Faculty of Textile Science and Technology Research Activity2015｜Shinshu Universi

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Research on the giant isopodResearch paper: Matsui T, Moriyama T, Kato R, Zoological Science, accepted.Research on the pill bugPublications: Moriyama, Tooru. “Does the Pill Bug Have a Heart?” PHP Interface, 2011.BioengineeringToru MoriyamaAssistant ProfessorEquating biology with engineering through animal experimentationDivision of Mechanical Engineering and RoboticsI am attempting to rewrite the supposedly intuitive blueprint that claims instincts are adaptive while excess is maladaptive by observing and experimentally examining the instinctive behavior of animals. My goal in doing so is to create a blueprint that equates biology with engineering and to offer behind-the-scenes support for bioengineering.Key words: Pill bug, giant isopod, Mictyris brevidactylus, the heart of animals, the heart of things, autonomy, emergence, self, comparative cognitive science, animal psychology, ethologyI am investigating the psychology of the giant isopod, which lives at depths of several hundred meters in the ocean, as well as the social shaping of Mictyris brevidactylus, a crab that lives on the island of Iriomote-jima, with robots. These eorts encompass not only ethology, but also cognitive science and robotics.Outlook for researchOne graduate went on to take over the local family furniture shop after starting his own lab. Another became the principle author of a publication in an international academic journal before going on to become an actor and forming an event production company. A third traveled the length and breadth of Japan on a cheap bicycle before launching a project in which he interviews people about their graduate research. A fourth traveled alone to the typhoon-swept island of Iriomote-jima after producing a wedding event, while a fth joined a leading educational company.Outlook for students after graduation26A micro-robot walks autonomously (left) while a micro pin set moves through its environment (right), both using muscle tissue. An illustration (left) and overview (right) of how tissue could be fabricated from cells via magnetic elds BioengineeringYoshitake AkiyamaAssociate ProfessorCreating new bio-hybrid technologies for applications ranging from micro-robots to regenerative medicineDivision of Mechanical Engineering and RoboticsBy incorporating living organisms into man-made systems such as machine parts, I am working to develop new technologies that differ from existing machine systems. For example, I am currently attempting to create bio-hybrid robots with self-assembly and self-repair functions that do not require electricity or fossil fuels by incorporating muscles into systems instead of motors. At the same time, I am also developing technologies for operating cells via magnetic fields and systems for fabricating biological tissue that can be transplanted from cells.After completing a graduate program at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Associate Professor Akiyama worked at JEOL Ltd., at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology as a specially appointed assistant professor, and at Osaka University as a senior assistant professor before coming to his current position in 2014. His elds of specialization include biotechnology, micromachining, regenerative medicine, and the integration of the same.Modern society is dependent on fossil fuels, but experts only expect those resources to last for about 150 more years. If muscles could be used to power robots, our energy problems could be resolved. Additionally, the ability to grow three-dimensional tissue that can be transplanted from iPS cells, which are able to dierentiate into all cell types, would contribute greatly to the development of regenerative medicine.Outlook for researchI have not mentored any graduates yet in my current position, but graduates whom I mentored in my previous position have been employed by medical equipment and precision equipment manufacturers.Outlook for students after graduation

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