ICRA 2015 CPG Workshop

Goal

Different computational models of Central Pattern Generators (CPGs) have been used for locomotion control in robots. This workshop is dedicated to provide a better understanding of how these models are applied to control legged locomotion, and to discuss their bene

Program

* Bold-typed speakers are confirmed. Italic speaker are tentatively confirmed.

Time Program
08:30-09:00 Opening by the organizer (Prof. Auke Ijspeert, EPFL)
09:00-09:30 Invited speaker (Prof. Art Kuo, University of Michigan)
09:30-10:00 Invited speaker (Prof. Ioannis Poulakakis, University of Delaware)
10:00-10:30 Coffee break and discussion
10:30-11:15 Keynote speaker – Biology (Prof. Jean-Marie Cabelguen, Université Bordeaux)
11:15-11:45 Invited speaker (Prof. Low Kin Huat, NTU)
11:45-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-14:00 Invited speaker (Prof. Hartmut Geyer, CMU)
14:00-14:30 Talk by the organizers (Florin Dzeladini + Mostafa Ajallooeian, EPFL)
14:30-14:50 3-min poster highlight
14:50-15:45 Poster session and coffee break
15:45-16:15 Invited speaker (Prof. Dai Owaki, Tohoku University)
16:15-16:45 Invited speaker (Dr. Victor Barasuol, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
16:45-17:15 Discussion and future steps

Poster session

Please make paper printed A0 sized posters.

You also have a 3 minutes poster highlight presentation, with the following order:

  

+ Thierry Hoinville, Malte Schilling, and Holk Cruse
   Control of rhythmic behavior: Central and Peripheral Influences to Pattern Generation.
+ Brian T. Mirletz, Roger D. Quinn, and Vytas SunSpiral
   CPGs for Adaptive Control of Spine-like Tensegrity Structures.
 
+ Gaudi Morantes, Simon Guerrero, Jose Cappelletto, Gerardo Fernandez, and Rafael Torrealba
   Comparison of CPG topologies for bipedal gait.
+ Dai Owaki, Shunya Horikiri, Jun Nishii, and Akio Ishiguro
   Load-dependent Interlimb Coordination for Bipedal Walking.
 
+ Thomas G. Sugar, Andrew R. Bates, Sangram Redkar, and Jason Kerestes
   Using a Phase Oscillator to Control Oscillatory Behavior.
 
+ Nicholas S. Szczecinski, Alexander J. Hunt, and Roger D. Quinn
   Phase Characterization of Hyperpolarizing and Depolarizing Currents on a Four Neuron CPG Model.
+ Vojtech Vonasek, Martin Saska
   Utilization of CPGs in sampling-based motion planning.

Participants

Please visit here.

Paper submission (closed)

IMPORTANT DATES

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Submission deadline: March 1 (inclusive, 23:59 CET)

Acceptance notification: March 15

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Please submit your 3-pages paper here.

LaTeX templates can obtained here, and Microsoft word templates here.