Objectives

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The objective of this workshop is to gather researchers contributing to the field of humanoid robotics to present and discuss their views on the future research directions, potential applications, challenges and perspectives as well as social aspects of human-humanoid coexistence.

Humanoid robotics is a key growth industry of the 21st century. The big challenge is the advancement of robotics technologies to the point where interactions between humans and robots run smoothly and robots are able to fulfil roles in the human living space. These robots will act in human-centred environments, interact with humans, and serve as assistants and life-long companions.

In Japan, researchers have been working for a long time on systems that could be of use to an aging population, especially as human companions. It has been increasingly recognized by both the industry and the research community that robots for personal use must become more humanlike to have a chance of being accepted by normal people. This is reflected in national humanoid robot projects in Japan, Korea and Europe as well as by various extensive research programs in the United States. Major Japanese companies such as Honda and Toyota have already developed humanoid robots. Although these platforms have not yet been turned into commercial products, it is clear that robots coming into our future personal and professional environments will have to posses many human-like features..

Topics of interest:

• Humanoids as challenge for research
• Humanoids as platforms for cognitive research
• Humanoids as companion for citizens
• Humanoids for education
• Humanoids for entertainment
• Humanoids and ethics
• Humanoids and law

Program

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9:00	Tamim Asfour and Ales Ude Welcome and Introduction
9:10	Ron Arkin, Georgia Tech, USA What's Next Indeed! Embedded Ethics, Deception, Maintaining Human Dignity, and Intimacy Perhaps?
10:00	Yoshihiko Nakamura, University of Tokyo, Japan On Human Behavioral Data Base and Humanoids
10:30	Break
11:00	Conference Plenary Talk
12:00	Lunch
13:30	Stefan Schaal, USC, USA Machine Learning Challenges for Truly Autonomous Robots
14:00	Jean-Paul Laumond, LAAS, France On Embedded Actions for Humanoid Robots
14:30	Kazuhito Yokoi, AIST, Japan Does Cybernetic Human HRP-4C Shoot to Stardom
15:00	Rod Grupen, UMass, USA Always On: Cognitive Organization for Lifelong Cumulative Learning
15:30	Break
16:00	Aude Billard and Dan Grollmann, EPFL, Switzerland Teaching motor skills from humans to humanoids
16:30	Giulio Sandini, IIT, Italy Why Humanoids
17:00	Rüdiger Dillmann, KIT, Germany Anthropomatics: What robots can learn from humans and vice versa.
17:30	Eiichi Yoshida, AIST, Japan Humanoid Motion: Between Reactive Planning and Extensive Control
18:00	James Kuffner, Google & CMU, USA What's Next: Cloud Enabled Humanoids?
18:30	End