Invited Talks 2 Oral Sessions 30 20 min/paper Poster Sessions 48 5 min/paper

12:30 Registrations
13:00-16:45 Workshops
17:00-19:00 Technical tour to AIST

19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception
at Uotami  (Japanese style pub) ¨map
             located on B1 floor of DAYZ TOWN
* Gather at conference hall at 18:50, then we walk to the venue.
8:30 Registrations
9:00-9:10 Opening
9:10-10:10 Invited talk 1
Neuroscience and Humanoid Robots - Hierarchiscal, Modular
Reinforcement Learning with MOSAIC
Dr. Mitsuo Kawato
10:10-10:20 (Break)
10:20-12:00 Oral Session 1 : PLANNING, LOCALIZATION AND NAVIGATION ( 5 papers )
33 Humanoid Motion Planning for Dynamic Tasks
Eiichi Yoshida, Igor Belousov, Claudia Esteves, Jean-Paul Laumond
42 Non-Gaited Humanoid Locomotion Planning
Kris Hauser, Tim Bretl, Jean-Claude Latombe
44 Vision-Guided Humanoid Footstep Planning for Dynamic Environments
Philipp Michel, Joel Chestnutt, James Kuffner, Takeo Kanade
52 Humanoid Robot Localisation Using Stereo Vision
Simon Thompson, Satoshi Kagami
79 A Modular Architecture for Humanoid Robot Navigation
Jens-Steffen Gutmann, Masaki Fukuchi, Masahiro Fujita
12:00-13:00 (Lunch)
13:00-14:00 Poster Session 1 : DESIGN AND MODELING OF HUMANOIDS ( 12 papers )
2 Design Concept of a Human-like Robot Head
Karsten Berns, Tim Braum
15 Fast Inverse Kinematics and Kinetics Solver for Human-like Figures
Richard Kulpa, Franck Multon
17 A Pneumatic Biped: Experimental Walking Results and Compliance Adaptation Experiments
Bram Vanderborght, Bjorn Verrelst, Ronald Van Ham, Michael Van Damme, Dirk Lefeber
18 Development of Humanoid Robot HRP-3P
Kazuhiko Akachi, Kenji Kaneko, Noriyuki Kanehira, Shigehiko Ota, Go Miyamori, Masaru Hirata, Shuuji Kajita, Fumio Kanehiro
24 Design of a Biomimetic Upper Body for the Humanoid Robot Robota
Florent Guenter, Lorenzo Roos, Andre Guignard, Aude G. Billard
56 MAC-EYE: a Tendon Driven Fully Embedded Robot Eye
Dario Biamino, Giorgio Cannata, Marco Maggiali, Alessandro Piazza
70 Pedaling by a Redundant Musculo-Skeletal Humanoid Robot
Yuto Nakanishi, Ikuo Mizuuchi, Tomoaki Yoshikai, Tetsunari Inamura, Masayuki Inaba
72 Modeling Joint Constraints for an Articulated 3D Human Body Model with Artificial Correspondences in ICP
Steffen Knoop, Stefan Vacek, Rudiger Dillmann
81 An Embedded Tactile and Force Sensor for Robotic Manipulation and Grasping
Giorgio Cannata, Marco Maggiali
85 Engineering Solutions to Build an Inexpensive Humanoid Robot Based on a Distributed Control Architecture
Vitor M. F. Santos, Filipe M. T. Silva
97 A Space Construction Humanoid
Myron A. Diftler, Joshua S. Mehling, P. A. Strawser, William R. Doggett, Ivan M. Spain
14:00-15:40 Oral Session 2 : BIPED AND WHOLE-BODY MOTION ( 5 papers )
29 Optimization Based Gait Pattern Generation for a Biped Robot
Thomas Buschmann, Sebastian Lohmeier, Heinz Ulbrich, Friedrich Pfeiffer
40 Whole-Body Human-to-Humanoid Motion Transfer
Nirut Naksuk, C. S. George Lee, Shirley Rietdyk
60 Powered Bipeds Based on Passive Dynamic Principles
Stuart O. Anderson, Martijn Wisse, Chris G. Atkeson, Jessica K. Hodgins, Garth J. Zeglin, B. Moyer
