繊維学部研究紹介_2018_英語版
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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 MoriyamaAssociate ProfessorEquating biology with engineering through animal experimentationDepartment of Machinery 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 graduation27Jumping motion control method for a wheel robot with a exible tail that can instantaneously memorize its shape.Flexible tail that acts to propagate inertia to the body of a mobile robot.Variable stiness mechanism to preserve the shape of a large deformable exible beam.BioengineeringNoriyasu IwamotoAssistant ProfessorInfinite possibilities created by mechanisms and motion control centered on infinite dimensional systemsDepartment of Machinery and RoboticsAnimals adjust the force which acts on the outside world and the outside force which acts on their body by changing the stiffness of their body and the way they act. If we focus on the tail of animals, the tail has a line shape. The tail is capable of acting as a hand. It also supports the body, allows the animal to move in water, and controls the posture of the animal in air. These functions are achieved by adjusting the stiffness of the tail and the way it is moved. It therefore follows that devices with a line (continuum) shape whose stiffness can be changed can also be used for many purposes in the same way as an animal`s tail. In the medical field, such continuum devices can adopt complicated shapes in a confined space, thereby improving the operative control of the device. In our laboratory, we are developing a continuum system that has both a large deformable flexible beam and a variable stiffness. We are also developing a method to control its motion.Assistant Professor Iwamoto received his Ph.D. degr ee in engineering from Kyushu University in 2016. After working as a postdoctoral fellow at Kyushu University, he took up his current position in 2017. His research interests are the mechanics and dynamics of systems, including exible bodies that are centered on robotics and mechatronics.Flexible bodies, which have innite dimensions, have a structure built of many parts. Control of the motion of these parts gives a body whose shape can be controlled. Thus, a robot built with such a exible body has innite applications. We are familiar with many tools with a line shape. We can achieve a future that no-one can imagine, if we are able to the achieve the autonomous working of such tools with line shapes. The possibility of a robot with a exible body will open up a new medical world.Outlook for researchIn our laboratory, students can acquire the knowledge and technical skills of robotics and mechatronics. Additionally, they will acquire abilities that are useful after graduation, such as problem solving ability and presentation skills.Outlook for students after graduation

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