or

Jorge Solis, Ph.D.

waseda_color

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

logo-official


Visiting Researcher

Humanoids Robots Institute

Waseda University


English / 日本


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

04/2006 –03/2008 Research Associate, Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering (now AIST)., Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
07/2004 –03/2006 Post-Doctoral Researcher at Humanoid Robotics Institute, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
01/2001 –04/2004 Research Assistant, Perceptual Robotics Laboratory, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
03/2000 –11/2000 Visiting Researcher at Cybernetics Division, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan
12/1998 – 02/2000 RS/6000 Hardware Support Engineer, RS/6000 Support Division, IBM of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
06/1998 –07/1998 Visiting Researcher, Laboratoire d’Analyse et Architecture de systèmes (LAAS/CNRS), Toulouse, France

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 Biorobotics
Co-Chair of the IEEE/RAS TC on Roboethics

Member of the IEEE/RAS TC on Haptics

AWARDS

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship (2004 – 2006)
Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Tokyo, Japan
• Scholarship for Ph.D. Research (2001 – 2004)
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna / Perceptual Robotics Laboratory
Pisa, Italy
• Scholarship for postgraduate studies (2000)
Embassy of Japan in Mexico / JICA
Mexico City, Mexico
• Scholarship for Academic Excellence and Achievement (1994 – 1998 / 1991 - 1994)
Monterrey Institute of Technology, Toluca Campus
Toluca, Mexico

PUBLICATIONS (Peer Reviewed)

