2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014)

May 31 - June 7, 2014 Hong Kong, China

Tutorials and Workshops

May 31, 2014 (Sat), Full Day Workshops/Tutorials (9:00-17:30)

Session ID	Title	Organizers
WSa1	Active Visual Learning and Hierarchical Visual Representations for General-Purpose Robot Vision	Ales Ude Jozef Stefan Institute , Ales Leonardis University of Ljubljana , Kostas Daniilidis University of Pennsylvania , Tamim Asfour Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
WSa2	Frontier of Bioinspired Systems based on Micro-Nanorobotics - Design, Energy, Integration -	Masahiro Nakajima Nagoya UniversityU , Keisuke Morishima Osaka University , Toshio Fukuda Meijo University
~~WSa3~~ CANCELLED	~~9th Full-day Workshop on Software Development and Integration in Robotics (SDIR-IX)~~	Davide Brugali Università degli Studi di Bergamo , Luca Gherardi Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control , Issa Nesnas Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Ulrik Pagh Schultz University of Southern Denmark
WSa4	What Sucks in Robotics and How to Fix It --- Lessons Learned from Building Complex Systems	Gian Diego Tipaldi University of Freiburg , Cyrill Stachniss University of Freiburg
WSa5	Latest Advances on Natural Motion Understanding and Human Motion Synthesis	Emel Demircan Stanford University , Oussama Khatib Stanford University , Yoshihiko Nakamura University of Tokyo , Gentiane Venture Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology , Denny Oetomo The University of Melbourne
WSa6	Artificial Intelligence in Rehabilitation Robotics	Domen Novak ETH Zurich , Robert Riener ETH Zurich
WSa7	Experiences of Research on Robot Assistance for Industrial Environments	Mustafa Suphi Erden ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) , Ole Madsen Aalborg University , Anders Billesø Beck Technical University of Denmark, Danish Technological Institute
WSa8	Aerial Robots Physically Interacting with The Environment	Anibal Ollero University of Seville , Bruno Siciliano University Napoli Federico II , Konstantin Kondak German Aerospace Center , Lorenzo Marconi University of Bologna
WSa9	Autonomous Social Robots: The Ethical Challenges Ahead	Matthias Scheutz Tufts University
WSa10	Affective Haptics for Human-Robot Interaction	Mehdi Ammi University of Paris-XI , Jean-Claude Martin Université Paris-Sud , Adriana Tapus ENSTA-ParisTech
WSa11	Autonomous Grasping and Manipulation: An Open Challenge	Renaud Detry University of Liège , Oliver Kroemer TU Darmstadt , Danica Kragic KTH
WSa12	Opportunities and Challenges of Joint Inference and Control in Mobile Robotics	Daniel Koditschek University of Pennsylvania , Vijay Kumar University of Pennsylvania , Stefano Soatto University of California, Los Angeles , Avik De University of Pennsylvania
WSa13	Advances in Flexible Access Robots for Surgical Interventions	Guang-Zhong Yang Imperial College London , Pierre Dupont Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School , Koji Ikuta The University of Tokyo , Christos Bergeles Imperial Col. London , Su-Lin Lee Imperial College London
WSa14	Task-based Optimal Design of Robots	Cristiano Nattero Universita' degli Studi di Genova , Wei-Zhong Guo Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityGenova , Fulvio Mastrogiovanni University of Genoa

June 1, 2014 (Sun), Full Day Workshops/Tutorials (9:00-17:30)

Session ID	Title	Organizers
WSu1	Workshop on Visual Place Recognition in Changing Environments	Niko Sünderhauf Chemnitz University of Technology , Peter Corke QUT , Michael J. Milford Queensland University of Technology
WSu2	Future Challenges in Nanorobotics	Antoine Ferreira Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Bourges , Sylvain Martel Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal (EPM) , Li Zhang The Chinese University of Hong Kong
WSu3	ICRA 2014 Workshop on Long-Term Autonomy: Life-Long Learning for Real World Applications	Elizabeth Murphy George Washington University , Jonathan Kelly University of Toronto , Paul Timothy Furgale ETH Zürich , Timothy Barfoot University of Toronto , Gabe Sibley George Washington University
WSu4	Full-day tutorial on The Low-cost, Fast-development, Modular Snake Robot Open Platforms.	Kamilo Melo KM-RoBoTa
WSu5	Human Modeling and Control for Assistive Technologies	Yuichi Kurita Hiroshima University , Jun Ueda Georgia Institute of Technology , Mitsunori Tada Adv. Industrial Science and Tech. , Ashish Deshpande University of Texas
WSu6	Lower Limb Exoskeletons for Rehabilitation and Assistance	Jose Luis Pons Spanish National Research Council , etienne burdet Imperial College London , Jan Veneman Tecnalia
WSu7	Hydraulic Robots with Torque Control for Inverse Dynamics and Active Compliance	Claudio Semini Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Michele Focchi Italian Institute of Technology , Thiago Boaventura ETH Zurich , Jonas Buchli ETH Zurich
WSu8	Robotics and Military Applications: from Current Research and Deployments to Legal and Ethical Questions	Quang-Cuong Pham Nanyang Technological University Ludovic Righetti Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
WSu9	Workshop on General Intelligence for Humanoid Robots	Benjamin Goertzel Novamente LLC
WSu10	Advances in Robot Manipulation of Clothes and Flexible Objects	Giorgio Cannata University of Genova , Sotiris Malassiotis CERTH , Vaclav Hlavac Czech Technical University in Prague
WSu11	Workshop on Modelling, Estimation, Perception and Control of All Terrain Mobile Robots	Philippe Martinet Ecole Centrale de Nantes , Kazuya Yoshida Tohoku University , Marcel Bergerman Carnegie Mellon University
WSu12	Soft and stiffness-controllable robots for minimally invasive surgery	Kaspar Althoefer Kings College London , Fumiya Iida ETH Zurich , Thrishantha Nanayakkara King's College London , Helge Arne Wurdemann King's College London , Emanuele Lindo Secco King's College London

