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Jorge Solis, Ph.D.

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Lecturer (Full-Time)
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Research Institute of Science and Engineering

Waseda University


3-4-1 Ookubo, Shinjuku-ku (#59-306)
169-8555, Tokyo, Japan
TEL: +81-3-5286-3257
FAX: +81-3-5273-2209


Advanced Biomedical Eng. and Sci. Center (TWINs)
2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku  (#3C-202)
162-8480, Tokyo, Japan

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Visiting Researcher

Humanoids Robots Institute

Waseda University


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RESEARCH INTEREST
Humanoid Robots (Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot / Anthropomorphic Saxophonist Robot)
Skill Transfer Systems from Robot to Human
Medical Training Robots and Systems
Rehabilitation Robots
Mechatronic Systems for Education Purposes (
Inverted Pendulum/Mobile Robot)
Design and implementation of recognition systems
Human motor control and learning.
Humanoid biped walking control.
Haptic Interface control and force rendering (past research)
Tele-operation systems (past research)
Design and implementation of data acquisition systems

SHORT BIOGRAPHY
- Research Associate at Waseda University/Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering. Tokyo, Japan (April 2006 to March 2009)

- JSPS Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Waseda University/Takanishi Laboratory. Tokyo, Japan (2004 to March 2006)

- Research Assistant. PERCRO Laboratory Pisa, Italy (August 2003 ~ May 2004)

- Ph.D. in Robotics. Scuola Superiore S.Anna. Perceptual Robotics Laboratory (PERCRO). Pisa, Italy (January 2004)
- Visiting Researcher at Waseda University - Takanishi Laboratory. Tokyo, Japan (January ~ December, 2003)
- Visiting Researcher at Mechanical Engineering Laboratory (now AIST). Tsukuba Science City, Japan (2000)
- RS/6000 Hardware Support Engineer. IBM of Mexico, Mexico (1998 ~ 2000)

- System Electronics Engineering Degree at The Monterrey Institute of Technology. Toluca, Mexico (December 1998)
- Visiting Researcher at Laboratoire d'e Analyse et Architecture d'Systemes (LAAS/CNRS). Toulouse, France (June ~ August, 1998)

MEMBERSHIPS

The Robotics Society of Japan; IEEE; ASME; The Mexican Society on Mechatronics; International Computer Music Assocation
Co-Chair of the IEEE/RAS TC on Biologically-Inspired Robots

Member of the IEEE/RAS TC on RobotEthics, Haptics

AWARDS

1. Finalist for the Best Paper Conference Award - IROS 2009, St. Louis, October 11-15
@@Paper Title: Development of Anthropomorphic Musical Performance Robots: From Understanding the Nature of Music Performance to Its Application to Entertainment Robotics
@@Authors: Solis, J., Petersen, K., Ninomiya, T., Takeuchi, M., Takanishi, A.
2. Finalist for the Award on Entertainment Robots and Systems - IROS 2009 / New Technology Foundation, St. Louis, October 11- 15
@@Paper Title: Development of Anthropomorphic Musical Performance Robots: From Understanding the Nature of Music Performance to Its Application to @Entertainment Robotics
@@Authors: Solis, J., Petersen, K., Ninomiya, T., Takeuchi, M., Takanishi, A.
3. Best Paper Award Nomination - IROS2009, St. Louis, Missouri (USA), October 11-15
@@Paper Title: Development of Anthropomorphic Musical Performance Robots: From Understanding the Nature of Music Performance to Its Application in @Entertainment Robotics
@@Authors: Solis J., Petersen K., Ninomiya T., Takeuchi M., Takanishi A.
4. Best Student Paper Award - AIM2009, Singapore, July 14-17
@@Paper Title: Development of a Robotic Carotid Blood Measurement WTA-1RII: Mechanical Improvement of the Gravity Compensation Mechanism and Optimal Link Position of the Parallel Manipulator Based on GA.
@@Authors: Nakadate, R., Uda, H., Hirano, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., et al.
5. Finalist for the Award on Entertainment Robots and Systems - IROS 2007 / New Technology Foundation, San Diego, October 29-November 2
@@Paper Title: The Waseda Flutist Robot No. 4 Refined IV: Enhancing the sound clarity and the articulation between notes by improving the lips and tonguing mechanisms
@@Authors: Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A.

