Activities
Upcoming Events & Past Activities
WORKSHOPS
Unconventional spatial representations - Opportunities for robotics workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
https://usr2023.github.io/
Life-Long Learning with Human Help (L3H2) workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
https://life-long-learning-with-human-help-l3h2.github.io/
SOLAR – Socially-acceptable robots: concepts, techniques, and applications workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
https://www.sociallyhri-icra2023.unimore.it/
https://sites.google.com/view/rap4robots
Avatar-Symbiotic Society workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
https://dil.atr.jp/ITB/en/proposed-workshop/
Workshop on Robot Execution Failures and Failure Management Strategies workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
https://robot-failures.github.io/icra2023/
Transferability in Robotics workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
https://transferabilityinrobotics.github.io/icra2023/
Emerging paradigms for assistive robotic manipulation: from research labs to the real world workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
https://sites.google.com/unisi.it/workshop-manipulation
ViTac 2023: Blending Virtual and Real Visuo-Tactile Perception workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
https://shanluo.github.io/ViTacWorkshops/
SCHOOLS AND COURSES
4th Summer School on Human-Robot Interaction - September 18-23, 2023, Chęciny, Poland (Application deadline: 5th May, 2023), endorsed by the TC CORO
Online course: Design and Implementation of Cognition-Enabled Robotic Systems. Michael Beetz, David Vernon, Joern Syrbe. On the German open KI Campus platform.
The Ashesi Innovation Experience (https://ashe.si/aix) is an two-week enrichment programme we run annually at Ashesi University for high school students from across Ghana and other parts of Africa. It includes a one-week hands-on robotics workshop. It will be held in August 2022.
RELEVANT ONGOING INITIATIVES, PROJECTS AND SPECIAL ISSUES
iCog Initiative - an open initiative started at IIT with the goal of advancing knowledge of human cognition by designing, building, and sharing a common cognitive architecture for an embodied artificial system. More details and the entire list of recorded talks is available on https://icog.eu/
Michael Beetz led the formation of the European Network of excellence centers in robotics (euROBIN) building the EuRoCoRe (European Robotics Collaborative Repository) starting in July 2022 and funded by the European Commission.
Second Edition of the Special Issue “Emerging Topics on Development and Learning” for IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (2022). Editors: Dingsheng Luo, Angelo Cangelosi, Alessandra Sciutti, Weiwei Wan and Ana Tanevska. Call closed.
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The 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Christchurch, New Zealand, 5-8 December 2022
2022 EASE Fall School for cognition-enabled robot manipulation (https://ease-crc.org/fall-school-2022/) - September 2022.
Interactive Service Robot Competition in Cyberspace organized in conjunction with IEEE/RSJ IROS 2022.
Behavior-driven Autonomous Driving in Unstructured Environments (BADUE) workshop at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Ergonomic Human-Robot Collaboration: How Cognitive and Physical Aspects Come Together workshop at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Robot Trust for Symbiotic Societies (RTSS) workshop at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Social and Cognitive Interactions for Assistive Robotics (SCIAR) workshop at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on Human Theory of Machines and Machine Theory of Mind for Human-Agent Teams (TOM4HAT) at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Artificial Intelligence for Social Robots Interacting with Humans in the Real World (intellect4hri) workshop at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Life-long Learning of High-level Cognitive and Reasoning Skills workshop at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), endorsed by the TC CORO
Workshop on AI for Autonomous Driving , International Joint Conference on AI (IJCAI), July 2022.
Workshop on Safe Learning for Autonomous Driving, International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2022.
Workshop on Adapted intEraction with SociAl Robots (cAESAR) in conjunction with ACM UMAP in two editions: 2022 (hybrid) and 2021 (virtual)
[DISSEMINATION] Participation at the round table “Encounter with extraordinary European women in science.” dedicated to secondary school students and organized by France Ambassy and Institut français Italia. Rome, Italy, 11th February 2022. https://youtu.be/mU2JCi5pdsU?t=5037 (in Italian, available also in French).
The Ninth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems virtual, November 15 - 18, 2021.
Workshop on Cognitive and Social Aspects of Human Multi-Robot Interaction, IROS 2021- 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021), September 27.
Workshop on Semantic Policy and Action Representations for Autonomous Robots (SPAR), IROS 2021- 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021), September 2021.
2021 EASE Fall School for cognition-enabled robot manipulation (https://ease-crc.org/fall-school-2021/) (virtual school)
RoboCup@Home Simulation (Open Platform League) organized in conjunction with RoboCup AsiaPacific in 2021
Measurable Creative AI, ACM SIGGRAPH, Aug. 2021
Workshop and Exhibition on Robotics x Arts: Opportunities and Issues in Robotics Applied in the Arts. Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), July 2021.
Interactive Workshop on Bridging the Gap between Subjective and Computational Measurements of Machine Creativity, Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). Jun. 2021.
International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognition (AIC 2021). For more information on the AIC workshop series, see http://www.aicworkshopseries.org/.
TransAIR Virtual Workshop on Cognitive Architectures for Robot Agents: Current Capabilities, Future Enhancements, and Prospects for Collaborative Development. 22nd to 28th March, 2021.
