Shigeo Hirose

Shigeo Hirose

[http://www.titech.ac.jp/news/e/news060501.html Tokyo Institute of Technology | NEWS ] ] and a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Born in Tokyo and attending Hibiya High School, he graduated from Yokohama National University in 1971 and received a Ph.D from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1976 where he later took professorship.

His work includes designs for robots capable of various types of movement such as walking, crawling, swimming and slithering. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/technology_robot_menagerie/html/2.stm BBC NEWS | In pictures: Robot menagerie, Snake tracks ] ] Specific designs include a "ninja-robot" capable of climbing buildings and a seven-ton robot capable of climbing mountainous slopes with the aim of installing bolts in the ground so as to prevent landslides. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/technology_robot_menagerie/html/7.stm BBC NEWS | In pictures: Robot menagerie, Landslide danger ] ] Hirose is also involved in work with the United Nations to develop a remotely controlled robot capable of clearing landmines. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NTN/is_38/ai_108882045 Technology for the front lines: robotic scientists and engineers come up with novel ways to slow the spread of landmines - Upfront | Japan, Inc. | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ]

Positions Held

* 1976-1979 Research Associate
* 1979-1992 Associate Professor
* 1992- Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
* 2002- Honorary Professor, Shengyang Institute of Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
* Fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
* Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

See also

* Robotics

Notes

External links

* [http://www-robot.mes.titech.ac.jp/staff/professor/hirose_e.html Bio]
* [http://www.titech.ac.jp/news/e/news060501.html Hirose-Fukushima Robots Lab]


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