Partner sites

  1. University of Zagreb FER, Zagreb (Croatia)
  2. Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (Poland)
  3. Humboldt University zu Berlin (Germany)
  4. University of Tasmania, Launceston (Australia)
  5. Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian (China)
  6. Osaka University (Japan)
  7. Russian University for the Humanities, Moscow (Russia)
  8. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
  9. Tadeusz Koścuszko Cracow University of Technology (Poland)
  10. University Carlos III of Madrid (Spain)
  11. AGH University of Science and Technologies, Crakow (Poland)
  12. University of Warsaw, Warsaw (Poland)
  13. University College Dublin (Ireland)
  14. Politecnico di Bari Bari, (Italy)
  15. CNR-INM Heron@CNR Joint Lab Genoa, (Italy)

Lecture Programme

The Lecture Programme of the 2022 Edition

Lecture 0: Overview

  • 2022-10-27 09:00 to 11:00 CEST
  • AI and Robotics as tools to face our times’ global dramatic challenges
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.

Lecture 1: Intelligence: think different!

  • 2022-11-3 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • Questioning received opinions on natural and artificial intelligence
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 10:10 Guest Lecture by Angelo Cangelosi
    • University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
    • “Cognition Robotics”
    • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here.

Lecture 2: Embodiment

  • 2022-11-10 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • The Role of Embodiment in Intelligent Systems vs. Practical Robotics in 2022
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here
  • Koans Announcement
  • 10:10 Guest lecture by Enrica Zereik:
    • CNR - INM, Heron@Cnr Joint Lab, Genoa, Italy
    • “Controlling ‘uncontrollable’ stuff: Playing with the H2Arm”
    • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here.

Lecture 3: Evolution: Cognition from Scratch

  • 2022-11-17 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • Emerging Intelligence: Embodiment, Cognition from Interaction, Development and Evolution
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 10:00 Guest lecture by Martin Stoelen:
    • Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
    • “Soft robots for the hard problem of picking soft berries””
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 10:45 Cracow University of Technology presentation
  • The CUT presentation’s PDF is here.
  • 10:50 Koans Announcement
  • The Koans and related instructions are here.

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

  • 2022-11-24 09:00 to 11:15 CET
  • Morphological Computation, Self-Organization of Behaviors and Adaptive Morphologies
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 10:00 Guest lecture by Yukie Nagai:
    • International Research Center for Neurointelligence, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • “Cognitive Developmental Robotics”
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 10:45 Guest lecture by Ezio Andreta:
    • Foresight Project Coordinator, CNR Italy, Retired Director EU Commission, Brussels, Belgium
    • “From complexity to AI: Managing the ecological transition”
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here.

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

  • 2022-12-1 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • Machine Learning and Deep Learning: an Embodied AI Perspective
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 10:10 Guest lecture by Yulia Sandamirskaya:
    • Intel Germany, Munich, Germany
    • “Neuromorphic Computing”
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here.

Lecture 6: Embodied Intelligence: principles and open issues

  • 2022-12-8 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • Embodied Intelligence: principles and open issues.
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 10:10 Guest lecture by Sven Behnke
  • Computer Science Department VI Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Autonomous Intelligent Systems Group, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • “Perception, Planning, and Learning for Cognitive Robots”
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 11:00 Guest student lecture by Dariusz Kotula
    • Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland
    • “Thermodynamics of Stochastic Conway Game of Life “ (work in coop with Krzysztof Pomorski)
  • The Guest studentlecture presentation’s PDF is here.

Lecture 7: Grab Bag, Summary, Discussion

  • 2022-12-15 09:00 to 11:00 CET
  • Grab Bag, Summary and topics to discuss: Video is killing the radio stars
  • Lecturer: Fabio Bonsignorio
  • The Lecture’s PDF is here.
  • 10:10 Guest lecture by Josh Bongard
    • University of Vermont, Burlington (VT), USA
    • “Evolutionary Robotics, Xenobots and beyond”
  • The Guest Lecture’s PDF is here.