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Susumu Tachi
Susumu Tachi (舘 暲, Tachi Susumu; born January 1, 1946) is professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, Founding President of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, and Founding Chairman of Telexistence Inc.
Dr. Tachi received the B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in mathematical engineering and information physics from the University of Tokyo in 1968, 1970, and 1973, respectively.
He joined the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo in 1973, and in 1975 moved to the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, where he served as the Director of the Biorobotics Division. From 1979 to 1980, Dr. Tachi was a Japanese Government Award Senior Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, and in 1988 he served as Chairman of the IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) Technical Committee on Measurement in Robotics. In 1989 he rejoined the University of Tokyo, and served as a professor at the Department of Information Physics and Computing until March 2009. In April 2009, he moved to Keio University, where he served as a professor at the Graduate School of Media Design and the Director of the International Virtual Reality Center until March 2015. From April 2015 to March 2020, he conducted the JST ACCEL "Embodied Media" research project at the Tachi Laboratory, Institute of Gerontology, the University of Tokyo, as Research Director. In January 2017, he founded and became Chairman of Telexistence Inc. Prof. Tachi was conferred the title of professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo in June 2009.
One of his early scientific achievements is the invention (1975) and development of an intelligent mobile robot system for the blind called the Guide Dog Robot (1976–1983), which was the first of its kind. This system is known as MELDOG.
In 1980, Dr. Tachi invented the concept of telexistence, which enables a highly realistic sense of existence in a remote place without any actual travel, and has been working on the realization of telexistence since then.
Telexistence became the fundamental guiding principle of the eight-year Japanese National Large-Scale Project, “Advanced Robot Technology in Hazardous Environments” (1983–1990). Through this project, he conducted theoretical studies, established systematic design procedures, developed experimental hardware telexistence systems such as TELESAR, and demonstrated the feasibility of the concept.
His present research covers telexistence, real-time remote robotics (R-Cubed), and virtual reality. Key examples of his research in these areas include:
Guide Dog Robot (MELDOG)
Hub AI
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Susumu Tachi
Susumu Tachi (舘 暲, Tachi Susumu; born January 1, 1946) is professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, Founding President of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, and Founding Chairman of Telexistence Inc.
Dr. Tachi received the B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in mathematical engineering and information physics from the University of Tokyo in 1968, 1970, and 1973, respectively.
He joined the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo in 1973, and in 1975 moved to the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Tsukuba Science City, Japan, where he served as the Director of the Biorobotics Division. From 1979 to 1980, Dr. Tachi was a Japanese Government Award Senior Visiting Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA, and in 1988 he served as Chairman of the IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) Technical Committee on Measurement in Robotics. In 1989 he rejoined the University of Tokyo, and served as a professor at the Department of Information Physics and Computing until March 2009. In April 2009, he moved to Keio University, where he served as a professor at the Graduate School of Media Design and the Director of the International Virtual Reality Center until March 2015. From April 2015 to March 2020, he conducted the JST ACCEL "Embodied Media" research project at the Tachi Laboratory, Institute of Gerontology, the University of Tokyo, as Research Director. In January 2017, he founded and became Chairman of Telexistence Inc. Prof. Tachi was conferred the title of professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo in June 2009.
One of his early scientific achievements is the invention (1975) and development of an intelligent mobile robot system for the blind called the Guide Dog Robot (1976–1983), which was the first of its kind. This system is known as MELDOG.
In 1980, Dr. Tachi invented the concept of telexistence, which enables a highly realistic sense of existence in a remote place without any actual travel, and has been working on the realization of telexistence since then.
Telexistence became the fundamental guiding principle of the eight-year Japanese National Large-Scale Project, “Advanced Robot Technology in Hazardous Environments” (1983–1990). Through this project, he conducted theoretical studies, established systematic design procedures, developed experimental hardware telexistence systems such as TELESAR, and demonstrated the feasibility of the concept.
His present research covers telexistence, real-time remote robotics (R-Cubed), and virtual reality. Key examples of his research in these areas include:
Guide Dog Robot (MELDOG)
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