CONFERENCES ACTIVITIES
- Co-organizer, IROS 2009 Full-Day Workshop on "Biologically-Inspired Robots", St. Louis (USA), October, 2009.
- Co-organizer, IROS 2009 Half-Day Workshop on "Critical Impediments and Future Challenges for Multi-Modal Robotic Locomotion", St. Louis (USA), October, 2009.
- Co-organizer,
ICRA 2009 Full-Day Workshop on "RoboEthics", Kobe (Japan), May 17, 2009.
- Co-organizer/Chair,
RO-MAN 2007 Special Session on "Musical Performance Robots", Jeju Island (Korea), August 26-29, 2007.
- Co-organizer/Chair, IROS/RSJ 2006 Workshop: "
Musical Performance Robots and its Applications", Beijing (China), October 10th, 2006.
- Organization Commitee, Workshop on Robotics and Mechatronics Research, CIDESI, May 20, 2006.
- Organization Commitee, Humanoid Robotics Workshop, Mexico, ITESM Campus Toluca, May 19, 2006
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- Sesion Chairman: Humanoids I. International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). New Orleans, USA. April 28th, 2004.

PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed)

BOOK CHAPTERS
1. (In press) Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009) gRobotic-Assisted Technology for Medical Training Purposes: Current Research Approaches Towards Developing Active Training Systems,h Biomechatronics in Medicine and Health Care.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
1. (In review) Solis, J., Nakadate, R., Takanishi, A. (2009) gDevelopment of a Two-Wheeled Type Inverted Pendulum for Educational Purposes,h Mechanism and Machine Theory Journal.
2. (In review) Carbone G., Nakadate R., Solis J., Ceccarelli M., Takanishi A., Minagawa E., Sugawara M., Niki K., (2009). gWorkspace Analysis and Design Improvements on a Carotid Blood Flow Measurement System,h submitted to Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H, Journal of Engineering in Medicine.
3. (In review) Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009) gImplementation of a Particle Filter-Based Tracking Method to Enable an Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot to Actively Interact with Musicians,h submitted to International Journal of Social Robotics.
4. (In review) Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009). gMusical-Based Interaction System for the Waseda Flutist Robot: Implementation of the Visual Tracking Interaction Module,h Autonomous Robots Journal.
5. (In review) Petersen, K, Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009). gMusical Interaction Experiments between Human Musicians and the Anthropomorphic Flutist Roboth, In the Computer Music Journal.
6. (In review) Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009) gThe Waseda Flutist Robot: A Musical Teaching Tool to Transfer Skills to Unskilled Human Players", to International Journal of Social Robotics.
7. (In press) Solis, J., Takeshi, N., Petersen, K., Takeuchi, M., Takanishi, A., (2009). gDevelopment of the Anthropomorphic Saxophonist Robot WAS-1: Mechanical Design of the Simulated Organs and Implementation of Air Pressure,h Advanced Robotics Journal.
8. (In press) Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Petersen, K., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2009) gImplementation of an Auditory Feedback Control System on an Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot Inspired by the Performance of a Professional Flutist,h Advanced Robotics Journal.
9. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Takanishi, A. (2008) gUnderstanding the Mechanisms of the Human Motor Control by Imitating Flute Playing with the Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RIV,h Mechanism and Machine Theory (Special Issue on Bio-Inspired Mechanism Engineering), Vol. 44 (3), pp. 527-540.
10. Solis, J., Oshima, N., Ishii, H., Matsuoka, N., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). gTowards an understanding of the suture/ligature skills during the training process by using the WKS-2RII,h International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Vol. 3(3-4), pp. 231-239.
11. Ishii H., Koga H., Obokawa Y., Solis J., Takanishi A., Katsumata A. (2009). gPath generator control system and virtual compliance calculator for maxillofacial massage robots,h International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 10.1007/s11548-009-0383-1.
12. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). gWKA-1R robot-assisted quantitative assessment of airway management,h International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Vol. 3(6), pp. 543-550.
13. Ishii, H., Koga, H., Obokawa, Y, Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2008). gDevelopment and Experimental Evaluation of Oral Rehabilitation Robot That Provides Maxillofacial Massage to Patients with Oral Disorders,h International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 28(9), pp. 1228-1239.