64 Online Dynamical Retouch of Motion Patterns Towards Animatronic Humanoid Robots
Tomomichi Sugihara, Wataru Takano, Katsu Yamane, Kou Yamamoto, Yoshihiko Nakamura
109 Comparison of Several Kinds of Feet for Humanoid Robot
Fethi Ben Ouezdou, Samer Alfayad, Bachar Almasri
15:40-16:40 Poster Session 2 : INTERACTIVE HUMANOIDS ( 12 papers )
4 Robotic Imitation from Human Motion Capture Using Gaussian Processes
Aaron P. Shon, Keith Grochow, Rajesh P. N. Rao
23 Experiments of Vision Guided Walking of Humanoid Robot, KHR-2
Jung-Yup Kim, Ill-Woo Park, Jungho Lee, Jun-Ho Oh
36 Re-Using Schematic Grasping Policies
Robert Platt, Roderic A. Grupen, Andrew H. Fagg
43 Learning Visual Object Definitions by Observing Human Activities
Manuela Veloso, Felix von Hundelshausen, Paul E. Rybski
47 Estimating Pose Sequences from Depth Image Streams
Kikuo Fujimura, Youding Zhu, Victor Ng-Thow-Hing
51 A Humanoid Robot Drawing Human Portraits
Sylvain Calinon, Julien Epiney, Aude Billard
63 Primitive Communication of Humanoid Robot with Human via Hierarchical Mimesis Model on the Proto Symbol Space
Wataru Takano, Katsu Yamane, Yoshihiko Nakamura
73 On-site Humanoid Navigation Through Hand-in-Hand Interface
Takashi Ogura, Atsushi Haneda, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba
84 Navigation in the Presence of Humans
E. Akin Sisbot, Rachid Alami, Thierry Simeon, Kerstin Dautenhahn, M. Walters, S. Woods, K. L. Koay, C. Nehaniv
90 Imitation Bootstrapping: Experiments on a Robotic Hand
Erhan Oztop, Thierry Chaminade, Gordon Cheng, Mitsuo Kawato
91 Human Friendship Estimation Model for Communication Robots
Shogo Nabe, Takayuki Kanda, Kazuo Hiraki, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita
104 A Humanoid Behavior Modification System by Monitoring & Evaluating Causality Between Sensors & Actions
Tomoaki Yoshikai, Ikuo Mizuuchi, Masayuki Inaba
16:40-18:20 Oral Session 3 : LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT ( 5 papers )
20 Learning CPG-based Biped Locomotion with a Policy Gradient Method
Takamitsu Matsubara, Jun Morimoto, Jun Nakanishi, Masa-aki Sato, Kenji Doya
48 Learning Dynamic Humanoid Motion Using Predictive Control in Low Dimensional Subspaces
Rawichote Chalodhorn, David B. Grimes, Gabriel Y. Maganis, Rajesh P. N. Rao
62 Behavior Model of Humanoid Robots based on Operant Conditioning
Kazuko Itoh, Hiroyasu Miwa, Munemichi Matsumoto, Massimiliano Zecca, Hideaki Takanobu, Stefano Roccella, Maria Chiara Carrozza, Paolo Dario, Atsuo Takanishi
67 From Sensorimotor Development to Object Perception
Lorenzo Natale, Francesco Orabona, Fabio Berton, Giorgio Metta, Giulio Sandini
78 Using a Controller Based on Reinforcement Learning for a Passive Dynamic Walking Robot
Erik Schuitema, Daan G. E. Hobbelen, Pieter P. Jonker, Martijn Wisse, J. G. Daniel Karssen
18:30-20:30 Banquet

at Restaurant L'ESPOIR at EPOCHAL TSUKUBA (Conference Cite)
9:00-10:00 Invited talk 2
Humanoid Robots Step Up to Perform Human Tasks - Our R&D Challenge
Mr. Tadahiro Kawada
10:00-11:00 Poster Session 3 : MOTION CONTROL OF HUMANOIDS ( 12 papers )
3 Task-Oriented Whole Body Motion for Humanoid Robots
