Introduction

Session 1: Motor control and locomotion

H. Kimura (National University of Electro-Communications, Japan):
How does robotics contribute to biomechanics and neuroscience beyond the engineering limitations?

S. Schaal (University of Southern California, USA):
Learnable pattern generators for limb control.

A. Ijspeert & A. Crespi (EPFL, Switzerland):
Neurorobotic models of lower vertebrate locomotion: Towards a salamander-like swimming and walking robot.

Coffee break

Session 2: Hippocampus and memory systems

A. Arleo (College de France):
Head direction cells and spatial orientation in rats: Experimental findings and computational modeling.

P. Gaussier (ENSEA, France)
Understanding the interactions between the hippocampus, the prefrontal cortex and the basal ganglia: Facts and models.

J. Krichmar, J. Fleischer, D. Nitz, A. Seth, & G. Edelman
(The Neurosciences Institute, USA)
Spatial and episodic memory in a real-world device containing a model of hippocampal-cortical interactions.

Lunch break

Session 3: Reward systems and action selection

K. Doya (ATR, Japan):
Cyber Rodents: Exploration of adaptive mechanisms for self-preservation and self-reproduction.

R. Chavarriaga & W. Gerstner:
Reward-based selection of navigation strategies.

W. Alexander (Indiana University, USA):
Mutual influences of environment and behavior on the development of a neural model

Coffee Break

Session 4: Neurodynamics

O. Sporns & M. Lungarella (Indiana University, University of Tokyo):
Measuring the structure of sensory and motor data in neurorobotic systems

S. Potter (Georgia Tech., USA)
Hybrots: Hybrids of living neurons and robots, for studying distributed neural dynamics

General Discussion

Drinks & Dinner in Santa Monica (optional)