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DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will give examples of simplifying principles whi
 ch have been elaborated during evolution for movement and perception in li
 ving organisms. The examples analyzed during the talk include: a) kinemati
 c laws relating tangential velocity and curvature for planar motion and to
 rsion for 3D hand movements\; b) the co-planar variation linking elevation
  angles of limb segments\; c) anticipation of reaching movements by gaze. 
 The remarkable finding is that similar laws govern both hand and locomotio
 n trajectory formation. I will discuss the thesis that locomotion is contr
 olled in a top-down manner from an inertial guidance platform (the head) a
 nd that the ZMP principle is not sufficient for allowing humanoid robots t
 o free themselves from the ground reference. Recent models and experiments
  have confirmed this theory. During the talk also several studies of the o
 ptimization of locomotion trajectories in humans will be presented. These 
 discoveries led us to show that the human brain uses several geometries (E
 uclidian\, affine and equiaffine). Some or all these principles may help d
 esigning humanoid or other kinds of robots.    BiosketchAlain Berthoz is H
 onorary Professor at Collège de France\, member of the French Academy of S
 ciences and the Academy of Technologies\, the Academia Europae\,  American
  Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and other (e.g.\, Royal Academy of Medicin
 e of Belgium and Academy of Medicine of Bulgaria).  He  received several a
 wards for his research. He is an Engineer\, and an expert in Biomechanics\
 , Psychology and Neurophysiology.  He is a worldwide known specialist of t
 he physiology of multi-sensory integration\, spatial orientation\, vestibu
 lar system\, oculomotor system\, locomotion\, and spatial memory.  He has 
 contributed to the understanding of the cognitive aspects of sensory-motor
  pathologies in children\, and of cognitive functions including recently p
 sychiatric diseases. He has been at the origin of the technical developmen
 t of a number of biomedical equipments: haptic force-feedback devices\, ey
 e movement measurement\, virtual reality for the study of navigation\, loc
 omotion\, and executive function deficits. He is currently working on the 
 study of cognitive deficits in cerebral palsy children and spatial memory 
 deficits in schizophrenic patients within European research projects. He a
 lso cooperates with robotics groups in Japan and Italy on bio-inspired rob
 otics and humanoids\, and has participated to several projects (NEUROROBOT
 ICS\, ROBOSOM\, ROMEO\, KOROIBOT etc.). He is author of more than 300 pape
 rs in international journals. He wrote several books among which: “The Bra
 in’s Sense of movement” (Harvard University Press)\; “Emotion and Reason. 
 The cognitive foundations of decision making' (Oxford University Press)\; 
 “Simplexity” (Yale University Press)\;  “La vicariance” (O. Jacob).  He ha
 s given plenary lectures at BIOROB\, ICRA\, IROS. He received the honors o
 f Officier de l’Ordre du Mérite\, Officier de la Légion d’Honneur\, Commen
 datore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.    ContattoMarilena 
 Vendittelli 
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LOCATION:Aula Magna
SUMMARY:SEMINAR: Prof. Alain Berthoz\, 'Simplexity: Simplifying principles 
 for brains and humanoid robots'\, March 27 at 15:00 - Prof. Alain Berthoz\
 , Collège de France
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