SWARM 2015: THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SWARM BEHAVIOR AND BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS
PROGRAM

Days: Wednesday, October 28th Thursday, October 29th Friday, October 30th

Wednesday, October 28th

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09:30-10:30 Session K1: Keynote Speech (1)
Chair:
Kenji Matsuura (Kyoto University, Japan)
Location: Hall (Room I, II & III)
09:30
Jean-Louis Deneubourg (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Diversity of Collective Decision-Making Patterns Resulting from Social Behaviour ( abstract )
10:40-11:40 Session T1: Tutorial (1)
Chair:
Kazuhiro Ohkura (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Location: Hall (Room I, II & III)
10:40
Marco Dorigo (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Swarm Robotics Research at IRIDIA ( abstract )
11:40-12:40Lunch Break
12:40-12:45 Session 1WSa: Workshop: Opening
Location: Room III
12:40
Florentin Wörgötter (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen, Germany)
Brief Introduction, announcements ( abstract )
12:40-14:20 Session 1I: OS2: Multi-Agent Models on Swarm Behavior (1)
Chair:
Tomohiro Shirakawa (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Location: Room I
12:40
Jeff Jones (University of the West of England, UK)
Automated Guidance of Collective Movement in a Multi-Agent Model of Physarum polycephalum ( abstract )
13:00
Kohei Sonoda (Shiga University, Japan)
Hisashi Murakami (Waseda University, Japan)
Takayuki Niizato (Tsukuba University, Japan)
Yukio Gunji (Waseda university, Japan)
Field of Safe Travel in Swarm ( abstract )
13:20
Takayuki Niizato (Tsukuba University, Japan)
Hisashi Murakami (Waseda University, Japan)
Kazuki Sangu (Tsukuba University, Japan)
Takenori Tomaru (Waseda University, Japan)
Yuta Nishiyama (Osaka Universtiy, Japan)
Kohei Sonoda (Shiga University, Japan)
Yukio Gunji (Waseda University, Japan)
Difference in the searching strategy of Plecoglossus altivelis between single individuals and groups ( abstract )
13:40
Frank Bonnet (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Yuta Kato (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
José Halloy (Université Paris Diderot VII, France)
Francesco Mondada (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Infiltrating the Zebrafish Swarm: Design, Implementation and Experimental Tests of a Miniature Robotic Fish Lure for Fish-Robot Interaction Studies ( abstract )
14:00
Jiaping Ren (Zhengjiang University, China)
Xinjie Wang (Zhengjiang University, China)
Xiaogang Jin (Zhengjiang University, China)
Dinesh Manocha (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Data-driven Noise Model for Simulating Swarms of Flying Insects ( abstract )
12:45-14:15 Session 1WSb: Workshop: Embodied sensorimotor interaction
Location: Room III
12:45
Danish Shaikh (Centre for BioRobotics, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, SDU, Denmark)
Embodied auditory localization: the Lizard ear ( abstract )
13:15
Kasper Støy (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Flora-robotica: plant-robot hybrid collective organisms ( abstract )
13:45
Yulia Sandamirskaya (Institute for Neural Computation, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
Behaviour organisation and learning with Dynamic Neural Fields: towards neuromorphic cognitive robots ( abstract )
13:00-14:20 Session 1II: Network
Chair:
Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Location: Room II
13:00
Naoki Tatebe (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Kiyohiko Hattori (National Institute of Information and Communications, Japan)
Toshinori Kagawa (National Institute of Information and Communications, Japan)
Yasunori Owada (National Institute of Information and Communications, Japan)
Kiyoshi Hamaguchi (National Institute of Information and Communications, Japan)
Keiki Takadama (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Deployment of Wireless Mesh Network Using RSSI-Based Swarm Robots ( abstract )
13:20
Keitaro Naruse (University of Aizu, Japan)
Prediction of Swarm Disconnection of Flocking Agents ( abstract )
13:40
Takahiro Majima (National Maritime Research Institute, Japan)
Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Daisuke Watanabe (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan)
Mitujiro Katuhara (SociTechData, Japan)
Generating Hub-Spoke Network for Public Transportation ( abstract )
14:00
Sayaka Morimoto (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Keiki Takadama (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Takahiro Majima (National Maritime Research Institute, Japan)
Daisuke Watanabe (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Japan)
Mitujiro Katuhara (SociTechData, Japan)
Multi-agent based Bus Route Optimization with Passenger Overflow Cascades Tolerance in Disaster Situations ( abstract )
14:15-15:45 Session 1WSc: Workshop: Locomotion
Location: Room III
14:15
Koh Hosoda (Dept. of Adaptive Machine Systems, Grad. school of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan)
Muscular-Skeletal Biped Robots for Understanding Morphological Functions of Human Body Structure ( abstract )
14:45
Shinya Aoi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Legged robot and neuromusculoskeletal model for revealing adaptation mechanism in split-belt treadmill walking ( abstract )
15:15
Yuichi Ambe (Kyoto University, Japan)
Insect gait mechanism through neuromechanical interaction: A modeling study ( abstract )
