Iamattemptingtorewritethesupposedlyintuitiveblueprintthatclaimsinstinctsareadaptivewhileexcessismaladaptivebyobservingandexperimentallyexaminingtheinstinctivebehaviorofanimals.Mygoalindoingsoistocreateablueprintthatequatesbiologywithengineeringandtoofferbehind‐the‐scenessupportforbioengineering.Iaminvestigatingthepsychologyofthegiantisopod,whichlivesatdepthsofseveralhundredmetersintheocean,aswellasthesocialshapingofMictyrisbrevidactylus,acrabthatlivesontheislandofIriomote‐jima,withrobots.Theseeffortsencompassnotonlyethology,butalsocognitivescienceandrobotics.Onegraduatewentontotakeoverthelocalfamilyfurnitureshopafterstartinghisownlab.Anotherbecametheprincipleauthorofapublicationinaninternationalacademicjournalbeforegoingontobecomeanactorandforminganeventproductioncompany.AthirdtraveledthelengthandbreadthofJapanonacheapbicyclebeforelaunchingaprojectinwhichheinterviewspeopleabouttheirgraduateresearch.Afourthtraveledalonetothetyphoon‐sweptislandofIriomote‐jimaafterproducingaweddingevent,whileafifthjoinedaleadingeducationalcompany.AssociateProfessorToruMoriyamaKeywords:Pillbug,giantisopod,Mictyrisbrevidactylus,theheartofanimals,theheartofthings,autonomy,emergence,self,comparativecognitivescience,animalpsychology,ethologyResearch?on?the?pill?bugPublications:?Moriyama,?Tooru.“?Does?the?Pill?Bug?Have?a?Heart?”?PHP?Interface,?2011.Research?on?the?giant?isopodResearch?paper:?Matsui?T,?Moriyama?T,?Kato?R,?Zoological?Science,?accepted.Equating?biology?with?engineering?through?animal?experimentation27Department?of?Machinery?and?RoboticsBioengineeringOutlook?for?researchOutlook?for?students?after?graduationToward?realization?of?a?surface?robot?with?shape?shifter?functionIftherewasarobotthatcouldshiftitsshapetoanything,whatfunctiondoyouthinkitwouldhave?Youmayhaveimaginedaswarmofmicroscopicrobots,orarobotthatcouldmakeaphasetransitionbetweenliquidandsolid.Ithinkoftherobotasacurvedsurface,becausetheoutermostpartoftheobjectcanberepresentedbyasinglesurface.However,thehistoryofresearchonsurfacerobotsisshort,andcurrentrobotshavenotyetachievedtheabilitytoshifttheirshapetoanything.Therefore,weareproposingnewsurfacerobotsandcontroltheoriesbymakingfulluseofmathematicstodescribecurvedsurfaces,computergraphicstechnologyandknowledgeofbiology.Wearealsolookingforanewwaytodevelopatheoryofcontrolforthecontinuumrobotsthathavebeendevelopedsofar.Inourlaboratory,studentscanacquiretheknowledgeandtechnicalskillsofroboticsandmechatronics.Additionally,theywillacquireabilitiesthatareusefulaftergraduation,suchasproblemsolvingabilityandpresentationskills.AssistantProfessorNoriyasuIwamotoAssistantProfessorIwamotoreceivedhisPh.D.degreeinengineeringfromKyushuUniversityin2016.AfterworkingasapostdoctoralfellowatKyushuUniversity,hetookuphiscurrentpositionin2017.Hisresearchinterestsarethecontinuumrobotsandthesurfacerobots.Truncated?cone?actuators?whose?radii?are?individually?controllable?on?the?front?and?back?sides,?and?a?mesh‐type?robot?that?represents?a?curved?surface.Amethodforsettingupalocalcoordinatesystemforsurfacerobots.TheCartesiancoordinatesystemisobtainedbyconnectingthereferenceregionandtherobotwithconformalmaps.Ifasurfacerobotisrealized,therewillbeanimmeasurabledemandforit,becauseofthehyperdegreesoffreedomoftherobotthatcanbetransformed.Forexample,itmaybepossibletocreatearobotthatcantransformitselftoadapttotheenvironmentandreproduceevolution.Also,asurfacerobotcancreateaspaceinsidebybending,andinsomesituations,controllingtheshapeofthespaceisuseful.Weareattemptingtoutilizethisfeatureforsecuringthesurgicalfieldinendoscopicsurgery.Department?of?Machinery?and?RoboticsBioengineeringOutlook?for?researchOutlook?for?students?after?graduation
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