HUMANOIDS'06 - 2006 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
5-6 December 2006

VENUE:
Oral and poster sessions will be held at Magazzini del Cotone in the Scirocco-Libeccio Hall (3rd floor)

The workshops will be held on December 4, see the Workshop List for the full program.

TIMETABLE December 5 2006 (Detailed timetable)

8h00 REGISTRATION
9h00 PLENARY TALK:
   Ruediger Dillmann, Perception and Understanding of Human Activities by Humanoid Robots
10h00 COFFEE BREAK + POSTER DISPLAY + Humanoid Foot Race
10h30 ORAL SESSION - I     MULTIMODAL CONTROL
   Chairs: Peter Ford Dominey and Hiroshi Ishiguro
12h30 LUNCH BREAK + POSTER DISPLAY + Soccer demos and Freestyle
14:00 ORAL SESSION - II     HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION
   Chairs: Christopher Atkeson and Odest Jenkins
16:20 COFFEE BREAK + POSTER DISPLAY + Penalty kicks
16h50 ORAL SESSION - III     MANIPULATORY SKILLS
   Chairs: Abderrahmane Kheddar and Koh Hosada
18h10 END + First Match: 2-on-2 Soccer Robots Match (40 min.)
19h30 VISIT OF THE AQUARIUM and BANQUET IN THE SHARKS HALL!
22h30 TIME TO GO TO BED!!

TIMETABLE December 6 2006 (Detailed timetable)

8h00 REGISTRATION
9h00 PLENARY TALK:
   Giacomo Rizzolatti, Cortical mechanisms for recognition of actions and intentions
10h00 COFFEE BREAK + POSTER DISPLAY + Foot Race: Humanoids vs. AIBOs
10h30 ORAL SESSION - IV     LOCOMOTION
   Chairs: Jessica Hodgins and Jean-Paul Laumond
12h30 LUNCH BREAK + POSTER DISPLAY + Soccer demos and Freestyle
14:00 ORAL SESSION - V     HUMANOID PLATFORMS
   Chairs: Gordon Cheng and Giorgio Cannata
16:20 COFFEE BREAK + POSTER DISPLAY + Penalty kicks
16h50 ORAL SESSION - VI     BALANCE CONTROL
   Chairs: Darwin Caldwell and Martijn Wisse
18h30 END + Second Match: 2-on-2 Soccer Robots Match