14:30-16:10 Session 2I: OS2: Multi-Agent Models on Swarm Behavior (2)
Chair:
Tomohiro Shirakawa (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Location: Room I
14:30
Masashi Shiraishi (Waseda University, Japan)
Yoji Aizawa (Waseda Univerisyt, Japan)
Lyapunov Analysis of Collective Patterns and Individual Behaviors in Swarm Dynamics ( abstract )
14:50
Hisashi Murakami (Waseda University, Japan)
Takayuki Niizato (Tsukuba University, Japan)
Takenori Tomaru (Waseda University, Japan)
Yuta Nishiyama (Osaka University, Japan)
Yukio-Pegio Gunji (Waseda University, Japan)
Schooling fish change internal movement strategy due to their density ( abstract )
15:10
Mari Nakamura (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology （AIST）, Japan)
Formation of Interfaces in Heterogeneous Boid Models ( abstract )
15:30
Tomoko Sakiyama (Waseda University, Japan)
Yukio-Pegio Gunji (Waseda University, Japan)
Moderated Pattern Formations on Trail-Laying Foraging ( abstract )
15:50
Tohru Moriyama (Shinshu University, Japan)
Junichi Mashiko (Shinshu University, Japan)
Toshinori Matsui (Shinshu University, Japan)
Koichiro Enomoto (Niigata University, Japan)
Tetsuya Matsui (Kobe University, Japan)
Kojiro Iizuka (Shinshu University, Japan)
Masashi Toda (Kumamoto University, Japan)
Yukio Pegio Gunji (Waseda University, Japan)
Visual image of neighbors to elicit wandering behavior in the soldier crab Mictyris guinotae ( abstract )
14:30-16:10 Session 2II: Robot Control
Chair:
Kazuyuki Ito (Hosei University, Japan)
Location: Room II
14:30
Taishi Takeda (Hosei University, Japan)
Kazuyuki Ito (Hosei University, Japan)
Path generation algorithm for search and rescue robots based on insect behavior ( abstract )
14:50
Andrew Vardy (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Using Odometry to Improve Swarm Robot Aggregation ( abstract )
15:10
Bo Hyeon Kim (Kyoto University, Korea)
Hiroaki Fukushima (Kyoto University, Japan)
Fumitoshi Matsuno (Kyoto University, Japan)
Cooperative Transportation of a Disk Object by Multiple Robots without Communication ( abstract )
15:30
Nicolas Dousse (EPFL, Switzerland)
Grégoire Heitz (EPFL, Switzerland)
Dario Floreano (EPFL, Switzerland)
Extension of a Ground Control Interface for Swarms of Small Drones ( abstract )
15:50
Hongli Ding (University of Paderborn, Germany)
Heiko Hamann (University of Paderborn, Germany)
Dependability in Swarm Robotics: Error Detection and Correction ( abstract )
15:45-16:00 Session 2WS: Workshop: Coffee Break
Location: Room III
16:00-16:30 Session 3WSa: Workshop: Locomotion
Location: Room III
16:00
Poramate Manoonpong (Centre for BioRobotics, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, SDU, Denmark)
Neural dynamics and synaptic plasticity in a recurrent neural network for complex autonomous behaviors of a biomechanical walking robot ( abstract )
16:20-18:00 Session 3I: OS2: Multi-Agent Models on Swarm Behavior (3) / Social Interactions
Chair:
Hiroshi Sato (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Location: Room I
16:20
Hiroshi Sato (National Defense Academy, Japan)
Tomohiro Shirakawa (National Defense Academy, Japan)
Wataru Tabata (National Defense Academy, Japan)
Formation Control of Multiple Drones by the Combination of Implicit Leadership and Manipulability Index ( abstract )
16:40
Tomohiro Shirakawa (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Naruhisa Sugiyama (Horinouchi Chiropractic, Japan)
Hiroshi Sato (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Eri Sato (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Analysis on the Interaction between Healthy Walkers: A Preliminary Study on Human Swarm Behavior during Military March ( abstract )
17:00
Tsukasa Nakazawa (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Tomohiro Shirakawa (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Hiroshi Sato (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Development of High Resolution Video Processing Hardware for Autonomous Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ( abstract )
17:20
Yukio Gunji (Waseda University, Japan)
Takenori Tomaru (Kobe university, Japan)
Hisashi Murakami (Waseda University, Japan)
Takayuki Niizato (Tsukuba University, Japan)
Following the Shadow beyond Pursuit and Escape Mechanism in the Swarm of Soldier Crabs ( abstract )
17:40
Aleksandr Drozd (Tokyo Institure of Technology, Japan)
Olaf Witkowski (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Satoshi Matsuoka (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Takashi Ikegami (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Signal-Driven Swarming: A Parallel Implementation of Evolved Autonomous Agents to Perform A Foraging Task ( abstract )
16:20-18:00 Session 3II: Self-Organization
Chair:
Toshiyuki Yasuda (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Location: Room II
16:20
Christian Tetzlaff (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen, Germany)
Sakyasingha Dasgupta (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen, Germany)
Tomas Kulvicius (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen, Germany)
Florentin Wörgötter (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen, Germany)
Self-organization of computation in neural systems by input-dependent formation of Hebbian cell assemblies ( abstract )
16:40
David Vogel (Research Center on Animal Cognition, France)
Stamatios Nicolis (Mathematics Department, Sweden)
