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)
