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Tanaka Hiroto

タナカ ヒロト | Tanaka Hiroto
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Associate Professor
Homepage URL  (2): http://www.tanakah.mech.e.titech.ac.jp/index.htmlhttp://www.mech.titech.ac.jp/~biomimetics/
Research field  (7): Morphology, anatomy ,  Laboratory animal science ,  Fluid engineering ,  Mechanics and mechatronics ,  Robotics and intelligent systems ,  Nano/micro-systems ,  Nanomaterials
Research keywords  (13): insect flight ,  biomimetics ,  aerodynamics ,  insect wing ,  insect flight ,  micro robotics ,  micro fabrication ,  MEMS ,  animal swimming ,  animal flight ,  micro robotics ,  micro fabrication ,  MEMS
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (8):
  • 2020 - 2024 Development of a Pitot tube type flow sensor for biologging of marine animals
  • 2020 - 2023 ペンギン肌リブレット~3次元物体表面におけるリブレットの全抗力低減効果の研究
  • 2018 - 2023 微細構造を活用した生物のやわらかい飛翔と遊泳の原理解明と実装
  • 2018 - 2023 ソフトロボット学の総括
  • 2012 - 2017 Bio-inspired Mechanical Systems
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Papers (35):
  • Masanori Tatani, Takeshi Yamasaki, Hiroto Tanaka, Toshiyuki Nakata, Satoshi Chiba. What makes the diverse flight of birds possible? Phylogenetic comparative analysis of avian alula morphology. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2023. 141. 2. 278-288
  • Yayi Shen, Hiroto Tanaka. Experimental analysis of the sweepback angle effect on the thrust generation of a robotic penguin wing. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics. 2023. 18. 2
  • Dang Jinqiang, Fujii Tomoya, Tanaka Hiroto. Soft Limitation of Passive Feathering at Wing Root Improves Lift Generation Performance in Hummingbird-Mimetic Flapping Wings. Journal of Aero Aqua Bio-mechanisms. 2023. 10. 1. 48-56
  • Tomoya Fujii, Jinqiang Dang, Hiroto Tanaka. Hummingbird-bat hybrid wing by 3-D printing. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 2023. 2023-May. 3404-3410
  • Yayi Shen, Zheming Ding, Bai Chen, Hiroto Tanaka. Design of a 1:1 Scale Penguin-Like Robot with Effective Flexible Wings. IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering. 2023. 2023-August
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MISC (12):
  • Hiroto Tanaka, Toshiyuki Nakata, Takeshi Yamasaki. Biomimetic Soft Wings for Soft Robot Science. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics. 2022. 34. 2. 223-226
  • 田中 博人. 遊泳生物のリブレット構造の流体摩擦力低減効果と模倣. ながれ : 日本流体力学会誌. 2021. 40. 279-284
  • Tanaka Hiroto. Flapping-Wing Swimming of Penguins and its Biomimetic Robot. Bulletin of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 2020. 30. 2. 18-21
  • 田中, 博人, Tanaka, Hiroto. ペンギンロボット - 小型で俊敏な水中ドローンを実現する電動羽ばたき翼運動機構. JST 東京工業大学 新技術説明会2019. 2019
  • やわらかさが生み出す飛翔と遊泳の運動. Journal of the Society of Mechanical Engineers. 2019. 122. 1205. 18-20
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Books (7):
  • The Science of Soft Robots: Design, Materials and Information Processing
    Springer Nature 2023 ISBN:9789811951749
  • 飛躍するドローン
    (株)エヌ・ティー・エス 2016
  • ニュートン別冊 ふしぎ動物図鑑
    ニュートンプレス 2015
  • 月刊科学雑誌ニュートン 2013 年 12 月号
    ニュートンプレス 2013
  • Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology
    Springer-Verlag 2012 ISBN:9789048197507
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Lectures and oral presentations  (28):
  • 自己組織化シワの羽ばたき翼膜への応用
    (日本化学会第95春季年回(2015)アドバンスト・テクノロジー・プログラム(ATP) 2015)
  • Hydrodynamics and Energetics in Rapid Acceleration of a Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Lagenorhynchus Obliquidens
    (The 6th International Symposium on Aero-aqua Bio-Mechanisms (ISABMEC2014) 2014)
  • Lift and Efficiency of 1-DoF Hummingbird Wing Models
    (7th World Congress of Biomechanics 2014)
  • Fabrication of Wrinkled Parylene Films for Wing Membranes of Small Aerial Robots
    (Joint international symposium on "Nature-inspired Technology (ISNIT) 2014" and "Engineering Neo-biomimetics V" 2014)
  • Passive wing deformation of hovering hummingbirds
    (The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Main Meeting 2014 (SICB 2014) 2014)
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Education (3):
  • 2005 - 2008 The University of Tokyo PhD, Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
  • 2003 - 2005 The University of Tokyo MS, Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
  • 2001 - 2003 The University of Tokyo BS, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Professional career (3):
  • Ph.D. in Mechano-Informatics (The University of Tokyo)
  • MS in Mechano-Informatics (The University of Tokyo)
  • BS in Mechanical Engineering (The University of Tokyo)
Work history (6):
  • 2016/04 - 現在 Tokyo Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering Associate Professor
  • 2015/11 - 2016/03 Tokyo Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering Associate Professor
  • 2011/10 - 2015/10 Chiba University Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Chiba University International Cooperative Research Center Research Assistant Professor
  • 2009/04 - 2011/09 Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 2006/04 - 2009/03 Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo. Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1)
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Committee career (6):
  • 2014 - 現在 第 43 回可視化情報シンポジウム 実行委員会
  • 2014 - 現在 科研費新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型)「生物規範工学」 教科書編集委員会
  • 2014 - 2014 第 15 回計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション部門講演会 実行委員会
  • 2013 - 2014 第42回可視化情報シンポジウム 実行委員会
  • 2013 - 2013 Joint Scientific Symposium of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Chiba University Organizing committee
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Awards (5):
  • 2018 - 東京工業大学 工学院若手奨励賞
  • 2017 - IOP Publishing Reviewer of the Year Awards for Bioinspiration & Biomimetics in 2016
  • 2013/07 - General Biomechanics Best Poster 3rd Prize in SEB2013 Valencia Morphing wings of a hovering hummingbird
  • 2008/07 - Young Scientist Award 2nd Prize in SEB2008 Marseille
  • 2008/06 - Student Presentation Award in 40th Fluid Dynamics Conference/Aerospace Numerical Simulation Symposium (in Japanese)
Association Membership(s) (4):
The Robotics Society of Japan ,  日本ロボット学会 ,  The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers ,  日本機械学会
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