Alfonso Perez Escudero (La Place, France)
Vidyanand Nanjundiah (Centre for Human Genetics, India)
David Sumpter (Mathematics Department, Sweden)
Audrey Dussutour (Research Center on Animal Cognition, France)
Individual differences predict social interactions in true slime molds ( abstract )
17:00
Nobuaki Miuzmoto (Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan)
Kazuya Kobayashi (Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan)
Kenji Matsuura (Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan)
Termite constructs colony specific structures in shelter tube construction ( abstract )
17:20
Hyo-Sung Ahn (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea)
Distributed Formation Control Inspired from Collective Animal Motions ( abstract )
17:40
Amir Ayali (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Gil Ariel (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
Locust as models for coordinated behavior and swarming ( abstract )
16:30-17:30 Session 3WSb: Workshop: Collective behavior
Location: Room III
16:30
Nora Ayanian (the Automatic Coordination of Teams Lab, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, USA)
Mixed Reality Experimentation for Multirobot Systems ( abstract )
17:00
Florentin Wörgötter (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen, Germany)
Control without Control(ers): How Robots can Learn to Behave with Memory ( abstract )
17:30-18:10 Session 3WSc: Workshop: Spotlight 3-5 min talks for posters
Location: Room III
17:30
Sakyasingha Dasgupta (RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Japan)
Self-Adaptive Recurrent Neural Networks for Robust Spatiotemporal Processing: from Animals to Robots ( abstract )
17:30
Kotaro Yasui (Tohoku University, Japan)
TEGOTAE-based decentralized control mechanism underlying myriapod locomotion ( abstract )
17:30
Jerome Mamani (University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France)
Design of a Modular Quadruped Robot for Empirically Exploring the Effects of Morphology on the Emergence of Gaits ( abstract )
17:30
Tomoya Kamimura (Kyoto University, Japan)
Investigation of the Effect of Body Flexibility on Bounding Gait with a Simple Model ( abstract )
17:30
Yuto Sato (Osaka University, Japan)
Analysis of flock guidance based on the vector field representation ( abstract )
17:30
Sean Wilson (Arizona State University, USA)
Pheeno, A Versatile Swarm Robotic Research and Education Platform ( abstract )
17:30
Rui Teng (National institute of information and communications technology, Japan)
Collective Sharing of Network Energy and Packet-Relay Task in Wireless Multi-hop Infrastructure ( abstract )
18:10-18:30 Session 3WSd: Workshop: Discussion and Closing
Location: Room III
Thursday, October 29th

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09:30-10:30 Session K2: Keynote Speech (2)
Chair:
Toru Namerikawa (Keio University, Japan)
Location: Hall (Room I & II)
09:30
Magnus Egerstedt (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Control and Coordination of Multi-Robot Systems ( abstract )
10:40-11:40 Session T2: Tutorial (2)
Chair:
Yukio Gunji (Waseda University, Japan)
Location: Hall (Room I & II)
10:40
Kazuki Tsuji (University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Social Conflicts and the Underlying Autonomous Decentralized Control in Ants ( abstract )
11:40-13:00Lunch Break
11:40-13:30 Session : Demonstration

Demonstration of Swarm Robots  "Murata Cheerleaders' "

  • 11:40-
  • 12:25-
  • 13:10-
Location: Room III
13:00-15:00 Session PI: Poster Session (1): Systems
Chair:
Kazuyuki Ito (Hosei University, Japan)
Location: Room I
13:00
Mansoor Shaukat (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Mandar Chitre (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
On Social Behaviours and Sampling Times in Multi-Agent Source Localization ( abstract )
13:00
Shuhei Emoto (IHI, Japan)
Ilge Akkaya (UC Berkeley, Turkey)
Edward A. Lee (UC Berkeley, USA)
Information Seeking and Model Predictive Control of A Cooperative Robot Swarm ( abstract )
13:00
Wonki Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)
Desynchronization based Response Threshold Model for Task Allocation in Multi-Agent Systems ( abstract )
13:00
Nhu Hai Phung (National defence academy of japan, Japan)
Masao Kubo (National defence academy of japan, Japan)
Akihiro Yamaguchi (Fukuoka Institute of Technology of japan, Japan)
Hiroshi Sato (National defence academy of japan, Japan)
Saori Iwanaga (Japan Coast Guard Academy, Japan)
Akira Namatame (National defence academy of japan, Japan)
Enclosing of the target zone ( abstract )
13:00
Samratul Fuady (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Hideaki Ishii (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Alignment Forming in Source Seeking for Multi-Agent Systems ( abstract )
13:00
Tomohiro Hayakawa (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan)
Yuichi Ogawa (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan)
Shigeto Dobata (Department of Environmental Scienses and Technology, Kyoto University, Japan)
Kazuki Tsuji (Division of Applied Biosciences, University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Fumitoshi Matsuno (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan)
Possibility of adaptive behavior of ants based on global information ( abstract )
13:00
Dhananjay Ipparthi (IRIDIA, ULB, Belgium)
Andrew Winslow (ULB, Belgium)
Massimo Mastrangeli (MPI, Germany)
Marco Dorigo (IRIDIA, ULB, Belgium)
