Humanoid Robots and the Computational Problems Regarding the Human
Monday, November 20, 2023
Although there are variety forms of machines called robots, a humanoid robot is the ultimate solution of robot’s form by definition. There have been a lot of research efforts made on mechanical components, structures, actuators, power source, sensing, electronics and the others. The mechanical realization is still undergoing though we see many promising prototypes and developments these days. The computational side of humanoid robots is not less challenging than the mechanical side. It does not only mean sensing and control. It includes the essential computational problems regarding the human since a humanoid robot would find its distinctive applications in the relationship with the human. A humanoid robot needs to understand the implication of human movements, the sensation of human body, the relationship with the objects and the environments, and the human-human relationship, which are computationally implemented in the robot. In this talk, I would like to introduce our recent research on mechanical humanoid focusing on actuators and the computational problems on human movements.
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Yoshihiko Nakamura is Professor Emeritus and Project Researcher of University of Tokyo. He is a cofounder and CEO of a startup, Kinescopic Inc. He earned Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Kyoto University. He held faculty positions with Kyoto University and University of California Santa Barbara before joining University of Tokyo. His fields of research are humanoid robotics, biomechanics, human digital twin, and their computational algorithms. He received King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Transactions Paper Award, IEEE Transaction of Robotics and Automation in 2001 and 2002. He is also a recipient of JSME Medal for Distinguished Engineers in 2019, Pioneer Award of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society in 2021, and Tateisi Prize Achievement Award in 2022. Dr. Nakamura is Foreign Member of Academy of Engineering Science of Serbia, TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professor of Technische Universität München, Life Fellow of IEEE, and Fellow of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers; Robotics Society of Japan; and World Academy of Art and Science.
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