2024.Jul.18

EVENTS

The 2nd BAIRAL Research Meeting for Fiscal Year 2024
“Development of Biomimetic Robots and Constitutive Understanding of Humans: Approaching Human Through Robotics”

◇BAIRAL（B’AI RA League）

BAIRAL is a study group by young research assistants (RA) of the B’AI Global Forum of the Institute for AI and Beyond at the University of Tokyo. Aiming to achieve gender equality and a guarantee of rights for minorities in the AI era, this study group examines relationships between digital information technology and society. BAIRAL organizes research meetings every other month with guest speakers in a variety of fields.

 

◇Date & Venue

・Date: Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 6:00-7:30 pm (JST)
・Language: Japanese
・Venue: On-site & Online Hybrid
▶︎On-site: Room 327, Faculty of Science Bldg.3 (The University of Tokyo, Asano Campus)
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/content/400020145.pdf

Please come directly to the venue. (No registration required)

▶︎Online: Zoom Meeting (No registration required)
https://u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/89608755930?pwd=xwLIYGYL6uaobaHfNZqA9rNHhgfjJi.1
Meeting ID: 896 0875 5930 / Passcode: 321495

◇Guest Speaker

Akihiro Miki (PhD Student, Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo)

◇Abstract

What comes to mind when you hear the word “robot”?
There are various types of robots, ranging from industrial robots working in factories to humanoid robots capable of dynamic jumps. The field of biomimetic robots is one of such broad robotics fields.
The field of biomimetic robots aims to improve robot performance or enable new tasks by mimicking various characteristics of humans and animals. It has primarily developed by incorporating mechanisms and structures elucidated in other academic fields.
However, many mysteries about humans still have yet to be uncovered.
In the presenter’s research, he aims to create robots that mimic aspects that are not yet fully understood and through these robots, gain a constructive understanding of human beings.
Conduct research that involves a wide range of academic fields beyond engineering to achieve not only engineering implementation but also a constructive understanding of humans.
While the research is still in progress, in this presentation, he will mainly discuss the composition of soft joints containing liquid and their reaction as sensory organs based on his work up to now.
Furthermore, he will introduce future aims beyond robotics to potential impacts on other academic fields such as medicine, biology, and neuroscience.

◇Organizer

B’AI Global Forum, Institute for AI and Beyond at the University of Tokyo

◇Inquiry

Nozomi Ohtsuki (Research assistant of the B’AI Global Forum)
ohtsuki6nozomi[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Please change [at] to @)