Michael Gienger, Herbert Jansen, Christian Goerick
6 The Tele-Operation of the Humanoid Robot -Workspace Extension of the Arm with Step Motion-
Hitoshi Hasunuma, Katsumi Nakashima
11 Grasping with Flexible Viewing-Direction with a Learned Coordinate Transformation Network
Cornelius Weber, Konstantinos Karantzis, Stefan Wermter
25 Distributed Controller for Cooperative Joint Torque Control of Compact Humanoid Robots
Nobuyasu Tomokuni, Masaru Saiga, Tetsuro Yabuta
28 How do Humans Turn? Head and Body Movements for the Steering of Locomotion
Halim Hicheur, Alain Berthoz
32 Rh-0 Humanoid Full Size Robot's Control Strategy Based on the Lie Logic Technique
Mario Arbulu, Jose M. Pardos, Luis Cabas, Pavel Staroverov, Dmitry Kaynov, Carlos Perez, Miguel Rodriguez, Carlos Balaguer
46 A Vision/Position/Force Control Approach for Performing Assembly Tasks with a Humanoid Robot
Pierre Dauchez, Philippe Fraisse, Francois Pierrot
53 Biped Gait Optimization Using Estimation of Distribution Algorithm
Lingyun Hu, Changjiu Zhou, Zengqi Sun
57 Walking Control Using the SC Approach for Humanoid Robot
Koki Kameta, Akinori Sekiguchi, Yuichi Tsumaki, Dragomir N. Nenchev
68 Swing Leg Retraction Helps Biped Walking Stability
Martijn Wisse, Chris G. Atkeson, Daniel K. Kloimwieder
69 Bracing Behavior in Humanoid through Preview Control of Impact Disturbance
Shigeru Kanzaki, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba
80 A Study on Joint Compliance for a Biped Robot
Ki-Joo Lee, Hong Jae Yim, Siyoul Jang, Yun-Seok Kang, Yun-Ki You, Tae Won Park, Joong-Kyung Park, Changhyun Roh, Youngbo Shim, Kyungsik Roh
11:00-12:40 Oral Session 4 : HUMANOID DESIGN ( 5 papers )
9 Modelling of the Shoulder Complex and Application to the Design of Upper Extremities
for Humanoid Robots
Bertrand Tondu
76 Mechanical Design of Humanoid Robot Platform KHR-3 (KAIST Humanoid Robot - 3: HUBO)
Ill-Woo Park, Jung-Yup Kim, Jungho Lee, Jun-Ho Oh
77 Obrero: A Platform for Sensitive Manipulation
Eduardo Torres-Jara
89 Development of a Humanoid Robot Having 2-DOF Waist and 2-DOF Trunk
Aiman Musa M. Omer, Yu Ogura, Hideki Kondo, Akitoshi Morishima, Giuseppe Carbone, Marco Ceccarelli, Hun-ok Lim, Atsuo Takanishi
108 Development of Muscle-Driven Flexible-Spine Humanoids
Ikuo Mizuuchi, Tomoaki Yoshikai, Yuto Nakanishi, Yoshinao Sodeyama, Taichi Yamamoto, Akihiko Miyadera, Tuomas Niemela, Marika Hayashi, Junichi Urata, Masayuki Inaba
12:40-13:40 (Lunch)
13:40-15:20 Oral Session 5 : NEW PARADIGMS AND APPLICATIONS ( 5 papers )
37 Humanoids for Lunar and Planetary Surface Operations
Adrian Stoica, Didier Keymeulen, Ambrus Csaszar, Quan Gan, Timothy Hidalgo, Jeff Moore, Jason Newton, Steven Sandoval, Jiajing Xu
38 Identifying Musculo-tendon Parameters of Human Body Based on the Musculo-Skeletal Dynamics Computation and Hill-Stroeve Muscle Model
Gentiane Venture, Katsu Yamane, Yoshihiko Nakamura
61 A Cognitive Architecture for a Humanoid Robot: A First Approach
Catherina Burghart, Ralf Mikut, Rainer Stiefelhagen, Tamim Asfour, Hartwig Holzapfel, Peter Steinhaus, Ruediger Dillmann
105 Real-Time Stereo Facial Feature Tracking: Mimicking Human Mouth Movement on a Humanoid Robot Head
