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May 25, 2009
VEDA INTERNATIONAL ROBOT R&D CENTER
“VEDA INTERNATIONAL ROBOT R&D CENTER” has been established to promote developing advanced robot for medical, nursing and life support. It consists of world leading universities, institutes and company ......
“VEDA INTERNATIONAL ROBOT R&D CENTER” has been established to promote developing advanced robot for medical, nursing and life support. It consists of world leading universities, institutes and company which have studied robotics technology, medical and life science from Japan, Germany and Italy. VEDA CENTER uses ex-town hall after local city-town merging.
The objective of VEDA CENTER are getting entrustment from company or government to develop advanced robot and feedbacking R&D know-how into practical robot while crossing over robotics technology with medical research.
"VEDA INTERNATIONAL ROBOT R&D CENTER" would be leading the study of robot in the world and would resolve social, welfare and medical problems by consortium members.
http://veda-robot.com/
November 18, 2008
Two new domain names
As of today, http://www.robocasa.net/ is joined by http://www.robocasa.org/ and http://www.robocasa.info/
http://www.robocasa.org/
July 25, 2008
Call for applications for JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Short-term) for North American and European Researchers
The purpose of the program is to provide opportunities to young pre- and post-doctoral researchers from the US, Canada and Europe to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research ......
The purpose of the program is to provide opportunities to young pre- and post-doctoral researchers from the US, Canada and Europe to conduct, under the guidance of their hosts, cooperative research with leading research groups in universities and other Japanese institutions. In so doing, the program is designed to help advance the research of the visiting fellows, while augmenting opportunities for young researchers to come to Japan from the US, Canada and Europe.
Applications for this program are submitted by a host researcher in Japan who wishes to host a foreign postdoctoral fellow.
Eligible countries are the US, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, the UK, Italy, Finland, the other European Union Countries (as of 1 April 2008), Switzerland, Norway and Russia. FIELDS OF RESEARCH:
All fields of the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are included under this program. APPLICANT (HOST RESEARCHER) ELIGIBILITY:
The applicant (host researcher) must be a researcher who is employed full-time or classified as being employed full-time (excluding Jokyo, assistant professors, and Joshu, research assistants) at a university or research institution that is eligible to apply to MEXT for funding under the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific-Research Program (Kakenhi) and approved by JSPS as an appropriate institution for hosting young foreign researchers. CANDIDATE (FELLOW) ELIGIBILITY:
(1)Be a citizen or permanent resident of an eligible country (listed above).
Also eligible are persons who have earned a master's or higher degree and, thereafter, been engaged in research for at least three continuous years at a university or research istitution in an eligible country. Such persons must be from a country that has diplomatic relations with Japan or from Taiwan or Palestine, and must possess an excellent research record.
(2)Candidates must have obtained their doctoral degree at a university outside Japan within six years of the date the fellowship goes into effect (on or after 2 April 2003), or must be currently enrolled in a doctoral course at a university outside Japan and scheduled to receive their Ph.D. within two years.
( 3 )Have arranged in advance a research plan with a host researcher in Japan. NUMBER OF FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED:
Approximately 60 Fellowships will be granted in FY2009 DURATION AND COMMENCEMENT OF FELLOWSHIPS:
(1)Fellowships are awarded for a period of 1 to 12 months
(2)Successful candidates must start the Fellowship in Japan during the following period:
1 April 2009 - 31 March 2010 TERMS OF AWARD (FELLOWS ONLY):
(The amounts of the Awards indicated below are subject to change.)
A round-trip air ticket (according to JSPS's regulations)
A settling-in allowance of \200,000 (only applicable for Fellows
with 4 or more months of tenure)
A monthly maintenance allowance
(a) For Ph.D. holders: \364,000
(b) For non-Ph.D. holders: \200,000
Overseas travel accident and sickness insurance coverage, etc. APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR THE PROGRAM:
Applicants (host researchers) will be required to use JSPS's web application system to apply for fellowships. Applications for this program must be submitted to JSPS by a host researcher in Japan through the head of his/her university or institution. Foreign researchers wishing to participate in this program are advised to establish contact with a Japanese or foreign-resident researcher in their field and to ask him/her to submit an application.
APPLICATION PERIODS (for host institution):
1st recruitment 6-10 Oct 2008
2nd recruitment 25-28 Nov 2008
3rd recruitment 2-6 Feb 2009
4th recruitment 6-10 Apr 2009
5th recruitment 1-12 May 2009
6th recruitment 3-7 Aug 2009 CONTACT:
Overseas Fellowship Devision
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
6 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8471
tel) +81-3-3263-3769/3444/3761 For more details, go to the Web site below.
http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/appli_short_2009.html
July 01, 2008
G-COE
Waseda University was selected as the site for the 2008 Global COE "Global Robot Academia". After being subjected to a selection process, this center were designated by the Ministry of Education, ......
Waseda University was selected as the site for the 2008 Global COE "Global Robot Academia". After being subjected to a selection process, this center were designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Congratulations to Prof. M.G. Fujie and his colleagues!
With the advent of an aging society in Japan, there will be an increased demand for the practical application of RT (Robot Technology) in lifestyle-related areas such as healthcare and quality of life – in fact, it is expected that this demand will lead to the creation of new key industries. To meet expectations that Japan will continue to be the leading country in RT and to develop a truly intelligent social infrastructure for RT, it is urgent that we foster young researchers to work on RT with an international perspective. As a hub for international RT education and research, this COE will focus on creating a systematic theory of RT that fashions a new relation between people/society and machine systems and on evolving robotics from an aggregate of several fields into a unified discipline of science, technology, and engineering, while at the same time working to understand related socio-economic issues. In short, we propose a new model for a COE that can at the same time contribute to academia, industry, and society as a whole.
