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My Biography:
Makoto Kaneko received MS and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Tokyo
University in 1978 and 1981.
From 1981 to 1990 he was a researcher at the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (MEL),
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Tsukuba Science City.
From 1988 to 1989, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Technical University of Darmstadt,
Germany, where he joined a space robotics project.
From 1990 to 1993, he was an Associate Professor with Computer Science and
System Engineering at Kyushu Institute of Technology.
From November 1991 to January 1992, he got an Invited Professorship at
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
From October 1993 to September 2006, he was a Professor of Industrial Engineering
Department at Hiroshima University.
Since October 2006, he has been a Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering
at Osaka University.
His research interests include tactile-based active sensing,
grasping strategy, legged locomotion, sensor applications, and welfare robotics.
He served as a Technical Editor of IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
during 1990 through 1994.
He is currently the Director of the Hyper Human Research Project Center.
He has been a program committee member for IEEE International
Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems since 1991.
He worked as a program committee member for 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics
and Automation.
He also worked as a program chairman for the 1998 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics and
a program co-chairman for the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
Dr. Kaneko is a member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society,
the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society, and the IEEE Industrial
Electronics Society.
He is also a member of Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Robotics Society of Japan, and Japanese Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers.
He was a Vice President of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society during 2004 through 2005.
Awards:
1983: The Outstanding Young Engineer Award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
1994: The Outstanding Paper Award from the Robotics Society of Japan
1996: The Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Instrument and Control Engineers
1997: The Humboldt Research Award from Humboldt Foundation
2000: IEEE ICRA The Best Manipulation Paper Award
2000: The Robotics and Mechatronics Award from the R&M Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
2001: IEEE Int.Symp. on Assembly and Task Planning, The Outstanding Paper Award
2001: The Certificate of ROBOMEC from the R&D Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
2002: The Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Instrument and Control Engineers
2003: IEEE ICRA The Best Conference Paper Award, Finalists
2004: The Certificate of ROBOMEC from the R&D Division of the Japan Society of M
echanical Engineers
2004: The Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery, The Best Conference Paper Award
2004: IEEE RAS 2003 King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Transactions Paper Award
2005: The Certificate of ROBOMEC from the R&D Division of the Japan Society of M
echanical Engineers
2005: IEEE Int. Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO'05), The Distinguished Presentation Award
2005: IEEE Int. Conf. on Information Acquisition, The Best Conference Paper Award
2006: The Best Paper Award of the 11th Robotics Symposia from RSJ, JSME Robomec, and SICE
2007: The Best Paper Award from the Robotics Society of Japan
2008: The Outstanding Paper Award from the Society for Instrument and Control Engineers
2008: Award for Excellence in Physical Sciences & MathematicsCSpringer Handbook of Robotics
2011: IEEE Int. Symp. on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science, The Best Paper Award
Grade:
2003: Fellow of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
2006: IEEE Fellow
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