Detailed Program | AMAM2017

AMAM2017

June 27 - 30, 2017

Clark Memorial Student Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JAPAN

Detailed Program

`June 27 (Tue.)`

13:00 - 13:15	Opening Remarks
13:15 - 16:45	Special session on Embodied-Brain Systems
17:00 -	Welcome reception

`June 28 (Wed.)`

09:00 - 10:00	Plenary Talk 2 Adaptive motions in protozoan ciliates Toshiyuki Nakagaki (Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University)
10:00 - 10:20	Break
10:20 - 12:20	Session 1A Sensorimotor interactions during locomotion: some neurobiological principles that would help improving the design of walking bio-inspired robots Jean-Marie Cabelguen (INCIA - UMR 5287- CNRS Bordeaux University) Modular Control through Locomotor Sub-functions Andre Sayfarth (Institute of Sport Science, Technical University of Darmstadt) i-CentiPot: A Centipede-like Robot Wanders in the Wilderness Koichi Osuka (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University) Exploiting frictional anisotropy from a passive scale-like material for energy-efficient locomotion of a bio-inspired walking robot Poramate Manoonpong (Embodied AI and Neurorobotics Lab, Centre for BioRobotics, The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark)
12:20 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Plenary Talk 3 Evolutionary and developmental underpinnings of insect polyphsnisms Toru Miura (Misaki Marine Biological Station, University of Tokyo)
15:00 - 15:20	Break
15:20 - 17:20	Session 1B Adaptive Locomotion by Soft Animals and Machines Barry Trimmer (Departments of Biology and Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University) Feedforward versus Feedback Control in Synthetic Palaeontology William Sellers (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester) Moving on Three Legs -- How to imagine and control non-biomimetic locomotion -- Masato Ishikawa (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University) Morphological Computation towards Complexity Challenge of Soft Robots Fumiya Iida (Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

`June 29 (Thr.)`

09:00 - 10:00	Plenary Talk 4 Decoding the locomotion control circuits in the spinal cord using robots and mathematical models Auke Jan Ijspeert (Biorobotics Laboratory, EPFL – Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
10:00 - 10:20	Break
10:20 - 12:20	Session 2A Behavioral plasticity of a spring-driven ultrafast smashing by mantis shrimp Katsushi Kagaya (Hakubi center for advanced research, Kyoto University) Principles of bipedal locomotion: Sensorimotor and mechanical integration for stability and agility Monica A Daley (Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London) Mathematical Modeling of Limbless Crawling Ryo Kobayashi (Hiroshima University)
12:20 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 17:30	Poster Spotlight Poster Session and Robot Zoo(Robot Demo)
18:30 - 20:30	Banquet at Hotel Mystays Sapporo Aspen

`June 30 (Fri.)`

09:00 - 10:00	Plenary Talk 5 Biological flexibility: sensory feedback, motor control and power under different environmental regimes Emily Standen (Comparative Physiology Group, Biology Department, University of Ottawa)
10:00 - 10:20	Break
10:20 - 12:20	Session 3A Connecting insect and machine: robotics facilitates biological analysis for adaptive behavior Noriyasu Ando (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo) Reverse Engineering of an Early Tetrapod Fossil: Reconstructing Locomotor Characteristics John A. Nyakatura (Image Knowledge Gestaltung. An interdisciplinary Laboratory, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University) Motor Skill Learning Jan Peters (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt) Blueprints in Legged Animals and their Importance for Legged Machines Alexander Spröwitz (Dynamic Locomotion Group, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems Stuttgart)
12:20 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30	Session 3B Neuromechanics of unsteady locomotion in fishes Eric Tytell (Department of Biology, Tufts University) Minimalist Bio-Inspired Strategies for Adaptive Robot Control Jordan Boyle (School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds) Implicit and explicit controls of butterfly flapping flight Kei Senda (Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)
15:30 -	Closing Remarks and Award Ceremony
	Farewell