Assoc. Prof. Xiaofeng Xiong University of Southern Denmark, Denmark |
Invited Lecture: Reverse-engineering biological movement control Abstract:The ability to interact physically with complex environments is a hallmark of animals and humans, such as insect navigation and human manipulation (of flexible tools, e.g., whips). How they handle neural, muscle, and tool complexities is an interesting question, where robotics and computational neuroscience can mutually benefit from. In this talk, I will present how robots and neuromechanical models that can be used to provide novel hypotheses for insect navigation, human arm swings, and human manipulation of whips. It shows a way from machines for (uncovering) biological intelligence. Another way from biological to machine intelligence will be presented in insect-like walking and wearable robots (e.g., low-limb exoskeletons). Biography: Xiaofeng Xiong, Associate Professor at Biorobotics Section, University of Southern Denmark (SDU). He has a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, University of Göttingen, Germany. After Ph.D., he was a postdoc in Göttingen medical center and Hamburg University, respectively. His research focuses on bio-inspired robot control, neuromechanical modeling and control, variable impedance control, wearable robotics, and robot-inspired biology. The research results have been published in IEEE Trans. Cybernetics, Industrial Electronics, and Neural Networks, as well as awarded 4 international prizes such as Robot Innovation Award. He is a PI of two EU, six Danish and Nordic grants, and an Associate Editor and Editorial member of the journals Adaptive Behavior, Industrial Robot and conference IEEE RoboSoft 2023. |
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Prof. Ning Xi IEEE Fellow The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
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Prof. Michael Y. Wang ASME,HKIE, IEEE Fellow Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR, China |
Prof. Makoto Iwasaki IEEE, IEEJ, JSPE Fellow Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
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Prof. Fuchun Sun Tsinghua University, China
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Prof.Jianwei Zhang Universität Hamburg, Germany
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Prof. Shane Xie University of Leeds, UK |
Prof. Zhengtao Ding University of Manchester, UK
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Prof. Zhidong Wang Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
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Prof. Sean B. Andersson Boston University, USA
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Prof. Fumin Zhang Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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Prof. Valentina Emilia Balas Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania |
Prof. Qingshan Liu Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China |
Prof. Guoqiang Hu Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