A Study of Yield Predictions for a Model of Homogeneous Self-Assembling Components ( abstract )
13:00
Anugrah Kusumo Pamosoaji (University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Keum-Shik Hong (Pusan National University, Korea)
Attractive-Repulsive Group-Based Particle Swarm Optimization (ARGPSO) for Trajectory Planning of Multiple-Vehicles ( abstract )
13:00
Yusuke Ikemoto (Meijo University, Japan)
Kosuke Sekiyama (Nagoya University, Japan)
Modular Networks Emerge from Non-linearly Noise Reductions ( abstract )
13:00
Tadaaki Niwa (Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University of Science, Japan)
Takashi Kawakami (Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University of Science, Japan)
Ryosuke Ooe (Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University of Science, Japan)
Tamotsu Mitamura (Faculty of Future Design, Hokkaido University of Science, Japan)
Masahiro Kinoshita (Faculty of Future Design, Hokkaido University of Science, Japan)
Masaaki Wajima (Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University of Science, Japan)
Deep Learning Based Acoustic Events Recognition for Robotic Systems ( abstract )
13:00
Kiyohiko Hattori (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Toshinori Kagwa (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Yasunori Owada (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Global Estimation of Multi-agent Movement by Adhoc Information Sharing between Agents with SpotPass Communication ( abstract )
13:00
Masaki Kadota (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Toshiyuki Yasuda (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Yoshiyuki Matsumura (Shinshu University, Japan)
Kazuhiro Ohkura (Hiroshima University, Japan)
A predator-prey artificial world that yields swarm behavior ( abstract )
13:00
Yu Tian (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Ohkura Kazuhiro (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Yasuda Toshiyuki (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Understanding autonomous task allocation by clustering a swarm robotics system ( abstract )
13:00-15:00 Session PII: Poster Session (2): Robotics
Chair:
Tetsushi Kamegawa (Okayama University, Japan)
Location: Room II
13:00
Yusuke Makihata (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Naoyuki Hara (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Keiji Konishi (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Clustering control of a one-dimensional robot swarm using a reaction-diffusion system ( abstract )
13:00
Giuliano Di Canio (CBR Embodied AI & Neurorobotics Lab, The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Stoyan Stoyanov (CBR Embodied AI & Neurorobotics Lab, The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Jørgen Christian Larsen (CBR Embodied AI & Neurorobotics Lab, The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
John Hallam (Centre for BioRobotics, The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Alexander Kovalev (Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel, Germany)
Thomas Kleinteich (Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel, Germany)
Stanislav N. Gorb (Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel, Germany)
Poramate Manoonpong (CBR Embodied AI & Neurorobotics Lab, The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
A Dung Beetle-like Leg and its Adaptive Neural Control ( abstract )
13:00
Motoyasu Tanaka (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Kazuo Tanaka (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Shape Control for a Snake Robot via Sequential Switching ( abstract )
13:00
Ryosuke Ooe (Hokkaido University of Science, Japan)
Takashi Kawakami (Hokkaido University of Science, Japan)
Gradual Learning for Behavior Acquisition by Evolving Artificial Neural Network ( abstract )
13:00
Giuliano Di Canio (CBR Embodied AI & Neurorobotics Lab, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Jørgen Christian Larsen (CBR Embodied AI & Neurorobotics Lab, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Florentin Woergoetter (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN), University of Goettingen, Germany)
Poramate Manoonpong (CBR Embodied AI & Neurorobotics Lab, The Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
A combination of central pattern generator-based and reflex-based neural networks for dynamic, adaptive, robust bipedal locomotion ( abstract )
13:00
Yuta Ikeuchi (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)
Norihiro Kamamichi (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)
Two-dimensional Modeling of Peristaltic Mobile Robot ( abstract )
13:00
Suxiang Yuan (Okayama University, Japan)
Tetsushi Kamegawa (Okayama University, Japan)
Akio Gofuku (Okayama University, Japan)
Development of a prototype of snake-like robot with contact sensors that moves in obstacles by reflexive behavior ( abstract )
13:00
Kamilo Melo (EPFL, Switzerland)
Correcting Orientation of Helices in the Space. The Case of Rolling Gaits with Modular Snake Robots. ( abstract )
13:00
Tsubasa Watanabe (Okayama university, Japan)
Tetsushi Kamegawa (Okayama university, Japan)
Akio Gofuku (Okayama university, Japan)
Simulation results of behavior of a simple snake-like robot in a narrow passage ( abstract )
13:00
William Savoie (Georgia Institute of Technology School of Physics, USA)
Arman Pazouki (University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Mechanical Engineering, USA)
