Program Details

09:30-09:40    Welcome speech   
Shuji Hashimoto (Waseda University)


09:40-10:20    Multidisciplinary research challenges for the progress of robotics
Cecilia Laschi (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
 

10:20-11:00    Automation and religion: a millennial history   
Gabriele Trovato (Waseda University)
 

11:00-11:15    Coffee break   
 

11:15-11:55    Da Vinci and T. Terada - two key persons  for the science of forms
Ryuji Takaki (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
 

11:55-12:35    The Vitruvian Robot   
Enrico Mingo (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
 

12:35-14:00    Lunch break
 

14:00-14:40    Nature as an ancient yet modern source of inspiration
Matteo Cianchetti (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
 

14:40-15:20    Why Leonardo da Vinci android?   
Minoru Asada (Osaka University)
 

15:20-15:35    Coffee break   
 

15:35-16:15    Leonardo da Vinci and "Scientia Machinale": the origin of modern science in the Tuscany of the Renaissance   
Paolo Dario (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
 

16:15-16:55    Historical transformation of the image of Leonardo da Vinci in Japan
Yoshimi Takuwa (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
 

16:55-17:10    Closing remarks   
Paolo Dario (Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies)
Atsuo Takanishi (Waseda University)

Speaker List

Japanese speakers

Yoshimi Takuwa Ryuji Takaki Minoru Asada Gabriele Trovato


Italian speakers

Enrico Mingo Matteo Cianchetti Cecilia Laschi Paolo Dario


Co-chairs

Shuji Hashimoto Atsuo Takanishi Paolo Dario