Humanoids 2014 Forum: Humans and Humanoids to face the challenges
Time and Date: 13:15-14:00, Wednesday, November 19th 2014
Venue: Patio room
Chair: Luis Moreno, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
During the last 25 years a big quantity of new developments and knowledge have extraordinarily driven the quantity, quality and capabilities of robots. This forum focuses on the next generation of humanoid robots, analyzing the new trends and application areas, the new challenges and the relationships between humanoids technology and humans. The lemma of this conference, “Humans and robots face-to-face”, shows the growing importance of the collaboration and interaction between these two worlds, human and artificial.
This forum focuses on new challenges for both the humans to accept robots and the humanoids’ researchers to develop new systems. Well recognized experts in the field from different institutions and generations present their view about the future of the field.
Venue: Patio room
Chair: Luis Moreno, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Abstract
During the last 25 years a big quantity of new developments and knowledge have extraordinarily driven the quantity, quality and capabilities of robots. This forum focuses on the next generation of humanoid robots, analyzing the new trends and application areas, the new challenges and the relationships between humanoids technology and humans. The lemma of this conference, “Humans and robots face-to-face”, shows the growing importance of the collaboration and interaction between these two worlds, human and artificial.
This forum focuses on new challenges for both the humans to accept robots and the humanoids’ researchers to develop new systems. Well recognized experts in the field from different institutions and generations present their view about the future of the field.
Speakers
- Prof. Minoru Asada, Osaka University, Japan
- Jean-Paul Laumond, LAAS-CNRS, France
- Dr. Christian Ott, DLR, Germany
- Dana Kulic, University of Waterloo, Canada