Schedule

Monday May 3, 2010

room: Egan Center Summit Hall (lower level) Rooms 5-6

Presentations are 15min talk, 5 min Q&A.

9:00 - 9:15 Opening, Introduction by organizers
9:15 - 10:45 5x20min Paper presentations:

• Increasing Robustness and Performance of Robotic Systems by Variable Compliance Actuation by Alin Albu-Schäffer, Oliver Eiberger, Markus Grebenstein, Sami Haddadin, M. Nickl, Florian Petit and Sebastian Wolf, DLR/Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
• Dynamic Gravity Cancellation in Robots with Flexible Transmissions: Constant, Nonlinear, and Variable Stiffness by Alessandro De Luca and Fabrizio Flacco, Università di Roma “La Sapienza” abstract
• Stiffness Control of Multi-DOF Joint by Koichi Koganezawa, Tokai University, Japan abstract
• Closed loop control of a rotational joint driven by two antagonistic dielectric elastomer actuators by Marco Randazzo, Matteo Fumagallia, Francesco Noria, Giorgio Metta, Giulio Sandini Italian Institute of Technology abstract
• Learning multiple coordinate planning from humans by Etienne Burdet and Ganesh Gowriskankar, NICT, Japan and Imperial College London abstract

• High-Force Low-Impedance Actuation for Therapeutic Robotics by Neville Hogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology abstract
• Using Compliant Actuators in the Mechanical Design of Robots developed at the VUB by Bram Vanderborght, Ronald Van Ham, Michael Van Damme, Jelle Saldien and Dirk Lefeber, Vrije Universiteit Brussel abstract
• Design and Control of a new Generation of Compliant Actuators for Safe Human-Robot Interaction by Matteo Laffranchi, Nikos G. Tsagarakis and Darwin G. Caldwell, Instituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) abstract
• BioRob Arm: Antagonistic Series Elastic Actuation for Inherent Safe Human-Robot Interaction by Thomas Lens, Jürgen Kunz, Oskar von Stryk, Christian Trommer and Andreas Karguth Universität Darmstadt, - TETRA Gmhb abstract

• Three Types of Dual Actuator Units for Variable Impedance Actuation by Jae-Bok Song, Byeong-Sang Kim abstract
• Design and Control of Variable Stiffness Actuation Systems by G. Palli, G. Berselli, C. Melchiorri and G. Vassura, Universit`a di Bologna abstract
• Variable Admittance Actuators using Series Elasticity by Jon Sensinger, Northwestern University abstract
• Measuring Variable Stiffness by Giorgio Grioli and Antonio Bicchi, University of Pisa abstract
• Design of Passive Impedance Joint Arm and Fingers for Human-Symbiotic Robot by Shigeki Sugano, Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering School of Creative Science and Engineering Waseda University abstract

• Energy Efficient Variable Stiffness Actuators: Conceptual Design and Implementation by L.C. Visser, R. Carloni and S. Stramigioli, Utwente abstract
• VIAM: Variable Intrinsic impedance Actuator for advanced Mechatronic systems by Stefano Roccella, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy abstract
• MESTRAN: A Mechanism for Varying Stiffness via Changing Transmission Angle by Vu Quy Hung, Lijin Aryananda, Rolf Pfeifer, AI Laboratory, University of Zurich abstract
• Resonance-based Control Method for Multi-Joint Robot with Variable Joint Stiffness by Mitsunori Uemura and Sadao Kawamura, Ritsumeikan University abstract
• An Extended Antagonistic Series Elastic Actuator for a Biologically Inspired Four-Legged Robot by Katayon Radkhah, Stefan Kurowski, Thomas Lens, and Oskar von Stryk, Universität, Darmstadt abstract
• Design of New Variable Stiffness Actuator for Walking Robots with Antagonistic Knee Joints in Multi-Modal Locomotion by Mehmet Kursat Yalcin Hakan Temeltas, Istanbul Technical University abstract
• Learning impedance control based on stochastic optimisation principles by Djordje Mitrovic, Stefan Klanke, Sethu Vijayakumar, University of Edinburgh abstract
• VIDA: a Variable Impedance Differential Actuator by Dino Accoto, Nevio Luigi Tagliamonte, Fabrizio Sergi, Giorgio Carpino and Eugenio Guglielmelli, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma abstract