A Workshop Presented by the World Top Leaders
Robotics Big Bang for Humanity
January 19, 2017 — Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Sponsors
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, ImPACT Project, Tohoku University
Access
Center Hall, 2nd Floor, Large Meeting Room
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
(Nearest station: Sendai Subway Tozai Line, Aobayama Station)
Bldg. C01 in the following campus map
http://www.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/english/map/?menu=campus&area=c&build=01
Program
Thursday, January 19, 2017
10:00 Opening
10:05 Open Research Challenges in Rehabilitation Robotics
Eugenio Guglielmelli, Università Campus Bio-Medico, Italy; RAS VP for Publication Activities
10:40 Sampling-Based Motion Planning: Algorithms and Applications
Nancy Amato, Texas A&M University, USA; RAS Chair of Electronic Products & Services Board
11:15 Robot Manipulation: Real-time Motion Planning and Hybrid Control
Torsten Kroeger, Google, USA; RAS Secretary
11:50 (Lunch)
13:20 Panel Discussion
Good Research, But I Regret that Your Paper is Rejected — Why?
Moderator: Satoshi Tadokoro (Tohoku University, Japan; RAS President)
Panelists: Eugenio Guglielmelli (Università Campus Bio-Medico, Italy; RAS VPPA), Frank Park (Seoul National University, Korea; EiC IEEE T-RO), Seth Hutchinson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Past EiC IEEE T-RO)
14:20 (Break)
14:30 Enhanced Human Performance Assessment with Robotics and Computer Vision
Venkat Krovi, Clemson University, USA
15:05 Quality of Teleoperator (QoT) Adaptive Control for Telerobotic Operations
Ning Xi, University of Hong Kong, China; RAS President-Elect
15:40 “Intelligent” Interactions with Surprisingly Simple Robots
Richard Vaughan, Simon Fraser University, Canada; RAS AdCom
16:15 (Coffee Break)
16:30 Brain-inspired Intelligent Robotics: The Integration of Vision, Motion and Planning
Hong Qiao, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; RAS AdCom
17:05 Design, Modeling and Control of a Biologically-Inspired Bat Robot
Seth Hutchinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; RAS AdCom
17:40 Autonomous Robotic Manipulation
Jing Xiao, Univerdity of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA; RAS VP for Membership Activities
18:15 Closing
18:30 Reception
Restaurant Shikisai
Reception
Restaurant Shikisai
3rd Floor, Aoba Memorial Hall, Tohoku University
(Nearest station: Sendai Subway Tozai Line, Aobayama Station)
Bldg. C03 in the following campus map
http://www.eng.tohoku.ac.jp/english/map/?menu=campus&area=c&build=03
*For more information:
http://www.rm.is.tohoku.ac.jp/~tadokoro/RBBH/
