7月6日(月) 18時より先端医工学セミナーを開催いたします。

今回は、米国ジョージア工科大学，上田淳先生をお招きして
“Robotics and human modeling for medical applications”と題してご講演を賜ります。

同氏はロボット分野で大変活発にご活躍の先生で、医療分野への応用研究にも着手しています。
大変興味深いお話を拝聴できるものと思います。
どなたでもご参加頂けますので、多くの皆様のご来聴をお待ちしております。
なお、セミナーは聴講予定者に多くの外国人研究者、留学生などが予定されているため、英語にて行われます。
抄録などは下記をご覧ください。

時間：7月6日　18：00-
場所：West Wing 3階　内視鏡外科手術トレーニングセンター講義室
主催：九州大学病院先端医工学診療部
共催：福岡医学会
      新学術領域研究「多元計算解剖学」
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Date: 6th July (Mon.) 18:00-19:00
Place: Kyushu University Hospital, West Wing 3F,  Endoscopic training center lecture room

Speaker:
Prof. Jun Ueda （上田淳先生）
Associate Professor
The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,Atlanta, GA, USA

Title: 
Robotics and human modeling for medical applications

Abstract:  
This talk will introduce the speaker’s recent research effort that aims to apply a systems engineering approach to designing and assessing rehabilitation robots and surgical devices. The research approach is threefold: 
(1) design and control of high-precision mechanisms, (2) modeling of human functions, and (3) understanding of interaction between human and robots. In particular the third point is an area of emerging interdisciplinary research.  The goal of the research is to develop theories, methods, and tools to understand the mechanisms of neuromotor adaptation in human-robot physical interaction.  A project supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation is introduced that aims to understand temporal dynamics of cortical facilitation with afferent stimulation for the assessment of stroke rehabilitation. A robotic device that combines magnetic brain stimulation and peripheral mechanical stimulation has been developed to reproduce paired associative simulation. 
Another project has utilized mechanical vibration that induces stochastic resonance to improve tactile sensitivity in the operation of a laparoscopic surgical grasper. Illusion induced by vibration can be used for teaching specific limb movements. Modeling of variability in muscle stiffness improves stability and performance of tele-operated robots.

(Note that the lecture will be given in English.)