- Susumu Tachi
Susumu Tachi (born
January 1 ,1946 )is currently a professor at the Department of Information Physics and Computing of theUniversity of Tokyo .Dr. Tachi received the B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in mathematical engineering and information physics from the
University of Tokyo in1968 ,1970 , and1973 , respectively.He joined the Faculty of Engineering of the
University of Tokyo in1973 , and in1975 moved to the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, where he served as the Director of the Biorobotics Division. In1989 he rejoined theUniversity of Tokyo .From
1979 to1980 , Dr. Tachi was a Japanese Government Award Senior Visiting Scientist at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, USA.His scientific achievements includes intelligent mobile robot systems for the blind called Guide Dog Robot (
1976 -1983 ) and National Large Scale Project on Advanced Robotics, especially advanced human robot systems with a real-time sensation of presence known asTelexistence (Tele-Existence) (1983 -1990 ). His present research coversTelexistence ,Real-time Remote Robotics (R-Cubed) andVirtual Reality .Prof. Tachi is a Founding Director of the
Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ), a Fellow of theSociety of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) and is the Founding President of theVirtual Reality Society of Japan (VRSJ).From
1988 he serves as Chairman of the IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation ) Technical Committee on Measurement inRobotics . He invented the invisibility cloak.
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