5th EU-Japan Workshop on Neurorobotics

The 5th Japan-EU Workshop on Neurorobotics/Cognitive systems is a three-day workshop on biology-inspired robotics, cognitive systems, and human augmentations. Those domains have a significant potential to be a new framework for neurosciences to bridge between molecular-level biological knowledge and system-level phenomena: e.g., cognition, emotion, and motor functions.

Robotics started being motivated by the sophisticated complexity and flexible intelligence of the human. Neuroscience, in turn, approaches the molecular structure and mathematical function of the neural system as the place where the intelligence originates. The recent advance of computing system allows for the first time to meet the two frontiers of scientific research. In this workshop, researchers from the Neurorobotics pillar of the Human Brain Project will discuss the current studies of the field with well-known researchers from Japan working in the same or related domains.

In this workshop, we also introduce a RIKEN-AIST joint project, in which we are developing an endoskeletal robot suit (StillSuit) for the rapidly progressing ageing society: while our long-term objective is an effective social implementation of the robot suit in the Neurorobotics framework, we assume that the achievement of a genuine biology-robotics integration is more necessary as the fundamental part of our research, rather than the conventional bio-inspired robotics framework. For that, we believe that collaboration with the Neurorobotics subproject of HBP is critically important.

As such, additional contributions from further researchers are welcomed and highly appreciated. The workshop is targeted toward scientists on all levels interested in the intersection between neuroscience and robotics.

Organizers:

Alois Knoll (TUM)

Fabrice O. Morin (TUM)

Amy Bücherl (TUM)

Masaaki Mochimaru (AIST)

Satoshi Oota (RIKEN)

Event summary

When
- June 19, 2019
  - from 10:00 to 18:00
- June 20, 2019
  - from 10:00 to 17:30
- June 21, 2019 (closed session)
  - from 10:00 to 12:00
Where
- Kashiwa, Japan

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Andreas Rowald (EPFL)
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (U of T)

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• Rüdiger Dillmann (KIT)

• Alois Knoll (TUM)

• Bernd Froelich (BAUW)

• Axel von Arnim (Fortiss)

• Egidio Falotico (SSSA)

• Yoshihiko Nakamura (U of T)

• Hidekazu Kaneko (AIST)

• Oleg Gusev (RIKEN)

• Ko Ayusawa (AIST)

• Akihiko Murai (AIST)

• Nobuo Kunori (AIST)

• Takayuki Michikawa (RIKEN)

• Shingo Shimoda (RIKEN)

• Masaaki Mochimaru (AIST)

• Satoshi Oota (RIKEN)

THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:

• Fabrice Morin (TUM)

• Amy Bücherl (TUM)

• Oyama Shintaro (RIKEN)

• Ryutaro Himeno (RIKEN)

PROGRAM

June 19, 2019

10:00—10:20	Welcome
10:20—10:40	Masaaki Mochimaru, AIST TBA
10:40—11:10	Alois Knoll, TUM TBA
11:10—11:40	Rüdiger Dillmann, KIT / FZI Karlsruhe Translation of Neuromorphic Principles Towards Closed Loop SNN-based Sensomotoric Robot Controls
11:40—12:10	Shingo Shimoda, RIKEN Title: Bottom-up stimulation of dormant muscles for post-stroke patient rehabilitation
12:10—13:40	Lunch Break
13:40—14:10	Keynote speech: Yasuo Kuniyoshi, U of T/RIKEN VR-based Neuro-Rehabilitation for Alleviating Phantom-Limb Pain
14:10—14:40	Hidekazu Kaneko, AIST Motion analysis of a mechanical intervention intended to facilitate learning in rats
14:40—15:10	Alexander Woodward, RIKEN Computational techniques for 3D brain atlas construction of the Common Marmoset
15:10—15:30	Coffee Break
15:30—16:00	Oleg Gusev, RIKEN Transcriptional heterogeneity in primate skeletal muscle in normal and pathological conditions
16:00—16:30	Takayuki Michikawa, RIKEN Large-scale optical measurements of neural activity evoked by sensory stimuli in the mouse brain
16:30—17:00	Satoshi Oota, RIKEN Development of computational animal models and prospects of the RIKEN-AIST joint project: Toward the ‘biological human augmentations (BHA)’
17:00—18:00	Lab tour
18:00—20:00	Reception

June 20, 2019

10:00—10:30	Keynote speech: Andreas Rowald Targeted neurotechnology restores locomotion in humans with spinal cord injury
10:30—11:00	Ko Ayusawa, AIST Human motion retargeting for simulating and analyzing human body and movement
11:00—11:30	Nobuo KUNORI, AIST Modulation of sensory signal transmission by electrical DC stimulation
11:30—12:00	Shusuke KANAZAWA, AIST Flexible sensors based on printing technology toward the monitoring of human action and environment
12:00—13:30	Lunch Break
13:30—14:00	Motion Analysis for Anybody Anywhere Anytime Yoshihiko Nakamura, Yosuke Ikegami, Ayaka Yamada University of Tokyo
14:00—14:30	Bernd Froehlich, BAUW The Virtual Reality Neurorobotics Lab
14:30—15:00	Akihiko Murai, AIST Designing motivation for sports: Environment modulation for tacit skill training
15:00—15:20	Coffee Break
15:20—15:50	Shintaro Oyama, Nagoya University Hospital Medical IT Center/RIKEN Functional Reconstruction and Prosthesis
15:50—16:20	Axel von Arnim, Fortiss The Neurorobotics Platform: simulating and benchmarking brain-driven robots
16:20—16:50	Egidio Falotico, SSSA AI-based approaches for soft robot control
16:50—17:20	Kunihiro OGATA, AIST Rehabilitation Robot to Assist Motor Learning Based on Voluntary Movement
17:20—17:30	Closing

CONTACT/REGISTRATION

Registration is free but mandatory. Please register at the WS web site or on site.

If you are interested in giving a presentation, please contact oota@riken.jp NLT May 31.

Contact: oota@riken.jp

VENUE

AIST Human Augmentation Research Center (AIST Kashiwa Center)

https://unit.aist.go.jp/harc/en/index.html

6-chōme−2−3, Kashiwa campus II, U of T, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-0882, JAPAN

RECOMMENDED ACCOMMODATIONS:

In Kashiwa
- Mitsui Garden Hotel Kashiwanoha (A three-star hotel and fairly affordable):
  - https://goo.gl/maps/MTbSCeMHa7zctegt8 (I recommend that you book your rooms from here)
  - https://www.gardenhotels.co.jp/kashiwanoha/eng/ (The official site)
In Tsukuba (A four-star hotel and maybe less expensive, but needs a 15-minute train ride)
- Okura Frontier Hotel Tsukuba
  - https://www.okura-tsukuba.co.jp/eng/ (The official site)

RIKEN, the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research

2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

Tel: +81-(0)48-462-1111

Fax: +81-(0)48-462-1554

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Lunch Break

Keynote speech: Yasuo Kuniyoshi, U of T/RIKEN

Oleg Gusev, RIKEN

Takayuki Michikawa, RIKEN

Large-scale optical measurements of neural activity evoked by sensory stimuli in the mouse brain

Coffee Break

Axel von Arnim, Fortiss