Jim Mainprice, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA Dmitry Berenson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts, USA Dana Kulić, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Olivier Stasse, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, FranceMotivation And Goals The aging population in the most modern societies as well as the always increasing demand for productivity drives the need for robot coworkers and assistants. Humanoids, being especially well suited to cope with human environments, are the ideal robots for such roles. However, integrating the necessary safety features while endowing the robots with a model of our behavioral patterns and social habits is a difficult problem. How do we make the robots’ motions safer? How do we make them more legible? How can we recognize and predict the user’s intention? How do we make robots collaborate with users in performing complex tasks seamlessly? How do we learn from observation and interaction with the user, while ensuring their safety? This workshop intends to address these questions by bringing together researchers and engineers from different sub-fields of robotics, including but not limited to motion planning, machine learning, human-robot interaction, and perception. Venue ![]() List Of Topics
IMPORTANT DATES 20 September 2013 : Abstract submission deadline 30 September 2013 : Notification of acceptance 15 October 2013 : Workshop day Speakers
Schedule 08:50 - 09:00 Introduction 09:00 - 10:00 Torsten Kroeger 10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break 10:15 - 11:15 Sylvain Calinon 11:15 - 11:35 Poster presenter 11:35 - 13:00 Lunch Break 13:00 - 14:00 Sami Haddadin 14:00 - 15:00 Andrea Thomaz 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break 15:30 - 16:30 Charlie Kemp 16:30 - 16:45 Jim Mainprice 16:45 - 17:30 Discussion Panel 17:30 End Call For Posters We invite researchers and students to present their work in the form of poster sessions. To participate please send a maximum one page abstract at jmainprice@wpi.edu using the conference format. The deadline for abstracts is September 10th and notification of acceptance is September 30th. |