Partner sites

  1. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland)
  2. Humboldt University zu Berlin (Germany)
  3. University of Tasmania, Launceston (Australia)
  4. Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian (China)
  5. Osaka University (Japan)
  6. Russian University for the Humanities, Moscow (Russia)
  7. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
  8. Tadeusz Koścuszko Cracow University of Technology (Poland)
  9. University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)
  10. AGH University of Science and Technologies, Crakow (Poland)
  11. University of Warsaw (Poland)
  12. University College Dublin (Ireland)

2019 Lecture Programme

The Lecture Programme of the 2019’s 10th Anniversary Edition!

Lecture 0: Overview

  • 2019-10-17 09:30 to 11:00 CEST
  • The Future of Robotics
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.

NO LECTURE ON 2019-10-24

Lecture 1: Intelligence: things can be seen differently

  • 2019-10-31 09:30 to 11:00 CET
  • What we mean when we talk about intelligence?
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • Guest lecture by Amit Kumar Pandey:
    • Hanson Robotics, Hong Kong, China
    • “The Future of Social Robotics”

Lecture 2: Embodiment

  • 2019-11-07 09:30 to 11:00 CET
  • The Role of Embodiment in Intelligent Systems (two sessions with 10 minutes break at 10:10 CET)
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.

NO LECTURE ON 2019-11-14

Lecture 3: Evolution: Cognition from Scratch

  • 2019-11-21 09:30 to 11:00 CET
  • Emerging Intelligence: Cognition from Interaction, Development and Evolution
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here
  • “Remarks on the Chinese Room Experiment”
  • Live from the students of the Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China
  • The Student Lecture’s PDF is here
  • Guest lecture by Vera Zabotkina(moved from 11-7)):
    • Russian University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia
    • “Cognition, creativity, language”
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here

Lecture 4: Morphological Computation, Self-Organization of Behaviors and Adaptive Morphologies

  • 2019-11-28 09:30 to 11:00 CET
  • Morphological Computation, Self-Organization of Behaviors and Adaptive Morphologies
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here
  • Guest lecture by Ioannis Ieropoulos:
    • Bristol Robotics Lab, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
    • “Microbial Fuel Cells”
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here

NO LECTURE ON 2019-12-5

Lecture 5: Machine Learning and Deep Learning: an Embodied AI Perspective

  • 2019-12-12 08:45 to 11:00 CET
  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning: an Embodied AI Perspective
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here
  • Guest lecture by Brian Kang
  • Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • “Machine learning Vision-Based Control of a Wearable Robot.”
  • Guest lecture by Dominik Boesl
  • HDBW-Hochschule der Bayerischen Wirtschaft and Festo AG, Munich, Germany
  • “Ethical Implications of Robotics, Automation and AI”

Lecture 6-7: Grab Bag, Summary, Discussion

  • 2019-12-19 08:45 to 11:00 CET
  • Embodied Intelligence: principles and open issues
  • Grab Bag, Summary and topics to discuss
  • Koans Announcement
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here
  • Guest lecture by Krzysztof Pomorski
  • University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    • “Quantum information processing and quantum AI in semiconductor quantum computer”
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here
  • Guest lecture by Josh Bongard
  • University of Vermont, Burlington (VT), USA
    • “Evolutionary Robotics”
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here

2019 Koan Challenge

  • The 2019 Koan Challenge PDF is here