SWARM2017: THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SWARM BEHAVIOR AND BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS
PROGRAM

Days: Monday, October 30th Tuesday, October 31st Wednesday, November 1st

Monday, October 30th

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09:30-10:30 Session MoAa: Keynote speech (1)
Location: Hall (Rooms I & II)
09:30
Heterogeneity within Swarms ( abstract )
10:30-11:30 Session MoAb: Invited talk (1)
Location: Hall (Rooms I & II)
10:30
Sensor Modalities in Multi-Robot Coordination: Constraints and Solutions ( abstract )
12:30-13:50 Session MoP1a: Bio-inspired studies (1)
Location: Room I
12:30
Novel Foot Sensor Design for Legged Robots ( abstract )
12:50
Constrained Formation Tracking of Multiple Lagrangian Systems Subject to Input Dead Zones ( abstract )
13:10
Spike pattern recognition using biomimetic Spiking Neural Network ( abstract )
13:30
Controlling a robot with a cortically-inspired network that contains feedback ( abstract )
12:30-13:50 Session MoP2a: Swarm science (1)
Location: Room II
12:30
Optimisation of decision making in a trail laying ant: maximising the wisdom and minimising the stupidity of the crowd ( abstract )
12:50
Structural features of interaction networks in the ant Myrmecina nipponica as revealed by network analysis ( abstract )
13:10
Analyzing barricade construction of primitive termites: task allocation and evolutionary perspectives ( abstract )
13:30
Emergence of chaos and Lévy walks from collective dynamics in swarming bacteria ( abstract )
14:00-16:00 Session MoP1b: OS1: Advanced control methods and technologies for bio-inspired robotic locomotion
Location: Room I
14:00
Development and Experimental Verification of Underactuated Locomotion Robot Utilizing Effects of Sliding and Wobbling ( abstract )
14:20
Toward Collisionless Walking without Including Period of Double-limb Support ( abstract )
14:40
Nonlinear analysis of combined rimless wheel entrained to active wobbling motion ( abstract )
15:00
Gait generation for a biped robot with knees and torso via trajectory learning and state-transition estimation ( abstract )
15:20
Effect of Telescopic Motion of Swing/Support legs on Bipedal Locomotion ( abstract )
15:40
High-speed Collisionless Walking of Underactuated Rimless Wheel ( abstract )
14:00-16:00 Session MoP2b: OS4: Artificial swarm systems (1)
Location: Room II
14:00
Robot Sweep Path Planning with Weak Field Constrains under Large Motion Disturbance ( abstract )
14:20
Casualty-based Cooperation in Swarm Robots ( abstract )
14:40
Automatic Design Method of Probabilistic Finite State Machine Using PSO for Swarm Robots Aggregation ( abstract )
15:00
Particle Swarm Optimization with the Velocity Updating Rule According to an Oblique Coordinate System ( abstract )
15:20
Distributed Model Predictive Consensus Control for Robotic Swarm System : Local Subsystem Regulator Approach ( abstract )
15:40
Agreement algorithm with trial and error method at macro level ( abstract )
16:10-18:10 Session MoP1c: OS3: Recent advances in snake robotics
Location: Room I
16:10
SnakeSIM: a Snake Robot Simulation Framework for Perception-Driven Obstacle-Aided Locomotion ( abstract )
16:30
Gait Design for a Snake Robot to Climb a Ladder ( abstract )
16:50
Trajectory tracking for underwater swimming manipulators using a super twisting algorithm ( abstract )
17:10
Development of Experimental System for a Snake-like Gliding Model ( abstract )
17:30
Helical wave propagate motion on a vertical pipe with a branch for a snake robot ( abstract )
17:50
Snake robots and their interaction with external objects: Beyond Mimicking Locomotion ( abstract )
16:10-18:30 Session MoP2c: OS4: Artificial swarm systems (2)
Location: Room II
16:10
Distributed Localization by Camera Robots with Consensus Filter ( abstract )
16:30
Evolution of Swarm Formation Using Homogeneous Multi-Robots ( abstract )
16:50
Specialization in Swarm Robotics under Environmental Changes ( abstract )
17:10
Evolutionary acquisition of congestion management of a robotic swarm in a path formation task ( abstract )
17:30
Toward adaptation to various landscape environment by Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm based on Local Information Sharing ( abstract )
17:50
Transportation Simulator for Disaster Circumstance and Bottleneck Analysis ( abstract )
18:10
Modelling active antennal movements of the American cockroach: towards biorobotic models of active sensing ( abstract )
Tuesday, October 31st

