Previous Invited Speakers
The researchers below were distinguished invited speakers at previous ICINCO conferences.
We are indebted to them for their contribution to heighten the conference level.
2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004
2019
Evolving Systems and Their Automotive Applications 
Dimitar Filev, Research & Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company, United States On Some Open-ended Challenges in Model-based Fault Management for Aerospace Systems: A Look Backwards and Forwards Ali Zolghadri, University of Bordeaux - CNRS, France The Science of Autonomy: A Holistic View at the Intersection of Learning, Control and Physics Evangelos Theodorou, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
2018
Rule Control of Teleo-Reactive, Multi-tasking, Communicating Robotic Agents Keith Clark, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Robotics Is Spearheading Smart Production - but We Need to Deliver, Too Christian Schlette, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Nonprehensile Manipulation of Deformable Objects: Achievements and Perspectives from the RoDyMan Project Bruno Siciliano, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
2017
Soft Evolutionary Robotics: Adapting morphology and control to the world around us Andre Rosendo, ShanghaiTech University, China ATLASCAR: a sample of the quests and concerns for Autonomous Cars Vitor Santos, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal Deep Learning for Robot Navigation and Perception Wolfram Burgard, University of Freiburg, Germany Robotic Dressing Assistants: Research, Ethics and Fiction Carme Torras, Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (CSIC-UPC), Spain
2016
Advanced Manufacturing of Biopharmaceuticals Richard D. Braatz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Bio-inspired Soft Robotics: Challenges Ahead Toward the Next Generation of Intelligent MachinesFumiya Iida, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Walking and Flying Robots for Challenging Environments Roland Siegwart, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Performance of a Micro-pump for a New Generation of Small Satellites Propulsion Systems: Comparison of Various Control Design StrategiesHouria Siguerdidjane, CentraleSupelec, France Shared Autonomy for Interactive Robotics: Closing the Loop Sethu Vijayakumar, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2015
Formation Control and Vision based Localization of System of Mobile Robots Krzysztof Kozlowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Controlled Magnetic Bearings for Smart Machines Gerhard Schweitzer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Mobile Manipulation - Why Are Humans so Much Better? And How Can We Change That? Oliver Brock, TU Berlin, Germany Rough Terrain Mobile Robotics - From Design to Motion Control and Planning Faïz Ben Amar, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique, France
2014
Autonomous, Versatile and Dependable Robot Manipulation based on Multiple Sensors Angel P. Del Pobil, Universitat Jaume I, Spain What Sensors are Needed for Autonomous Driving? Christoph Stiller, KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Off-road Robotics - Perception and Navigation Karsten Berns, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Real Mobile Robots and Virtual Worlds - Putting them Together in a New Teaching Paradigm Riccardo Cassinis, University of Brescia, Italy Novel Signal Processing Techniques for Industrial EngineeringLen Gelman, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
2013
Human-Robot Intelligent Cooperation: Methodologies for Creating Human-Robot Heterogeneous Teams Luís P. Reis, University of Porto, Portugal Toward Design of a Robotic Companion Krzysztof Tchon, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Control of Networked Distributed Pico-Satellite Systems -Small Satellites for Challenging TasksKlaus Schilling, University Würzburg, Germany EU-funded Activities in Robotics Research and Innovation - From FP7 towards Horizon 2020 Libor Kral, Head of Unit, European Commission, DG CONNECT, Unit A2 - Robotics, Luxembourg
2012
Recent Advances in Physical Human-Robot Interaction Alessandro De Luca, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy Resilience of Dynamical Transportation Networks Munther A. Dahleh, MIT, United States Optimization in Design of Automated Machining Systems Alexandre Dolgui, IMT Atlantique, France Space Robotics - Guidance, Navigation and Control Challenges Jurek Sasiadek, Carleton University, Canada
2011
