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By Henrik Hautop Lund 1. NAME: Mr. /Mrs. / Dr. Maersk Institute, University of Southern Denmark DESIGNATION: E-mail:

2. NAME: Mr. /Mrs. / Dr. Friday, 24 March 2006 DESIGNATION: E-mail: 8.30 AM TO 5.30 PM ROSE ROOM II, Upper Lobby Level 3. NAME: Mr. /Mrs. / Dr. York Hotel DESIGNATION: E-mail: 21 Mount Elizabeth, Singapore 228516 * Cancel where applicable Number of Complimentary Car Park Pass(es) required (entry via Mt. Elizabeth) : The Robotic Workshop is held in cooperation with

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Singapore Chapter Fee enclosed: S$ . Cheque should be crossed and made payable to Robotic Games and is jointly organised by Society (Singapore). Completed forms and cheques should be sent to: Robotic Games Society (Singapore), Institute of Technical Education, Nanyang Ms. Chia Meow Leng Polytechnic, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Graduate Programme Office Singapore, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Mechanical Engineering. Department Polytechnic, Singapore Science Centre & Temasek Polytechnic. National University of Singapore 9 Engineering Drive 1, Singapore 117576 Tel: 6516-5122 Fax: 6872-3229 E-mail: [email protected] Embodied AI Robotics by Henrik Hautop Lund and Luigi Pagliarini Maersk Institute, University of Southern Denmark

Embodied artificial intelligence with special focus on the role of morphology in defining intelligence is a modern form of artificial intelligence often applied to robotics. The workshop will give a thorough introduction to different methods and principles for design robot systems based upon embodied artificial intelligence. The approach can be exemplified through numerous applications often utilising a robotic building block approach that allows easy manipulation with the robots. For instance, the approach allows the development of shape-shifting robots, i.e. robots that by themselves can change their own physical form. We will look at the ATRON modules for self- reconfiguration. A robot is composed of up to 100 such ATRON modules that each can be moved around on the structure to change the overall physical structure or to do self-repair. Each module contains processing power, attachment mechanism, communication with neighbours and some limited sensing capabilities. Also, robotic building blocks can be used to create the playgrounds of tomorrow. Especially, the Playware project together with Europe’s largest producer of playgrounds, KOMPAN, puts focus on creating physical play as a remedy for the growing obesity in the population. The robotic building block concept is utilised in order to allow for easy physical reconfiguration of the playground and easy production. On the playware playgrounds, users can interact with the playgrounds as in computer games. We will investigate which parameters contribute to players’ satisfaction and enjoyment, and utilising neural networks to classify between player behaviour and their satisfaction and enjoyment. The knowledge can be used to make adaptive playware, as we exemplify with the adaptive playground, on which neural networks can classify behaviours of new children playing physical games with 97% accuracy, and we can use the classification to make run-time adaptation of the playground games to increase and maintain the interest of the children. Further, the robotic building blocks can be used as I-BLOCKS for teaching purposes. For instance, the African I-BLOCKS use the modular robotics approach for allowing novice users from different cultures to have IT training in a simple, hands-on manner. We trained education students at several universities in Tanzania, and they performed their own teaching with I-BLOCKS in primary and secondary schools in rural areas, and performed different therapeutic project activities at Ilembula Hospital and at an orphanage in rural Tanzania. These project activities provided input to the joint effort on creating the new African I-BLOCKS to better suit the needs in the hospital and schools in Tanzania.

PROGRAMME DETAILS Date: Friday, 24 March 2006 8.30 am Registration Time: 8.30 am to 5.30 pm 9.00 am Welcome Address Fee: S$350 per participant. 9.10 am Commencement of Workshop: Session 1 10% discount for early registration, received with payment before 10th March 2006. 10.30 am Tea Break Students: S$60 for full time students. Photocopies of student matriculation card must be submitted with registration. 11.00 am Session 2 Venue: Rose Room II, Upper Lobby Level 12.30 pm Lunch York Hotel Singapore 2.00 pm Session 3 21 Mount Elizabeth, Singapore 228516 Web site: http://www.yorkhotel.com.sg 3.30 pm Tea Break Tel: 6737-0511 4.00 pm Session 4 Who Should attend: 5.00 pm Question & Answer Engineers, professional, scientists, and students involved or interested in creative design using new technologies, robotics, and automation. 5.30 pm End of Workshop

Biography of Dr. Henrik Hautop Lund

Henrik Hautop Lund, full professor. Is head of the AdapTronics Group (www.adaptronics.dk) at the Maersk Institute, University of Southern Denmark. His AdapTronics Group has won world championships (RoboCup Humanoids Free Style World Championship 2002, and FIRA KheperaSot World Championship 2002) and has been awarded several best paper awards.

His research focuses on the role of morphology in intelligent autonomous systems, and his group is performing research in the field of modern artificial intelligence. He has won several scientific prizes and awards for the work on applying modern artificial intelligence to robotics. Previously, he founded the LEGO Lab at the CIT/University of Aarhus in 1997, and worked as research associate from 1992 to 1995 at the Institute of Psychology , The National Research Council, Rome , , doing research in the fields of artificial life, neural networks, and evolutionary computation. Further, he worked as research associate during 1996 and 1997 in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at University of Edinburgh, UK, doing research on biologically inspired robotics and evolutionary robotics. He has led numerous large research projects and projects involving collaboration between academic institutions and private companies. He founded the RoboCluster, a cluster of competencies in robotics comprising more than 100 interested parties (mainly industrial partners) in the region of Southern Denmark.

He is member of the Danish National Research Council appointed by the minister of research, technology and innovation. His robot development work has been presented to HM Queen of Denmark, HM Emperor of , prime ministers, etc. He has published more than 100 scientific articles.

Biography of Dr. Luigi Pagliarini

Luigi Pagliarini is an artist, psychologist, multimedia and software designer, expert in robotics, AI and artificial life. He is currently Associate Professor at Maersk Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Professor of Machine Psychology at the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome (Italy), and Director of the Pescara Electronic Artists Meeting, President of the Cultural Association “artificialia”, Art Director of Ecoteca Café, Ideator and Founder of RoboCup Junior International is now Member that International Committee. He is Member of the Board Committee of “Rivista di Psicologia dell’Arte” (Journal of Psychology of Art), Member of EvoNet and Executive Member of EvoMusArt , Partner Consultant of Entertainment Robotics, Partner Consultant of the Visual Emotion - Video Productions. He has published in different international books, journals, congresses and conferences proceedings and has been rewarded with international prizes more than once. He has exhibited his work in different museums and institutions all over the world. Luigi Pagliarini has worked for many different institutes and universities as teacher or researcher and, as consultant, with many enterprises and multinational factories. His work has often been reported on many international newspapers, magazines and televisions.