List of Graduate School Research Institutes for Specific Subjects
Human Augmented Robotics Institute
List of Graduate School Research Institutes for Specific SubjectsUpdate June 27, 2018
| Principal Investigator | Faculty of Science and Engineering Associate Professor NAKAMURA Sousuke |
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| Research Field | Measurement and control engineering, cognitive science, physiological psychology, sports science |
| Research Outline | Human Augmented Robotics" is an academic system that aims to realize AH (Augmented Human) functions that complement, maintain, and enhance physical and mental functions and abilities by using robotics that organically integrates elemental technologies of measurement, information processing, and control. In such a man-in-the-loop-system, adaptive and flexible design theory is necessary to design a system for the human subject, which has both common parts and individual differences. Specifically, a common platform is prepared based on the common characteristics of humans, and it has redundancy and degrees of freedom equivalent to the margin for adaptation to individual differences. Then, based on the individual characteristics learned through measurement, a system is constructed that repeats the cycle of optimizing the system's operation. Therefore, it is necessary to mature the various technologies, both hardware and software, that build the main functions in the context of human extension, such as human measurement, learning of individual characteristics, and system control. The purpose of establishing this institute is to accumulate these technologies through empirical research, and to discover the essence of the general design theory of systems in the category of human-enhanced robotics. To this end, the institute will focus on engineering researchers pursuing the elemental technologies of human augmented robotics, but will also collaborate with corporate engineers and researchers who are familiar with the needs of human augmentation, as well as with cognitive scientists, physiological psychologists, sports scientists, and others who are familiar with human characteristics. At the time of the institute's establishment, one sports scientist from within the university and two corporate engineers from outside the university who are involved in mobility support robots and biometric ambient interfaces are expected to participate. In the future, however, we would like to promote information exchange and joint research with many more researchers, engineers, and innovators, whether in Japan or abroad, in industry, academia, or government, and we would like to publicize the research results we have obtained. |
| Researcher | IZUMI Shigeki Professor, Faculty of Sports and Health Studies |
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Graduate School |
Shimon Ajisaka Kyocera Corporation |
| Establishment period | July 1, 2018 - March 31, 2023 |
| Location | Koganei Campus, North Bldg. N4005 |