Sabri Gurbuz, Toshihiro Shimizu, Gordon Cheng
115 Uncovering Manifold Structures in Robonaut's Sensory-Data State Space
Richard Alan Peters II, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins
15:20-16:20 Poster Session 4 : COGNITIVE HUMANOIDS ( 12 papers )
5 Is This Robot Like Me? Links Between Human and Robot Personality Traits
Sarah Woods, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Christina Kaouri, Rene te Boekhorst, Kheng Lee Koay
19 Distributed Visual Attention on a Humanoid Robot
Ales Ude, Valentin Wyart, Li-Heng Lin, Gordon Cheng
30 Peripersonal Space and Object Recognition for Humanoids
Christian Goerick, Heiko Wersing, Inna Mikhailova, Mark Dunn
31 Development and Psychological Evaluation of Multimodal Presentation Markup Language for Humanoid Robots
Yoshitaka Nishimura, Kazutaka Kushida, Hiroshi Dohi, Mitsuru Ishizuka, Johane Takeuchi, Hiroshi Tsujino
41 Mortality Salience and the Uncanny Valley
Karl F. MacDorman
59 Lifelike Behavior of Communication Robots Based on Developmental Psychology Findings
Fumitaka Yamaoka, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita
66 Development of Face Robot to Express the Individual Face by Optimizing the Facial Features
Kazuko Itoh, Hiroyasu Miwa, Yoshitaka Onishi, Kazutaka Imanishi, Kouki Hayashi, Atsuo Takanishi
71 Towards a Humanoid Museum Guide Robot that Interacts with Multiple Persons
Maren Bennewitz, Felix Faber, Dominik Joho, Michael Schreiber, Sven Behnke
75 Learning Sequential Constraints of Tasks from User Demonstrations
Michael Pardowitz, Raoul Zollner, Rudiger Dillmann
93 A Single Camera Motion Capture System Dedicated to Gestures Imitation
Paulo Menezes, Frederic Lerasle, Jorge Dias, Raja Chatila
96 A Genetic-Fuzzy Algorithm for the Articulatory Imitation of Facial Movements During Vocalization of a Humanoid Robot
Enzo Mumolo, Massimiliano Nolich, Emanuele Menegatti
101 A Shape Matching Algorithm for Synthesizing Humanlike Enveloping Grasps
Ying Li, Nancy S. Pollard
16:20-18:00 Oral Session 6 : PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL INTERACTION ( 5 papers )
7 Close Encounters: Spatial Distances Between People and a Robot of Mechanistic Appearance
Michael L. Walters, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Kheng Lee Koay, Christina Kaouri, Rene te Boekhorst, Chrystopher Nehaniv, Iain Werry, David Lee
16 Robot Manzai -Robots' Conversation as a Passive Social Medium-
Koutarou Hayashi, Takayuki Kanda, Takahiro Miyashita, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro Hagita
86 The Interactive Motion Control for a Small Humanoid Robot
Tomohisa Moridaira, Atsushi Miyamoto, Satoru Shimizu, Yasunori Kawanami, Ken'ichiro Nagasaka, Yoshihiro Kuroki
94 Intent Imitation Using Wearable Motion Capturing System with On-Line Teaching of Task Attention
Tetsunari Inamura, Naoki Kojo, Tomoyuki Sonoda, Kazuyuki Sakamoto, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba
95 Robot Command, Interrogation and Teaching Via Social Interaction
Peter Ford Dominey, Manuel Alvarez, Bin Gao, Marc Jeambrun, Anne Cheylus, Alfredo Weitzenfeld, Adrian Martinez, Antonio Medrano