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Dynamic Walking 2009 will be held at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, from June 8 to 11. Like its four predecessors, the aim of this meeting is to provide insight into the fundamental principles that underlie legged locomotion. Participants are split roughly equally between students and professors and between those who are interested in a better understanding of human walking, those who are interested in building better walking robots, and those who are interested in both.
The meetings are organized to provide as much interaction between participants as possible. This is done with a highly informal and fluid format, to promote open sharing of information. There are no parallel sessions and a lot of time is scheduled for interaction, brainstorming and idea sharing. Each day includes a highly informative and enjoyable tutorial including tutorials on techniques in simulating dynamic walking and the construction and testing of dynamic walking robots.
The deadline for abstract submission will be announced in January, 2009.
Keynote speakers
- Chris Atkeson, Carnegie Mellon University
- Hugh Herr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Art Kuo, University of Michigan
- Tad McGeer, Aerovel Corporation
- David Reinkensmeyer, University of California at Irvine
- Andy Ruina, Cornell University
- Russ Tedrake, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Martijn Wisse, Delft University of Technology
Organizers
- Max Donelan, Simon Fraser University
- Steve Collins, Delft University of Technology
Scientific Board
- Chris Atkeson, Carnegie Mellon University
- Max Donelan, Simon Fraser University
- Art Kuo, University of Michigan
- Andy Ruina, Cornell University
- Martijn Wisse, Delft University of Technology
Previous conferences
- Dynamic Walking 2005, Carnegie Mellon University
- Dynamic Walking 2006, University of Michigan
- Dynamic Walking 2007, Åland Polytech
- Dynamic Walking 2008, Delft University of Technology
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