24Iftherewasarobotthatcouldshiftitsshapetoanything,whatfunctiondoyouthinkitwouldhave?Youmayhaveimaginedaswarmofmicroscopicrobots,orarobotthatcouldmakeaphasetransitionbetweenliquidandsolid.Ithinkoftherobotasacurvedsurface,becausetheoutermostpartoftheobjectcanberepresentedbyasinglesurface.However,thehistoryofresearchonsurfacerobotsisshort,andcurrentrobotshavenotyetachievedtheabilitytoshifttheirshapetoanything.Therefore,weareproposingnewsurfacerobotsandcontroltheoriesbymakingfulluseofmathematicstodescribecurvedsurfaces,computergraphicstechnologyandknowledgeofbiology.Wearealsolookingforanewwaytodevelopatheoryofcontrolforthecontinuumrobotsthathavebeendevelopedsofar.AssociateProfessorMORIYAMAToruKeywords:Pillbug,giantisopod,Mictyrisbrevidactylus,theheartofanimals,theheartofthings,autonomy,self,comparativescience,animalpsychology,ethologyAssistantProfessorIWAMOTONoriyasuAssistantProfessorIwamotoreceivedhisPh.D.degreeinengineeringfromKyushuUniversityin2016.AfterworkingasapostdoctoralfellowatKyushuUniversity,hetookuphiscurrentpositionin2017.Hisresearchinterestsarethecontinuumrobotsandthesurfacerobots.Iamattemptingtorewritethesupposedlyintuitiveblueprintthatclaimsinstinctsareadaptivewhileexcessismaladaptivebyobservingandexperimentallyexaminingtheinstinctivebehaviorofanimals.Mygoalindoingsoistocreateablueprintthatequatesbiologywithengineeringandtoofferbehind-the-scenessupportforbioengineering.emergence,cognitiveDepartment of Department of Research 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.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.Machinery and RoboticsBioengineeringMachinery and RoboticsBioengineeringOutlook for researchIaminvestigatingthepsychologyofthegiantisopod,whichlivesatdepthsofseveralhundredmetersintheocean,aswellasthesocialshapingofMictyrisbrevidactylus,acrabthatlivesontheislandofIriomote-jima,withrobots.Theseeffortsencompassnotonlyethology,butalsocognitivescienceandrobotics.Outlook for students after graduationOnegraduatewentontotakeoverthelocalfamilyfurnitureshopafterstartinghisownlab.Anotherbecametheprincipleauthorofapublicationinaninternationalacademicjournalbeforegoingontobecomeanactorandforminganeventproductioncompany.AthirdtraveledthelengthandbreadthofJapanonacheapbicyclebeforelaunchingaprojectinwhichheinterviewspeopleabouttheirgraduateresearch.Afourthtraveledalonetothetyphoon-sweptislandofIriomote-jimaafterproducingaweddingevent,whileafifthjoinedaleadingeducationalcompany.Outlook for researchIfasurfacerobotisrealized,therewillbeanimmeasurabledemandforit,becauseofthehyperdegreesoffreedomoftherobotthatcanbetransformed.Forexample,itmaybepossibletocreatearobotthatcantransformitselftoadapttotheenvironmentandreproduceevolution.Also,asurfacerobotcancreateaspaceinsidebybending,andinsomesituations,controllingtheshapeofthespaceisuseful.Weareattemptingtoutilizethisfeatureforsecuringthesurgicalfieldinendoscopicsurgery.Outlook for students after graduationInourlaboratory,studentscanacquiretheknowledgeandtechnicalskillsofroboticsandmechatronics.Additionally,theywillacquireabilitiesthatareusefulaftergraduation,suchasproblemsolvingabilityandpresentationskills.Equating biology with engineering through animal experimentationToward realization of a surface robot with shape shifter function
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