Department of Human and Engineered Environmental StudiesDepartment of Human and Engineered Environmental Studies

Staffs

• YAMAMOTO Akio

  Professor
  YAMAMOTO Akio

  1994: B. Eng., Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  1999: Dr. Eng., Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  1999-2000: Research Associate, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  2000-2005: Lecturer, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  2005-2017: Associate Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  2017-2020: Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  2020-present: Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  

• YOSHIMOTO Shunsuke

  Lecturer
  YOSHIMOTO Shunsuke

  2009: B. Eng., School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  2010: M. Eng., Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  2012: Dr. Eng., Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  2012-2019: Assistant professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University
  2019-2020: Lecturer, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  2020-present: Lecturer, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
  

To create innovative human-environment interaction technologies

Our laboratory in Ambient Mechatronics field is working on new mechatronic technologies and their applications in robotics, interactions, and human support. Specifically, we are developing innovative actuators and sensors, and investigating characteristics of human-environment interaction for developing novel mechatronic environments. Some of our current projects include novel ultra-thin actuators for robotics and interactions, ubiquitous sensors for imaging human body motions and interactions by using electromagnetic control and inverse analysis, smart mechanisms driven by environmental energy, and high-fidelity haptic displays based on human perception.