Advisory Committee:
Shugen Ma Ritsumeikan Univ., Japan; Bin Li Shenyang Inst. Automation, CAS, China;

 

Organizing Committee Chairs:
Zhifeng Wang Shenyang Inst. Automation, CAS, China; Xiaodong Wu Ritsumeikan Univ., Japan;
Memembers:
Atsushi Kakogawa Ritsumeikan Univ., Japan;  Yu Yoshida Ritsumeikan Univ., Japan; Nobuhiko Miyamoto Ritsumeikan Univ., Japan; Zhiqing Li Shenyang Inst. Automation, CAS, China; Nan Li  Shenyang Inst. Automation, CAS, China;  Rongchuan Sun Shenyang Inst. Automation, CAS, China;  Shuai Guo Shenyang Inst. Automation, CAS, China;
Shumei Yu Shenyang Inst. Automation, CAS, China;  Chaoquan Tang Shenyang Inst. Automation, CAS, China;

Program: Wednesday, August 18　 Room 408, Building R, SIA
9:00 – 9:20 Introduction
Prof. Shugen Ma, Department of Robotics, Ritsumeikan Univ.
9:20 – 9:50 Development of a Pipe-Inspection Robot with Screw Drive Mechanism for Curved Pipes
Atsushi Kakogawa, Biomimetic Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory, Department of Robotics, Ritsumeikan Univ.
9:50 – 10:20 Development of a Wall-Climbing Robot with Passive Suction Cups
Yu Yoshida, Biomimetic Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory, Department of Robotics, Ritsumeikan Univ.
10:20 – 10:50 Design, Optimization, and Basic Experiments of a Transformable Wheel-Track Robot with Self-adaptive Mobile Mechanism
Zhiqing Li, State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science
10:50 – 11:20 Dynamic shape-shifting for a transformable robot
Nan Li, State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science
11:20 – 11:50 CPG-based Locomotion Control of the Snake-like Robot
Xiaodong Wu, Biomimetic Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory, Department of Robotics, Ritsumeikan Univ.
13:00 – 13:30 Simultaneous Localization and Sampled Environment Mapping
Rongchuan Sun, State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science
13:30 – 14:00 Voronoi-based Map Representation: Application to SLAM
Shuai Guo, State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science
14:00 – 14:30 Gait Study on Snake-like Robots in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environment
Shumei Yu, State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science
14:30 – 15:00 A Cubic CPG Model for Snake-like Robot with Adaptation to Environment
Chaoquan Tang, State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science
15:00 – 15:30 A Unified Dynamic Model and an Energy-based Control for a Snake-like Robot
Zhifeng Wang, State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science

 

Thursday, August 19　　 

9:00-10:00　　Room 408, Building R, SIA

Visitation of Bio-inspired Mechanism Laboratory in SIA

10:00-12:00

Discussion on problems in research

13:30-14:30　 Room 408, Building R, SIA

Visitation of laboratories in SIA

14:30-17:00

Discussion on the life, study, and research in Japan and China

 

With this symposium, we wish to contribute to the discussion on the study of the Robotics and Biomimetics, and provide a platform for the communication of the students in Japan and China.Biomimetic robotics is attracting the interest of a growing number of robotics researchers worldwide. The advancements of robotics technologies have recently led to an increased interest towards biomimetic robotics also in the scientific fields related to biology and to the study of living organisms. In fact, biomimetic robotics can represent today a powerful tool for experimental investigation of the sophisticated mechanisms and amazing sensory-motor performance that many living organisms show. In this symposium, we will have each participator to introduce his research on Robotics and Biomimetics. Some new ideas and future aspects will also be discussed as well.The symposium is intended for the robotic researchers who share their visions of biomimetic robotics, including young students who are encouraged to enter this emerging and challenging field of research. The students can make use of this opportunity to understand one another and promote the communication of researches in two countries.