The Thirteenth International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics 2008(AROB 13th ’08),
B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan, January 31- February 2, 2008

TIME TABLE
RoomA
1/30

13:00

(Wed)

17:00

RoomB

RoomC

Registration (Registration Desk)
Welcome Party (at Kamenoi Hotel)

1/31

8:00

(Thur)

8:40

Registration (Registration Desk)GS 3 ( 6 )OS 7 ( 6 )OS 14 ( 6 )Chair K. Ohnishi

Chair M. Yokota

Chair J-J. Lee

10:10
10:30

Coffee Break
Ceremony
Plenary Talk
PT1 K. Ohnishi
Chair H. H. Lund

11:40
Lunch
12:40

Invited Talks session
IT1 H. H. Lund
IT2 L. Pagliarini
Chair J. M. Lee
will end at 14:10
Coffee BreakGS 7 ( 7 )GS 21 ( 5 )GS 17 ( 4 )GS 9 ( 4 )Chair D.H.Kim

Chair S. Ishikawa

Chair M. Obayashi
will end at 15:35

GS 5 ( 7 )Chair M. Yokota

14:25
14:35

will end at 15:35

15:50
GS 22 ( 5 )GS 16 ( 6 )Chair H. Yamamoto

Chair M. Teranishi

17:05
GS 23 ( 6 )GS 18 ( 6 )Chair H. Kinjo

Chair H. H. Lee
will end at 18:20

18:35
GS: General Session

will end at 14:10

OS 17 ( 4 )Chair S. Omatsu
will end at 16:35
OS 18 ( 4 )Chair S. Omatsu
will end at 17:35
GS 13 ( 4 )Chair J-J.Lee

OS: Organized Session

GS1 Artificial Intelligence-Ⅰ
GS2 Artificial Intelligence-Ⅱ
GS3 Artificial Life
GS4 Artificial Living, Artificial Mind Research & VirtualReality
GS5 Bioinformatics
GS6 Robotics & Micromachines
GS7 Chaos & DNA computing & Fuzzy Control & Others
GS8 Complexity
GS9 Computer Graphics & Genetic Algorithms
GS10 Evolutionary Computations
GS11 Human-machine cooperative systems
GS12 Mobile Vehicles
GS13 Multi-agent systems
GS14 Neural Networks-Ⅰ
GS15 Neural Networks-Ⅱ
GS16 Pattern recognition-Ⅰ
GS17 Pattern recognition-Ⅱ
GS18 Pattern recognition-Ⅲ
GS19 Robotics-Ⅰ
GS20 Robotics-Ⅱ©ISAROB 2008

Chair S. Omatsu

P-10

GS21 Robotics-Ⅲ
GS22 Robotics-Ⅳ
GS23 Robotics-Ⅴ
OS1 Image Processing and Control for Robot
OS2 Robot-oriented and human-machine cooperative systems
OS3 Control and measurement
OS4 Automata and Picture Languages
OS5 Bio-inspired Theory and Application(1)OS6 Simplicity and Complexity
OS7 Intuitive Human-System Interaction
OS8 Soft Robotics
OS9 Membrane Computing – Hardware Aspects
OS10 Unconventional Computing
OS11 Modelling and Analysis on Complex Systems
OS12 Bio-inspired Theory and Application(2)OS13 Ubiquitous Intelligent Control
OS14 Intelligent Control and Sensing for Robot
OS15 Robotics and Learning Control
OS16 Biomimetic Machines and Robots
OS17 Intelligent System for Bioinformation
OS18 Intelligent Classification
OS19 Embracing Complexity in Natural Intelligence

The Thirteenth International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics 2008(AROB 13th ’08),
B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan, January 31- February 2, 2008

RoomA
2/ 1

8:00

(Fri)

8:40
9:40

RoomB

RoomC

Registration (Registration Desk)
GS 6(4)OS 9(4)OS 8(4)Chair S. Jung

Chair M. Oswald

Chair N. Kinjo

OS 15 ( 5 )OS 10 ( 4 )OS 13 ( 4 )Chair H-H. Lee

Chair M. Oswald

Chair S-H. Han

will end at 10:40
Coffee Breakwill end at 10:40

10:55
11:10
Plenary Talk
PT2 M. Oswald
Chair J. J. Lee

12:00

Lunch

13:00
GS 12 ( 6 )GS 14(6)

GS 10 ( 6 )Chair J. Wang

Chair J. M. Sempere

Chair K. Izumi

Poster Session

GS 15

GS 2

PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4,PS5

Chair F. Nagata

OS 19 ( 4 )Invited Talk

GS 1 ( 4 )Chair Y. Ishida

IT3

Chair S. Ono

14:30
(5)

(5)

Chair Y. Ishida

15:45
15:55

Coffee Break
M. Eaton

Chair T. I. J. Tsay
will end at 16:40

16:55
OS 11 ( 4 )OS 6 ( 7 )GS 4 ( 5 )Chair H. Suzuki

Chair

Chair Y. I. Cho

will end at 17:55

will end at 18:25

K. Naitoh

will end at 18:10

18:40
AROB Award Ceremony (Chair J. J. Lee )Banquet – Hotel Shiragiku (Chair S. Sagara)...... Welcome Address H. Tanaka, Y. G. Zhang
20:40
GS: General Session

