Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

International Research Visitors

Visits of International Scientists

• Prof. Keisuke Morishima (Professor, Osaka University) visited and presented his work on "Emergent Functionality of Cellular Buildup Wet Robotics" (15th, June 2012).

• Prof. Antônio P.L. Bó (Professor, Universidade de Brasília) visited and presented his work on "Human Centered robotics at UnB" (18th, July 2012).

• Prof. Thomas Stieglitz (Professor, Laboratory for Biomedical Microtechnology, Department of Microsystems Engineering - IMTEK, University of Freiburg) visited and presented his work on "Microtechnologies for Neural Implants" (17th, October 2012).

• Prof. Jessica Rose (Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University and Director, Motion and Gait Analysis Lab, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital) visited and presented her work on "Gait Analysis in Cerebral Palsy: Applications for Artificial Walking Technologies" (17th, October 2012).

• Prof. Dejan B. Popović (Professor, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Aalborg University, Denmark) visited and presented his work on "Neuroprosthesis: A tool for neurorehabiliation or functional compensation?" (25th, October 2012).

Visits to International Teams

• Mitsuhiro Hayashibe gave invited talk at the Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour (IPAB), University of Edinburgh, "Identification and Control of the Human Neuromuscular Dynamics toward Advanced Neuroprosthetics", February 2nd 2012.

• Mitsuhiro Hayashibe was Visiting Researcher at Nakamura lab, University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology for JSPS-Inria Ayame project and worked on "Muscle Strength and Mass Distribution Identification Toward Subject-Specific Musculoskeletal Modeling" (March 2012).

• Mitsuhiro Hayashibe gave invited talk at workshop on EMG Technology and Application, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, May 7th 2012.

• Mitsuhiro Hayashibe visited the Laboratory of Automation and Robotics (LARA), Universidade de Brasília for STIC Amsud - CARAT project and made a seminer on "Modeling and identification for Neuroprosthetic systems and some related works for CARAT program" (20th May 2012 -4th June 2012).

• Mitsuhiro Hayashibe was Visiting Researcher at RIKEN BSI-TOYOYA research institute and worked on "Tacit Motor learning for rehabilitation" (Aug.-Sep. 2012).