Self Introduction (Eng)

Takeshi Ando, Ph. D.

Biography

2002~2006 Waseda University, Department of mechanical engineering

2006~2008   Waseda University (Undergraduate student)

2008~2011 Waseda University (Ph.D student), Supervisor: Prof. Masakatsu G. Fujie

Career (academia/industry)

2008 Appointed researcher, ActiveLink corporation

2008~2011 Associate Researcher, Waseda University

2011~ Visiting associate professor, Waseda University

2011~ Appointed researcher, Osaka University

2011~Panasonic Corporation, Robotics Development Section

Senior researcher (2014~), Deputy Manager (2015~), Manager (2017~), General Manager (2019~), Director (2022~)

2025~ Managing Director, Panasonic R&D Center Singapore

2012~   Invited researcher, Osaka University

2013  Visiting professor, Osaka Electro-communication University

2013~Visiting lecturer, Osaka institute of technology

2015~ Collaborative researcher, Kyoto University

2024~ Visiting Professor, Osaka Insititute of Technology

Academic Society：

Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering (JSME)

Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)

IEEE: Robotics and Automation Society (RAS),

         Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)

         System, Man and Cybernetics Society (SMC)

Research Activity

- Waseda university

・EMG analysis for power assist exoskeleton

・Roll-over assist robot for the patients with bone cancer (with Shizuoka Cancer Center)

・Gait-controlled personal mobility (with Kyusyu university hospital)

・Gait rehabilitation system for the patient with stroke (with Yokohama rehabilitation center)

・Tremor suppression arm robot (with Yokohama rehabilitation center, Juntendo Univeristy, Kikuchi Corporation)

・Haptic interface for the patient with visually impaired

・Electric wheel chair for the child with severe CP (with National rehabilitation center) 

・Chest ROM measurement and bio-feedback system (with National center of global health and medicine, commercialized by Takei scientific instrument)

- Osaka university

・Standing assist robot system

・Drip support system

・Bio-feedback system for gait rehabilitation

- Panasonic Holding corporation

・Shampooing and head-care robot

・Cell culture robot

 ・Autonomous mobile robot

etc.