AIST Hitoshi Maekawa Biography

1963: Born
1986/03: B. E., Control Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; A Study on the Proportional Flow Control Poppet Valve; Supervisor: Prof. Toshio Takenaka
1988/03: M. E., Control Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; A Fundamental Study on Cartridge Type Logic Valves; Supervisor: Prof. Ato Kitagawa

1988/04: Mechanical Engineering Laboratory; Ministry of International Trade and Industry
1992/12-1993/12: International Technology Coordinator; Research Planning Office
1997/04: Ph. D., Control Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Grasp and Manipulation by a Multifingered Hand Using Tactile Information; Supervisor: Prof. Akira Kobayashi
1997/03-1998/03: Postdoctoral visiting researcher; Department of Computer Science; University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA; Host: Prof. John M. Hollerbach; Involved in virtual prototyping using Dextrous Arm Master™ manufactured by SARCOS
2001/01-2001/03: Visiting senior research scientist; Institute of Production Engineering; Tampere University of Technology, Finland; Host: Prof. Reijo Tuokko; Involved in mini- and micro- assembly factories

2001/04: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

2008/06: NIT: New Industrial Technology Development Center (Certified AIST Venture Company, Tokyo); Advisory Professional Engineer (Mechanical)

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