THE NEXT CHALLENGES IN BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS Fumiya Iida, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Perception & Cognition: Two Foremost Ingredients toward Autonomous Intelligent Robots Kurosh Madani, University of Paris-EST Créteil (UPEC), France IMPROVING DEPENDABILITY OF CONTROLLED SYSTEMS - A Challenge for Automation Science and Engineering Jean-Marc Faure, Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France ROBOTS MOVING CLOSER TO HUMANS Bruno Siciliano, University of Naples Federico II, Italy THE ENTANGLEMENT OF CONTROL AND IT - Intelligent Control in Mechatronics Okyay Kaynak, UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics, Bogazici University, Turkey
2010
HUMAN - Robot Cooperation Techniques in Surgery Alícia Casals, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia.IBEC and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.UPC, Spain DYNAMIC MODELING OF ROBOTS USING RECURSIVE NEWTON-EULER TECHNIQUES Wisama Khalil, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, IRCCyN, France EMOTIVE DRIVER ADVISORY SYSTEM Oleg Gusikhin, Ford Motor Company, United States BIOINSPIRED ROBOTICS AND VISION WITH HUMANOID ROBOTSJosé Santos-Victor, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal FINGERTIP FORCE MEASUREMENT BY IMAGING THE FINGERNAILJohn Hollerbach, University of Utah, United States
2009
IMPACT OF THE ICT ON THE MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Maria Pia Fanti, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy SENSITIVITY BASED GENERALIZATION ERROR FOR SUPERVISED LEARNING PROBLEM WITH APPLICATIONS IN MODEL SELECTION AND FEATURE SELECTIONDaniel S. Yeung, University of Technology, China DISCRETE EVENT DIAGNOSIS USING PETRI NETSAlessandro Giua, University of Cagliari, Italy RECENT ADVANCES IN VERIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF HYBRID SYSTEMS Janan Zaytoon, University of Reims Champagne Ardennes, France MEETING THE WORLD CHALLENGES - From Philosophy to Information Technology to ApplicationsPeter S. Sapaty, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
2008
BEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT FOR A HUMANOID ROBOT: TOWARDS LIFE-LONG HUMAN-ROBOT PARTNERSHIPSRonald Arkin, Georgia Tech, United States SWARM INTELLIGENCE AND SWARM ROBOTICS: THE SWARM-BOT EXPERIMENT Marco Dorigo, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium DEALING WITH UNCERTAINTY IN THE HYBRID WORLD Miguel A. Botto, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal DISTRIBUTED TECHNOLOGY FOR GLOBAL DOMINANCE Peter S. Sapaty, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
2007
Synchronization of Multi-Agent Systems Mark Spong, University of Illinois, United States Toward Human-Machine Cooperation Patrick Millot, Université de Valenciennes, France Real Time Diagnostics, Prognostics, & Process Modeling Dimitar Filev, Research & Advanced Engineering, Ford Motor Company, United States
2006
Wavelets for Computational Intelligence, Robust Control, and System IdentificationHojjat Adeli, The Ohio State University, United States Symbiosis of Human and Communication RobotsNorihiro Hagita, Atr Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Japan Theory and Application of Intelligent Agent SystemsMark d'Inverno, Westminster University, United Kingdom What is Networked Robotics?Gerard Mckee, The University of Reading, United Kingdom Intelligent Vehicle Systems: Applications and New TrendsOleg Gusikhin, Ford Motor Company, United States Wave-based Control of Flexible Mechanical SystemsWilliam O’Connor, University College Dublin, Ireland
2005
Convergence of Smart Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information ProcessingMarimuthu Palaniswami, University of Melbourne, Australia Redundancy: A Measurement Crossing Cutting-edge TechnologiesPaolo Rocchi, IBM, ITS Research and Development, Italy Combining Human & Machine Brains: Practical Systems in Information & ControlKevin Warwick, University of Reading, United Kingdom External and Internal Autonomy in Software SystemsErik Sandewall, Linköping University, Sweden Hybrid Dynamic Systems: overview and state of the artJanan Zaytoon, University of Reims Champagne Ardennes, France
2004
The Digital Factory - Planning and Simulation of Production Lines in Automotive IndustryF. Wolfgang Arndt, Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany Stochasticity and Fundamental Limitations of Performance in the Presence of Finite Capacity Feedback - Communication/Computational ConstraintsNuno Cintra Martins, M.I.T., United States What's real in "real-time control systems"? Applying real-time rule-based systems and formal verification methods to control systems and roboticsAlbert Cheng, University of Houston, United States Real-world Industrial Applications of Artificial Neural Networks, Illusion or Reality?Kurosh Madani, University PARIS-EST Creteil (UPEC), France Robot-Human Interaction: practical experiments with a cyborg and a multsensory robot headKevin Warwick, University of Reading, United Kingdom