 Prof. Kazuo Ishii, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Personal profile: Professor, Dept. of Human Intelligence and Systems Engineering & Director, the Center for Socio-Robotics Synthesis, Kyushu Institute of Technology in Kitakyushu, JAPAN.
Kazuo ISHII graduated the University of Tokyo and received Ph.D. degree from the department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering in 1996. Currently, he is working on field robotics, especially underwater robots and agricultural robots.
He had been visiting researcher to IIS, The University of Tokyo (Japan) and Fraunhofer AIS (Germany). He joined Kyushu Institute of Technology (KYUTECH) as assistant professor in 1996 and has been working there as professor since 2011. He is also the Director, Center for Socio-Robotic Synthesis, KYUTECH.
He is recipient of many awards such as Advanced Automation Award (Advanced Automation Promotion Foundation, 1998), Outstanding Paper Award, IEEE/ICII’01 (2001), RoboCup Japan Open, Winner of Middle size league (2006, 2008-18), Best Technical Paper Award, AUVSI&ONR RoboSub Competition (2009, 2010), IEEE ICIIS2015, Best Paper Award (2015) and ICAROB2017，Best Paper Award (2017).
Presentation title: AUV-Sampling from Deep Seafloor: Development of a system with human decision-making in the control loop
Abstract: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are capable of navigating at a constant depth and altitude, serving as stable observation platforms. Practical use of AUVs for marine surveys is emerging and AUVs can capture images of large seabed areas and generate mosaic images from them. The next step is expected to be sampling of seafloor objects specified by the operator on support vessel or remote place. To build a system where AUVs navigate the deep sea floor and sample targets instructed by operators on board ships, it's necessary to have a robot system that autonomously samples based on human decision-making in the control loop. This presentation reports on the developed system and the results of sea trials. |