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Talk by Prof. Kazuya Yoshida
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On Friday (20/5) at 10:15 professor Kazuya Yoshida from Tohoku University will give a talk on robotics and space exploration in room Beta.
Welcome!
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Robotics and Space Engineering in Tohoku University
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In this seminar talk, past and recent activities on robotics and space engineering in Tohoku University, Japan are introduced. In the department of Aerospace Engineering, Professor Kazuya Yoshida has been conducting a variety of research activities on the dynamics and control of space robotic systems ranging from orbital free-flying robots to planetary exploration rovers. The activities are extended to the development of university-based micro satellites and also the terrestrial applications of space technology, such as robotic remote exploration for search and rescue missions. His technical contributions are evidenced by many space flight and robotic missions, such as ETS-VII (orbital experiments of a free-flying space robot), HAYABUSA / HAYABUSA-2 (Japanese asteroid sample return probes), RISING / RISING-2 (50 kg microsatellites for science mission) and QUINCE (a mobile robot to aid in the Fukushima power plant incident.) The talk will highlight the university-based microsatellite development with its on-going results, and the topics around lunar/planetary exploration rovers including the challenge to Google Lunar XPRIZE.
Biography:
Professor Kazuya Yoshida received B. E., M. S. and Dr. Eng, degrees in Mechanical Engineering Science from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 1984, 1986, and 1990, respectively. He served as Research Associate of Tokyo Institute of Technology from 1986 to 1994, and Visiting Scientist of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A. in 1994. From 1995 to 2003 he was appointed as Associate Professor, and since 2003 he is Full Professor in Department of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan. He also serves as Director of Center of Robotics for Extreme and Uncertain Environments in Tohoku University since 2011.
In addition, he has been contributing to space robotics education for international students at International Space University in Strasbourg, France (for Master of Space Studies) and various locations in the world (for Summer Study Programs).
Member of IEEE since 1990, and a committee co-chair of the Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Technical Committee (TC) on Space Robotics, since 2007.