14. Solis, J., Marcheschi, S., Frisoli, A., Avizzano, C.A., Bergamasco, M. (2007). gReactive Robots System: an active human/robot interaction for transferring skill from robot to unskilled persons, International Advanced Robotics Journal, Vol. 21(3), pp. 267-291.
15. Solis, J., Suefuji, K.; Takanishi, A. (2006). gThe Waseda Flutist Robot: from a musical partner to a musical tutor,h Journal of the Society of Biomechanisms, Vol. 30(1), February, pp. 23-27.
16. Solis, J., Chida, K.; Suefuji, K., Taniguchi, K., Hashimoto, S.M., Takanishi, A. (2006). gThe Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RII in Comparison with a Professional Flutist,h Computer Music Journal, Vol. 30(4), pp. 12-24.
17. Solis, J., Chida, K.; Suefuji, K., Takanishi, A. (2006). gThe Development of the anthropomorphic flutist robot at Waseda University,h International Journal of Humanoid Robots (IJHR), Vol. 3(2), June, pp. 127-151.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
1. (In review) Solis J., Petersen, K., Yamamoto, T., Takeuchi, M., Ishikawa, S., Takanishi, A., Hashimoto, K. (2010). gDesign of New Mouth and Hand Mechanisms of the Anthropomorphic Saxophonist Robot and Implementation of an Air Pressure Feed-Forward Control with Dead-Time Compensation,h Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
2. (In review) Petersen, K., Solis J., Takanishi, A. (2010). gInteraction with the Waseda Flutist Robot: Two-Level Mapping of Audio-Visual Sensor Input to Musical Performance Output based on a Sequential Bayesian Filtering Approach,h in Proc. of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
3. (In review) Nakadate, R., Tokunaga, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Minagawa, E., Sugawara, M., Niki, K. (2010). gDevelopment of the Assisted-Robotic System WTA-2 for Ultrasound for Abdominal Diagnosis,h in Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
4. (In review) Nakadate, R., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Minagawa, E., Sugawara, M., Niki, K. (2010). gInteraction with the Waseda Flutist Robot: Two-Level Mapping of Audio-Visual Sensor Input to Musical Performance Output Based on a Sequential Bayesian Filtering Approach,h Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
5. (In press) Solis J., Petersen K., Ninomiya T., Takeuchi M., Takanishi A., (2009) gMechanism Design and Air-Pressure Feedback Control Implementation of the Anthropomorphic Waseda Saxophonist Robot,h in Proceedings of the Ninth IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots.
6. (In press) Solis J., Petersen K., Ninomiya T., Takeuchi M., Takanishi A., gDevelopment of Anthropomorphic Musical Performance Robots: From Understanding the Nature of Music Performance to Its Application in Entertainment Robotics,h Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
7. (In press) Solis J., Nakadate R., Yoshimura Y., Hama Y., Takanishi A., gDevelopment of the Two-Wheeled Inverted Pendulum Type Mobile Robot WV-2R for Educational Purposes,h Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
8. (In press) Petersen K., Solis J., Takanishi. A, gDevelopment of a Aural Real-Time Rhythmical and Harmonic Tracking to Enable the Musical Interaction with the Waseda Flutist Robot,h Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
9. (In press) Nakadate R., Uda H., Hirano H., Solis J., Takanishi A., Minagawa E., Sugawara M., Niki K. gDevelopment of Assisted-Robotic System Designed to Measure the Wave Intensity with an Ultrasonic Diagnostic Device,h Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.
10. (In press) Obokawa, Y., Solis, J., Ishii, H., Koga, H., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. gClinical Massage Therapy with the Oral-Rehabilitation Robot in Patients with Temporomandibular Joint Disorders ,h Proceedings of the International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine.
11. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). gDevelopment of an Inverted Pendulum Type Mobile Robot for Educational Purposes,h in Proceedings of the 1st IFToMM International Symposium on Robotics and Mechatronics, pp.1-6.
12. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). gDevelopment of the Waseda Flutist Robot: Particle Filter Implementation for Instrument Tracking,h First International Conference on Smart IT Applications, ID40.
13. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). gPractical Issues on Robotic Education and Challenges for Robo Ethics Education,h Proceedings of the Eighteenth IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 561-565.
14. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). gIntroduction of Mechatronics for Undergraduate Students Based on Robotic Platforms for Education Purposes,h in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp 693-698.
15. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). gUnderstanding the mechanisms of the human motor control by imitating saxophone playing with the Waseda Saxophonist Robot WAS-1,h Proceedings of the IROS 2009 Workshop on Biologically-Inspired Robotics, pp. 49-54.
16. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). gToward Enhancing the Understanding of Human Motor Learning,h Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 591-596.
17. Solis J., Oshima N., Ishii, H., Matsuoka N, Takanishi A., Hatake K., (2009). gQuantitative Assessment of the Surgical Training Methods with the Suture/Ligature Training System WKS-2RII,h Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4219-4224.
18. Solis, J., Nakadate, R., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi A., (2009). gDevelopment of Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Their Applications for Introducing Robot Technology Principles,h 2009 IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 911-917.
19. Solis, J., Obokawa, Y., Ishii, H., Koga, H., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A., (2009). gDevelopment of Oral Rehabilitation Robot WAO-1R Designed to Provide Various Massage Techniquesh, Proceedings of the IEEE Eleventh International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotic, pp. 457-462.
20. Solis, J., Ninomiya, T., Petersen, K., Yamamoto, T., (2009). gAnthropomorphic Musical Performance Robots at Waseda University: Increasing Understanding of the Nature of Human Musical Interaction,h Proceedings of the 9th International Conference New Interfaces for Musical Expression, pp. 64-69.
21. Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009). gIntroducing Robot Technology to Undergraduate Students at Waseda University,h Proceedings of the ASME Asia-Pacific Engineering Education Congress, 10004.
22. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). gNew Challenges for the implementation of Robo Ethics Education in Japan,h Proceedings of the ICRA2009: Workshop on Robo Ethics, pp. 26-30.
23. Nakadate R., Uda H., Hirano, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Minagawa, E., Sugawara, M., Niki, K., (2009). gDevelopment of a Robotic Carotid Blood Measurement WTA-1RII: Mechanical Improvement of Gravity Compensation Mechanism and Optimal Link Position of the Parallel Manipulator based on GA,h 2009 IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 717-722.
24. Noh, Y., Shimomura, A., Segawa, M., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009). gDevelopment of Airway Management Training System WKA-1RII that Embeds New Force Detection Sensor System (FDSS) and New Tactile Detection Sensor System (TDSS),h 2009 IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 1264-1269.
25. Carbone G., Nakadate R., Solis J., Ceccarelli M., Takanishi A., Minagawa E., Sugawara M., Niki K., (2009). gDesign Improvements on a Carotid Blood Flow Measurement System,h Proceedings of the 20009 Computational Kinematics
26. Ishii, H., Noh, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Park Y.K., Umezu, M., gDevelopment of advanced medical training system using robot technology,h in Proc. of the 23rd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S237-S238.
27. Ishii, H., Koga, H., Obokawa, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2009). gProposal of novel control system that consists of massage path generator and virtual compliance calculator for maxillofacial massage robot,h in Proc. of in Proc. of the 23rd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S211-S212.
28. Petersen K., Solis J., Ninomiya T., Yamamoto T., Takeuchi M, Takanishi A. (2009). gDevelopment of the Anthropomorphic Saxophonist Robot WAS-1: Mechanical Design of the Lip, Tonguing, Fingers and Air Pump Mechanisms,h Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3043-3048.
29. Noh Y., Segawa M., Shimomura A., Ishii H., Solis J., Takanishi, A., Hatake K., (2009). gDevelopment of the Airway Management Training System WKA-2 that can reproduce the Cases of Difficult Airway,h Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3843-3838.
30. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Nimomiya, T., Petersen, K., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2008). gThe Waseda Flutist Robot No.4 Refined IV: From a Musical Partner to a Musical Teaching Tool,h Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 427-432.
31. Solis, J., Oshima, N., Ishii, H., Matsuoka, N., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). gDevelopment of a Sensor System Toward the Acquisition of Quantitative Information of the Training Progress of Surgical Skillsh, Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 959-964.
32. Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). gDevelopment of the Waseda Flutist Robot No. 4 Refined IV: Implementation of a Real-Time Interaction System with Human Partnersh, Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 421-426.
33. Solis J., Takanishi, A., (2008). gCan an anthropomorphic flutist robot display musical skills-,h International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Workshop on Art and Robots, pp. 13-18.
34. Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). gDevelopment of a Real-Time Instrument Tracking System for Enabling the Musical Interaction with the WF-4RIV,h IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 3654-3659.
35. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). gDevelopment of the Evaluation System for the Airway Management Training System WKA-1R,h Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 574-579.
36. Koga, H., Usuda, Y., Matsuno, M., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2008), gDevelopment of an Oral-Rehabilitation Robot Designed to Provide Massage Therapy for Maxillofacial Tissues,h Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 556-561.
37. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). gApproaches to Enable Autonomous Systems to Perceptually Detect Human Performance Improvements and their Applications,h IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 259-264.
38. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Petersen, K., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A., (2008). Improved Musical Performance Control of WF-4RIV: Implementation of an expressive music generator and an automated sound quality detection, Seventeenth International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 334-339.
39. Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). gToward enabling a natural interaction between human musicians and musical performance robots: Implementation of a real-time gestural interface,h Seventeenth International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 340-345.
40. Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). gDevelopment of a real-time gestural interface for hands-free musical performance control.h International Computer Music Conference, pp. 356-359
41. Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2008). gIntroducing a novel musical teaching automated tool to transfer technical skills from an anthropomorphic flutist robot to beginning flutists,h Eighth International Conference New Interfaces for Musical Expression: Fourth i-Maestro Workshop on Technology-Enhanced Music Education, pp. 53-60.
42. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2008). gThe Mechanical Improvements of the Waseda Flutist Robot and the Implementation of an Auditory Feedback Control System,h Seventeenth CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control,h pp. 217-224.
43. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). gDetermination of Effective Evaluation Parameters on the Airway Management Training System WKA-1R,h Sixth Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology, ID102.
44. Koga, H., Usuda, Y., Matsuno, M., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2008). gDevelopment of an Oral-Rehabilitation Robot,h Sixth Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology, ID097.
45. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2008). gDevelopment of Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RIV: Implementation of auditory feedback system,h International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3654-3659.
46. Oshima, N., Solis, J., Ishii, H., Matsuoka, N., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). Integration of an Evaluation Function into the Suture/Ligature Training System WKS-2R. International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 1094-1099.
47. Oshima, N., Solis, J., Ishii, H., Matsuoka, N., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). Toward an Understanding the Suture/Ligature Skills During the Training process by Using WKS-2RII,h in Proc. of the 22nd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S126-127.
48. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K. Takanishi, A. (2008). gImprovements on the sensor system on the WKA-1R to identify the evaluation parameters of the airway management,h in Proc. of the 22nd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S209-S210.
49. Koga, H., Usuda, Yuichi, Matsuno, M., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2008). gDevelopment of a Massage Robot Designed to Provide Massage Manipulation for Medical Therapy in Patients with Oral Health Problems,h in Proc. of the 22nd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S443.
