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Owaki Dai

オオワキ ダイ | Owaki Dai
Affiliation and department：
Tohoku University Graduate School of Engineering Department of Robotics Robot Systems Intelligent Mechatronics

About Tohoku University Graduate School of Engineering Department of Robotics Robot Systems Intelligent Mechatronics


Job title： Assistant Professor
Other affiliations (1)：
  • Bielefeld University  JSPS Scientist for Joint International Research (H30-R2)
Homepage URL  (2)： http://www.oscillex.org ,  http://db.tohoku.ac.jp/whois/e_detail/3651e9ac221a10de382e6071951ba18d.html
Research field  (5)： Animals: biochemistry, physiology, behavioral science ,  Rehabilitation science ,  Control and systems engineering ,  Mechanics and mechatronics ,  Robotics and intelligent systems
Research keywords  (17)： Embodied Intelligence ,  Motion Hacking ,  Bio-hybrid system ,  Neuro-robotics ,  身体性(Embodiment) ,  昆虫 ,  ナナフシ ,  コオロギ ,  ミズクラゲ ,  Synthetic neuro rehabilitation ,  Embodied Brain System Science ,  Central Pattern Generator (CPG) ,  Central Pattern Generator (CPG) ,  Embodiment ,  Gait Transition ,  Passive Dynamic Walking and Running ,  Bipedal Locomotion
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (23)：
  • 2023 - 2027 Environment Adaptation Mechanisms Decoded from Control of Insect-Peripersonal Space (i-PPS) Through Sensory, Motor, and Brain Interventions
  • 2023 - 2026 Understanding and Control of Swimming Motion in Jerryfish via Motion Hacking
  • 2024 - 2025 2024年度 超省エネクラゲバイオハイブリッドロボットの技術開発 補助事業
  • 2023 - 2024 Motion Hackingを用いた運動への介入から紐解く昆虫の適応能力
  • 2021 - 2023 Motion Hacking Elucidates Flexible Inter-leg Coordination Mechanism in Insect Locomotion
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Papers (190)：
  • Yan Guo, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Wen Zeng, Satoru Ebihara, Dai Owaki, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe. Physics-Informed Learning Framework for Lower Limb Kinematic Prediction with Sparse Sensors and its Application in Chronic Stroke. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 2025. 1-1
  • Ryosei Seto, Guanda Li, Kyo Kutsuzawa, Dai Owaki, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe. Two-Stage Learning of CPG and Postural Reflex Towards Quadruped Locomotion on Uneven Terrain with Simple Reward. IEEE Access. 2025. 1-1
  • Yuchen Wang, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Dai Owaki. Encoding flexible gait strategies in stick insects through data-driven inverse reinforcement learning. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2025. 20. 4. 046005-046005
  • Dai Owaki, Max Austin, Shuhei Ikeda, Kazuya Okuizumi, Kohei Nakajima. Harnessing natural embodied intelligence for spontaneous jellyfish cyborgs. Nature Communications. 2025. 16. 1
  • Yuhei Sorimachi, Hiroki Akaida, Kyo Kutsuzawa, Dai Owaki, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe. Synergy-Based Evaluation of Hand Motor Function in Object Handling Using Virtual and Mixed Realities. Sensors. 2025. 25. 7. 2080-2080
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MISC (9)：
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Patents (2)：
  • 分析装置、分析方法、分析プログラム、及 び、生成装置
  • 最適弾性強度計算装置、最適弾性強度計算システム、運動補助システム、最適弾性強度計算方法および最適弾性強度計算プログラム
Books (4)：
  • 身体性知能とシステム・制御 (シリーズ システム・制御のニューフロンティア C 1)
    コロナ社 2025 ISBN:4339034010
  • 教えて! クラゲのほんと: 世界一のクラゲ水族館が答える100の質問
    緑書房 2024 ISBN:486811008X
  • 身体性システムとリハビリテーションの科学1 運動制御
    東京大学出版会 2018 ISBN:4130644017
  • ロボット制御学ハンドブック
    近代科学社 2016
Lectures and oral presentations  (184)：
  • Embodied Intelligence: A New Paradigm for System & Control(身体性知能とシステム・制御)
    (ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会2025シンポジウム『 “いいかげん”を科学して未来を創るソフトロボット学6』 2025)
  • 運動への介入から紐解く生物の潜在的適応能
    (第一回システム行動学研究会 2025)
  • Motion Hacking: Understanding by Controlling Jellyfish Pulsatile Locomotion
    (Symposium: Adaptive behavior and its ecological foundations 2025 2025)
  • A Jellyfish Cyborg Exploiting Natural Embodied Intelligence
    (SWARM2024 in September, Workshop on EMBODIED LOCOMOTION MECHANISMS IN ANIMALS AND ROBOTS: FROM MORPHOLOGICAL TO NEURAL COMPUTATIONS 2024)
  • Post-amputation Gait Recovery with Prosthetic Legs in the Cricket - a Robotics-inspired Approach
    (International Congress on Entomology 2024)
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Education (3)：
  • - 2009 Tohoku University Graduate School, Division of Engineering Dept. of Electrical and Communication Engineering
  • - 2006 Nagoya University Graduate School, Division of Engineering Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
  • - 2004 Nagoya University Faculty of Engineering Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Information Engineering
Professional career (1)：
  • Doctor of Engineerig (Tohoku University)
Work history (9)：
  • 2020/05 - 現在 Tohoku University
  • 2019/04 - 現在 Tohoku University ept. of Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering Associate Professor
  • 2019/05 - 2019/07 Bielefeld University Dept. Biological Cybernetics, Faculty of Biology JSPS Scientist for Joint International Research (H30-H32)
  • 2017/10 - 2019/03 Tohoku University Dept. of Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering Assistant Professor
  • 2018/04 - 2018/10 Bielefeld University Dept. Biological Cybernetics, Faculty of Biology JSPS Scientist for Joint International Research (H30-H32)
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Committee career (16)：
  • 2020/04 - 現在 Advanced Robotics (Journal) Editorial Board Member
  • 2024/04 - 2025/01 第37回自律分散システム・シンポジウム プログラム委員長
  • 2022 - 2023/09 第41回日本ロボット学会学術講演会 特別行事委員長
  • 2022 - 2023/06 The 11th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion on Animals and Machines (AMAM2023) Secretariats (事務局)
  • 2020 - 2021 計測自動制御学会 東北支部 会計幹事
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Awards (24)：
  • 2025/11 - SSI Excellent Paper Award Enhancing Stability and Controllability of Quadruped Skating Locomotion through Integration of Central Pattern Generators and Model Predictive Control
  • 2024/11 - 35th 2024 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS2024) Best Paper Awards Locomotion Learning in a Musculoskeletal System through Reinforcement Learning of Joint Actions and LSTM Learning of Muscle Actions
  • 2024/11 - SICE SII devision SSI Excellent Presentation Award
  • 2021/12 - MHS2021 Best Paper Award Whole Body Direction and Velocity Prediction from Leg Movements in Insect Walking Using Recurrent Neural Network
  • 2021/05 - SENDAI NEW PUBLIC NTTグループ賞 医療従事者不足の東北から発信、リハビリの「質」向上につながるAI歩行診断
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Association Membership(s) (4)：
The Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry ,  計測自動制御学会 ,  日本ロボット学会 ,  IEEE
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