Dan Negrut (University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Mechanical Engineering, USA)
Daniel Goldman (Georgia Institute of Technology School of Physics, USA)
Smarticles: design and construction of smart particles to aid discovery of principles of smart, active granular matter ( abstract )
13:00
Yufei Wei (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Tatsuya Morikawa (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Toshiyuki Yasuda (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Kazuhiro Ohkura (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Yoshiyuki Matsumura (Shinshu University, Japan)
Masaharu Munetomo (Hokkaido University, Japan)
A Parallel Computing Implementation of Evolutionary Swarm Robotics Approach ( abstract )
13:00
Toshiyuki Yasuda (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Shigehito Nakatani (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Akitoshi Adachi (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Kazuhiro Ohkura (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Generating Flocking Behavior of a Real Robotic Swarm that Travels between Two Landmarks ( abstract )
13:00
Masanori Goka (Fukuyama University, Japan)
Toshiki Kurokawa (Fukuyama University, Japan)
Real Robotic Swarms for Cooperative Behaviour Acquisition ( abstract )
13:00
Aneesh Chand (Toyota Technological Institute, Japan)
Michihiro Kawanishi (Toyota Technological Institute, Japan)
Narikiyo Tatsuo (Toyota Technological Institute, Japan)
Towards Autonomous Control of a Biologically Inspired Flying Robot ( abstract )
13:00-15:00 Session PIV: Poster Session (3): Biology
Chair:
Shigeto Dobata (Kyoto University, Japan)
Location: Room IV
13:00
Tsuyoshi Mizuguchi (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Makoto Yomosa (Vector Research Institute, Inc., Japan)
Yoshinori Hayakawa (CITE, Tohoku University, Japan)
Relation between spatial location and temporal delay in flock behavior ( abstract )
13:00
Yoshinori Hayakawa (Tohoku university, Japan)
On the stability of the line formations of geese ( abstract )
13:00
Takayuki Narumi (Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan)
Kenta Uemichi (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
Hisao Honda (Kobe University, Japan)
Koichi Osaki (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)
A Model for Worker Honeybees Building the Triggers of Honeycomb Construction Process ( abstract )
13:00
Wataru Toyokawa (University of St Andrews, UK)
Advice Sharing and Collective Intelligence under Exploration-Exploitation Trade-off in Humans ( abstract )
13:00
Shigeto Dobata (Kyoto University, Japan)
Kazuki Tsuji (University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Behavioral flexibility of cooperators underlies the robustness of division of labor against invasion of cheaters ( abstract )
13:00
Masao Migita (Shiga University, Japan)
Shuji Shinohara (PST Co., Japan)
Modeling Self-Organized Behavior of Starfish ( abstract )
13:00
Nariya Uchida (Tohoku University, Japan)
Ramin Golestanian (University of Oxford, UK)
Collective Motion of Flagella and Cilia by Hydrodynamic Interaction ( abstract )
13:00
Nobuaki Miuzmoto (Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan)
Ryota Sato (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hachinohe Institute of Technology, Japan)
Naohisa Nagaya (Kyoto Sangyo University, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Japan)
Masato Abe (National Institute of Informatics, JST, ERATO, Kawarabayashi Large Graph Project, Japan)
Shigeto Dobata (Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan)
Ryusuke Fujisawa (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hachinohe Institute of Technology, Japan)
Tracking movement of individual insects with an omnidirectional treadmill mechanism ( abstract )
13:00
Hiroto Shoji (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan)
Walking durations in free-walking in circular open fields of various diameters ( abstract )
15:20-17:20 Session 4I: OS4: Implicit and Explicit Control for Swarm Intelligence
Chair:
Takeshi Kano (Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan)
Location: Room I
15:20
Hiraku Nishimori (Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Rito Takeuchi (Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Shin-Ichiro Nishimura (Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Akinori Awazu (Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan)
Variations on Error Strategy of Foraging Ants ( abstract )
15:40
Daisuke Kurabayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Syarif Ahmad (Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia)
Ayaka Hashimoto (Yaskawa Electric, Japan)
Takuro Moriyama (Toshiba, Japan)
Tatsuki Choh (Toshiba, Japan)
Navigation of Distributed Mobile Robots by Phase Gradient on a 2D plane ( abstract )
16:00
Takeshi Kano (Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan)
Dai Owaki (Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan)
Akira Fukuhara (Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan)
Ryo Kobayashi (Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University / Japan Science and Technology Agency CREST, Japan)
Akio Ishiguro (Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University / Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Japan)
New Hypothesis for the Mechanism of Quadruped Gait Transition ( abstract )
16:20
