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Octobar 11 (Day 1)

Plenary talk 1

08:30-09:30 Neurophysiology of gait for understanding basal ganglia motor disorders - from animal behaviors to the constructive approach -
Kaoru Takakusaki

Session1-1: Biological System

09:40-10:00 Towards Understanding of Versatility of Animal Behavior: A Mathematical Model for Ophiuroid Omnidirectional Locomotion
Wataru Watanabe, Shota Suzuki, Takeshi Kano and Akio Ishiguro
10:00-10:20 Method for obtaining quantitative change in muscle activities by difference in sensory inputs about human posture control
Hiroaki Ogawa, Ryosuke Chiba, Kaoru Takakusaki, Hajime Asama, Jun Ota
10:20-10:40 Brain Freedom from Body : Neuronal Activity during Goal-Approach by Behavior and Goal-Operation by BMI in the Rat
Yoshio Sakurai, Susumu Takahashi

Session1-2: Biped 1

11:00-11:20 Anchoring the SLIP template: The effect of leg mass on running stability
Soha Pouya, Frank Peuker, Rico Moeckel, Andre Seyfarth and Auke Jan Ijspeert
11:20-11:40 Running Motion in a Musculoskeletal Bipedal Robot using Muscle Activation Pattern Control Based on a Human Electromyogram
Satoshi Nishikawa, Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
11:40-12:00 Avian bipedal locomotion
John A. Nyakatura, Emanuel Andrada, Reinhard Blickhan and Martin S. Fischer

Session1-3: Locomotion Mechanism

13:30-13:50 MaTBot: A Magneto-adhesive Track roBot for the inspection of artificial smooth substrates
Max Fremerey, Stanislav Gorb, Lars Heepe, Dominik Kasper, Hartmut Witte
13:50-14:10 Variable Impedance Actuation to Increase the Behavioural Diversity of Legged Robots
Derek Leach, Nandan Maheshwari, Fabian Günther and Fumiya Iida
14:10-14:30 ROLV - A Hybrid Wheel Robot Using Compliant Mechanisms for Locomotion
Jörg Mämpel, Sebastian Köhring, Robert Koopmann, Kristian Langguth, Roy Lichtenfeld, and Hartmut Witte
14:30-14:50 LocoKit - A Construction Kit for Exploration of Morphology of Legged Robots
Jørgen Christian Larsen and Kasper Stoy

Session1-4: Bio-inspired Locomotion

15:20-15:40 Combining Bio-inspired Sensing with Bio-inspired Locomotion
Danish Shaikh, John Hallam, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, Auke J. Ijspeert
15:40-16:00 A Neural Network Model for Burrow Surveilance of Fiddler Crabs
Seung-Eun Yu and DaeEun Kim
16:00-16:20 Bio-Inspired Step Size Adaptation for a Six-LeggedWalking Robot
Arne Roennau, Georg Heppner and Ruediger Dillmann

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Octobar 12 (Day 2)

Plenary talk 2

08:30-09:30 Stability in walking and running - biomechanical concepts and challenges
Andre Seyfarth

Session2-1: Biped 2

09:40-10:00 Dynamic leg function of the BioBiped humanoid robot
C. Maufroy, H.-M. Maus, K. Radkhah, D. Scholz, O. von Stryk, A. Seyfarth
10:00-10:20 Isochron of human walking derived from the perturbation of floor
Tetsuro Funato, Tetsuro Hosokawa, Shinya Aoi, Nozomi Tomita and Kazuo Tsuchiay
10:20-10:40 Only the Groucho number ensures dynamic similarity during walking
Emanuel Andrada and Reinhard Blickhan

Session2-2: Sensorimotor Coordination

11:00-11:20 Perception, motor learning, and speed adaptation exploiting body dynamics: case studies in a quadruped robot
Matej Hoffmann, Nico Schmidt, Kohei Nakajima, Fumiya Iida, and Rolf Pfeifer
11:20-11:40 Dynamic Self-organizations of motor-proteins under non-equilibrium condition
Akira Kakugo, JianPing Gong
11:40-12:00 Robot Head Stabilization During Periodic Locomotion Using Adaptive Dynamical Systems
Sebastien Gay, Auke Ijspeert1 and Jose Santos-Victor

Session2-3: Toward Dynamic and Fast Locomotion

13:30-13:50 Actively-compliant Leg for Dynamic Locomotion
Thiago Boaventura, Claudio Semini, Jonas Buchli, Darwin G. Caldwell
13:50-14:10 SLIP-Model-Compatible and Bio-inspired Robotic Leg with Reconfigurable Length
Farrukh Iqbal Sheikh, Helmut Hauser, Lijin Aryananda, Hung Vu Quy, and Rolf Pfeifer
14:10-14:30 Cheetah-inspired robot: design of a high speed galloping quadruped
Sangbae Kim
14:30-14:50 The Effect of Morphology on the Spinal Engine Driven Locomotion in a Quadruped Robot
Qian Zhao, Hidenobu Sumioka, and Rolf Pfeifer

Poster Session

15:20-17:30 Poster Session List

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Octobar 14 (Day 4)

Plenary talk 3

08:30-09:30 Negotiating Complex Terrain: Insect Brains and Behavior and their impact on Robot Design
Roy Ritzmann

Session3-1: Insects and Robots

09:40-10:00 On Control of Flapping Flight of Butterfly with Experimental Observation
Kei Senda, Naoto Yokoyama, Masafumi Matsusaka, Toyonori Kobayakawa, Norio Hirai, and Makoto Iimad
10:00-10:20 Study of adaptability of an insect using the brain-machine hybrid system: Sensory feedback in odor searching behavior
Ryo Minegishi, Atsushi Takashima, Daisuke Kurabayashi and Ryohei Kanzaki
10:20-10:40 Molecular aspects of the serotonergic system in the cricket CNS: implication in the adaptive modulation of behavior
Takayuki Watanabe and Hitoshi Aonuma

Session3-2: Quadruped Locomotion

11:00-11:20 Gait Versatility Through Morphological Changes in a New Quadruped Robot
Hung Vu Quy, Gilles Ramstein, Flurin Casanova, Lijin Aryananda, Matej Hoffmann, Farrukh Iqbal Sheikh and Helmut Hauser
11:20-11:40 Stable Dynamic Walking of a Quadruped Robot “Kotetsu” against Perturbations on Posture and Rhythmic Motion
Christophe Maufroy and Hiroshi Kimura
11:40-12:00 Oncilla Robot―A Light-weight Bio-inspired Quadruped Robot for Fast Locomotion in Rough Terrain
Alexander Sproewitz, Lorenz Kuechler, Alexandre Tuleu, Mostafa Ajallooeian, Michiel D'Haene, Rico Moeckel, Auke Jan Ijspeert

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