From Study of Biologically Inspired Robots to Design of Environment-adaptive Robots, and then Development of Intelligent Machines
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Nature systems having a body with many degrees of freedom are often considered the ultimate model for machines. To confer the performance advantage of animal systems on robotic machines, we are conducting studies on a thorough understanding of the biological systems at the biomechanical level and the developments of biomimetic intelligent machines and biologically inspired robots. Unfortunately, many of these robots are crucial for investigation but have yet to be widely applied to real applications. We, however, can use the insight from the study of biologically inspired robots to develop robotic machines for possible applications. In this talk, I would like to introduce some of our studies on biologically inspired robots first and then provide some designs of environment-adaptive robots for real applications.
Shugen MA (IEEE Fellow, JSME Fellow) received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering Science from the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1991. From 1991 to 1992, he was a Research Engineer with Komatsu Ltd, and from 1992 to 1993, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Riverside. He joined the Department of Systems Engineering at Ibaraki University as an Assistant Professor in 1993. In 2005, he moved to Ritsumeikan University, where he is currently a Professor in Robotics. He is/was a visiting professor at John Hopkins University, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Tianjin University, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and Harbin Institute of Technology, respectively.
His research interests include the design and control of environment-adaptive robots, field robotics, and Bio-robotics. He has published over 500 papers in refereed professional journals and international conference proceedings.
He is the general chair of IROS2022 in Kyoto, founded the ROBIO conference in 2004, and served as the general chair of ROBIO 2004, ROBIO 2010, and ROBIO 2016. He was/is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transaction on Robotics from December 2003 to November 2007, an Editor of Advanced Robotics, and an Associate Editor of Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics, serving many societies and conferences.