OS: Organized Session

GS1 Artificial Intelligence-Ⅰ
GS2 Artificial Intelligence-Ⅱ
GS3 Artificial Life
GS4 Artificial Living, Artificial Mind Research & VirtualReality
GS5 Bioinformatics
GS6 Robotics & Micromachines
GS7 Chaos & DNA computing & Fuzzy Control & Others
GS8 Complexity
GS9 Computer Graphics & Genetic Algorithms
GS10 Evolutionary Computations
GS11 Human-machine cooperative systems
GS12 Mobile Vehicles
GS13 Multi-agent systems
GS14 Neural Networks-Ⅰ
GS15 Neural Networks-Ⅱ
GS16 Pattern recognition-Ⅰ
GS17 Pattern recognition-Ⅱ
GS18 Pattern recognition-Ⅲ
GS19 Robotics-Ⅰ
GS20 Robotics-Ⅱ©ISAROB 2008

P-11

GS21 Robotics-Ⅲ
GS22 Robotics-Ⅳ
GS23 Robotics-Ⅴ
OS1 Image Processing and Control for Robot
OS2 Robot-oriented and human-machine cooperative systems
OS3 Control and measurement
OS4 Automata and Picture Languages
OS5 Bio-inspired Theory and Application(1)OS6 Simplicity and Complexity
OS7 Intuitive Human-System Interaction
OS8 Soft Robotics
OS9 Membrane Computing – Hardware Aspects
OS10 Unconventional Computing
OS11 Modelling and Analysis on Complex Systems
OS12 Bio-inspired Theory and Application(2)OS13 Ubiquitous Intelligent Control
OS14 Intelligent Control and Sensing for Robot
OS15 Robotics and Learning Control
OS16 Biomimetic Machines and Robots
OS17 Intelligent System for Bioinformation
OS18 Intelligent Classification
OS19 Embracing Complexity in Natural Intelligence

The Thirteenth International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics 2008(AROB 13th ’08),
B-Con Plaza, Beppu, Oita, Japan, January 31- February 2, 2008

RoomA
2/ 2

8:00

(Sat)

8:40

RoomC

Registration (Registration Desk)
GS 11(4)OS 12 ( 5 )will end at 9:40

Invited Talk
IT4 J- M. Lee
Chair Y. Z. Chang
will end at 9:25

OS 2 ( 5 )GS 19 ( 6 )OS 5 ( 4 )Chair Y. Yoshitomi

Chair S. Sagara

Chair I. Yoshihara

will end at 10:55

will end at 10:55
Coffee Breakwill end at 10:55

Chair N. Kokubo
9:55

RoomB

11:10
11:20

Chair M. Yasunaga

Plenary Talk
PT3 Jin-Bae Park
Chair Y. G. Zhang

12:10
13:10Lunch
OS 3(5)Chair M. Kono

OS 1 ( 5 )GS 8Chair F. Dai

Chair Y. Z. Chang(3)

will end at 13:55

14:25

OS 16(5)OS 4 ( 4 )GS 20

Chair K. Watanabe

Chair T. Ito

Chair T. I. J. Tsay

will end at 15:25

will end at 15:25

(6)

15:40
Farewell Party (Room B)

16:40
GS: General Session

OS: Organized Session

GS1 Artificial Intelligence-Ⅰ
GS2 Artificial Intelligence-Ⅱ
GS3 Artificial Life
GS4 Artificial Living, Artificial Mind Research & VirtualReality
GS5 Bioinformatics
GS6 Robotics & Micromachines
GS7 Chaos & DNA computing & Fuzzy Control & Others
GS8 Complexity
GS9 Computer Graphics & Genetic Algorithms
GS10 Evolutionary Computations
GS11 Human-machine cooperative systems
GS12 Mobile Vehicles
GS13 Multi-agent systems
GS14 Neural Networks-Ⅰ
GS15 Neural Networks-Ⅱ
GS16 Pattern recognition-Ⅰ
GS17 Pattern recognition-Ⅱ
GS18 Pattern recognition-Ⅲ
GS19 Robotics-Ⅰ
GS20 Robotics-Ⅱ
GS21 Robotics-Ⅲ©ISAROB 2008

P-12

GS22 Robotics-Ⅳ
GS23 Robotics-Ⅴ
OS1 Image Processing and Control for Robot
OS2 Robot-oriented and human-machine cooperative systems
OS3 Control and measurement
OS4 Automata and Picture Languages
OS5 Bio-inspired Theory and Application(1)OS6 Simplicity and Complexity
OS7 Intuitive Human-System Interaction
OS8 Soft Robotics
OS9 Membrane Computing – Hardware Aspects
OS10 Unconventional Computing
OS11 Modelling and Analysis on Complex Systems
OS12 Bio-inspired Theory and Application(2)OS13 Ubiquitous Intelligent Control
OS14 Intelligent Control and Sensing for Robot
OS15 Robotics and Learning Control
OS16 Biomimetic Machines and Robots
OS17 Intelligent System for Bioinformation
OS18 Intelligent Classification
OS19 Embracing Complexity in Natural Intelligence