Hirai Shinichi | Researcher Information

Ritsumeikan University Research Organization of Science and Technology, Advanced Micro/Nano System Technology Research Center
Ritsumeikan University Research Organization of Science and Technology, Advanced Robotics Research Center
Ritsumeikan University Research Organization of Science and Technology, VLSI Center
Ritsumeikan University Research Organization of Science and Technology, Frontier Research Center for Research Center for BIWAKO Σ
Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Science and Engineering

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2024 - 2028 Research on stiffness and viscosity of soft robots during high-speed motion
2021 - 2024 指使いの視触覚統合モデルによる柔軟物の加工作業-ハンド表面の分布荷重の統合-
2021 - 2023 Mechanics of Wet Contact with Applications to Sticky/Slippery Object Manipulation
2020 - 2023 Establishment of nonlinear modeling method for high-speed food handling
2017 - 2022 Constructing virtual on-the-job training platform with tactile sensation for minimally invasive surgery

2019 - 2021 Mechanics and Synthesis of Soft Contact

2018 - 2021 Development of Mealtime Care Simulation Model for Nursing Fundamental Skill Education

2018 - 2021 Mechanics of Variable Afferent Network Morphology, with Design of Soft Sensing Devices

2017 - 2020 A study of adequate procedure for the oral care to the old people using a simulator for its training and evaluation.

2015 - 2018 Dynamics and Tribology of Soft Tissues in Tactile Perception

2015 - 2017 Developement of oral care simulator model

2013 - 2015 Dynamics in Tensegrity Structure Locomotion

2012 - 2015 Towards Hand-skill Transfer through remote virtual hands-on Training in multi-point and multi-user Haptic Collaborative Virtual Environments

2011 - 2014 Tribology of Soft Tissues

2009 - 2011 Research on bio-mimetic machine vision

2009 - 2011 Soft object simulation and visuo-haptic interaction for haptic collaborative virtual environment with realistic sensation

2008 - 2010 Soft Tissue Mechanics in Human Dexterity via Internal Sensing

2007 - 2008 視覚を用いた布の展開と定置に関する技術開発

2006 - 2008 Fundamental research of medical surgical simulation with the help of virtual reality

2005 - 2007 Reality-based Modeling of Deformable Soft Objects via Internal Sensing

2005 - 2007 Adaptive Volume Modeling and Rendering for Volume-based Haptic Communication

2004 - 2006 冗長自由度系で起こる逆運動学の設定不良の解消:ベルンシュタイン問題への挑戦

2004 - 2004 跳躍移動ソフトロボットの研究開発

2003 - 2004 柔軟指によるロボットマニピュレーションと文字手書きにおける人体補助具への応用

2002 - 2004 Haptic Vision - Vision-based Haptic Exploration

2002 - 2004 Three-dimensional imaging system using a varifocal mirror at video frame rate

2002 - 2004 Virtual Rheological Objects for Visual and Haptic Presentation

2003 - 2003 リアルタイム視触覚フィードバックによる多指ハンドの制御と柔軟物ハンドリングへの適用

2001 - 2001 ロボット身体スキルのシステム統合と制御に関する研究

2001 - 2001 柔軟変形物ハンドリング用ビジョンチップの研究開発

1998 - 1999 Building Linkage Models of Human Arms

1997 - 1997 分布型アクチュエーションにおける柔らかい物体のマニピュレーション技量に関する研究

1996 - 1996 接触作業におけるインピーダンス制御則の獲得に関する研究

1996 - 1996 柔らかい物体のマニピュレーションにおける人間と機械の技量現機構の解明

1995 - 1995 柔らかい物体のマニピュレーションにおける技量に関する研究

1994 - 1995 A Study on Methodology and Modelling for Knowledge Acquisition in Manufacturing Domain

1993 - 1994 Development of Proficient Machines for Manufacturing

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Yumiko Kobayashi, Kazuya Ikoma, Masahiro Maki, Kan Imai, Masamitsu Kido, Naoki Okubo, Yasutaka Sotozono, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai, Masaki Tanaka, et al. Validation of patient-specific flatfoot models on finite element analysis. Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. 2024. 1-9
Yumiko Kobayashi, Kazuya Ikoma, Masahiro Maki, Kan Imai, Masamitsu Kido, Naoki Okubo, Yasutaka Sotozono, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai, Masaki Tanaka, et al. Determining the changes in morphology and loading status following medial displacement calcaneal osteotomy for flatfoot using patient-specific finite element models. Scientific reports. 2024. 14. 1. 14766-14766
Zhe Qiu, Hannibal Paul, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai, Sadao Kawamura. An Evaluation System of Robotic End-Effectors for Food Handling. Foods. 2023. 12. 22. 4062-4062
Issei Nate, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai. Passive robotic gripper using a contact-based locking mechanism. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 2023
Oki Morikage, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai, Akira Nonaka. A Soft Gripper for Automating Split Operation of Silkworm. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). 2023