Takeshi Kano (Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan)
Hironori Chiba (Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Japan)
Takuya Umedachi (Department of Biology, Tufts University / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, USA)
Akio Ishiguro (Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University; Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Japan)
Decentralized Control of 1D Crawling Locomotion by Exploiting "TEGOTAE" from Environment ( abstract )
16:40
Yasuhiro Sugimoto (Osaka University, Japan)
Shinichi Uchida (Osaka University, Japan)
Yuichiro Sueoka (Osaka University, Japan)
Koichi Osuka (Osaka University, Japan)
Localization and Flocking Behavior Realization of Multi-Robot System based only on Ad-hock Network ( abstract )
17:00
Kazuki Itazuri (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Toru Namerikawa (Keio University, Japan)
Flocking Control of Leader-follower System considering Connectivity Maintenance ( abstract )
15:20-17:00 Session 4II: Multi-Agent Systems
Chair:
Yoshiaki Katada (Setsunan University, Japan)
Location: Room II
15:20
Jaeyong Kim (Seoul National University, Korea)
Hyungbo Shim (Seoul National University, Korea)
Robust Synchronization for High-Order Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems ( abstract )
15:40
Masao Kubo (national defense academy of Japan, Japan)
Hiroshi Sato (national defense academy of Japan, Japan)
Nhuhai Phung (national defense academy of Japan, Japan)
Akira Namatame (national defense academy of Japan, Japan)
Direction switch behavior to enclose a pack of targets based on phase transition ( abstract )
16:00
Kazuteru Miyazaki (National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation, Japan)
The Necessity of a Secondary System in Multi-agent Learning ( abstract )
16:20
Keisuke Fujii (Nagoya University, Japan)
Takeshi Koyama (Tokai Universtiy, Japan)
Akira Rikukawa (Tokai Universtiy, Japan)
Hiroshi Yamada (Tokai Universtiy, Japan)
Yuji Yamamoto (Nagoya University, Japan)
Helping behavior toward a teammate: real-time group problem-solving at multiple spatial scales during a ballgame ( abstract )
16:40
Yoshiaki Katada (Setsunan University, Japan)
Akihiro Nishiguchi (Setsunan University, Japan)
Kazuya Moriwaki (Setsunan University, Japan)
Ryosuke Watakabe (Setsunan University, Japan)
Swarm Robotic Network Using Levy Flight in Target Detection Problem ( abstract )
15:20-17:00 Session 4III: Foraging
Chair:
Kazuaki Yamada (Toyo University, Japan)
Location: Room III
15:20
Kazuaki Yamada (Toyo University, Japan)
Yuto Yamazaki (Toyo University, Japan)
A Specialization Approach Using A Response Threshold Model for Swarm Robotics ( abstract )
15:40
Qiuhong Xin (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Toshiya Matsushima (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Social Facilitation and Synchronization in Group Foraging Domestic Chicks ( abstract )
16:00
Kei Terayama (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan)
Masaaki Sakagami (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan)
Measurement of Velocity Fields of Schools of Sardines and Existence of Averaged Tori ( abstract )
16:20
Miyabi Ishihara (Waseda University, Japan)
Jeremy Field (University of Sussex, UK)
Hiroshi Toyoizumi (Waseda University, Japan)
Highly Developed Social Care of Cooperative Breeding of Wasps ( abstract )
16:40
Hiroshi Toyoizumi (Waseda University, Japan)
Cooperative Foraging with Insurance and Markov Decision Process ( abstract )
18:10-20:10 Session : Banquet

Venue: ArtGrace Wedding Hills

Friday, October 30th

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09:30-10:30 Session K3: Keynote Speech (3)
Chair:
Kazuki Tsuji (University of Ryukyus, Japan)
Location: Hall (Room I, II & III)
09:30
Stephen Pratt (Arizona State University, USA)
Distributed Information Processing by Insect Societies ( abstract )
10:40-11:40 Session T3: Tutorial (3)
Chair:
Fumitoshi Matsuno (Kyoto University, Japan)
Location: Hall (Room I, II & III)
10:40
Kenji Matsuura (Kyoto University, Japan)
Top-Down Control of Reproduction and Self-Organization of Labor in Termites ( abstract )
11:40-12:40Lunch Break
12:40-13:40 Session 5I: OS1: Control Theory on Networks (1)
Chair:
Masaaki Nagahara (Kyoto University, Japan)
Location: Room I
12:40
Shinsaku Izumi (Okayama Prefectural University, Japan)
Multi-Robot Coordination Based on Gradient Systems ( abstract )
12:40-13:40 Session 5II: Locomotion
Chair:
Shinya Aoi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Location: Room II
12:40
Jan-Matthias Braun (Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany)
Poramate Manoonpong (CBR Embodied AI & Neurorobotics Lab, The Maesk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark, Denmark)
Florentin Wörgötter (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany)
Individual Patient Support on Lower Leg Orthoses by Continuous Control over the Whole Gait Cycle ( abstract )
13:00
Yuichi Ambe (Kyoto University, Japan)
Shinya Aoi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Timo Nachstedt (George-August-University, Germany)
Poramate Manoonpong (University of Southern Denmark, Thailand)
Florentin Wörgötter (George-August-University, Austria)
Fumitoshi Matsuno (Kyoto University, Japan)
Embodied sensorimotor interaction for hexapod locomotion ( abstract )
13:20
Johannes Widenka (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, Germany)
Xiaofeng Xiong (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, Germany)
