Hands-on Workshops
The goal of these hands-on workshops is to foster discussions among
researchers and gain practical experience in fields such as biology of
flying insects or biomimetic robotics in an informal way. Participants will
be free to chose their activities and team-up with other participants as
they wish. The results of these workshops will be demonstrated during a
public event on Thursday afternoon.
Motion Chips for Robotic Platforms |
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| Shih-Chii Liu and Rico Moeckel | |
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 We will make available motion analog Very-Large-Scale-Integration chips that measure the optic flow of moving stimuli. These chips incorporate biological principles which allow them to work over large background intensity and stimuli speed ranges. Their small mass and low power consumption allow them to be mounted on robotic platforms. Particpants can experiment with these chips and obtain first-hand experience on how these chips work. |
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| Participants | |
| Martin Zapotocky Peter Sch¸tzner Eric CATTAN Caroline SOYER Thomas DARGENT Samir Bouabdallah Finlay Stewart StÈphane Viollet Geoffrey Portelli Nicolas Franceschini Hala RIFAI Johnny Evers Antoine Beyeler jerome CASAS Mirko Kovac Jean-Daniel Nicoud Jae-Hung Han Guido von Allmen | |
The Cyborg Fly |
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| Fry, S.N., Medici, V., Rohrseitz, N., Graetzel, C.F., Bartussek, J. | |
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 Fruit flies will be tethered in a LED flight simulator and their intended turning maneuvers -measured from changes in the wing stroke pattern- used to control the movements of a wheeled e-puck robot in real time. Conversely, the optic flow perceived by the robot will be used to control the motion stimulus in the LED screen, thus closing the loop to generate ëThe Cyborg Flyí.
The participants are invited to explore algorithms that provide a suitable interface between the biological and robotic control systems. The aim is to implement interesting cyborg behaviors, such as obstacle avoidance, and learn about biological and robotic control systems on the way. |
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| Participants | |
| James Roberts Peter Sch¸tzner Lubin KERHUEL Takashi Gomi Hala RIFAI Johnny Evers Antoine Beyeler Sabine Hauert jerome CASAS Tobias Seidl Jean-Daniel Nicoud Michael Naderhirn AgnËs LUC-BOUHALI Jae-Hung Han Guido von Allmen | |
Vision-based Microgliders |
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| Adam Klaptocz, Antoine Beyeler, Mirko Kovac, AndrÈ Guignard, Jean-Christophe Zufferey (EPFL) | |
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 Ultralight (~5g) indoor microgliders will be made available for experiments in vision-based navigation. They will be equipped with a 1D vision sensor, a rate gyro and a microcontroller, which can be programmed and monitored from a PC via Bluetooth. The participants will get first-hand exposure to optic-flow algorithms and collision avoidance strategies. They will implement them in the tiny onboard microcontroller using a C compiler. Experiments will, e.g., consist of launching the microglider towards a wall and having it autonomously avoid the collision using visual looming cues or starting in the middle of a corridor and try to follow it by balancing lateral optic flow. |
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| Participants | |
| Samir Bouabdallah StÈphane Viollet Takashi Gomi Nicolas Franceschini Michael Heymann Severin Leven Tobias Seidl Hansj¸rgen Dahmen Mirko Kovac Jean-Daniel Nicoud Michael Naderhirn | |
High Speed Recording of Insect Flight |
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| Emily Baird, Jens Peter Lindemann | |
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 Much of what is known about insect flight control comes from analyses of high speed recordings of insect flight. By filming insect flight at a high temporal resolution, it is possible to extract accurate information about different components of flight such as gaze stabilisation, flight speed control and altitude regulation. In this workshop, participants will learn how to make high speed recordings of insect flight as well as learning some of the experimental techniques that are used to investigate the role of visual information in insect flight control. The overall aim of this workshop is provide participants with some experience of the equipment and techniques that are currently being used to investigate how insects use visual information to regulate their flight. |
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| Participants | |
| Peter Sch¸tzner Finlay Stewart Lubin KERHUEL Takashi Gomi Nicolas Franceschini Hala RIFAI Michael Heymann Johnny Evers Sabine Hauert Tobias Seidl Hansj¸rgen Dahmen Michael Naderhirn Guido von Allmen | |
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