June 1, 2014 (Sun), Half Day Workshops/Tutorials - Morning Sessions (9:00-12:30)

Session ID	Title	Organizers
WSu13	Crossing the Reality Gap: Control, Human Interaction and Cloud Technology for Multi- and Many- Robot Systems	Lorenzo Sabattini University of Modena and Reggio Emilia , Joseph W. Durham Kiva Systems , M. Ani Hsieh Drexel University , Donald Sofge Naval Research Laboratory , Frank Ehlers WTD71/FWG
WSu14	Robots in Homes and Industry: Where to Look First?	Michael Zillich Vienna University of Technology , Simone Frintrop University of Bonn , Fiora Pirri La Sapienza University of Rome , James J. Little UBC , Ekaterina Potapova Vienna University of Technology
~~WSu15~~ CANCELLED	~~Human Centric System Design and Modelling for NeuroBased Biorobotics~~	K. H. Low Nanyang Technological University , Tianjiang Hu National University of Defense Technology , Samer Mohammed University of Paris Est Créteil - (UPEC) , Kyoungchul Kong Sogang University , Justin Seipel Purdue

June 1, 2014 (Sun), Half Day Workshops/Tutorials - Afternoon Sessions (14:00-17:30)

Session ID	Title	Organizers
WSu16	On the centrality of decentralization in multi-robot systems: holy grail or false idol?	Antonio Franchi Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics , Paolo Robuffo Giordano Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
WSu17	ECHORD ++ : "New instruments for Strengthening the Academia-Industry Collaboration in Europe in the period 2013-2018"	Alberto Sanfeliu Universitat Politècnica de Cataluyna

June 5, 2014 (Thu), Full Day Workshops/Tutorials (9:00-17:30)

Session ID	Title	Organizers
WTh1	Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-classical Cameras	Luis Puig University of Pennsylvania , Miguel Lourenço University of Coimbra , Davide Scaramuzza University of Zurich
WTh2	Bio Assembler for 3D Cellular System Innovation	Tatsuo Arai Osaka University , Toshio Fukuda Meijo University , Fumihito Arai Nagoya University , Masayuki Yamato Tokyo Women's Medical Univeristy , Makoto Kaneko Osaka University
WTh3	Persistent Autonomy for Marine Robotics	Francesco Maurelli Heriot-Watt University , David Lane Heriot-Watt University , Kostas Kyriakopoulos National Technical Univ. of Athens , Petar Kormushev Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Marc Carreras Universitat de Girona , Maria Fox King's College London
WTh4	MATLAB/Simulink for Robotics Education and Research	Peter Corke QUT
WTh5	Wearable Robotics for motion Assistance and rehabilitation - RoboAssist 2014	Nicola Vitiello Scuola Superiore Sant Anna , Samer Mohammed University of Paris Est Créteil - (UPEC) , Juan Camilo Moreno Spanish Council for Scientific Research-CSIC
WTh6	Neurobiologically Inspired Robotics workshop: Incorporating Brain Processing into Robots for Better Autonomy	Jeffrey Krichmar University of California, Irvine , Angelo Cangelosi University of Plymouth, UK , Michael J Milford Queensland University of Technology , Michele Rucci Boston University , Bertram Emil Shi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
WTh7	Motion Planning for Industrial Robots	Dinesh Manocha UNC at Chapel Hill , Jean-Paul Laumond LAAS-CNRS , Eiichi Yoshida National Inst. of AIST
WTh8	Progress and Development of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Spherical Motors	Liang Yan Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics , I-Ming Chen Nanyang Technological University
WTh9	3rd iCub and Friends Workshop	Lorenzo Natale Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Francesco Nori Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Nikolaos Tsagarakis Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Giorgio Metta Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
WTh10	Soft Robots	Michael Yu Wang The Chinese University of Hong Kong

June 5, 2014 (Thu), Half Day Workshops/Tutorials - Morning Sessions (9:00-12:30)

Session ID	Title	Organizers
WTh11	Research Challenges and Cross-cutting Applications of Modular Robot Systems	Prithviraj (Raj) Dasgupta University of Nebraska, Omaha , Carl Nelson University of Nebraska-Lincoln , José Baca University of Nebraska at Omaha
WTh12 CANCELLED	Robotics role in the Rehabilitation of children with Cerebral Palsy	Eduardo Rocon CSIC

June 5, 2014 (Thu), Half Day Workshops/Tutorials - Afternoon Session (14:00-17:30)

Session ID	Title	Organizers
WTh13	Epistemological issues in robotics research and research result evaluation	Fabio Paolo Bonsignorio Heron Robots srl Universidad Carlos III de Madrid , Angel P. Del Pobil Jaume-I University , John Hallam University of Southern Denmark , Elena Messina National Institute of Standards and Technology

Daily Schedule

May 31, June 1 & June 5	Program
09:00 - 10:30	Workshops /Tutorials Sessions
10:30 - 10:50	Coffee Break
10:50 - 12:30	Workshops /Tutorials Sessions
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 15:30	Workshops /Tutorials Sessions
15:30 - 15:50	Coffee Break
15:50 - 17:30	Workshops /Tutorials Sessions

(Updated on February 10, 2014)