Host institution: |
The University of Tokyo |
Site: |
Academic Park (Tokyo) |
Period: |
From July 20 to July 29, 2001 |
Coordinator: |
Dr. Hirochika Inoue, |
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Professor, Faculty of Information Science
and Technology,
The University of Tokyo |
Organized by Japan Society for the Promotion
of Science and Association of International
Education, Japan in cooperation of the University
of Tokyo |
New Frontiers of Intelligent Robotics
The Advanced Science Institute 2001 (ASI2001)
is a 10-day seminar held this year on the
theme "New Frontier of Intelligent Robotics,"
with an aim at advancing the discussion on
where robotics are heading in the new century.
In the past, robots have been considered
as "objects to be created." However,
four decades of robotics research has brought
us to a new stage of robotics R&D. Companies
will soon be providing various genres of
robots to the end-user market. The Humanoid
Robotics Project of Japan is working to develop
and provide a platform for humanoid R&D.
Through such effort, robots are evolving
to a level where they can be used as general
tools for studying humans and robots. Humanoids
are no longer viewed as merely human-shaped
robots, but also as novel computing machinery
which can not only compute but also behave.
As such, they are becoming powerful research
tools for conducting experimental studies
on both humans and humanoids.
Having just crossed the threshold into a
new millennium, we are facing new and exciting
challenges in the field of robotics. These
include three promising new undertakings:
(1) advanced R&D of robotics core technologies,
(2) real applications for human-centered
roboticized society, and (3) synthetic study
of human behavior and intelligence as general
science. Given these prospects, now is an
ideal time for us to draw a road map for
robotics research in the future. ASI2001
is organized to offer promising young researchers
from the East Asia-Pacific region such an
opportunity while interacting with lecturers
selected from among the world's leading researchers
in this field. The lecture topics are carefully
chosen from the following fields and approaches.
1. Advanced Sensing and Control
2. Software and System Design
3. Perspectives of New Avenues
4. Applications
Through this 10-day program, the participants
are provided with opportunities to learn
about and discuss intelligent robotics research
and, through their interaction, to stimulate
future cooperation in this rapidly advancing
field.
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