[DISSEMINATION] Invited webinar on Promoting STEAM disciplines for girls dedicated to primary schools of Regione Liguria organized by “Progettiamoci il futuro” and Regione Liguria, 8th March 2021 (Italian) https://youtu.be/yjnjy7bnl18?t=1687
Research Topic “Affective Shared Perception” for Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience (2021)
Chef's Hat Cup Challenge competition, in conjunction with the 30th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI2021)
Workshop on affective shared perception (WASP) in conjunction with IEEE ICDL 2020 (virtual)
Book “Modelling Human Motion. From Human Perception to Robot Design” (2020), Springer International Publishing.
The IEEE RAS CEMRA Program for Creation of Educational Material in Robotics and Automation supported the creation of an introductory course on cognitive robotics in 2020.
Workshop on Measuring Computational Creativity: Collaboratively Designing Metrics for Evaluating Creative Machines. Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts (ISEA). Oct. 18, 2020.
International Foundation for Robotics Research Colloquium on Cognitive Robotics, 8 October 2020; the video proceedings are here.
Latin American Summer School on Cognitive Robotics (LACORO), 1-3 September, 2020.
Special issue on Semantic Policy and Action Representations for Autonomous Robots (SPAR), Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
Artificial Intelligence for Improving Trustworthiness Of Robots and Autonomous Systems: Workshop at IRCE2020.
Cognitive Robotics for Interaction (CIRCE) Workshop at IEEE RO-MAN 2020.
International Foundation for Robotics Research Colloquium on Cognitive Robotics, 8 October 2020; the video proceedings are here.
Interview with TC co-chairs on human-level AI in robotics at IROS 2019.
Cutting edge forum on “Cognitive architectures for humanoids - where are we in our quest to achieve human-level AI in robotics?”, IROS 2019, Macau, China.
Workshop on Deep Probabilistic Generative Models for Cognitive Architecture in Robotics, IROS 2019, Macau, China.
Workshop on Semantic Action and Policy Representations for Autonomous Robots (SPAR), IROS 2019, Macau, China.
Task-Informed Grasping (TIG-II): From Perception to Physical Interaction - RSS 2019 Workshop, 22 June 2019.
Next Generation Robotic Surgery: Seamless integration of Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation and Robotics within the operating rooms - ICRA 2019 Workshop, 24 May 2019
BODIS: The utility of body, interaction and self learning in robotics - IROS 2018 workshop, 1st October 2018.
Task-Informed Grasping (TIG) for Rigid and Deformable Object Manipulation - IROS 2018 workshop, 1st October 2018.
Cross-modal Learning for Intelligent Robotics - IROS 2018 workshop, 5th October 2018.
Towards Intelligent Social Robots: From Naive Robots to Robot Sapiens - IROS 2018 workshop, 5th October 2018.
Robots for Assisted Living, IROS 2018 workshop, 5th October 2018.
Autonomous Dialogue Technologies in Symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction", IROS 2018 workshop, 5th October 2018.
Workshop on Cognitive Whole-Body Control for Compliant Robot Manipulation (COWB-COMP), ICRA2018.
Workshop on Active touch for perception and interaction: How nature inspires robotics, ICRA2018.
Workshop on New horizons in cognitive robotics and AI, ICRA2018, May 25 2018.
2nd Workshop on Semantic Policy and Action Representations for Autonomous Robots (SPAR) at IROS 2017, 24th of September 2017.
Workshop on "Introspective Methods for Reliable Autonomy" (IMRA-2017) at IROS 2017, 24th of September 2017.
Workshop on the Robotic Sense of Touch, ICRA 2017, 29 May 2017.
Machine Learning Methods for High-Level Cognitive Capabilities in Robotics
Sponsored Workshop at IROS 2016, Daejeon, Korea, October 14th.
Bio-inspired Social Robot Learning in Home Scenarios
Sponsored Workshop at IROS 2016, Daejeon, Korea, October 10th.
Human-Robot Collaboration: Towards Co-Adaptive Learning Through Semi-Autonomy and Shared Control
Sponsored Workshop at IROS 2016, Daejeon, Korea, October 10th.
AI for Long-term Autonomy
Workshop at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 16, 2016, Stockholm, Sweden.
Transfer of Cognitive Robotics Research to Industrial Assembly and Service Robots
Workshop IEEE/RSJ IROS 2015 (International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems), October 2, 2015, Hamburg, Germany.
Learning Object Affordances: a fundamental step to allow prediction, planning and tool use?
Workshop at IEEE/RSJ IROS 2015 (International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems), September 28, 2015. Hamburg, Germany.
EuroAsianPacific Joint Conference on Cognitive Science
Torino, Italy, September 25-27, 2015. The event was co-organized by the Cognitive Science Society (http://cognitivesciencesociety.org) and the International Association for Cognitive Science (IACS) (http://www.ia-cs.org).
Neural-Cognitive Integration
Workshop at KI 2015, the 38th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence TU Dresden, Germany, September 22, 2015
Cognitive Surgical Robotics
ICAR 2015 full-day Tutorial and Workshop on Monday, 27th of July, 2015, Istanbul, Turkey
Combining AI Reasoning and Cognitive Science with Robotics
RSS-2015 Workshop, July 16, 2015, Rome, Italy
Cognitive Robotics as Interdisciplinary Science
Workshop at 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015), May 26-30, 2015, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington.
Cognition: A Bridge between Robotics and Interaction
Workshop at 2015 ACM/IEEE Human Robot Interaction Conference (HRI 2015), March 2 2015, Portland, USA.