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The Neurobotics Summer School 2006 Preliminary August 20-25, 2006, UmeŒ, Sweden
Background Resources: Clenbuterol \| Buy Anabolic Steroids \| Buy Steroids \| Buy Steroids \| Nano MP3 Players \| essay The ultimate objective of the NEUROBOTICS project – launched in 2004 – is to introduce a discontinuity in robot design going literally ÔBeyond RoboticsÕ (cf. www.neurobotics.info). This discontinuity is pursued by a strategic alliance between Neuroscience and Robotics. The NEUROBOTICS consortium consists of sixteen partners representing neuroscientists, engineers and roboticians from seven European countries and links to researchers in the USA and Japan. An important sub-goal of the NEUROBOTICS project is training a new a generation of researchers representing the Ôfusion of neuroscience and roboticsÕ. One important mechanism for achieving this goal is Neurobotics Summer Schools.
Goals and formats of the Summer School Neurobotics Summer School 2006 will specifically focus on biological and man-made sensors and actuators and their use in movement control of both biological and man-made systems. In addition to lectures by members of the Neurobotics consortium, the course includes workshops and seminars designed to promote interdisciplinary interactions between students from the neuroscience and robotics communities, and plenty of opportunities to interact with renowned neuroscientists and roboticians.
Lectures Each day there will be lectures held by a neuroscientist and by an engineer/robotician on related topics as outlined in the preliminary program (see below). The lecturers are asked to consider the fact that the students have different backgrounds and represent both the neuroscience and robotics communities. The students will be provided with pre-reading material that will be downloadable in pdf format. Workshops Groups of 8 students will daily be given at least one task to be reported in plenum the following day. These tasks will be defined by the lecturers and represent unresolved research issues (Ôreal problemsÕ). The groups will consist of a mix of students from neuroscience and engineering. The workshop tasks will thus promote interdisciplinary interactions between neuroscientists and roboticians/engineers.
		Lectures will be held at the UmeŒ University (http://www.umu.se).
General information Official language: English. Maximum number of participants: 48. The school is open to technical professional, advanced undergraduates, graduate students and post docs.
Accommodations Accommodations will be provided for all students at the Ramada Botnia Hotell (www.hotelbotnia.com is in Swedish but should nevertheless provide some useful indications of the facility).	Ramada Botnia Hotell
Course fee Course fee is 550Û. The fee includes materials, accommodations, food (breakfast, lunch, dinner and refreshments) and travels to and from UmeŒ University and Ramada Botnia Hotel. The fee does not include traveling to and from UmeŒ.
Contact information Additional information is provided by Dr. Benoni B. Edin (Benoni.Edin@physiol.umu.se) and Dr. Joe McIntyre Application Deadlline for application: June 23, 2006 Download the application form http://www.neurobotics.info/SS-06/neuro-ss06-app-form.doc and submit it to Ms. Ingalill BŠckstršm (Ingalill.Bakcstrom@physiol.umu.se)

Preliminary Program – Neurobotics Summer School 2006 20/8 Sunday 16:00-18:00 Registration at the Ramada Botnia Hotel 18:00 Welcome dinner 21/8 Monday 09:15-11:00 Prof. Neville Hogan: Common issues in controlling movements 11:15-13:00 Prof. Kostas Kyriakopoulus: Control theory (linear vs non-linear control; handling delays; feedforward and feedback control) - Lunch - 14:15-18:00 Workshops 22/8 Tuesday 08:15-10:00 Workshop presentations 10:15-12:00 Prof. Marc Maier: Properties of skeletal muscles 12:15-13:00 Prof. Patrick van der Smagt: Overview of man-made actuators: options, weight-load ratios, linearities, costs - Lunch - 14:15-18:00 Workshops 23/8 Wednesday 08:15-10:00 Workshop presentations 10:15-11:00 Prof. Roland S. Johansson: Mechanosensors in the human glabrous skin 11:15-12:00 Assoc. Prof. Benoni B. Edin: Human proprioceptors (muscle receptors and hairy skin mechanoreceptors). 12:15-13:00 Prof. M. Chiara Carrozza: Overview of man-made mechanosensors - Lunch 14:15-18:00 Workshops 24/8 Thursday 08:15-10:00 Workshop presentations 10:15-11:00 Prof. Giulio Sandini: Making use of sensory information in robotics 11:15-13:00 Prof. Yves Burnod: Making use of sensory information in robotics in bioological motor control - Lunch - 14:15-18:00 Workshops 25/8 Friday 08:15-10:00 Workshop presentations 10:15-11:00 Prof. Eugenio Guglielmelli: Synthesis and future issues 11:15-12:00 Course evaluation - Lunch -

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