Iamattemptingtorewritethesupposedlyintuitiveblueprintthatclaimsinstinctsareadaptivewhileexcessismaladaptivebyobservingandexperimentallyexaminingtheinstinctivebehaviorofanimals.Mygoalindoingsoistocreateablueprintthatequatesbiologywithengineeringandtoofferbehind‐the‐scenessupportforbioengineering.Iaminvestigatingthepsychologyofthegiantisopod,whichlivesatdepthsofseveralhundredmetersintheocean,aswellasthesocialshapingofMictyrisbrevidactylus,acrabthatlivesontheislandofIriomote‐jima,withrobots.Theseeffortsencompassnotonlyethology,butalsocognitivescienceandrobotics.Onegraduatewentontotakeoverthelocalfamilyfurnitureshopafterstartinghisownlab.Anotherbecametheprincipleauthorofapublicationinaninternationalacademicjournalbeforegoingontobecomeanactorandforminganeventproductioncompany.AthirdtraveledthelengthandbreadthofJapanonacheapbicyclebeforelaunchingaprojectinwhichheinterviewspeopleabouttheirgraduateresearch.Afourthtraveledalonetothetyphoon‐sweptislandofIriomote‐jimaafterproducingaweddingevent,whileafifthjoinedaleadingeducationalcompany.AssociateProfessorToruMoriyamaKeywords:Pillbug,giantisopod,Mictyrisbrevidactylus,theheartofanimals,theheartofthings,autonomy,emergence,self,comparativecognitivescience,animalpsychology,ethologyResearch on the pill bugPublications: Moriyama, Tooru.“ Does the Pill Bug Have a Heart?” PHP Interface, 2011.Research on the giant isopodResearch paper: Matsui T, Moriyama T, Kato R, Zoological Science, accepted.Equating biology with engineering through animal experimentation27Department of Machinery and RoboticsBioengineeringOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationToward realization of a surface robot with shape shifter functionIftherewasarobotthatcouldshiftitsshapetoanything,whatfunctiondoyouthinkitwouldhave?Youmayhaveimaginedaswarmofmicroscopicrobots,orarobotthatcouldmakeaphasetransitionbetweenliquidandsolid.Ithinkoftherobotasacurvedsurface,becausetheoutermostpartoftheobjectcanberepresentedbyasinglesurface.However,thehistoryofresearchonsurfacerobotsisshort,andcurrentrobotshavenotyetachievedtheabilitytoshifttheirshapetoanything.Therefore,weareproposingnewsurfacerobotsandcontroltheoriesbymakingfulluseofmathematicstodescribecurvedsurfaces,computergraphicstechnologyandknowledgeofbiology.Wearealsolookingforanewwaytodevelopatheoryofcontrolforthecontinuumrobotsthathavebeendevelopedsofar.Inourlaboratory,studentscanacquiretheknowledgeandtechnicalskillsofroboticsandmechatronics.Additionally,theywillacquireabilitiesthatareusefulaftergraduation,suchasproblemsolvingabilityandpresentationskills.AssistantProfessorNoriyasuIwamotoAssistantProfessorIwamotoreceivedhisPh.D.degreeinengineeringfromKyushuUniversityin2016.AfterworkingasapostdoctoralfellowatKyushuUniversity,hetookuphiscurrentpositionin2017.Hisresearchinterestsarethecontinuumrobotsandthesurfacerobots.Truncated cone actuators whose radii are individually controllable on the front and back sides, and a mesh‐type robot that represents a curved surface.Amethodforsettingupalocalcoordinatesystemforsurfacerobots.TheCartesiancoordinatesystemisobtainedbyconnectingthereferenceregionandtherobotwithconformalmaps.Ifasurfacerobotisrealized,therewillbeanimmeasurabledemandforit,becauseofthehyperdegreesoffreedomoftherobotthatcanbetransformed.Forexample,itmaybepossibletocreatearobotthatcantransformitselftoadapttotheenvironmentandreproduceevolution.Also,asurfacerobotcancreateaspaceinsidebybending,andinsomesituations,controllingtheshapeofthespaceisuseful.Weareattemptingtoutilizethisfeatureforsecuringthesurgicalfieldinendoscopicsurgery.Department of Machinery and RoboticsBioengineeringOutlook for researchOutlook for students after graduation
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