【RoboMech for Application system】
| Robotics and Mechatronics in Agriculture | Mitsuji Monta(Okayama Univ.), Noriyuki Murakami(NARC) |
| Construction & Infrastructure Maintenance Robotics and Mechatronics |
Yoshitaka Yanagihara(Tokyu Construction), Hiroshi Yoshinada(Osaka Univ.) |
| Robots for Works | Kyoichi Tatsuno(Meijo Univ.) |
| Manufacturing System and Manufacturing Machinery Mechatronics |
Takanori Yamazaki(Tokyo Denki Univ.), Takanori Miyoshi(Toyohashi Univ. of Tech.) |
| Eco Green Mechatronics | Takeharu Hayashi(National Inst. of Tech.,Tokyo College), Takeo Oomichi(Meijo Univ.), Yoshihiko Takahashi(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.) |
| Robotics in Production | Kensuke Harada(AIST) |
| Life management and robotics | Tsukasa Ogasawara(NAIST), Jun Takamatsu(NAIST), Masayuki Inaba(Univ. of Tokyo) |
【RoboMech in Field】
| Robotics for Hazardous Fields | Kenzo Nonami(Chiba Univ.), Edwardo F. Fukushima(Tokyo Univ. of Tech.) |
| Search and Rescue Robot and Mechatronics | Masayuki Okugawa(Aichi Inst. of Tech.), Katsuji Oogane(Niigata Inst. of Tech.) |
| Aerial Robot and Mechatronics | Fukao Takanori(Ritsumeikan Univ.), Hiroaki Nakanishi(Kyoto Univ.) |
| Underwater Robot and Mechatronics | Kazuo Ishii(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.), Teruo Fujii(Univ. of Tokyo), Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi(JAMSTEC) |
| Space Robotics | Masatsugu Otsuki(JAXA), Genya Ishigami(Keio Univ.) |
【Human-Robot Coordination】
| Robotics with Safety and Reliability | Noboru Sugimoto(Meiji Univ.), Youji Yamada(Nagoya Univ.), Tetsuya Kimura(Nagaoka Univ. of Tech.) |
| Cooperation between Human and Machine | Hiroyasu Iwata(Waseda Univ.), Rui Fukui(Univ. of Tokyo) |
| Communication Robot | Naoyuki Kubota(TMU), Hiroyasu Miwa(AIST) |
| Wearable Robotics | Kazuo Kiguchi(Kyushu Univ.), Yuichi Tsumaki(Yamagata Univ.) |
| Robots for Home/Office Application | Takashi Yoshimi(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.), Yusuke Yasukawa(NEDO) |
| Robots for Amusement and Entertainment | Koji Shibuya(Ryukoku Univ.) |
| Virtual/Augmented Reality and Interfaces | Yasuyuki Yanagida(Meijo Univ.), Shunsuke Yoshida(NICT) |
【RoboMech in Medical & Welfare Fields】
| Medical Robotics and Mechatronics | Mamoru Mitsuishi(Univ. of Tokyo), G.Masakatsu Fujie(Waseda Univ.) |
| Welfare Robotics and Mechatronics | Takehito Kikuchi(Oita Univ.), Kenichi Koyanagi(Toyama Pref. Univ.), Junji Furusho(Osaka Electro-Communication Univ.) |
| Rehabilitation Robotics and Mechatronics | Hitoshi Kino(Fukuoka Inst. of Tech.), Toshio Tsuji(Hiroshima Univ.) |
| Universal Design and Robotics & Mechatronics | Noriyuki Kawarazaki(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.), Tadashi Yoshidome(Kanagawa Inst. of Tech.), Nobuto Matsuhira(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.), Takayuki Tanaka(Hokkaido Univ.) |
| Nursing and Mechatronics | Taketoshi Mori(Univ. of Tokyo), Takeshi Ando(Panasonic) |
【Environment for Robomech】
| Network Robotics | Shinyou Mutou(NTT), Kazuhiko Shinozawa(ATR) |
| Intelligent Robotics Space (Integration of IT, RT and ET) |