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平井慎一, 王忠奎, ホアンヴァン, 松野孝博. センサ技術から見たソフトロボティクス. 日本ロボット学会誌. 2019. 37. 1. 22-25

平面状物体のハンドリング方法及びその装置
紙葉類搬送装置及び紙葉類搬送システム
流量調整弁

布地触覚センサ
堀照夫編, スマートテキスタイルの開発と応用, シーエムシー出版 2019 ISBN:9784781314242
柔軟物体のハンドリング
近代科学社 2017 ISBN:9784764904736
柔軟体の力学モデリング
近代科学社 2017 ISBN:9784764904736
Mechanics of Localized Slippage in Tactile Sensing
Springer 2014 ISBN:9783319041223
Why Humans can Manipulate Objects Despite a Time Delay in the Nervous System
Ravi Balasubramanian and Veronica J. Santos eds., The Human Hand as an Inspiration for Robot Hand Development, Springer International Publishing 2014 ISBN:9783319030166

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, Adaptive Update of Reference Capacitances in Conductive Fabric Based Robotic Skin,
(2019 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019) 2019)
Gripping Force Modeling of a Binding Hand
(2019 IEEE Int. Conf. on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2019) 2019)
Numerical Analysis of Contact Area Influence in a Capacitive Soft Force Sensor
(2019 IEEE Int. Conf. on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2019) 2019)
A Wrapping Gripper for Packaging Chopped and Granular Food Materials
(2019 IEEE Int. Conf. on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2019) 2019)
A Novel Binding Hand with Closed Loop Thread Capable of Grasping Small-Diameter Objects
(2019 IEEE Int. Conf. on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2019) 2019)

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平井慎一, 仮想レオロジー物体のリアルタイム変形シミュレーション
2008 - 2008
平井慎一, レオロジー物体の動的変形シミュレーションと力学特性の同定
2007 - 2007
塩津あゆみ, 山中雅史, 松山吉成, 中西永, 原義行, 坪井辰彦, 岩出卓, 杉山勇太, 平井慎一, 移動跳躍ソフトロボット「KOHARO」
2006 - 2006
平井慎一, 上原正太, 空気圧アクチュエータ用小型比例制御弁の開発 - 小型化と応答性のトレードオフの検討 -
2005 - 2005
平井慎一, 山本真也, コンピュータ・ビジョン・システムの設計
2003 - 2003

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- 1990 Kyoto University "Graduate School, Division of Engineering" Applied Mathematics and Physics
- 1985 Kyoto University Faculty of Engineering Applied Mathematics and Physics

Doctor of Engineering (Kyoto University)

2002/04 - Ritsumeikan University Department of Robotics, College of Science and Engineering
1996/04 - Ritsumeikan University Department of Robotics, College of Science and Engineering
1990/04 - 大阪大学工学部電子制御機械工学科助手

2016/01 - 2016/12 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society 2016 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2016), Editor
2014/04 - 2016/03 日本ロボット学会国際担当理事
2012/04 - 2016/03 Robotics Society of Japan Advanced Robotics, Associate Editor
2015/01 - 2015/12 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society 2015 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2015), Editor
2014/01 - 2014/12 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society 2014 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014), Editor

2014/04 - IEEE Robotics and Automation Society IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Associate Editor

2013/01 - 2013/06 Robotics: Science and Systems 2013 Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS 2013), Area Chair

2009/04 - 2011/03 日本ロボット学会日本ロボット学会誌編集委員

2010/01 - 2010/12 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2010), Program Chair

2007/07 - 2010/06 IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Associate Editor

2006/07 - 2010/06 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Associate Editor

2006/07 - 2010/06 IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Associate Editor

2007/01 - 2008/12 計測自動制御学会計測と制御編集委員

2008/01 - 2008/06 Robotics: Science and Systems 2008 Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS 2008), Area Chair

2005/03 - 2007/03 日本ロボット学会評議員

2006 - The 9th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotic and Vision (ICARCV 2006), Invited Session Co-chair

2006 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2006), Program Committee Member

2006 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2006), Program Committee Member

2005/01 - 2005/12 第10回ロボティクス・シンポジアプログラム委員

2005/04 - 2005/09 日本ロボット学会第19回論文賞選考委員会委員

2005 - IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning (ISATP2005), Program Committee Member

2005 - The 12th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR2005), Program Committee Member

2005 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2005), Program Committee Member

2005 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2005), Program Committee Member

