When: Thursday 27th of February, 1:00pm AEDT
Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the ACFR seminar area, J04 lvl 2 (Rose St Building) and partially online via Zoom. RSVP
Speaker: Dr. Nonami Kenzo, Dr. Matsuno Fumitoshi & Dr. Ohnishi Kouhei
Title: F-REI’s Challenges for Harsh Environment
Abstract:
- Introduction to F-REI
- World Robot Summit 2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge & Participation Invitation by Dr. Nonami
- Introduction to F-REI’s Robotics Research and Recruitment of Researchers by Dr. Nonami
- Presentation on UAV Research by Dr. Nonami
- Presentation on Snake Robots and Related Research by Dr. Matsuno
- Presentation on Haptics and Related Research by Dr. Ohnishi
- Q&A Session
Bio:
Dr. Kenzo Nonami has been a full professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Chiba University since 1994. Dr. Kenzo Nonami was in charge of Vice President of Chiba University from 2008 to 2013. Right now, Dr. Nonami is an emeritus professor at Chiba University, CEO of his company called “Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory, Ltd.” and a Chairman of Japan Drone Consortium which includes more than 300 companies. His recent research interests are fully autonomous drones, namely, fully autonomous unmanned multi-rotor helicopters and VTOLs as UAVs with GPS or GPS-denied environments, advanced robotics and mechatronics.
Dr. Fumitoshi Matsuno received the Dr.Eng. degree from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, in 1986. In 1986, he joined the Department of Control Engineering, Osaka University. He was a Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, from 2009 to 2023. Since 2023, he has been a Professor with the Department of Electronics and Information Systems Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, Osaka, and a Professor Emeritus with Kyoto University. He was the President of the Institute of Systems, Control, and Information Engineers (ISCIE), Tokyo, Japan, and the Vice President of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ). His research interests include robotics, swarm intelligence, and control of nonlinear and distributed parameter systems.,Dr. Matsuno is a Fellow Member of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), and RSJ.
Dr. Kouhei Ohnishi received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1975, 1977, and 1980, respectively. Since 1980, he has been with the Department of System Design Engineering, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan. His research interests include power electronics, mechatronics, motion control, and robotics.