Jan Braun (Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology, University of Göttingen, Germany)
Poramate Manoonpong (The Masek Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
Florentin Wörgötter (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of Göttingen, Germany)
Neuromechanical Control for dynamic bipedal walking with reduced impact forces ( abstract )
12:40-13:40 Session 5III: Optimization
Chair:
Masao Kubo (National Defense Academy of Japan, Japan)
Location: Room III
12:40
Kiyohiko Hattori (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Toshinori Kagawa (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Naoki Tatebe (University of Electro-Communication, Japan)
Yasunori Owada (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Kiyoshi Hamaguchi (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan)
Generalized Measuring Worm Algorithm -High Accuracy Mapping and Moving with Cooperating Swarm Robots- ( abstract )
13:00
Tetsuyuki Takahama (Hiroshima City University, Japan)
Setsuko Sakai Takahama (Hiroshima Shudo University, Japan)
Improving Particle Swarm Optimization by Estimating Landscape Modality Using a Proximity Graph ( abstract )
13:20
Naoki Nishikawa (Nagoya University, Japan)
Reiji Suzuki (Nagoya University, Japan)
Takaya Arita (Nagoya University, Japan)
Evolutionary Search of Cooperative Behaviors by Heterogeneous Swarm Robots ( abstract )
13:50-15:10 Session 6I: OS1: Control Theory on Networks (2)
Chair:
Shunichi Azuma (Kyoto University, Japan)
Location: Room I
13:50
Koki Abe (Osaka University, Japan)
Naoki Hayashi (Osaka University, Japan)
Shigemasa Takai (Osaka University, Japan)
Cooperative Voronoi Coverage with Velocity Feedback of Centroids ( abstract )
14:10
Kazunori Sakurama (Tottori University, Japan)
Hirosuke Yasuki (Tottori University, Japan)
Shin-Ichiro Nishida (Tottori University, Japan)
Multiple Source Seeking by Swarm Robots with Decentralized Sample Variance Control ( abstract )
14:30
Masaki Ogura (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Masaaki Nagahara (Kyoto University, Japan)
Victor M. Preciado (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
$L^1$-Optimal Disturbance Rejection for Disease Spread over Time-Varying Networks ( abstract )
14:50
Toshimitsu Kure (Kyoto University, Japan)
Shun-Ichi Azuma (Kyoto University, Japan)
Toshiharu Sugie (Kyoto University, Japan)
Structural Bistability of Boolean Networks: A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for 8-Shaped Boolean Networks ( abstract )
13:50-15:10 Session 6II: Evolutionary Robotics
Chair:
Kazuhiro Ohkura (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Location: Room II
13:50
Michal Joachimczak (Nagoya University, Japan)
Rishemjit Kaur (Nagoya University, Japan)
Reiji Suzuki (Nagoya University, Japan)
Takaya Arita (Nagoya University, Japan)
Bringing drawings to life: evolving distributed controllers for hand-drawn soft-bodied robots ( abstract )
14:10
Steven Van Essche (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Eliseo Ferrante (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Ali Emre Turgut (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)
Rinde R.S. van Lon (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Tom Holvoet (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Tom Wenseleers (KULeuven, Belgium)
Environmental factors promoting the evolution of recruitment strategies in swarms of foraging robots ( abstract )
14:30
Eleni Kelasidi (Department of Engineering Cybernetics, NTNU, Norway)
Mansoureh Jesmani (Department of Engineering Cybernetics, NTNU, Norway)
Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen (Department of Engineering Cybernetics, NTNU, Norway)
Jan Tommy Gravdahl (Department of Engineering Cybernetics, NTNU, Norway)
Multi-objective optimization for efficient motion of underwater snake robots ( abstract )
13:50-15:10 Session 6III: OS5: Cooperation and Coordination in Swarm Dynamics (1)
Chair:
Hiraku Nishimori (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Location: Room III
13:50
Vadim Linevich (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Daria Monaenkova (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Daniel I Goldman (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
Robophysical Study of Excavation in the Confined Environments ( abstract )
14:10
Chikatoshi Sugimoto (Japan, Japan)
Yuzuru Ikeda (Japan, Japan)
Schooling behavior of squid: its structure and function ( abstract )
14:30
Daniel Cohen (Stanford University, USA)
Michel Maharbiz (UC Berkeley, USA)
James Nelson (Stanford University, USA)
Bioelectric Control of Cellular Swarming in Living Tissue using Herding Methods ( abstract )
14:50
Kota Tomine (Graduate School of Information Science & Technology,Hokkaido University, Japan)
Wataru Noguchi (Graduate School of Information Science & Technology,Hokkaido University, Japan)
Hiroyuki Iizuka (Graduate School of Information Science & Technology,Hokkaido University, Japan)
Masahito Yamamoto (Graduate School of Information Science & Technology,Hokkaido University, Japan)
Discriminating Social Behavior of Guppy Swarm by Convolutional Neural Network ( abstract )
15:20-16:20 Session 7I: Formation (1)
Chair:
Guillaume Sartoretti (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Location: Room I
15:20
Yuta Ueda (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Kenji Sawada (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Seiichi Shin (The University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
