DWC2012

Dynamic Walking 2012 will be hosted by the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) from May 21 to 24, 2012, with an optional extra Tutorial day on Friday, May 25, 2012. The conference will be held at the Hilton on Pensacola Beach, Florida. Here is the preliminary schedule (which shows the general plan, but the details are most likely to change).


The aim of this meeting, the seventh of an annual series, is to provide insight into the fundamental principles that underlie legged locomotion. Topics central to dynamic walking include energetics, stability and control, predictive principles and models, dynamic modeling, empirical data with a conceptual tie in, and robot successes and failures. Participants include both students and professors, with a mixture of researchers studying human walking and those designing walking robots.


To promote open sharing of information, the meetings are organized to provide as much interaction between participants as possible. The format is highly informal and fluid, with a single track of presentations and extensive time scheduled for interaction, brainstorming and idea sharing. The schedule includes many hands-on tutorials and demonstrations of dynamic walking robots.


The meeting will be based on invitations and accepted applications. This year's focus is to have several 30, 15, and 5 minute talks, as well as poster sessions and debate discussions. All of the material, including videos of the lectures and posters, will be posted on this website.


Please feel free to contact the organizers with any questions.

Organizers

Scientific Board

  • Chris Atkeson - Carnegie Mellon University
  • Steve Collins - Carnegie Mellon University
  • Max Donelan - Simon Fraser University
  • Art Kuo - University of Michigan
  • Andy Ruina - Cornell University
  • Martijn Wisse - Delft University of Technology

Previous Meetings