Parallel Robots 07. March, 25-30 2007

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The WinterSchool will involve a set of international experts in the field. The list of confirmed lecturers is the following:

Jean Pierre Merlet. (INRIA. Sophia Antipolis. France)
Roque J. Saltarén (DISAM, Politechnical of Madrid, Spain)
Raffaelle Di Gregorio (Universita'di Ferrara, Italy)
Sunil K. Agrawal (University of Delaware, EE.UU.)
Alon Wolf (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
Olivier Company (CNRS, Robotics researcher, LIRMM, Montpellier, France)
Rosario Sinatra (Università degli studi di Catania, Italy)
Federico Thomas (IRI - CSIC-UPC, Spain)

In addition to lectures by such well-known experts, the summer school will include practical exercises. The organisers of these activities at the UMH Labs are the following:

José M. Sabater (MiguelHernándezUniversity of Elche, Spain)
José M. Azorín (MiguelHernándezUniversity of Elche, Spain)
Nicolás M. García (MiguelHernándezUniversity of Elche, Spain)
Carlos Pérez (Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain)

Lectures will be given in English. The instruction will take place for a period of one week from Sunday to Friday (March 25-30, 2007).

The final program is:

	Sunday 25	Monday 26	Tuesday 27	Wednesday 28	Thursday 29	Friday 30
9:00		Introduction to parallel robots J.P. Merlet	Kinematic analysis J.P. Merlet	Bus trip to Miguel Hernandez University	Flagged Parallel manipulator F. Thomas	MARS. Parallel robot in telesurgery A. Wolf
10:00		Mechanism design and morphologies J.P. Merlet	Dynamics of PKM R. Sinatra	Lab session 1 Practical aspects of parallel robot design	Parallel robot as climbing robot GRMI - Disam	Pneumatic parallel robots A. Wolf
11:00		Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
11:15		Lower mobility PKM O. Company	Performance indexes for PMAR O. Company	Lab session 2 Kinematic Simulation of parallel robots. (Matlab ToolKit)	PKM in underwater applications GRMI - Disam	Aerospace applications R. Sinatra
12:15		Students’ presentation	Students’ presentation		Students’ presentation	Panel discussion. Future research direcctions
12:45		Lunch and siesta	Lunch and siesta	Lunch and siesta	Lunch and siesta	Lunch and siesta
15:00	Reception at the Flamingo Oasis Hotel	Spherical wrists I. Limb architectures and mobility analysis R. Di Gregorio	Control of parallel robots S. K. Agrawal	Lab session 3 Control aspects of parallel robots	Afternoon free and social events
16:00 – 17:00	Reception at the Flamingo Oasis Hotel	Spherical wrists II. Singularites and performance indexes R. Di Gregorio	Cable-driven parallel robots S. K. Agrawal	Visit to the historical centre of the city of Elche. Bus trip to Benidorm
	19.30-21.00 Welcome reception with cocktail				20.00 – 24.00 Conference Dinner