{"id":4894,"date":"2019-05-24T10:59:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T09:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livingmachinesconference.eu\/2019\/?page_id=4894"},"modified":"2019-07-09T03:32:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T02:32:34","slug":"worshops-lm2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingmachinesconference.eu\/2019\/worshops-lm2019\/","title":{"rendered":"WORKSHOPS LM2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

July 9\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>10:00\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 16:00\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
\n The Living Machines Workshops will be held at\u00a0the\u00a0Kasugano International Forum in Nara,\u00a0Japan.\u00a0www.i-ra-ka.jp\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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1 - Closing Vico\u2019s Loop: Addressing Challenges in Science and Society with Living Machines.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span>Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2 - The Science of Soft Robots\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span>Tetsuya Horiuchi, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Koh Hosoda,\u00a0Koichi Suzumori,\u00a0\u00a0Masahiro Shimizu<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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3 - Bioprinting<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\"\"\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

NB<\/span>: this workshop is now integrated into the workshop \"The Science of Soft Robots\"<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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1 – Closing Vico\u2019s Loop: Addressing Challenges in Science and Society with Living Machines <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>
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The Living Machines approach asserts that an important element of our science is to instantiate our theories of biological systems as embodied models or machines. The step of building a physical model helps us to explain the biological phenomena of interest, make predictions at multiple levels of description and control physical devices.\u00a0 This strategy has many antecedents, but one that should be more widely known is the work of the 18th century Neapolitan philosopher Giambattista Vico who famously proposed that we can only understand that which we create. This workshop will explore how the path proposed by Vico can lead not only to better science (understanding), and useful engineering (new life-like technologies in form and function), but can also guide us towards a richer view of human experience and of the boundaries and relationships between science, engineering, and art.\u00a0 Each of the contributions to the workshop will look at efforts to create physical model systems that close \u201cVico\u2019s loop\u201d\u2014 helping to understand our natural world whilst creating life-like artefacts with the potential for beneficial societal impact.
\nReference: Formal Minds and Biological Brains II: From the Mirage of Intelligence to a Science and Engineering of Consciousnesssee\u00a0Consciousness<\/a>\u00a0(2013) Verschure, Paul FMJ\u00a0IEEE Intelligent Systems, 28(5), 35-8.<\/p>\n

ORGANIZERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony Prescott<\/a>, University of Sheffield, t.j.prescott@sheffield.ac.uk
\nPaul Verschure<\/a>, ICREA and IBEC Barcelona, pverschure@ibecbarcelona.eu<\/p>\n

PROGRAM<\/b><\/p>\n

9:30 -10:00 Registration and Welcome
\n10:00 -11:00 “Limits and future perspectives of a constructive approach to artificial minds”.\u00a0<\/strong>Minoru Asada, University of Osaka, Japan
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11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break<\/p>\n

11:30 -12:30 “Biomimetic robots as neuroscientific models and therapeutic tools<\/strong>“.\u00a0Tony Prescott, <\/strong>Sheffield Robotics, UK
\n12:30-13:30\u00a0 “From neutrophil biology to living micro-machines’.\u00a0<\/strong>Scott Simon, UC Davis, USA<\/p>\n

13:30-14:30\u00a0Lunch<\/p>\n

14:30-15:30\u00a0 “Exploiting Low-Dimensionality in Human and Robot Behavior for advanced assistive robotics<\/strong>“.\u00a0<\/strong>Tom Shibata, Kyutech, Japan
\n15:30-16:30 “Soft-bodied caterpillar-like testbed developed with digital fabrication to close Vico\u2019s loop<\/strong>“.\u00a0<\/strong>Takuya Umedachi, <\/strong>University of Tokyo, Japan
\n16:30-17:30 “From brain science to the real-world and back: Vico\u2019s loop as a strategy for impactful science<\/strong>“.\u00a0<\/strong>Paul Verschure, ICREA\/IBEC
\n17:30-18:00 General Discussion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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2 – THE SCIENCE OF SOFT ROBOTS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>
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The “Science of Soft Robot”s in Japan (http:\/\/softrobot.jp\/en\/<\/a>) focuses on\u00a0“softness” peculiar to organisms as a platform for life phenomena. The international\u00a0trend of science and technology \u201cfrom hard to soft\u201d is\u00a0driven by the desire to replicate the behaviors and functions of humans\u00a0and living organisms. This area brings together academic researchers in\u00a0diverse fields that refer to \u201csoftness\u201d as an organic collection of\u00a0biology, information science, materials science, and mechanical\/electrical engineering. As the introduction of softness will induce a\u00a0paradigm shift in research, we believe that vast knowledge, which has\u00a0not been drawn from existing academic fields, will be elucidated.<\/p>\n

ORGANIZERS\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tetsuya Horiuchi,<\/strong> AIST, Japan\u00a0\u00a0tetsu-horiuchi@aist.go.jp<\/a>
\nKenjiro Tadakuma<\/strong>, Tohoku Univerisity, Japan
\nKoh Hosoda<\/strong>, Osaka University, Japan
\nKoichi Suzumori,<\/strong> Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
\nMasahiro Shimizu<\/strong>, Osaka University, Japan\u00a0shimizu@sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp<\/a>
\nPatrick Thayer,<\/strong> CELLINK<\/p>\n

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PROGRAM\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00\u00a0 Registration and Welcome
\n9:30:00 -10:00 \u201c3D Bioprinting and Biomaterials for soft robotics applications<\/strong>\u201d Dr. Patrick Thayer, CELLINK
\n10:00 -11: 00 \u201cHands on bioprinting \u201cBioink calibration, Printability optimization, Multi material printing<\/strong>\u201d”<\/p>\n

11:00 – 11:15 coffee break<\/p>\n

11:15 -12: 00 Advanced printing: vasculature network printing<\/strong> etc.
\n12:00 – 13:00 lunch break<\/p>\n

13:00-13:30 “Science of Soft Robots in\u00a0Japan<\/strong>“.\u00a0Tetsuya Horiuchi, AIST, Japan
\n13:30-14:00\u00a0 – TBA<\/strong> –\u00a0Ardian Jusufi, Max Planck Institute, Germany
\n14:00-14:30\u00a0“Bio-machine\u00a0hybrid system that grows<\/strong>“.\u00a0Masahiro Shimizu, Osaka University, Japan<\/p>\n

14:30-15:00 Coffee Break<\/p>\n

15:00-15:30 “Organic\u00a0actuation and control in soft biohybrid robots<\/strong>“.\u00a0Victoria Webster, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
\n15:30-16:00”Anatomy tells animal mechanisms: How giraffes support and move their big\u00a0body?<\/strong>”\u00a0Megu Gunji, National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan
\n16:00-16:30 “Animal-like control of robots with soft actuators<\/strong>“.\u00a0Alexander Hunt, Portland State University, USA<\/p>\n

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