2004/01 - 2004/12 第9回ロボティクスシンポジアプログラム委員

2004 - The 8th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotic and Vision (ICARCV 2004), Program Committee Member

2004 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2004), Program Committee Member

2004 - IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2004), Program Committee Member

2000/04 - 2002/03 日本ロボット学会評議員

2002 - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2002), Program Committee Member

2001/01 - 2001/12 第19回日本ロボット学会学術講演会実行委員

2000/04 - 2001/03 日本機械学会ロボティクスメカトロニクス部門運営委員会委員

2001 - IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning (ISATP2001), Program Committee Member

2000/01 - 2000/12 第18回日本ロボット学会学術講演会プログラム委員長

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2019 - 日本食品機械工業会 2019国際食品工業展 (FOOMA2019) アカデミックプラザ AP賞(来場者評価部門)「食品の粘弾性特性の非接触計測」
2018/08 - 2018 IEEE Int. Conf. on Real-time Computing and Robotics (IEEE RCAR 2018) IEEE RCAR 2018 Best Paper Award on Robotics (A Soft Gripper with Adjustable Stiffness and Variable Working Length for Handling Food Material)
2018 - 日本食品機械工業会 2018国際食品工業展 (FOOMA2018) アカデミックプラザ FOOMA AP賞グランプリ「プリンタブルハンドとプレストレッチ指ハンドによる食品材料ハンドリング」
2017/12 - 2017 IEEE/SICE Int. Symp. on System Integration SII 2017 Finalist for Best Conference Paper Award (Deformation Estimation of a Plate Spring Using Asymmetric and Symmetric Conductive Patterns)
2017/07 - 2017 IEEE Int. Conf. on Real-time Computing and Robotics (IEEE RCAR 2017) IEEE RCAR 2017 Best Conference Paper Finalist (Real-time Curvature Estimation of Printable Soft Gripper using Electro-conductive Yarn)

2017/02 - 2017 3rd Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE 2017) Best Presentation Award of 2017 3rd Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering (ICMRE 2017) (Kinematic Analysis of a Novel Skew-gripper for Aerial Pruning Tasks)

2017 - 日本食品機械工業会 2017国際食品工業展 (FOOMA2017) アカデミックプラザ FOOMA AP賞グランプリ「食品材料ハンドリング用ソフトロボットハンド」

2016 - 日本食品機械工業会 2016国際食品工業展 (FOOMA2016) アカデミックプラザ FOOMA AP賞「食品材料ハンドリング用軽量ロボットハンド」

2015/05 - SIMULIA Community Conference SIMULIA Community Conference "favorite" poster award (FE Modeling of a Flatfoot Deformity for Improving Surgical Planning)

2014 - 日本食品機械工業会 2014国際食品工業展 (FOOMA2014) アカデミックプラザ FOOMA AP賞「軽量ロボットシステムによる食品材料のハンドリング」

2011/12 - Finalists of T. J. Tarn Best Paper in Robotics (TPS-SURF-SAC Matching Approach of Feature Point Applied to Deformation Measurement of Nonrigid Tissues from MR Images)

2009/12 - Finalist of 2009 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics Best Paper in Biomimetics (Two-Phased Force and Coordinates Controller for a Pair of 2-DOF Soft Fingers)

2008 - ロボット学会論文賞 (柔軟指による物体把持と操作における力学の実験的解明)

2007 - 計測自動制御学会2007年度システムインテグレーション部門研究奨励賞

2007 - 第12回ロボティクスシンポジア最優秀論文賞 (柔軟指による物体操作のダイナミクス)

2006 - SI2006優秀講演賞 (柔軟円形ロボットの外殻変形による跳躍の力学的エネルギー解析)

2006 - Finalist of 2006 IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation Manipulation Best Paper Award (Study on Hemispherical Soft-Fingered Handling for Fine Manipulation by Minimum D.O.F. Robotic Hand)

2006 - Finalist of 2006 IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation Vision Best Paper Award (CMOS+FPGA Vision System for Visual Feedback of Mechanical Systems)

2005 - Finalist of 2005 IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation Manipulation Best Paper Award (Quasi-Static Manipulation with Hemispherical Soft Fingertip via Two Rotational Fingers)

2001 - Finalist of 2001 IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation Kayamori Best Paper Award (Vision-based Automatic Forming of Rheological Objects Using Deformation Transition Graphs)

1997 - 日本機械学会ロボティクスメカトロニクス部門業績賞

1990 - 計測自動制御学会論文賞 (凸多面錐理論を用いたマニピュレーションの運動学とその把握および組立作業への応用)

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Information Processing Society of Japan , The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers , The Society for Nursing Science and Engineering , The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers , IEEE , The Robotics Society of Japan