Hideki Hashimoto(Chuo Univ.), Yasushi Mae(Osaka Univ.), Jooho Lee(Ritsumeikan Univ.), Takeshi Sasaki(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.) |
| Integrating Ambient Intelligence | Kazuyoshi Wada(TMU), Kenichi Ohara(Meijo Univ.) |
| RT Middleware and Open Systems | Makoto Mizukawa(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.), Tetsuo Kotoku(AIST), Tomoki Yamashita(Mayekawa Manufacturing Company), Kenichi Nakamura(Upwind Technology), Noriaki Ando(AIST) |
【Human Centered & Biomimetics of RoboMech】
| Humanoid | Atsushi Konno(Hokkaido Univ.), Tomomichi Sugihara(Osaka Univ.) |
| Digital Human | Toshio Hori(AIST), Hiroshi Mizoguchi(Tokyo Univ. of Science) |
| Neurorobotics & Cognitive Robotics | Tetsuya Ogata(Waseda Univ.), Koh Hosoda(Osaka Univ.), Shingo Shimoda(RIKEN) |
| Sense, Motion and Measurement | Ryojun Ikeura(Mie Univ.) |
| Bio-Mimetics and Bio-Mechatronics | Akitoshi Itoh(Tokyo Denki Univ.), Shunichi Kobayashi(Shinshu Univ.), Tomonobu Goto(Tottori Univ.) |
| Informative Motion & Motion Media -Embodiment and Motility of Robots- |
Takafumi Matsumaru(Waseda Univ.), Satoshi Iwaki(Hiroshima City Univ.), Etsuko Ueda(Osaka Inst. of Tech.), Yutaka Hiroi(Osaka Inst. of Tech.) |
| Biorobotics | Minoru Hashimoto(Shinshu Univ.), Takashi Kawamura(Shinshu Univ.), Taro Nakamura(Chuo Univ.) |
| Modeling of musculoskeletal systems and its applications |
Mitsunori Tada(AIST), Yuichi Kurita(Hiroshima Univ.) |
| Robotics and Mechatronics in Sports | Motomu Nakashima(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.), Takashi Kawamura(Shinshu Univ.), Takeshi Miyazaki(The Univ. of Electro-Communications) |
【RoboMech Fundamentals】
| Cooperation Control of Multi Robots | Yoshikazu Arai(Iwate Pref. Univ.), Hisashi Osumi(Chuo Univ.) |
| Robot Hand Mechanism and Grasping Strategy | Futoshi Kobayashi(Kobe Univ.), Tetsuya Mouri(Gifu Univ.) |
| Robotic systems based on autonomous decentralized architecture |
Akio Ishiguro(Tohoku Univ.), Daisuke Kurabayashi(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) |
| New Control Theory and Motion Control | Tatsuya Suzuki(Nagoya Univ.), Toshiyuki Murakami(Keio Univ.) |
| Mechanism and Control for Actuator | Koichi Suzumori(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.), Tomoaki Mashimo(Toyohashi Univ. of Tech.) |
| Evolution and Learning for Robotics | Tetsunari Inamura(NII), Masahito Yamamoto(Hokkaido Univ.), Takashi Kawakami(Hokkaido Inst. of Tech.), Keitaro Naruse(Univ. of Aizu) |
| Swarm systems | Fumitoshi Matsuno(Kyoto Univ.), Kazuhiro Ohkura(Hiroshima Univ.) |
| Fluid Power Robotics | Hideyuki Tsukagoshi(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.), Takaiwa Masahiro(Tokushima Univ.) |
| Robotic Manipulation | Kensuke Harada(AIST), Tetsuyou Watanabe(Kanazawa Univ.), Tokuo Tsuji(Kyushu Univ.) |
【Mobile Robot System】
| Walking Robot | Kan Yoneda(Chiba Inst. of Tech.) |
| Passive Walking Robot | Fumihiko Asano(JAIST), Koichi Osuka(Osaka Univ.) |
| Wheeled Robot / Tracked Vehicle | Keiji Nagatani(Tohoku Univ.) |
| Mobile Robot with Special Mechanism | Shuro Nakajima(Wakayama Univ.) |
