TW-F3 Interfacing the Human and the Robot (IHR) - May 12th, 2009
 
9:00-9:30 Introduction: interfacing humans and robots
J.L. Pons, Member IEEE, Bioengineering Group, Instituto de Automática Industrial, CSIC, Spain
9:30-10:00 Bioinspiration and Biomimetism in HRI
A. Forner-Cordero, Bioengineering Group, Instituto de Automática Industrial, CSIC, Spain
10:00-10:30

fMRI in the context of complementing and enhancing EEG in HRI
L.J. Barrios, Bioengineering Group, Instituto de Automática Industrial, CSIC, Spain

10:30-11:00 Cortical control of robots
J. Carmena, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Program in Cognitive Science, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley.
11:00-11:30 EMG as a source of information in HR interfacing
D. Farina, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
11:30-12:00 EMG control of upper-limb prostheses, new directions
P. Kyberd, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Canada.
 
12:00-14:00 Lunch Time
 
14:00-14:30 Multimodal interfaces in Human-Robot systems
D. Popovic, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI), Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

14:30-15:00

HR interface based on IMUs
E. Rocon, Bioengineering Group, Instituto de Automática Industrial, CSIC, Arganda del Rey, Madrid, Spain.

15:00-15:30 EEG-EMG combined approach to interface a tremos suppression soft robot
T. D'Alessio, Applied Electronics Dept., University 'Roma TRE', Italy.
15:30-16:00 HR interface in Walking aids
A. Casals, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Barcelona, Spain.
16:00-16:20 Interfacing issues in the Neurobotics exoskeleton
M.C. Carrozza, ARTS Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy.
16:20-16:40 EEG control of robotic wheelchairs
J. Mínguez, BUniversidad de Zaragoza, Spain.
16:40-17:00 EOG and EEG control of robot arms
J.M. Azorín, Virtual Reality and Robotics Lab, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Elche, Alicante, Spain.