santis (UNINA), Sami Haddadin (DLR), Gianluca Palli (UNIBO), Paolo Robuffo Giordano (MPI), Irene Sardellitti (IIT), Riccardo Schiavi (UNIPI), Bram Vanderborght (VUB)
VIA Workshop
Anchorage, Alaska, May 3 -8 2010 (During ICRA 2010)
Organizers: Alin Albu-Schaeffer, Antonio Bicchi and Bram Vanderborght
For more info click here
EMBODYi - Embodied Intelligence Workshop
Livorno, Grand Hotel Palazzo, March 17, 2010
Presentation of the Viactors project (Alin Albu-Shaeffer)
Workshop on port-Hamiltonian systems
University of Twente in January 26-27, 2010
Rome Science Festival
Roma, Auditorium Parco della Musica, January 15, 2010
“Uomini, robot e altre strane creature”, prof. Antonio Bicchi, invited speaker
Celebrating 50 Years of Robotics
University of Pennsylvania, USA - December 11, 2009
\x93Towards a Society
of Robots: Robot Behaviors, Misbehaviors, and Agreements", prof. Antonio Bicchi, invited speaker.
Genoa Science Festival
Palazzo Ducale, Sala Minor Consiglio - Genova, Italy, October 25 2009
"Robot Sempre più simili all'uomo, in tutti i sensi". Prof. Antonio Bicchi and Prof Darwin Caldwell will present VIACTORS at the Science Festival in Genoa
Workshop
Imperial College, London, UK July 7-8 2009
Workshop and discussion on VIA from the human perspective
FET09 (The European Future Emerging Technologies Conference)
Prague, 21-23 April 2009
The European Future Technologies Conference FET09 is a new European forum dedicated to frontier research in future and emerging information technologies. Leading scientists, policy-makers, industry representatives and science journalists will convene over 3 days to discuss today's frontier science, tomorrow's technologies and the impact of both on tomorrow's society.
Workshop
European Science Foundations (ESF), April 8-11, 2009
"Modularity for Versatile Motor Learning: From Neuroscience to Robotics and Back”. With Andrea d'Avella, Foundation Santa Lucia, Roma, Italy, and Auke Ijspeert, EPFL, Switzerland.
VIACTORS Kick-Off Meeting
Munich, February 2 2009
Workshop Robotics Science and Systems 2008
Workshop Robotics Science and Systems 2008: Design and Control of Variable Impedance Actuators for Physical Interaction of Robots with Humans and their Environment