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09:30-10:30 Session TuAa: Keynote speech (2)
Location: Hall (Rooms I & II)
09:30
Mechanisms of Division of Labor in Ants + Evolution of Social Behavior in Robots ( abstract )
13:00-14:10 Session TuP1a: Poster: Bio-inspired studies
Location: Room I
13:00
P1: Development of a Two-link Underwater Snake Robot in a 2D Plane Using Screw-Drive Mechanism ( abstract )
13:00
P2: Four-legged robot capable of moving in a three-dimensional environment ~ Developing a robot capable of climbing unknown columnar objects ~ ( abstract )
13:00
P3: [WIP] Collective Learning with Deep Neural Networks ( abstract )
13:00
P4: Trajectory Optimization and State Transition for Urban Automated Driving ( abstract )
13:00
P5: Development of a Circular Arc Gear-Type Modular Robot with Magnetic Connections ( abstract )
13:00
P6: Odometry for Display System of Snake-like Robot in Unknown Environment ( abstract )
13:00
P7: Bio-Inspired Design and Kinematic Analysis of Dung Beetle-Like Legs ( abstract )
13:00
P8: Diagnosing Fault Status in Snake-robot Using Current Data ( abstract )
13:00
P9: Recognition of a Bending Pipe by a Snake Robot with Pressure Sensors Mounted on the Entire Circumference of the Robot’s Body ( abstract )
13:00
P10: Distributed Sensor-Driven Control for Bio-Inspired Walking and Ball Rolling of a Dung Beetle-Like Robot ( abstract )
13:00
P11: Planar Two-Link Rigid-Flexible Coupling Manipulator System: Modeling and Boundary Control ( abstract )
13:00
P12: Development of 3D Sculpted, Hyper-Realistic Biomimetic Eyes for Humanoid Robots and Medical Ocular Prostheses ( abstract )
13:00
P13: Advantages of using a biologically plausible embodied kinematic model for enhancement of speed and multifunctionality of a walking robot ( abstract )
13:00-14:10 Session TuP2a: Poster: Swarm science
Location: Room II
13:00
P14: Hierarchical Interaction Based Flocking in Swarm Robotic Systems ( abstract )
13:00
P15: Trial Manufacture of a Batteryless Swarm Robot System ( abstract )
13:00
P16: Reducing Distance Bias in Value-Sensitive Swarm Site Selection ( abstract )
13:00
P17: Trophallaxis for group energy distribution in swarms of scavenger robots ( abstract )
13:00
P18: Swarming soldier crabs balance critically between attractive and repulsive decision making ( abstract )
13:00
P19: Characterizing spontaneous active and inactive patterns in ant individuals ( abstract )
13:00
P20: Effect of age differences and group size on circadian activity rhythms in queen-less ant Diacamma sp. from Japan ( abstract )
13:00
P21: An Agent-based Model for Collective Behaviours of Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum Morphogenesis: Aggregation Phase ( abstract )
13:00
P22: Flock of white-fronted geese as a weakly coupled oscillator system ( abstract )
13:00
P23: Mechanism of Scale Free Droplets in Ants ( abstract )
13:00
P24: Foraging Strategies of a Queenless Ant, Diacamma sp. in Subtropical Okinawa Island, Japan ( abstract )
13:00
P25: A Simple Decentralized Control Scheme for Swarm Robots That can Perform Spatially Distributed Tasks in Parallel ( abstract )
13:00
P26: A Preliminary Experiment to Find Self- or Neighbor-Induced Behavioral change of Soldier Crabs ( abstract )
14:30-15:30 Session TuP1b: OS5: Advanced control and optimization for large-scale networked systems (1)
Location: Room I
14:30
Stability Analysis for Swarm Robots with Heterogeneous Abilities ( abstract )
14:50
Synchronized behavior of heterogeneous multi-agent systems under funnel coupling ( abstract )
15:10
Formation control of multi-agent systems with the scale freedom ( abstract )
14:30-15:30 Session TuP2b: OS6: Understanding a hierarchical organization of swarming dynamics (1)
Location: Room II
14:30
Collective dynamical orderings of oil droplet surfers ( abstract )
14:50
Experimental study of mutual interactions of multiple liquid droplets ( abstract )
15:10
Learning by Stimulation Avoidance in Cultured Neuronal Cells ( abstract )
15:40-17:00 Session TuP1c: OS5: Advanced control and optimization for large-scale networked systems (2)
Location: Room I
15:40
Structured matrix rank minimization approach to restoration of graph signals ( abstract )
16:00
Robust synchronization of linear multi-agent system with input/output constraints ( abstract )
16:20
Robust Traffic Flow Optimization using Road Pricing with Uncertainty ( abstract )
16:40
Distributed Proximal Gradient Algorithms for Sparse Modeling over Networks ( abstract )
15:40-17:00 Session TuP2c: OS6: Understanding a hierarchical organization of swarming dynamics (2)
Location: Room II
15:40
Revisiting Classification of Large Scale Flocking ( abstract )
16:00
Novelty production in tagging crowds ( abstract )
16:20
Situation-Dependent Task Allocation in Camponotus japonicus ( abstract )
16:40
Analysis on Activity Statistics and Its Dependence on Spatial Location in the Nest using RFID Sensors in Campnotus janpnicus ( abstract )
Wednesday, November 1st