The center will establish M-Robotics (Methodical Robotics) as a theory of RT, while tackling actual RT issues to meet the needs of society. The center will not only cover those disciplines that form the basis of RT, such as mechanical engineering, control engineering, materials engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, information engineering, and ergonomics, but it also will actively promote the integration of many academic disciplines, including medicine, physiology, psychology, and neuroscience, as well as sociology, law, ethics, and environmental studies.
The Global Robot Academia, which will be established as the heart of the COE, will organically gather together seven university departments and five university-related laboratories under one umbrella. A promotion committee will provide leadership for the center, and research activities will be conducted by three groups, P (Personal, Physical, Psychological)-RT, C (Community, Connective, Co-creative)-RT, and S (Social, Secure, Safe)-RT, which will cooperate and collaborate both domestically and internationally with academia, industry, and government agencies. In addition, a standing international external review committee will provide evaluation and advice. As the basis for these activities, we will create an international RT Mecca in Japan, gathering researchers and engineers from around the world to tackle the most important common problems of the world, including aging, healthcare and welfare, and energy and the environment.
http://www.waseda.jp/eng/news08/080625e.html
October 25, 2007
Prof. Maria Chiara Carrozza is the new director of SSSA.
Congratulations! ^_^
http://www.sssup.it
October 21, 2007
Waseda University celebrates its 125th anniversary
Waseda University will mark its 125th anniversary this year on October 21st. The number 125 is of special significance for Waseda, for our founder, Shigenobu Okuma, believed that the ideal length of a ......
Waseda University will mark its 125th anniversary this year on October 21st. The number 125 is of special significance for Waseda, for our founder, Shigenobu Okuma, believed that the ideal length of a human life should be 125 years, if mind, body, and spirit were kept in proper balance. Therefore, the celebrations of Waseda University's 125th anniversary mark the commencement of a new lifetime for Waseda. We celebrate our three founding principles: Independence of Learning, Utilization of Knowledge, and Fostering of Good Citizenship. They will provide a strong basis for our future.
In this special year, we are planning to hold the Conference of World University Leaders on October 20, 2007. The conference will be attended by numerous presidents of world-class institutions and leaders of higher learning from both Japan and overseas, to commemorate 125 years of academic tradition at Waseda University as well as to discuss the theme, New Initiatives in Higher Learning in the Age of Globalization.
Profound innovation is now occurring in higher learning throughout the world in order to meet the needs of the international community. Our central mission is no longer limited to the development of research and education, but to nurture individuals who can make effective and constructive contributions to world communities. It is also vital that the university community collaborate closely with industry and government to tackle world issues.
I look forward to active discussions with exchange of information and ideas among participants in the conference, and the presentation of initiatives that our participants are taking at their own institutions.
Katsuhiko Shirai
President, Waseda University
http://www.waseda125th.jp/
September 24, 2007
BIOROBOTICS, the Italy-Korea Joint Laboratory for Research on Biorobotics
BIOROBOTICS, the Italy-Korea Joint Laboratory for Research on Biorobotics, was established in September 2007 in the International Cooperation Building at the Korea Institute of Science & Technology ......
BIOROBOTICS, the Italy-Korea Joint Laboratory for Research on Biorobotics, was established in September 2007 in the International Cooperation Building at the Korea Institute of Science & Technology (KIST) in Seoul (South Korea) with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), in the framework of the Executive Program 2007-2009 for the International Cooperation between Italy and South Korea.
This initiative is the result of the solid collaboration between Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA) in Pisa (Italy) and Korea Institute of Science & Technology (KIST) in Seoul (South Korea).
The main objective of BIOROBOTICS is to become a hub between Korea and Italy by connecting universities, research centres, and small and medium enterprises in both countries (and, as a natural extension, in Europe and Far East) in the fields of Ambient Assisted Living.
This approach is pursued at three different levels: excellent research; joint education; and strengthening of industrial relationships.
The activities of BIOROBOTICS concern both realizing new bio-inspired and/or bio-mimetic machines and conceiving new ones to improve the quality of life within Ambient Assisted Living.
http://www.ikjl-biorobotics.sssup.it/
September 23, 2007
"New Robots Smile and Put On a Happy Face"
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Obviously, EYE-chan is a happy robot. His cheeks are glowing pink, and he is smiling broadly at Massimiliano Zecca, who stands right in front of him in this lab on the seventh floor of Waseda ......
Obviously, EYE-chan is a happy robot. His cheeks are glowing pink, and he is smiling broadly at Massimiliano Zecca, who stands right in front of him in this lab on the seventh floor of Waseda University\'s Okubo campus.
However, seconds later, EYE-chan raises his eyebrows in surprise, his mouth wide open. Finally, his expression hardens, and now he clearly is very angry.
EYE-chan, also known by his scientific name, WE-4RII, is the latest version of the Emotion Expression Humanoid Robots, which have been created at the Takanishi Laboratory since 1995, says Zecca, 34, a research associate here since 2003.
Read more on http://www.asahi.com/english/weekly/0923/03.html
http://www.asahi.com/english/weekly/0923/03.html
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