Members

The Cabinet Office    
Impulsing Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies Program(ImPACT)
Program Manager

Kanako HARADA

Associate Program Manager (R&D Management)

Masanobu MIYOSHI

Haruhiko ONO

Yuki KOBAYASHI

Associate Program Manager (Administration Management)

Masahiro MATSUI

Assistant

Hiromi OGAWA

Advisory Board

Makoto KANEKO

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University

Ichiro SAKUMA

Professor, Department of Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Makoto JINNO

Professor, School of Science and Engineering, Kokushikan University

Makoto HASHIZUME

Hospital Director, Kitakyushu Chuou Hospital

Masakatsu FUJIE

Emeritus Professor, Waseda University

Kazuhito YOKOI

Deputy Director General, Department of Information Technology and Human Factors, AIST

Research and Development Institutions

Project 1: Bionic Humanoids

Group ID/Name Institutions Principal Investigator Link
1-A Measurement Nagoya University

Kensaku MORI (GL)

Link
1-B Processing Nagoya University

Fumihito ARAI (PL)(GL)

Link
Tohoku University

Makoto OHTA

Link
Meijo University

Toshio FUKUDA

Link

Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation

Jyun-ichi KUZUSAKO

Link
1-C Sensors Tohoku University

Yoichi HAGA (GL)

Link
Nagoya University

Hisataka MARUYAMA

Link
1-D Evaluation AIST

Kiyoyuki CHINZEI (GL)

Link

Project 2: Smart Arm

Group ID/Name Institutions Principal Investigator Link
2-A Systems The University of Tokyo

Mamoru MITSUISHI (PL)(GL)

Link
Université de Rennes 1

Pierre JANNIN

Link
2-B Arm DENSO Corporation

Tsuyoshi UEYAMA (GL)

Link
2-C Tools Kyushu University

Jumpei ARATA (GL)

Link
TAKAYAMA Instruments Inc.

Ryushi TAKAYAMA

Kyushu University

Masatoshi ETO

Link
2-D User Interface Nagoya University

Yasuyuki HASEGAWA (GL)

Link
2-E Sensors Tohoku University

Yoichi HAGA (GL)

Link

Project 3: Medical applications

Group ID/Name Institutions Principal Investigator Link
3-A Neurosurgery The University of Tokyo

Nobuhito SAITO (PL)(GL)

Link
Nippon Medical School

Akio MORITA

Link
3-B Ophthalmology The University of Tokyo

Makoto AIHARA (GL)

Link

Project 4: Industrial applications

Group ID/Name Institutions Principal Investigator Link
4 Panasonic Corporation

Ryoji WATANABE (PL)

Link

Note: (PL) Project Leader, (GL) Group Leader

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