Fraunhofer Representative Office JapanCare robotics workshop
Date: November 10th, 2011
Venue: Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien Jochi Kioizaka Bldg. 2F, Tokyo
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supported by:
Fraunhofer Representative Office Japan
German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Japan
The aim of this workshop is to bring together German and Japanese experts on the aging society and care robotics to discuss pressing issues in the development and deployment of robotic devices. A special focus will be placed on the man-machine interaction and the perspective of the user. This workshop is open to the public and free of charge.
Program
| 17:00-17:05 | Welcome remarks Florian Coulmas |
| 17:05-17:15 | Introduction to the topic: Aging Societies and Business Implications Florian Kohlbacher |
| 17:15-17:30 | Robotics in Japan - An Industry Overview with a Focus on Care Robotics Georg K. Löer, Representative Director & President, NRW Japan K.K. |
| 17:30-18:00 | PerspectiveCare Robotics: Evolution of the Field from an International Prof. Dr. Takashi Komeda, Vice President, Shibaura Institute of Technology |
| 18:00-18:30 | Robot-User Interaction within User-orientated Developments: Insights from a Research Project in Germany Dr. Diego Compagna, Project Leader WiMi-Care, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| 18:30-18:45 | Short break |
| 18:45-19:15 | Issues in Testing Care Robotic Devices in the Field: Using HAL in a Japanese Hospital Prof. Dr. Takashi Nakajima, Deputy Director, Niigata National Hospital |
| 19:15-19:45 | Developing Care Robotic Devices: Results from an Experiment for Motivating Elderly People with Robot Guided Interaction Dr. Yoshihiro Fujita, C&C Innovation Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation |
| 19:45-20:15 | Discussion and Q&A with all speakers Moderated by Dr. Lorenz Granrath, Representative, Fraunhofer Representative Office Japan |
Please register before Monday, November 7th with: forum@dijtokyo.org