19AssociateProfessorAKIYAMAYasuhiroHereceivedthePh.D.degreeinengineeringfromtheUniversityofTokyoin2011.Since2016,hewasanassistantprofessorofNagoyaUniversity.Currently,hehasbeenanassociateprofessorofShinshuuniversitysince2022.Hismainresearchareasaremechanicalhuman-robotinteraction,andbiomechanics.AssociateProfessorUMEDACHITakuyaAssociateProfessorUmedachireceivedaPh.D.inTohokuUniversityin2009.HeworkedatTuftsUniversityintheUSasJSPSfellowfor3yearsfrom2012.HeworkedattheUniversityofTokyoasaLecturefrom2016to2019.Robotsusedinthedailylivingenvironmentsshouldfithumanmovements.Inconsistencyofmotionbetweenrobotandhumancompromisessafetyandconvenience.Itisalsoimportantthattherobotiseasytouseanddoesnotimposeaburdenontheuser.Tosolvetheseproblems,wearedevelopingvariousrobotsanddevicesandevaluatingtheirsafetyandeffectiveness.Thehumanexperimentandsimulationarevaluabletoolsforthispurpose.Thus,wearealsodevelopingasimulationmodeltomimicthehumannaturalmovement.Ourlaboratory'sfocusishowtodesignintelligentbehaviorofrobotsemergedfromthemechanicalsoftness.Livingsystemsfromprimitiveonestohomosapiencearemadefromthree-dimensionallydeformablematerialssuchasmuscles,tendons,andskintissues.Avastnumberofneuronsarenotnecessarilyrequiredtocontrolthesoftbodies.Primitiveorganisms,e.g.,caterpillarsandamoeba,controlthealmostinfinitedegreeoffreedomtheirbodieswithdistributedinformationprocessingsystemssuchasasmallnumberofneuronsandbiochemicalreactions.Ourlaboratoryconsiders"mechanicalsoftness"tobeanessentialdifferencebetweenmachinesandlivingthings.Inspiredbytheseprimitivelivingcreatures,wearedesigningtheintelligenceofsoft-bodiedrobotsthatcanberealizedbythemechanicalsoftnessoftextiles,fibers,andrubber-likematerials.Thisacademicfieldnamedsoftroboticsandproliferatinginrecentyears.safety,Department of Department of Outlook for researchOutlook for students after graduation-Developmentofrobotsforuseinhumanlivingandwildenvironments(e.g.,caterpillar-likerobotsformonitoringelectricwires,earthworm-likerobotsformonitoringsoil).-Digitalfabricationanddesignmethodsforgeneral-purposesoft-bodiedrobotsbyrapidprototypingwithdrasticreductionsinassemblycosts.-Creationofnewacademicandindustrialfieldsthatproposesuchsoft-bodiedrobotsinunprecedentedlycomplexenvironments.-Furtherunderstandingofbiologicalsystemsbyusingthesoft-bodiedrobotsasaplatform:Designing`lifeasitcouldbe’becausewecandesignthebodystructureandcontrolsystemsfreely.Throughourresearchactivities,studentscanlearnhowtodevelopanalgorithmicmechanicaldesign(automaticgenerationofshapesusingprograms),novelfabricationwaysusingrapidprototyping(3Dprintersandlasercutters),robotics,andsystemthinkingthroughtherobotdesign.Theskillsarerequiredinawiderangeoffields(e.g.,theautomobileindustryandIT/IoTcompanies).Ourgraduatesareactiveasengineersinsemiconductors,electronics,andindustrialmachinery.DevelopmentofvariousgaitassistdevicesFallexperimentandfallsimulationCaterpillar-inspired robot printed with 3D printing. By using both bending and compression deformations, faster, more diverse crawling locomotionsare realized.Actuator and bending sensor film printed with Silver-nano inkCaterpillar-inspired crawling robot driven by Wireless Power Transfer SystemMachinery and RoboticsMachinery and RoboticsOutlook for researchIfapowerfulrobotinterferesthemovementofuser,itisdangerous.Evenwhenarobotissmallandlightweight,itcanassisthumanwhentheassistfitsthenaturalhumanmovements.Bymodelingthecharacteristicsofnaturalhumanmovements,weaimtodevelopsafeandeffectivelifesupportrobots.Outlook for students after graduationOurlaboratorydoesnothaveanygraduatesasitopenedin2022,Studentswilllearnsafety,whichisanessentialandbiomechanicsandstatisticalanalysis,whicharealsoessentialforevaluatingtheusabilityofproducts.Iexpectthatstudentswillplayanimportantroleintheindustries.elementofmanufacturing,https://www.ftst.jp/umedachi-lab/Functional Machineryand MechanicsFunctional Machineryand MechanicsSafeandusablerobotanddevice based on the human-centricdesignLet’s create bio-inspired resilient soft-bodied robots from textile and fibers!
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