Researchers

IWATANI Yasushi

IWATANI Yasushi
Professor
Faculty Department of Robotics / Graduate School of System Engineering / Fundamental Technology for Next Generation Research Institute
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/read0122064

Education and Career

Education

  • 1995/04 - 1999/03 , Tokyo Institute of Technology, School of Engineering,
  • 1999/04 - 2001/03 , Tokyo Institute of Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering,
  • 2001/04 - 2004/03 , Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2023 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Engineering, Department of Robotics Professor
  • Oct. 2009 - Mar. 2023 , Hirosaki University Graduate School of Science and Technology Associate Professor
  • Jun. 2005 - Sep. 2009 , Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Sciences Research Associate
  • Apr. 2003 - May. 2005 , Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship for Young Scientists

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Manufacturing technology (mechanical, electrical/electronic, chemical engineering), Control and systems engineering
  • Informatics, Mechanics and mechatronics
  • Informatics, Robotics and intelligent systems

Research Interests

Control Engineering, Robotics

Published Papers

  1. Tracing the Battle: Role of mucus trails in information warfare between predator snail and prey limpet
    Yoko Wada; Takashi Noda; Takashi Y. Ida; Yasushi Iwatani; Takuya Sato
    Journal of Animal Ecology  17, Mar. 2026 
  2. Higher-order approximations of Jacobian matrices
    Yasushi Iwatani; Tetsuya Kinugasa
    SICE Festival with Annual Conference  , 573-578, Sep. 2025  , Refereed
  3. Pulsation waves along the Ciona heart tube reverse by bimodal rhythms expressed by a remote pair of pacemakers
    Yuma Fujikake; Kéita Fukuda; Katsuyoshi Matsushita; Yasushi Iwatani; Koichi Fujimoto; Atsuo S. Nishino
    Journal of Experimental Biology  227  (10)  , jeb246810-, 15, May. 2024  , Refereed

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Conference Activities & Talks

  1. Empirical analysis of swing-leg impact dynamics in relation to stability in passive dynamic walking , Kazuto Matsuura; Ryota Hayashi; Koji Yoshida; Tetsuya Kinugasa; Yasushi Iwatani , 31st International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics , 22, Jan. 2026
  2. ポアンカレ写像の高精度数値計算 , 岩谷 靖; 衣笠 哲也 , 第26回計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション部門講演会 , 10, Dec. 2025
  3. 円弧足半径の小さい受動歩行機の安定性に関する実験的考察 , 松浦 一翔; 林 良太; 吉田 浩治; 衣笠 哲也; 岩谷 靖 , 第26回計測自動制御学会システムインテグレーション部門講演会 , 10, Dec. 2025

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MISC

  1. 煙の充満する火災現場で火炎位置を特定するセンサ , 岩谷 靖; 葛西 昭治; 鳥飼 宏之 , 電波技術協会報 , 327 , 48 , 51 , Mar. 2019
  2. 失敗から学ぶ , 岩谷 靖; 葛西 昭治 , 計測と制御 , 54 , 3 , 178 , 183 , Mar. 2015
  3. センサネットワークにおける観測計画 , 荒井 翔悟; 岩谷 靖 , 計測と制御 , 53 , 12 , 1099 , 1104 , Dec. 2014

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Patents

  1. 火炎検出センサ及び火炎検出方法 , 岩谷 靖, 鳥飼 宏之 , 特許第6694636号

Awards & Honors

  1. Jul. 2024, 日本神経科学学会, Best Paper Award
  2. Dec. 2020, 計測自動制御学会, 第21回 計測自動制御学会 システムインテグレーション部門講演会 優秀講演賞
  3. Oct. 2020, 日本ロボット学会, 第37回 日本ロボット学会学術講演会 優秀講演賞

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. 日本学術振興会, 科学研究費助成事業, 寄生虫による宿主行動操作の分子機構解明
  2. 科学研究費助成事業 基盤研究(C), フィードフォワード動的二足歩行
  3. 科学研究費補助金・基盤研究（C）（一般）, ロボットの制御しやすさの指標：再考

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