Aug. 20 (Wed.)
Plenary Talk "Biological robustness"
Dr. Hiroaki Kitano (The Systems Biology Inst., Japan)
11:15 12:15 Auditorium
Chair: Prof. Fumitoshi Matsuno (UEC, Japan)
Invited Speech "Mobiligence: Emergence of Adaptive Motor Function through Interaction among the Body, Brain and Environment"
Prof. Hajime Asama (The Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)
13:15 14:15 Room B202
Chair: Prof. Kazushi Nakano (UEC, Japan)
Invited Speech "Feedback Control for Oscillation by Central Pattern Generator"
Prof. Tetsuya Iwasaki (Univ. of Virginia, USA)
14:15 15:15 Room B202
Chair: Prof. Kenji Sugimoto (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Interactive OS OS: NEDO Rescue Robot System Project 15:30 16:30 Building B
1F Hall
Organizer: Fumitoshi Matsuno (UEC)
Chair: Fumitoshi Matsuno (UEC)
IS-1 Touch-pen interface with local environment map for mobile robot navigation 15:30 16:30  
*Noritaka  Sato (UEC), HIsashi  Mizumoto (UEC), Naoji  Shiroma (Ibaraki Univ.), Masahiko  Inami (Keio Univ.), Fumitoshi  Matsuno (UEC)
IS-2 Formation Control of Multiple Rescue Robots with Collision Avoidance 15:30 16:30  
*Shinsuke  OH-HARA ( UEC), Fumitoshi  MATSUNO ( UEC)
IS-3 Development of grouped rescue robot platforms for information collection in damaged buildings 15:30 16:30  
*Tetsushi  Kamegawa (Okayama Univ.), Kenta  Saikai (Okayama Univ.), Shinjirou  Suzuki (Okayama Univ.), Akio  Gofuku (Okayama Univ.), Seiji  Oomura (TOPY INDUSTRIES), Tsuyoshi  Horikiri (TOPY INDUSTRIES), Fumitoshi  Matsuno (UEC)
IS-4 Auto configuration and management mechanism for the robotics self extensible WiFi network 15:30 16:30  
*Keiichi  Shima (Nara Institute of Science and Tech.), Yojiro  Uo (Internet Initiative Japan), Sho  Fujita ( Univ. of Tokyo)
IS-5 Temporal GIS for Information Collection System using Robot Tech. in a Damaged Building 15:30 16:30  
*Michinori  Hatayama (Kyoto Univ.), Fumitoshi  Matsuno (UEC)
Aug. 21 (Thu.)
Plenary Talk "From Biologically-Inspired Robots to Reality: Snake and Quadruped Walking"
Prof. Shigeo Hirose (Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Japan)
11:15 12:15 Auditorium
Chair: Prof. Prof. Satoshi Tadokoro (Tohoku Univ., Japan)
Invited Speech "Rescue Robot Systems - From Snake-like Robots to Human Interface -"
Prof. Fumitoshi Matsuno (UEC, Japan)
13:15 14:15 Room B202
Chair: Prof. Takashi Kida (UEC, Japan)
Invited Speech "Hybrid Methods for Numerical Optimization Problems"
Prof. Min-Jea Tahk (KAIST, Korea)
14:15 15:15 Room B202
Chair: Prof. Yoshito Ohta (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
Invited Special Speech "Manipulating and Controlling Atoms and Photons Using Optical Nanofibers"
Prof. Kohzo Hakuta (UEC, Japan)
15:30 16:30 Auditorium
Chair: Prof. Kojiro Hagino (UEC, Japan)
Aug. 22 (Fri.)
Plenary Talk "The Psychology of Human-Robot Interaction"
Prof. John Baillieul (Boston Univ., USA)
11:15 12:15 Auditorium
Chair: Prof. Kunikatsu Takase (UEC, Japan)
Invited Speech "Telehaptics"
Prof. Kouhei Ohnishi (Keio Univ., Japan)
13:15 14:15 Room B202
Chair: Prof. Makoto Shimojo (UEC, Japan)
Invited Speech "Assistance Systems for the Control of Rovers"
Prof. Klaus Schilling (Univ. Wuerzburg, Germany)
14:15 15:15 Room B202
Chair: Prof. Seiichi Shin (UEC, Japan)