Kazufumi Nishikawa

I was received the BS and MS degrees in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1999 and 2001, and the PhD degree in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering major in Integrative Bioscience and Biomedical Engineering in 2004, respectively, from Waseda University. Since 2003, I have been a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Research:

Development of a Dental Robot
Development of a Talking Robot

Awards:

Award from The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (March, 2004)
Award from The Robotics Society of Japan (September, 2004)
2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems: "Best Paper Award-Application" (October, 2004)

Societies:

IEEE, The Robotics Society of Japan, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, The Acoustical Society of Japan, The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, The Institute of Electrics, Information and Communication Engineers

Research Achievements:
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1) K. Nishikawa, K. Asama, K. Hayashi, H. Takanobu and A. Takanishi: “Realization of Vowel Sounds with a Talking Robot”, Transaction of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Vol.68, No.667, C, pp.900-905, 2002.3
2) K. Nishikawa, T. Ogawara, A. Imai, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida and A. Takanishi: “Realization of Consonant Sounds and Continuous Sounds Using a Talking Robot”, Transaction of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, Vol.68, No.675, C, pp.3361-3366, 2002.11
3) K. Nishikawa, A. Imai, T. Ogawara, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida and A. Takanishi: “Development of a talking robot for vowels and consonant sounds”, Acoustical Science and Technology edited by the Acoustical Society of Japan, Vol.24, No.1, pp.32-34, 2003.1
4) K. Nishikawa, K. Hayashi, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida, M, Honda and A. Takanishi: “Realization of Vowels and Consonant Sounds using a Talking Robot - 3rd Report, Development of a New Talking Robot for Human-like Voices”, Transaction of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering, pp.139-144, 2003.7

1) K. Nishikawa, K. Asama, K. Hayashi, H. Takanobu and A. Takanishi: “Development of a Talking Robot”, Proceedings of the 5th Seminar on Speech Production: Models and Data & CREST Workshop on Models of Speech Production: Motor Planning and Articulatory Modeling, pp.345-348, 2000.5
2) K. Nishikawa, K. Asama, K. Hayashi, H. Takanobu and A. Takanishi: “Development of a Talking Robot”, Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp.1760-1765, 2000.10
3) K. Nishikawa, K. Asama, K. Hayashi, H. Takanobu and A. Takanishi: “Mechanical design of a Talking Robot for Natural Vowels and Consonant Sounds”, Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp.2424-2430, 2001.5
4) K. Nishikawa, A. Imai, T. Ogawara, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida and A. Takanishi: “Speech Production of Natural Vowels and Consonant Sounds using a Mechanical Talking Robot”, Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Measurement, Analysis and Modeling of Human Functions, pp.440-445, 2001.9
5) K. Nishikawa, A. Imai, T. Ogawara, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida and A. Takanishi: “Anthropomorphic Talking Robot for Natural Vowels and Consonant Sounds”, Proceedings of the CREST Workshop on Speech Motor Control and Modeling, pp.46, 2001.9
6) K. Nishikawa, A. Imai, T. Ogawara, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida and A. Takanishi: “Development of a Mechanical Talking Robot that produces Natural Vowels and Consonant Sounds”, Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp.1382-1387, 2001.10
7) K. Nishikawa, A. Imai, T. Ogawara, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida and A. Takanishi: “Development of a Talking Robot for Natural Vowels and Consonant Sounds”, Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pp.59-66, 2001.11
8) K. Nishikawa, A. Imai, T. Ogawara, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida and A. Takanishi: “Speech Planning of an Anthropomorphic Talking Robot for Consonant Sounds Production”, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp.1830-1835, 2002.5
9) K. Nishikawa, A. Imai, T. Ogawara, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida and A. Takanishi: “Development of an Anthropomorphic Talking Robot to Mechanically Produce Human Voices”, Proceedings of the 14th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on ROBOTICS, pp.309-316, 2002.7
10) T. Mochida, M. Honda, K. Hayashi, T. Kuwae, K. Tanahashi, K. Nishikawa and A. Takanishi, “Control system for talking robot to replicate articulatory movement of natural speech”, Proceedings of International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, pp.1533-1536, 2002.9
11) K. Nishikawa, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida, M. Honda and A. Takanishi: “Speech Production Robot based on Human Articulators and Vocal Organs”, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, pp.1399-1404, 2003.7
12) K. Nishikawa, K. Hayashi, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida, M. Honda and A. Takanishi: “Speech Production Humanoid Robot to Reproduce Human Vocal Movement”, Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on Humanoids Robots, 2003.10
13) K. Nishikawa, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida, M. Honda and A. Takanishi: “Development of a New Human-like Talking Robot Having Advanced Vocal Tract Mechanisms”, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp.1907-1913, 2003.10
14) K. Nishikawa, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida, M. Honda and A. Takanishi: “Modeling and Analysis of Elastic Tongue Mechanism of Talking Robot for Acoustic Simulation”, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp.2107-2114, 2003.10
15) K. Nishikawa, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida and A. Takanishi: “Speech Production using a Mechanical Talking Robot based on Human Speech Organs”, Proceedings of the 6th International Seminar on Speech Production，pp.185-190, 2003.12
16) T. Mochida, S. Hiroya, M. Honda, K. Nishikawa, and A. Takanishi: “Articulatory Control of Talking Robot by Mimicking Formant Trajectories of Human Speech”, Proceedings of the 6th International Seminar on Speech Production, pp.173-178, 2003.12
17) K. Nishikawa, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida, M. Honda and A. Takanishi: “Speech Production of an Advanced Talking Robot based on Human Acoustic Theory”, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp.3213-3219, 2004.5
18) K. Nishikawa, T. Kuwae, H. Takanobu, T. Mochida, M. Honda and A. Takanishi: “Mimicry of Human Speech Sounds using an Anthropomorphic Talking Robot by Auditory Feedback”, Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp.272-278, 2004.9

Links:

Takanishi Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
Humnaoid Robotics Institute, Waseda University

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