Profile

Katsuaki TANAKA (田中克明), Ph.D. (Engineering)

Academic Society

• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

• IEEE Power and Energy Society

• The Robotic Society of Japan

• The Virtual Reality Society of Japan

• The Japan Society for Aeronautical Space Sciences

• The Ecological Society of Japan

Current Research

• Space VR contents

• Planetary Explanation Robot

• Environmental Monitoring Robot

• Animal Monitoring Robot

• Rat Robot

Academic Activity

• Adjunct Researcher, Waseda University

• Young researchers Committee, Global Robot Academia (Vice-chairman in 2015, Chairman in 2016)

• Leading Graduate Program (2013-Present)

• Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2016-Present)

Formal Education

• 04/2015-04/2018 Dr.Eng at Department of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University

• 04/2013-03/2015 M.Eng. at Department of Integrative Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering, Waseda University

• 04/2009-03/2013 B.Eng. at Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University

Research Experience

• Developing space VR contents at amulapo, inc. (04/2020-Present)

• Developing space VR contents at Yspace, LLC. (06/2018-03/2020)

• Developing rover prototypes at ispace, inc. (04/2018-Present)

• Developing environmental monitoring robot at Waseda University (04/2012-Present) Supervisor: Atsuo TAKANISHI

• A SubCULTron project at The Biorobotics Institute (Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna), 2016.

• Bachelor’s Thesis: Development of environmental monitoring robot with high locomotive performance

• Master’s Thesis: Development of effective controlling algorithm for tiny mobile robots

• Ph.D.’s Thesis: Locomotion Performance of Autonomous Mobile Robot on Rough Terrain for Outdoor Survey

Intern Experience

• Engineering support at ispace (Team HAKUTO), 2016-2018.

Competition Experience

• Team leader in the Waseda team at the Program for Leading Graduate Schools, The Second Business Plan Competitio -Co-creation by students and business experts-, 2016.

• Team leader in team Yspace at HP Mars Home Planet, 2017.

Scholarship (Grant)

• Fellowship support from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2016, 2017

• Fellowship support from Leading Graduate Program in Science and Engineering, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

• Scholarship for Young doctoral Students，2015, 2016

• Waseda University's 125^th Anniversary Scholarship, 2011，2013

Skills

• General

  • System design

    • Robotics system design

    • System debug

  • Hardware design

    • Electrical circuit design

    • Motion/motor control design

  • Software design

    • Control system design

    • embedded software design

• Experiences

  • Machine processing: Lathe, milling machine, drilling machine, etc.

  • Circuit manufacture: Soldering, electronic packaging

  • Programming Languages: C/C++, C# (.Net), Python, Java, PHP, HTML

  • Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Android

  • Embedded Platforms: ARM, Cortex M3, AVR, (STM32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone)

  • Communication Buses: Ethernet, SPI, I2C, RS232, USB

  • Software

    • CAD; SolidWorks, Fusion 360,

    • Programming; Visual Studio, Android Studio, mbed, IAR, Arduino IDE,

    • Simulation; Maple, V-rep, Motor control; ESCON, EPOS (Maxon motor)

• Languages

  • Proficient English

  • Native Japanese

Employment

• Founder & CEO, amulapo, inc. (2020.3-Present)

• R&D Robotics engineer, ispace, inc. (2018.4-Present)

• Director, ELPIS NEXT fundation (2020.8-Present)

• Adjunct Researcher, Waseda University. (2018.4-Present)

• Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Ysapce, LLC. (2018.6-2020.3)

• Subsidiary of research guidance, Waseda University (2015-2018)

• Teaching Assistant at Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University (04/2012-03/2014)

• An Mathematics tutorial for high school students in major prep school (04/2009-03/2015)

• Tutor for high school students in major prep school (04/2009-03/2015)

Interest

• Designing total system using robot, hardware design of robots, multiple robot navigation outdoors

• Watching soccer game, cooking, snowboarding