| Mobile Manipulation Robot | Yoshio Yamamoto(Tokai Univ.), Shoichi Maeyama(Okayama Univ.), Akihisa Ohya(Univ. of Tsukuba) |
| Sensing system for mobile robot (Collaborated by SSII2016) |
Kazunori Umeda(Chuo Univ.), Jun Miura(Toyohashi Univ. of Tech.) |
| Localization and Mapping | Takashi Tsubouchi(Tsukuba Univ.), Masahiro Tomono(Chiba Inst. of Tech.) |
【RoboMech for Mechanism & Control】
| Parallel Robot/Mechanisms and its Control | Yukio Takeda(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.), Takashi Harada(Kinki Univ.) |
| Flexible/Soft Robotics | Hiromi Mochiyama(Univ. of Tsukuba) |
| Mechanism and Control for Wire Actuation System | Toshio Morita(Keio Univ.), Motoji Yamamoto(Kyushu Univ.) |
| Smart Mechanism “sMechanism” and its Control | Shugen Ma(Ritsumeikan Univ.), Shigeo Hirose(HiBot/Ritsumeikan Univ.) |
| Advancement of Functional Materials and Applications |
Ken’ichi Koyanagi(Toyama Pref. Univ.), Mitsuhiro Yamano(Univ. of Shiga Prefecture) |
【Sensing and Perception】
| Tactile and Force Sensing | Masashi Konyo(Tohoku Univ.), Masaya Takasaki(Saitama Univ.) |
| Haptic Interface | Daisuke Sato(Tokyo City Univ.), Teppei Tsujita(National Defense Academy) |
| Non-contact Sensing | Makoto Kaneko(Osaka Univ.), Kazushige Magatani(Tokai Univ.) |
| 3D Measurement/Sensor Fusion | Kazunori Ohno(Tohoku Univ.), Satoshi Kagami(Google JAPAN) |
| Robot Vision | Tsukasa Ogasawara(NAIST), Akio Namiki(Chiba Univ.), Jun Takamatsu(NAIST) |
【Nano/Micro Robotics & Mechatronics】
| MEMS and Nano-Technology | Satoshi Konishi(Ritsumeikan Univ.), Shoji Maruo(Yokohama National Univ.) |
| Nano/Micro Manipulation System | Tamio Tanikawa(AIST) |
| Nano/Micro Fluid System | Fumihito Arai(Nagoya Univ.) |
| Bio Assembler for 3D Cellular System Innovation | Tatsuo Arai(Osaka Univ.) |
| Microrobot & Micromachine | Yuichi Nakazato(Nippon Inst. of Tech.), Toyomi Miyagawa(Aichi Univ. of Tech.) |
| Bio Manipulation | Masahiro Nakajima(Nagoya Univ.), Keisuke Morishima(Osaka Univ.), Toshio Fukuda(Meijo Univ./Nagoya Univ.) |
| Functional Interface | Yoko Yamanishi(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.), Shingo Maeda(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.) |
| Spatio-Temporal Bio-Integirity | Makoto Kaneko(Osaka Univ.), Fumihito Arai(Nagoya Univ.) |
【Educations using RoboMech】
| Manufacturing Education and Mechatronics/ Enjoy Mechatronics DIY |
Yoshinobu Ando(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.), Masatoshi Iwamoto(Tohoku Gakuin Univ.) |
| RoboCup and Robot Contest | Akihiro Matsumoto(Toyo Univ.), Takayuki Tanaka(Hokkaido Univ.), Yasuo Hayashibara(Chiba Inst. of Tech.) |
【Joint Session of JSME departments】
| Car Robotics & ITS | Raksincharoensak Pongsathorn(Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Tech.), Takahiro Wada(Ritsumeikan Univ.), Tokihiko Akita(AISIN SEIKI), Shintaro Ono(Univ. of Tokyo), Naoki Suganuma(Kanazawa Univ.), Takanori Fukao(Ritsumeikan Univ.), Takahiro Suzuki(Tohoku Univ.) |
【Strategic Session】
| ImPACT Tough Robotics Challenge | Satoshi Tadokoro(Tohoku Univ.), Toyohito Uchizono(JST) |