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Thereisanincreasingdemandforautonomousrobotsworkingindailyindoorandoutdoorenvironmentsanddisaster-affectedenvironments.Becausetheseenvironmentsarenotstructuredforautomatedmachines,robotsshouldbeabletoanalyzetheenvironmentsandplantheirmotionsaccordinglytoconductvarioususefulworks.Thusweareconductingfundamentalandempiricalresearchestodevelophigh-levelautonomoussystems.Recently,variousrobotsareseeinthemedia,buttheserobotsoftodayarestillfarfromachievinghuman-likeintelligence.We,roboticsresearchers,mustsolvealotofproblemsinordertocreaterobotsthatfunctioninourdailylives.Therefore,wearedevelopingintelligentsystemswhicheveryrobotinthefuturewillbeequippedwith.KimitoshiYamazaki(AssistantProfessor)He recievedPh.D. degrees from Univ. of Tsukuba. Until 2012, he was joined at Univ. of Tokyo, Japan. His current research interests are in intelligent robots, robot vision, and motion planning.Robots with Intelligence!Toward beneficial autonomous systemsWevaluereal-worldrobotics.Throughexperimentsusingrealrobots,youwillfindvaluableresultsandwillgainvaluableexperiences.Youmayworkasengineersofproductdevelopmentforpublicconsumersorresearchersatuniversities.Leftfigure:ourresearchplatform(robots).Alife-sizeddual-armrobotandsmallhumanoidrobots.Wheeledmobilerobotsarealsoused.Rightfigure:anexperimentthatthedual-armrobotmanipulatesapieceofclothing.Theshapemodelingofarefrigeratordoor.Notonlyitsshapebutalsorevolutionaxisaremodeledthroughonedoor-openingactionbyaperformer.Intherightfigure,redpartshowsthemodeleddoorisusedforonlinemotiontrackingofthedoor.YamazakiLabIn the FutureMechanical Systems EngineeringAfter GraduationInourlaboratory,complexfluidflowswhichwecanseeinourdailylifebutcannotunderstandsufficientlyarestudiedbynumericalsimulations.Owingtorecentgreatadvanceincomputers,wehavebeenabletoinvestigatecomplexfluidflowswithhighaccuracy.Inparticular,thecombinationofthelatticeBoltzmannmethod(LBM)withtheimmersedboundarymethod(IBM)isapowerfulnumericalmethod,andcomplexfluidflowsindailylifesuchasfallingleavesorflappingflightbyinsectsaresimulatedbythemethod.Everyonecanobserveinwinterthataleaffluttersandtumblesdown,butcannoteasilypredictthetrajectoryandtheorientationoftheleaf.Similarly,anyonecannotcompletelyanswerthefollowingquestion,i.e.‘Howcaninsectsfly?’.Ifthefluidflowinducedbyinsectsandtheliftforceactingtheirwingsareunderstood,anairplaneflappinglikeinsectsmaybeconstructed.KosukeSuzukiAssistantProfessorPhDinEng.-2014,KyotoUniversity.Specialty: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Lattice Boltzmann Method, Immersed Boundary MethodNumerical Simulation ofComplex Fluid Flows in Daily LifeThe map of ‘Flapping frequency’ vs. ‘Mass’. The simple wing-body model with mass of actual insects can go upward against gravity. Inourlaboratory,youcanacquirenotonlyspecializedknowledgeonfluiddynamics,butalsoabilitiesforlogicallythinking,explaining,andwritingaswellasprogrammingskill.Theseknowledge,abilities,andskillareusefulinawiderangeofengineeringfield.Freeflightsimulationofabutterfly-likeflappingwing-bodymodel.Suchasimplewing-bodymodelcanflyagainstgravity.SuzukiLabIn the FutureMechanical Systems EngineeringAfter Graduation16

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