Organization Organizations SPONSORS The Robotics Mechatoronics Division of The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) SUPPORTERS The Robotics Society of Japan The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers Information Processing Society of Japan The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence Reliability Engineering Association of Japan The Japan Society for Precision Engineering The Horological Institute of Japan The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers Japan Society of Civil Engineers Architectural Institute of Japan The Japan Fluid Power System Society Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and intelligent informatics Society of Biomechanisms Japan The Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan Japan Society For Aeronautical And Space Sciences The Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan The Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery Japanese Neural Network Society Japan Ergonomics Society Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering Society of Life Support Technology Japanese Society for the Science of Design Institute of Social Safety Science Atomic Energy Society of Japan Japan Society for Software Science and Technology Human Interface Society The Engineering Academy of Japan Japan Society for Design Engineering Virtual Reality Society of Japan Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery IEEE Robotics and Automation society Japan Chapter Japan Society of Kansei Engineering Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics Japan Society of Welfare Engineering Society of Aero Aqua Bio-mechanisms The Japan Robot Association Japan Construction Mechanization Association Manufacturing Science and Technology Center Micromachine Center Research Institute of Human Engineering for Quality Life HANDLING COMMITTEES JSME Robotics and Mechatronics Division Chair Yoshitaka YANAGIHARA (Tokyu Construction Co., Ltd.) ROBOMECH2017 Organizing Committee General Chair Takayuki TAKAHASHI (Fukushima University) General Co-Chair (Industrial exhibition) Keitaro NARUSE (University of Aizu) Program Chair Masashi KONYO (Tohoku University) Program Co-Chair Yasuhisa HIRATA (Tohoku University) Member (Accounting) Shingo KAGAMI (Tohoku University) Member (Homepage, Public relations) Keita NAKAMURA (University of Aizu) Member (Homepage, Public relations) Yuichi YAGUCHI (University of Aizu) Member (Industrial exhibition) Jun OGAWA (University of Aizu) Member (Industrial exhibition) Yutaka WATANOBE (University of Aizu) Member (Venue management) Luis Canete (Fukushima University) Member (General meeting, Banquet) Mitsuru ENDO (Nihon University) Member (Special lecture, Workshop) Shinyou MUTOU (Nihon University) Member (Special event) Takao KAKIZAKI (Nihon University) Member (Special event) Shigekazu SUZUKI (National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College) Member (Special event) Kuniaki KAWABATA (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) Member (Special event) Hisato ANDO (Fukushima Technology Centre) Advisory board member Toru OMATA (Tokyo Institute of Technology) Advisory board member Tomohiro SHIBATA (Kyushu Institute of Technology) Advisory board member Hajime ASAMA (University of Tokyo) ROBOMECH2017 Program Committee Program Chair Masashi KONYO (Tohoku University) Program Co-Chair Yasuhisa HIRATA (Tohoku University) Member Takahiro SUZUKI (Tohoku University) Member Keiji NAGATANI (Tohoku University) Member Kazunori OHNO (Tohoku University) Member Kenjiro TADAKUMA (Tohoku University) Member Takeshi OKUYAMA (Tohoku University) Member Shogo ARAI (Tohoku University) Member Jun KINUGAWA (Tohoku University) Member Yoshito OKADA (Tohoku University) Member Hikaru NAGANO (Tohoku University) Member Kenji NAGAOKA (Tohoku University) Member Atsushi WATANABE (Tohoku University) Member Fumi SETO (Tohoku University)