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09:30-10:30 Session WeAa: Keynote speech (3)
Location: Hall (Rooms I & II)
09:30
Biologically Inspired Snake-like Robots and their Practical Applications ( abstract )
10:30-11:30 Session WeAb: Invited talk (2)
Location: Hall (Rooms I & II)
10:30
Inverse Bayesian Inference in a Swarm of Soldier Crab ( abstract )
12:30-13:30 Session WeP1a: OS2: Insect's movement patterns revealed by virtual reality system (1)
Location: Room I
12:30
Measurement System Based on Robotics for Studies of Insect Behavior ( abstract )
12:50
Improvement of ANTAM for long-term measurement of small animal movements ( abstract )
13:10
Sexually differential movement can enhance mating encounters: potential uses of servosphere for detecting intraspecific variations of walking patterns. ( abstract )
12:50-13:30 Session WeP2a: Bio-inspired studies (2)
Location: Room II
12:50
Constructions of Strict Lyapunov Functions for Homogeneous Time-Varying Systems with Applications in Multi-Agent Systems ( abstract )
13:10
Distributed Consensus Control of Multi-agent Systems: A Mixed H2/H∞ Approach ( abstract )
13:40-14:40 Session WeP1b: OS2: Insect's movement patterns revealed by virtual reality system (2)
Location: Room I
13:40
Try the Measurement of Walking Activity by ANTAM in the Beetle Strains Selected for the Duration of Death-feigning ( abstract )
14:00
Pattern of Ant walk – Learning from Ant-mimicking spider ( abstract )
14:20
Pill bugs' behavioral patterns revealed in virtually infinite multiple T-maze ( abstract )
13:40-14:40 Session WeP2b: Swarm science (2)
Chair:
Location: Room II
13:40
Circular regression models for identifying abnormal parts in swarm behaviors and their quantitative characterization: data science approach ( abstract )
14:00
Memory use in nest relocation of Diacamma sp. from Japan ( abstract )
14:20
Universality of Individual Movement in Ant Colonies ( abstract )
14:50-15:50 Session WeP1c: Bio-inspired studies (3)
Location: Room I
14:50
Intelligent Material Handling of Mobile Robots with an Uncalibrated Binocular Vision System ( abstract )
15:10
Dynamical Analysis of Pace and Trot Gait Using a 3D Quadrupedal Model ( abstract )
15:30
Investigation of Quadrupedal Bounding Gait Using a Linearized Model with the Body Flexibility ( abstract )
14:50-15:50 Session WeP2c: Swarm science (3)
Location: Room II
14:50
The Decision Making of Admission to Membership and Participation in a Group Influences the Evolution of Group Cooperation ( abstract )
15:10
Building Cellular Artificial Agents to Interface with Cells in Living Tissues ( abstract )
15:30
Group-size Regulation in Self-Organised Aggregation through the Naming Game ( abstract )
16:00-17:00 Session WeP1d: Bio-inspired studies (4)
Location: Room I
16:00
Relationship between robustness of ant colonies and behaviour change based on global information ( abstract )
16:20
Three psychophysical laws in honeybee house-hunting ( abstract )
16:40
Phototactic Supersmarticles ( abstract )
16:00-17:00 Session WeP2d: Swarm science (4)
Location: Room II
16:00
Ecological and environmental factors limiting and inducing nest relocation in an ant species ( abstract )
16:20
Reconsideration of Fixed Response Threshold Model and Its Application to Foraging Behavior of Ants ( abstract )
16:40
Analysis of Dynamical Behaviour of Flying Pigeons Using INS/GPS Logger ( abstract )