50. Koga H., Usuda Y., Matsuno M., Ogura Y., Ishii H., Solis J., Takanishi A., Katsumata A. (2008). gDevelopment of an Oral Rehabilitation Robot,h Gerontechnology 2008; 7(2):142.
51. Noh Y., Segawa N., Ishii H., Solis J., Hatake K., Takanishi A. (2008). gDetermination of effective evaluation parameters on the airway training system WKA-1R,h Gerontechnology 2008; 7(2):174.
52. Koga, H., Usuda, Yuichi, Matsuno, M., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2007). gDevelopment of an Oral Rehabilitation Robot for Massage Therapy, International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, pp. 111-114.
53. Oshima, N., Solis, J., Ishii, H., Matsuoka, N., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2007). gAcquisition of Quantitative Data for the Detailed Analysis of the Suture/Ligature Tasks with the WKS-2R, International,h Special Topics Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, pp. 107-110.
54. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K. Takanishi, A. (2007). gReproducing Difficulties of Airway Management on Patients with Restricted Mouth Opening using the WKA-1,h International Special Topics Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, pp. 115-199.
55. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2007). gThe Waseda Flutist Robot No.4 Refined IV: Enhancing the sound clarity and the articulation between notes by improving the lips and tonguing mechanisms,h IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2041-2046.
56. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Yamamoto, T., Sato, A., Takanishi, A. (2007). gMusical Skills of the Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RIV,h IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2570-2571.
57. Oshima, N., Solis, J., Ogura, Y., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2007). gDesign of a New Suture/Ligature Evaluation System WKS-2,h IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 58-63.
58. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2007). gAn overview of the research approaches on Musical Performance Robots,h International Conference on Computer Music, pp. 356-359.
59. Noh, Y., Nagahiro, K., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2007). gDevelopment of an Airway Management Training System that Embeds an Array of Sensors on a Conventional Mannequin. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1296-1301.
60. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2007). gAn Overview of the Research Approaches on Musical Performance Robots," International Conference on Computer Music, pp. 356-359.
61. Takanishi, A., Solis, J. (2007). gResearch Trends on Musical Performance Robots,h Sixteenth IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, p. 762.
62. Solis, J.; Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T.; Takanishi, A. (2007). gToward an Expressive Performance of the Waseda Flutist Robot: Production of Vibrato,h Sixteenth IEEE International Symposium on Robot & Human Interactive Communication, pp. 780-785.
63. Solis, J.; Suefuji, K.; Taniguchi, K.; Ninomiya, T.; Maeda, M.; Takanishi, A. (2007). gImplementation of Expressive Performance Rules on the WF-4RIII by Modeling a Professional Flutist performance Using NN,h International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2552-2557.
64. Oshima, N., Muhamed, A., Midorikawa, R., Solis, J., Ogura, Y., Takanishi, A. (2007). gDevelopment of a Ligature/Suture Training System that Provides Quantitative Information on the Learning Process of Trainees,h International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2285-2291.
65. Noh, Y., Nagahiro, K., Ogura, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2006). gDevelopment of an Airway Management Training System,h International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, ID119.
66. Oshima, K., Ogura, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2006). gEvaluation System of Surgical Skill,h International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, ID104.
67. Solis, J., Suefuji, K., Taniguchi, K., Takanishi, A. (2006). gToward an Autonomous Musical Teaching System: From the Waseda Flutist Robot to Flutist Beginners,h 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Workshop: Musical Performance Robots and Its Applications, pp. 24-29.
68. Solis, J., Chida, K., Suefuji, K., Taniguchi, K., Hashimoto, S.M., Takanishi, A. (2006). gThe Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot WF-4RII Musical Performance: The Flight of the Bumble Bee,h Computer Music Journal Winter 2006, DVD Program: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 135-141.
