Second Sino-German Symposium on Biomimetics:
From Animal Sensory Systems to Locomotion

 

 

29.VI-02.VII. 2015

TUM Institute for Advanced Study, Lichtenbergstraße 2a, 85748 Garching

 

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 Sunday, 28.06.2015
 Arrival

 Monday, 29.06.2015
Time Topic: Sensor
08:00 - 08:30 Registration
You can register also later (1st break, Lunch, etc.)!
08:30 - 08:40 Address of the Director of the TUM-IAS
08:40 - 08:50 Address of Prof. Leo van Hemmen
08:50 - 09:00 Address of Prof. Zhendong Dai
1 09:00 - 09:25 Von der Emde: Biomimetic sensor systems based on the electric sense: Active electrolocation and electro-communication
2 09:25 - 09:50 Engelmann: Like a fish out of water – adopting sensory principles of weakly electric fish for pre-touch sensing
3 09:50 - 10:15 Bleckmann: The fish lateral line as a model for biomimetic flow sensors
10:15 - 10:45 Registration Continued
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break, Atrium, 1st floor
4 10:45 - 11:10 Benda: Natural electrocommunication challenges sensory processing in weakly electric fish
5 11:10 - 11:35 Peng: Study of amplitude information-frequency characteristics for active underwater electro-location system
6 11:35 - 12:00 Wiegrebe: Sonar-guided navigation on the wing of a bat: How to navigate with a non-spatial sensor.
7 12:00 - 12:25 Chu: Polarization navigation mechanism of desert ants (Cataglyphis) and bionic sensor
12:25 - 14:00 Registration Continued
12:25 - 14:00 Lunch, Atrium, 1st floor
8 14:00 - 14:25 Neumann: Bioinspired Computer Vision - Innovation for Technology
9 14:25 - 14:50 Giese: Neurodynamic effects in action perception
10 14:50 - 15:15 Triesch: Self-calibration of sensorimotor loops in active perception
11 15:15 - 15:40 Schmitz: Concept of a biomimetic infrared receptor
15:40 - 16:10 Coffee Break, Atrium, 1st floor
12 16:10 - 16:35 Young: Active tuning mechanisms increase the diversity of sensory information available to the reptile ear
13 16:35 - 17:00 Luksch: Multimodal orientation in bats and birds
14 17:00 - 17:25 Moser: Optogenetic stimulation of the auditory pathway for research and future
15 17:25 - 17:50 Shein-Idelson: Large scale structure-function mapping in a simplified three layered cortex
18:00 Reception, Atrium, 1st floor
18:30 Dinner: IAS, Faculty Club, 4th floor

 Tuesday, 30.6. 2015
Time Topic: Motor
16 09:00 - 09:25 Tang: Scissor-like Rotation of the Hind Legs Is Attributed to Aerial Righting in Frogs
17 09:25 - 09:50 Ji: Locomotion behavior and dynamics of newts Pachytriton labiatus on inclines
18 09:50 - 10:15 Dürr: Biomimetics of sensory-guided locomotion in insects and insectoid robots
19 10:15 - 10:40 Büschges: Towards Understanding Motor Flexibility
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee Break, Atrium, 1st floor
20 11:10 - 11:35 Fiala: Learning and memory in Drosophila: optical dissection of experience-dependent synaptic plasticity
21 11:35 - 12:00 He: Kinematics and energy minimization approach for bionic continuum robot
22 12:00 - 12:25 van Hemmen: Multimodal integration as biomimetic actuator
12.25 - 14:00 Lunch, Atrium, 1st floor
14:00 - 15:20 Poster Session
15:20 - 15:50 Poster Session + Coffee Break, Atrium, 1st floor
23 15:50 - 16:15 Liu: Bio-based Actuation: Modeling, Design and Implementation
24 16:40 - 17:05 Hemmert: Modeling sound processing in the first stages of the auditory pathway with a bionic ear
25 17:05 - 17:30 Wu, W.: Researches based on Bionic biology
26 17:30 - 17:55 Persson: Adhesion with applications to bioadhesion problems
18:30 Dinner: Biergarten, Garching (if bad weather then IAS, Atrium, 1st floor)

 Wednesday, 01.07.2015
Time Topic: Materials, Devices & Technology
27 09:00 - 09:25 Neinhuis: Explaining the lotus effect through concrete examples from botany
28 09:25 - 09:50 Zhang, D.: Application of biomimetic surfaces on surgical instruments
29 09:50 - 10:15 Wörgötter: Synaptic Scaling and its potential use for robots
30 10:15 - 10:35 Wang, R. Introducing the International Society of Bionic Engineering
10:35 - 11:00 Coffee Break, Atrium, 1st floor
11:00 - 12:15 Plenary discussion on collaborative projects
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch, Faculty Club, 4th floor
14:00 - 21:00 Excursion

 Thursday, 02.07.2015
Time Topic: Materials, Devices & Technology
31 09:00 - 09:25 Li: The preparation technology of bio-inspried carbon nanotube
32 09:25 - 09:50 Salomon: Automatic Detection of the Electrical Elicited Stapedius Reflex by Evaluation of Its Electromyographic Signals
33 09:50 - 10:15 Han: Sand-Resistant Surface Inspired from Desert Scorpion
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break, Atrium, 1st floor
34 10:45 - 11:10 Dai: How do insects improve their attachment reliability through collaboration between claws and adhesive pads?
35 11:10 - 11:35 Gorb, S.: Functional surfaces in biology
36 11:35 - 12:00 Gorb, E.: Hierarchical anti-adhesive surfaces by mimicking insect traps
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch, Atrium, 1st floor
37 13:30 - 13:55 Feng: Mechanics of biological materials with helical structures
38 13:55 - 14:20 Barth: Spider cuticle: How to make use of a composite material´s exquisite versatility
39 14:20 - 14:45 Zhang, Y.: Mechanical Principle of Step Tribology
40 14:45 - 15:10 Commans/Wagner: Biomimetic functionalization of surfaces: from moisture harvesting lizards to fluid transport systems
41 15:40 - 16:05 Wu, C.: Micro/Nano Textured Metal Wire for Cutting Biological Soft Tissue with Small Force
15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break, Atrium, 1st floor
16:30 - 18:00 General Discussion and Conclusion: Zhendong Dai, Yezhong Tang, Leo van Hemmen & Florentin Wörgötter
18:30 Dinner: Gasthof Neuwirt, Garching

 Friday, 03. 07. 2015
 Departure

 

 


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