Faculty of Information TechnologyDepartment of Information Systems

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Faculty Members

IRIE Shinji Professor

[Key Words]

• Life Support Systems
• Health Statistics
• Medical Statistics

[Research Themes]

• Developing of Systems for Elderly People in a Community
• Constructing Life Support Systems
• A Development of Analysis Systems for Health Statistics and Medical Statistics
KAWARAZAKI Noriyuki Professor

[Key Words]

• Human Robot Interaction
• Smooth Interfacing based on the image processing and voice recognition
• Application of AI for robot control
• Autonomous Mobile Robot using the SLAM
• Health Care Robot System

[Research Themes]

• Communication Robot Based on Image Processing and Voice Recognition
• Development of Human Following Mobile Robot System Using Laser Range Scanner
• A Development of the Health Care Monitoring Robot System
• Person Detection and Following Quadcopter System Based on the Color Information
• Error Detection of Mobile Robot using Machine Learning
TAKAO Hidenobu Professor

[Key Words]

• Human Factors and Ergonomics
• Human Centered Design (HCD)
• Study for Human Function Enhancement

[Research Themes]

• User Experience (UX) for in-vehicle Human Machine Interface
• Augmented Reality (AR) for visual impaired person
• High efficiency Human Powered Vehicle (HPV)
TAKAHASHI Katsumi Professor

[Key Words]

• Sports Physiology, Sorts Biomechanics, Ergonomics

[Research Themes]

• Research on motor function of elderly people
• Sensory evaluation of grasping
• Research on development of health equipment
TAKAHASHI Yoshihiko Professor

[Key Words]

• Control systems of personal mobility vehicles and human assist systems regarding human emotion

[Research Themes]

• Control systems of small vehicle and human assist system
• Control systems regarding human emotion
• Personal mobility vehicles
• Small electric vehicles
• Human assist systems
HYODO Kazuhito Professor

[Key Words]

• Biped Humanoid Robot
• Tendon driven Robot
• IMU-based motion capture system

[Research Themes]

• Development of motion control system for robot arm and walking robot
• Development of control system for tendon driven mechanism
• Development of sensing system for full body motion capture
YOSHINO Kazuyoshi Professor

[Key Words]

• Development of Vision System for Robot

[Research Themes]

• Teacher Assistant Robot in Class Room
• Home Tutor Robot
• STEM-based Education System Using Robots
• Rehabilitation Instruction Robot
• Robot for Cleaning up Room
YOSHIMITSU Toshihiro Professor

[Key Words]

• Disaster-relief and rescue robots
• Robots with pneumatic/fluidic soft actuators

[Research Themes]

• Development of welfare equipment using air pressure
• Development of disaster prevention and disaster relief equipment
• Development of barrier-free wheelchairs
SAEGUSA Ryo Associate professor

[Key Words]

• Studies on Human Machine Symbiosis Enhanced by Robotics and Cognitive Sciences

[Research Themes]

• Autonomous Rounds Robots for Health Monitoring in Hospitals and Care Facilities
• Human-Machine interface for Cognitive Rehabilitation on Locomotion and Manipulation
• Machine Learning and Cognitive Systems for Active Perception and Tool Use of Agents
• Ubiquitous Systems for Sensory-Motor Interaction between Human and Environments
• Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence for Filed Robots and Factory Automation

[English Website]

https://www.syblab.org/index_en.html
YOSHIDOME Tadashi Associate professor

[Key Words]

• Robotics / Natural communication with humans / Universal design for robot

[Research Themes]

• Development of an interactive robot like grandchild
• Human detection using an omni-directional thermal camera
• Development of an outdoor mobile robot
• Gesture recognition using RGB-D sensor
• Navigation of a mobile robot in an environment filled with IC tag under the floor