Outlook for researchOutlook for students after graduationAssociateprofessorTERUTSUKIDaigoAssociateProfessorNAKADATE HiromichiDepartment of Machinery and RoboticsBioengineeringThehybridizationofinsectolfactionandmachinesisexpectedtoresultingroundbreakingadvancesinroboticodordetection.Particularly,thedevelopmentofodor-detectingflyingrobotscouldyieldsystemscapableoflocatingindividualsrequiringrescueduringdisasters.Moreover,thisendeavorisexpectedtonotonlyestablishdesignguidelinesforodor-detectingrobotsbutalsotocontributetothebiologicalunderstandingofolfactorymechanismsininsects.ThislabemphasizesonthedevelopmentofresearcherstoobtainaPhDorbecomeuniversityresearchers.Additionally,weencouragestudentstoleveragetheirresearchexperiencetocreate"expansivecareers"thattheymightnothavepreviouslyimagined.Department of Machinery and RoboticsBioengineeringOutlook for researchThereiscurrentlynotreatmentfortraumaticbraininjury.Celltherapyusingstemcellsisexpectedtobeapromisingapproach.Understandingthemechanismsofdifferentiationintonervecellsandaxonelongationinducedbyelectricalandmechanicalstimulationwillbeapromisingapproachtoadvancenewmethodsofnerveregeneration.Outlook for students after graduationStudentscanlearnthelogicalthinking,theproblemthroughsolvingabilityandcommunicationskillsstudyingautonomously.Theyalsocanenhanceaconnectionwithcollegersthroughthelifeoflaboratory.Imagesoftheodor-detectingflyingrobotincorporatingasilkwormmothantennaasanodorsensorelement.Processoflocalizinganodorsourceusingtheodor-detectingflyingrobot.Thesearchwassuccessfullyconductedusingasimplealgorithminvolvingalternatingstraightmovementsandrotations.atRCAST,HisDr.TerutsukireceivedhisPhDfromTheUniversityofTokyo.HepreviouslyworkedassistantasprojectprofessorTheUniversityofTokyo,andanassistantprofessoratTohokuUniversity.currentresearchfocusesonbio-hybridroboticsandodorantbiosensors.AssociateProfessorNakadatetookhiscurrentpositionin2018afterworkingasanassistantprofessoratTokyoMetropolitanUniversity.Hisresearchfieldisbraininjurybiomechanics.(i.e.,bio-hybriddrone)Cell stretching device for reproducing the brain deformation in head impactAxons elongated randomly by normal culture (left) and Axons oriented straight by controlling adherence property of culturing surface (right)TheTerutsukiLaboratoryfocusesonbio-hybridrobotsandsensors,whichmergebiologicalsystemswithmachinery.Specifically,weareactivelyengagedinresearchanddevelopmenttocreateaworldinwhichenvironmentalodorinformationisaccessible,manageable,andapplicabletobothhumansandmachines.Todetectodors,ourgroupisdevelopingodor-detectingflyingrobots(i.e.,bio-hybriddrones)thatintegrateinsectantennaewithdronetechnology.Thisinnovationisexpectedtofacilitatethesearchforsurvivorsindisasterzoneswheretraditionalsensortechnologyfallsshort.RepeatedconcussionsincontactsportssuchasAmericanfootballcancausememoryandattentiondeficits.Repeatedheadbumpsmakethebrainmorevulnerableandsensitivetostimuliandlowerthedamagethreshold.Whentheheadishithard,therapidaccelerationanddecelerationexertsinertialforcesonbraintissue,pullinganddamagingtheaxonsthatcarryinformationbetweennervecells.Throughaxoninjuryexperimentsusingacelltensiondeviceofourowndesign,weareinvestigatingthemechanismbywhichrepeatedconcussionscauseseveredamageandthedamagethreshold(tolerancevalue).Wearealsoinvestigatingtheeffectsofelectricalandmechanicalstimulationondamagedaxonstoreducetheseverityofinjuryandtorepairnervedamage.a21Enabling flexible utilization of odor information using bio-hybrid robotsTowards the development of nerve regeneration technology by electromechanical stimulation
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