Formation control of Self-Organizing robots with switching role ( abstract )
15:40
Ehsan Rezapour (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway)
Kristin Ytterstad Pettersen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway)
Jan Tommy Gravdahl (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway)
Andreas Hofmann (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Cross-Track Formation Control of Underactuated Bio-inspired Snake Robots ( abstract )
16:00
Guillaume Sartoretti (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Leader-Based versus Soft Control of Multi-Agent Swarms ( abstract )
15:20-16:20 Session 7II: OS3: Unsolved Problems in Robotic Limit Cycle Walking (1)
Chair:
Satoshi Satoh (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Location: Room II
15:20
Yuji Harata (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Yotaro Kato (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Takashi Ikeda (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Stability of time-varying system in rimless wheel ( abstract )
15:40
Fumihiko Asano (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
On More-relaxed Passive Dynamic Walking ( abstract )
16:00
Yasunori Kikuchi (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Fumihiko Asano (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Underactuated Kneed Biped Robot with Visual Perception and Its Adaptation ( abstract )
15:20-16:20 Session 7III: OS5: Cooperation and Coordination in Swarm Dynamics (2)
Chair:
Charles Taylor (University of California, USA)
Location: Room III
15:20
Yhoichi Mototake (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Takashi Ikegami (University of Tokyo, Japan)
A Simulation Study of Large Scale Swarms ( abstract )
15:40
Olaf Witkowski (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Takashi Ikegami (university of Tokyo, Japan)
Swarm Ethics: Evolution of Cooperation in a Multi-Agent Foraging Model ( abstract )
16:00
Ken Sugawara (Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan)
Yohei Doi (Tohoku Gakuin Univerisity, Japan)
Collective construction of dynamic equilibrium structure by swarm robots ( abstract )
16:30-17:50 Session 8I: Formation (2)
Chair:
Toru Namerikawa (Keio University, Japan)
Location: Room I
16:30
Shouhei Mori (Keio University, Japan)
Toru Namerikawa (Keio University, Japan)
Formation Control Considering Disconnection of Network Links for a Multi-UAV System: An LMI Approach ( abstract )
16:50
Yusuke Kobayashi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Masahiro Yoshimoto (Kyoto University, Japan)
Kazuyuki Kon (Kyoto University, Japan)
Hiroaki Fukushima (Kyoto University, Japan)
Fumitoshi Matsuno (Kyoto University, Japan)
Tomoyuki Morii (Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd, Japan)
Mitsuru Kitagawa (Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd, Japan)
Shigeru Tsuji (Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd, Japan)
Koichi Yoshikawa (Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd, Japan)
Formation Control ConsideringWell-organized Crossing of Robot Swarms ( abstract )
17:10
Kazuya Ogusu (National Institute of Technology, Gunma College, Japan)
Woong Choi (National Institute of Technology, Gunma College, Japan)
Nobuto Hirakoso (National Institute of Technology, Gunma College, Japan)
Tsutomu Yokoyama (TEAD, Japan)
Experimental Study on Optimal Navigation Control System for Autonomous Swarm Robot System ( abstract )
16:30-17:50 Session 8II: OS3: Unsolved Problems in Robotic Limit Cycle Walking (2)
Chair:
Fumihiko Asano (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Location: Room II
16:30
Kazuyuki Hyodo (Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan)
Yuya Iwaguchi (Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Yoshiaki Takamura (Future University Hakodate, Japan)
Sadayoshi Mikami (Future University Hakodate, Japan)
Stability Effect for Passive Dynamic Walker by Stance Leg Heel Angle Constraint Using Foot Shape ( abstract )
16:50
Satoshi Satoh (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Kenji Fujimoto (Kyoto University, Japan)
Masami Saeki (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Transition to a passive walking gait via input and parameter optimization of Hamiltonian systems ( abstract )
17:10
Ioannis Poulakakis (University of Delaware, USA)
Qu Cao (University of Delaware, USA)
Control of Quadrupedal Bounding with Flexible Torso and Speed Transitions with Sums of Squares Verification ( abstract )
17:30
Xuan Xiao (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Fumihiko Asano (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Mathematical Analysis of Gait Property in 1-DOF Limit Cycle Walking with Time Delay of Control Input ( abstract )
16:30-17:50 Session 8III: OS5: Cooperation and Coordination in Swarm Dynamics (3)
Chair:
Takashi Ikegami (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Location: Room III
16:30
Osamu Yamanaka (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Hiraku Nishimori (Hiroshima University, Japan)
Activity Statistic of Foraging Ants ( abstract )
16:50
Charles Taylor (University of California, USA)
Kung Yao (UCLA, USA)
Distributed Sensor Swarms for Monitoring Bird Behavior ( abstract )
18:10-20:10 Session : Farewell Party

Venue: Camphora (at the west of the main front gate of Kyoto University)

Admission free