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Written by Monica Reggiani   
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Tuesday, November 4 (Ancient Chorus Hall)
 
14:15 Opening Session
 
14:30 H. Bruyninckx Simulation, modeling, and programming for autonomous robots: the Open Source perspective
15:30  Y. Nakamura Modeling, understanding, and interacting with humans
 
16:30.17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 - 17:20
A Mobile Robot Control Framework: From Simulation to Reality  
Stephen Balakirsky, Frederick M. Proctor, Christopher J. Scrapper, and Thomas R. Kramer

17:20 - 17:50
A Software Platform for Component based RT-System Development: OpenRTM-aist
Noriaki Ando, Takashi Suehiro, and Tetsuo Kotoku

17:50 - 18:10

MM-ulator: Towards a Common Evaluation Platform for Mixed Mode Environments  
Matthias Krop ff, Christian Reinl, Kim Listmann, Karen Petersen, Katayon Radkhah, Faisal Karim Shaikh, Arthur Herzog, Armin Strobel, Daniel Jacobi, and Oskar von Stryk

18:10 - 18:30
Developing Robot Motions by Simulated Touch Sensors
Fabio Dalla Libera, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Enrico Pagello, and Emanuele Menegatti


18:30 - 20:00 Welcome Reception
 
Wednesday, November 5

8:10 - 8:30
ppPDC Communication Framework A New Tool for Distributed Robotics  
Grzegorz Polaków and Mieczyslaw Metzger

8:30 - 8:50
Knowledge Processing Middleware  
Fredrik Heintz, Jonas Kvarnström, and Patrick Doherty

8:50 - 9:10
The Experimental Robotics Framework  
Joõo Xavier and Helder Araújo

9:10 - 9:40
Implementing Flexible Parallelism for Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots  
Mirko Bordignon, Lars Lindegaard Mikkelsen, and Ulrik Pagh Schultz

9:40 - 10:00
Real-time Software for Mobile Robot Simulation and Experimentation in Cooperative Environments  
Andreu Corominas Murtra, Josep M. Mirats Tur, Oscar Sandoval, and Alberto Sanfeliu

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 10:50
From simulated to real scenarios: a framework for multi-UAVs
Andrea Cesetti, Adriano Mancini, Emanuele Frontoni, Primo Zingaretti, and Sauro Longhi

10:50 - 11:10
Authority Sharing in a Swarm of UAVs: Simulation and Experiments with Operators
Franois Legras, Arnaud Glad, Olivier Simonin, and Franois Charpillet

11:10 - 11:30
Simulation of Multi-Robot Teams with Flexible Level of Detail
Martin Friedmann, Karen Petersen, and Oskar von Stryk

11:30 - 11:50
Where Am I? A Simulated GPS Sensor for Outdoor Robotic Applications
Benjamin Balaguer and Stefano Carpin

11:50 - 12:10
XPERSim: A Simulator for Robot Learning by Experimentation  
Iman Awaad and Beatriz Leòn


12:10 - 13:30 Lunch  

13:30 Departure to Padua
15:00 Arrival in Padua

15:00 G. Sandini Humanoids, Brain and Cognitive Science

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 H. Ishiguro Studies on humanlike robots - Humanoid, android and geminoid

17:30 - 19:00 Visit to Historical Building

20:00 - 22:00 Social Dinner

Thursday, November6

8:40 - 9:00
An Introduction to a new commentator for RoboCup 3D Soccer Simulation
Amin Habibi Shahri

9:00 - 9:20
Towards Automated Online Diagnosis of Robot Navigation Software
Alexander Kleiner, Gerald Steinbauer, and Franz Wotawa

9:20 - 9:40
Rescue Robot Navigation : Static Stability Estimation in Random Step Environment
Evgeni Magid, Kentaro Ozawa, Takashi Tsubouchi Eiji Koyanagi, and Tomoaki Yoshida

9:40 - 10:00
A Common Framework for Co-operative Robotics: an Open, Fault Tolerant Architecture for multi-league RoboCup Teams
Luís Mota and Luís Paulo Reis

10:00 - 10:20
Multilevel Testing of Control Software for Teams of Autonomous Mobile Robots
Sebastian Petters, Dirk Thomas, Martin Friedmann, and Oskar von Stryk

10:20 - 10:50 Coffee Break

10:50 - 11:10
Performance Evaluation of Repeated Auctions for Robust Task Execution
Maitreyi Nanjanath and Maria Gini

11:10 - 11:30
Conceptual Framework to Maintain Multiple and Floating Relationship among Coordinate Reference Systems for Robotics
Itsuki Noda , Hiroki Shimora, and Hidehisa Akiyama

11:30 - 11:50
An Emphatic Humanoid Robot With Emotional Latent Semantic Behavior  
Antonio Chella, Giovanni Pilato, Rosario Sorbello, Giorgio Vassallo, Francesco Cinquegrani, and Salvatore Maria Anzalone

11:50 - 12:10
A Software System for Robotic Learning by Experimentation  
Iman Awaad, Ronny Hartanto, Beatriz Leòn, and Paul Plöger

12:10 - 12:30
YARS: A Physical 3D Simulator for Evolving Controllers for Real Robots
Keyan Zahedi, Arndt von Twickel, and Frank Pasemann

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:20
Real-Time Least-Square Fitting of Ellipses Applied to the RobotCub Platform
Nicola Greggio, Luigi Manfredi, Cecilia Laschi, Paolo Dario, and Maria Chiara Carrozza

14:20 - 14:40
Conceptual Design of a Power Distribution Line Maintenance Robot Using a Developed CG Simulator and Experimental Robot System
Kiyoshi Tsukahara, Yorihiko Tanaka, Yingxin He, Toshihisa Miyamoto, and Kyouichi Tatsuno

14:40 - 15:00
A Multi-Agent 3D Simulation Environment for Clothing Industry
Rezia Molfino, Enrico Carca, Matteo Zoppi, Fabio Bonsignorio, Massimo Callegari, Andrea Gabrielli, and Marco Principi

15:20 - 15:40
A Lunar Surface Operations Simulator  
Hari. Nayar, Bob J. Balaram, Jonathan Cameron, Abhinandan Jain, Christopher Lim, Rudranarayan Mukherjee, Stephen Peters, Marc Pomerantz, Leonard Reder, Partha Shakkottai, and Stephen Wall

15:40 - 16:00
3D Simulation of a motorized operation microscope
Markus Finke and Achim Schweikard


16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 - 17:30 Discussion

18:00 - 19:00 Farewell Reception

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