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ShanghAI Lectures 2009
ShanghAI Lectures: Xiao’an Li “Action Skill Developmental Learning for Autonomous Soccer Robots”
Robocub 2013 in Eindhoven.
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
In the past decade, soccer robots have been developed greatly, and some of the robot soccer games have been showing more ...
20 February 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Adrianne Wortzel “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
This lecture discusses the relevance of embedding dramatic scenarios and expressive language into methodologies employed in the research and developm...
13 February 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Hiroshi Yokoi “Future Trend”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
In this guest lecture, Hiroshi Yokoi from University of Electro-Communication, Chofu, Japan, talks about prosthetic robot hands, EMG devices, bio-fee...
06 February 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Wenwei Yu “A Simulation Study on Reflexive Responses during Walking”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
In this guest lecture, Wenwei Yu from Chiba University, Japan, introduces his approach to assistive technology and talks about (simulation) experime...
30 January 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Sukhan Lee “Cognitive Recognition for Service Robots”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-10
Recognition has been a subject of intense research interest to computer vision, AI, cognitive science, as well as robotics communities for, at least,...
23 January 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Alois Knoll, Mary Ellen Foster, Manuel Giuliani “Joint-Action Science and Technology”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-10
The success of the human species critically depends on our extraordinary ability to engage in joint action. Our perceptions, decisions and behaviour ar...
16 January 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Samia Nefti-Mezziani “Non-rational Particle Swarm Optimization”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-03
Among the evolutionary algorithms, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) represents an optimization method where individuals, called particles, collabora...
09 January 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Christopher Lueg “Scaffolding & Embodiment: Perspectives in Human Computer Interaction”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-03
In this talk Professor Lueg will discuss how embodiment and scaffolding perspectives discussed in the ShanghAI Lectures on Natural and Artificial Int...
02 January 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Weidong Chen “Modeling and Control of Mobile Robot Networks”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-26
Swarm intelligence of mobile robots is defined as a mobile robot network with only local interactions and finite sensing capabilities which can achieve...
27 December 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Eugen Elmiger “Drives for Intelligent Robots”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-19
In this guest lecture, Eugen Elmiger from maxon motor ag, Sachseln, Switzerland, gives an overview of the precision motors his company produces, and ...
19 December 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Josh Bongard “Resilient Machines”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-19
If the body plays a central role in intelligence, as a roboticist, how do we choose an appropriate body for our robot? Evolutionary robotics allows u...
12 December 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Hisato Kobayashi “AI-ish approach for complicated robot control”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-12
If we try to describe any kinds of robot by mathematical models, they must be very complicated equations. Even, such robotic systems are categorized ...
05 December 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Shaohua Tan “Qualitative modeling and analysis”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-12
"It has increasingly been realized that some of the key characteristics underlying real-world complex dynamical systems (such as economical, financia...
28 November 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Koh Hosoda “Compliant Body as a Source of Intelligence”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-05
Animals and Humans utilize their compliance: muscular system and soft skin. The compliance plays an important role to exhibit intelligent behavior. T...
21 November 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: SAYA/Hiroshi Kobayashi “Hello, my name is SAYA”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-05
In this guest lecture, SAYA, the robotic teacher from Japan, introduces herself and talks about the Tokyo University of Science, where she was const...
14 November 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Brian David Johnson “Brain Machines: Robots, Free Will and Science Fiction Prototypes”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-10-29
How can science fiction help prototype emerging science theory and experimentation? Expanding on the framework of consumer experience architecture, t...
08 November 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Auke Ijspeert “Controlling the Locomotion of Robots Using Central Pattern Generator Models”
Animal locomotion control is in a large part based on central pattern generators (CPGs), which are neural networks capable of producing complex rhythmic patterns while being activated and modulated by...
01 November 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Bernard Horan “Mixing real and virtual worlds in education”
Bernard Horan presents an overview of a trial undertaken at the University of Essex in the use of a mixed-reality teaching environment. The lecture includes a summary of the motivations for mixed real...
24 October 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Lutz Jäncke “On the neuropsychology of avatars”
The ShanghAI lectures have brought us a treasure trove of guest lectures by experts in robotics. You can find the whole series from 2012 here. Now, we're bringing you the guest lectures you haven't ye...
17 October 2013, by
Nathan Labhart
