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SUMMARY:Toward Understanding the Interlimb Coordination Mechanism Underlyi
 ng Legged Locomotion
DTSTART:20150130T110000
DTSTAMP:20260408T085043Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Akio Ishiguro\, Tohoku University\, Japan\nAnimals are a
 ble to exhibit surprisingly adaptive and resilient behavior in real time u
 nder real world constraints. Such movements are achieved via spatiotempora
 l coordination of a large number of bodily degrees of freedom in response 
 to the environment. Clarifying the control principle underlying this remar
 kable ability of animals allows us to understand biological system more de
 eply as well as to construct truly adaptive robots that could not be reali
 zed solely by the conventional robotics methodology. In this talk\, I will
  mainly introduce the latest results of our robotic case study on CPG-base
 d interlimb coordination mechanism for quadruped locomotion.\nBio: He rece
 ived B.E.\, M.E.\, and Ph.D. degrees from Nagoya University in 1987\, 1989
 \, and 1991\, respectively. From 1991 to 1997\, he was with Nagoya Univers
 ity as an assistant professor. From May 1997 to 2006\, he was an associate
  professor\, Nagoya University. From 2006 to 2011\, he was a professor\, T
 ohoku University.\nSince April 2011\, he has been a professor of Research 
 Institute of Electrical Communication\, Tohoku University. His main resear
 ch interests are in biologically-inspired robotics\, mathematical biology\
 , nonlinear dynamics. He received 2003 IROS Best Paper Award Nomination Fi
 nalist\, 2004 IROS Best Paper Award\, 2008 Ig Nobel Prize(Cognitive Scienc
 e Prize)\, 2009 IROS Best Paper Award Nomination Finalist\, 2011 IEEE/RSJ 
 NTF Award Finalist for Entertainment Robots and Systems. 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int
 ernational Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems JTCF Novel Technol
 ogy Paper Award Finalist. 2012 The International Conference on Biomimetic 
 & Biohybrid Systems Best Paper Award.
LOCATION:BC 420 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BC%20420
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