69. Solis, J., Suefuji, K., Chida, K., Taniguchi, K., Takanishi, A. (2006). The interaction of the Waseda Flutist Robot with humans and its applications,h DVD Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 230007.
70. Solis, J., Suefuji, K., Chida, K., Taniguchi, K., Takanishi, A. (2006). gThe mechanical improvements of the anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4RII to increase the sound clarity and to enhance the interactivity with humans,h Proceedings of the Sixteenth CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control, pp. 247-254.
71. Solis, J., Suefuji, K., Chida, K., Taniguchi, K., Takanishi, A. (2006). gImitating human flute playing by the WF-4RII: Mechanical, perceptual and performance control systems,h Proceedings of the First IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 1024-1029.
72. Solis, J., Suefuji, K., Kouchi, K., Takanishi, A. (2006). The Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RII as a Musical Tutor System: The Development of a General Transfer Skill System from Robot to Beginning Flutists,h Robotics and Mechatronics Conference. 2A1-D11.
73. Solis, J., Chida, K., Suefuji, K., Takanishi, A. (2005). gImprovements in the auditory perceptual process of the anthropomorphic flutist robot to effectively interact with humans,h Fourteenth IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 450-455.
74. Solis, J., Chida, K., Suefuji, K., Takanishi, A. (2005). gToward an automated transfer skill system,h International Computer Music Conference, pp. 423-426.
75. Solis, J.. Chida, K., Suefuji, K., Takanishi, A. (2005). gThe anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4R,h IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1929-1934.
76. Avizzano C.A., Raspolli, M., Solis, J., Marcheshi, S., Bergamasco, M. (2005). gHaptic Desktop: A novel multimodal device for office automation and assisted design,h Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4086-4091.
77. Solis, J., Marcheshi, S., Raspolli, M., Avizzano C.A., Bergamasco, M. (2004). gThe Haptic Desktop.h Thirteenth IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 512-526.
78. Solis, J., Isoda, S., Chida, K., Takanishi, A., Wakamatsu, K. (2004). gLearning to play the flute with an anthropomorphic flutist robot,h International Computer Music Conference, pp. 635-640.
79. Chida, K., Okuma, I., Isoda, S., Saisu, Y., Solis, J., Takanobu, H., Wakamatsu, K., Takanishi, A. (2004). gDevelopment of the new version of the anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4,h Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 152-157.
80. Solis, J., Isoda, S., Chida, K., Takanishi, A., Wakamatsu, K. (2004). gAn Anthropomorphic flutist robot for teaching flute playing to beginning students,h Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 146-150.
81. Solis, J., Isoda, S., Chida, K., Takanishi, A., Wakamatsu, K. (2004). gEvaluating sound quality of beginning players by an anthropomorphic flutist robot (WF-4),h Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1568-1573.
82. Solis, J., Avizzano, C.A., Bergamasco, M. (2003). gValidating a Transfer Skill System Based on the Reactive Robots Technology,h Twelfth IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 175-180.
83. Avizzano, C.A., Solis, J., Frisoli, A., Bergamasco, M. (2002). gMotor Skill Experiments Using Haptic Interface Capabilities,h Eleventh IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 198-203.
84. Solis, J., Avizzano, C.A., Bergamasco M. (2002). gTeaching the Writing of Japanese Characters Using a Haptic Interface,h Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 255-262.

TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
1. Solis, J. (2007, 2008) Textbook of the Mechatronics-Lab I, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University Press (in Japanese).
2. Solis, J. (2007, 2008) Textbook of the Mechatronics-Lab II, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University Press (in Japanese).
3. "A Dictionary for the Modern Flutist" by Susan J. Maclagan. Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc., April, 2009. (entry to the Flutist Robot)
4.  Solis, J. (2006). Study of Human Motor Control and Learning by using humanoid robots as transfer skill systems to improve learner's performances and to understand the parameters that may lead or break down the learning process. Technical Research Report, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Waseda University, Mechanical Engineering Department, Tokyo (Japan).
5.  Solis, J. (2000). Developement of a tele-operation system for a nonholomic mobile base. Technical Report, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Tsukuba (Japan).

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