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

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
1. (In review) Solis, J., Nakadate, R., Takanishi, A. (2009) “Development of a Two-Wheeled Type Inverted Pendulum for Educational Purposes,” 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). “Workspace Analysis and Design Improvements on a Carotid Blood Flow Measurement System,” 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) “Implementation of a Particle Filter-Based Tracking Method to Enable an Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot to Actively Interact with Musicians,” submitted to International Journal of Social Robotics.
4. (In review) Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009). “Musical-Based Interaction System for the Waseda Flutist Robot: Implementation of the Visual Tracking Interaction Module,” Autonomous Robots Journal.
5. (In review) Petersen, K, Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009). “Musical Interaction Experiments between Human Musicians and the Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot”, In the Computer Music Journal.
6. (In review) Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009) “The 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., (2010). “Development of the Anthropomorphic Saxophonist Robot WAS-1: Mechanical Design of the Simulated Organs and Implementation of Air Pressure,” Advanced Robotics Journal.
8. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Petersen, K., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2009) “Implementation of an Auditory Feedback Control System on an Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot Inspired by the Performance of a Professional Flutist,” Advanced Robotics Journal, Vol. 23, pp. 1849-1871.
9. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Takanishi, A. (2008) “Understanding the Mechanisms of the Human Motor Control by Imitating Flute Playing with the Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RIV,” 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). “Towards an understanding of the suture/ligature skills during the training process by using the WKS-2RII,” 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). “Path generator control system and virtual compliance calculator for maxillofacial massage robots,” International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Vol. 5(1), pp. 71-84.
12. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). “WKA-1R robot-assisted quantitative assessment of airway management,” International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Vol. 3(6), pp. 543-550.
13. Koga H., Usuda Y., Matsuno M., Ogura Y., Ishii H., Solis J., Takanishi A., Katsumata A. (2008). “Development of an Oral Rehabilitation Robot,” Gerontechnology, Vol. 7(2), pp. 142-142.
14. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Determination of Effective Evaluation Parameters on the Airway Management Training System WKA-1R,” Gerontechnology, Vol. 7(2), pp. 174-174.
15. Ishii, H., Koga, H., Obokawa, Y, Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2008). “Development and Experimental Evaluation of Oral Rehabilitation Robot That Provides Maxillofacial Massage to Patients with Oral Disorders,” International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 28(9), pp. 1228–1239.
16. Solis, J., Marcheschi, S., Frisoli, A., Avizzano, C.A., Bergamasco, M. (2007). “Reactive 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.
17. Solis, J., Suefuji, K.; Takanishi, A. (2006). “The Waseda Flutist Robot: from a musical partner to a musical tutor,” Journal of the Society of Biomechanisms, Vol. 30(1), February, pp. 23–27.
18. Solis, J., Chida, K.; Suefuji, K., Taniguchi, K., Hashimoto, S.M., Takanishi, A. (2006). “The Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RII in Comparison with a Professional Flutist,” Computer Music Journal, Vol. 30(4), pp. 12–24.
19. Solis, J., Chida, K.; Suefuji, K., Takanishi, A. (2006). “The Development of the anthropomorphic flutist robot at Waseda University,” 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). “Development of the Anthropomorphic Waseda Saxophonist Robot,” Eighteenth CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control.
2. (In review) Nakadate, R., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Minagawa, E., Sugawara, M., Niki, K. (2010). Implementation of an Automated Scanning Method of the Carotid Artery using a Assisted-Robotic System based on Ultrasound Image Feedback,” Eighteenth CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control.
3. (In review) Solis J., Petersen, K., Yamamoto, T., Takeuchi, M., Ishikawa, S., Takanishi, A., Hashimoto, K. (2010). “Design of New Mouth and Hand Mechanisms of the Anthropomorphic Saxophonist Robot and Implementation of an Air Pressure Feed-Forward Control with Dead-Time Compensation,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
4. (In review) Petersen, K., Solis J., Takanishi, A. (2010). “Interaction with the Waseda Flutist Robot: Two-Level Mapping of Audio-Visual Sensor Input to Musical Performance Output based on a Sequential Bayesian Filtering Approach,” in Proc. of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
5. (In review) Nakadate, R., Tokunaga, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Minagawa, E., Sugawara, M., Niki, K. (2010). “Development of the Assisted-Robotic System WTA-2 for Ultrasound for Abdominal Diagnosis,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
6. (In review) Nakadate, R., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Minagawa, E., Sugawara, M., Niki, K. (2010). “Interaction with the Waseda Flutist Robot: Two-Level Mapping of Audio-Visual Sensor Input to Musical Performance Output Based on a Sequential Bayesian Filtering Approach,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
7. Solis J., Petersen K., Ninomiya T., Takeuchi M., Takanishi A., (2009) “Mechanism Design and Air-Pressure Feedback Control Implementation of the Anthropomorphic Waseda Saxophonist Robot,” in Proceedings of the Ninth IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, pp. 419-424.
8. Solis J., Petersen K., Ninomiya T., Takeuchi M., Takanishi A. (2009). “Development of Anthropomorphic Musical Performance Robots: From Understanding the Nature of Music Performance to Its Application in Entertainment Robotics,” Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2309-2314.
9. Solis J., Nakadate R., Yoshimura Y., Hama Y., Takanishi A., “Development of the Two-Wheeled Inverted Pendulum Type Mobile Robot WV-2R for Educational Purposes,” Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2347-2352.
10. Petersen K., Solis J., Takanishi. A, “Development of a Aural Real-Time Rhythmical and Harmonic Tracking to Enable the Musical Interaction with the Waseda Flutist Robot,” Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2303-2308.
11. Nakadate R., Uda H., Hirano H., Solis J., Takanishi A., Minagawa E., Sugawara M., Niki K. “Development of Assisted-Robotic System Designed to Measure the Wave Intensity with an Ultrasonic Diagnostic Device,” Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 511-515.
12. Obokawa, Y., Solis, J., Ishii, H., Koga, H., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. “Clinical Massage Therapy with the Oral-Rehabilitation Robot in Patients with Temporomandibular Joint Disorders ,” in Proceedings of the International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine.
13. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). “Development of an Inverted Pendulum Type Mobile Robot for Educational Purposes,” in Proceedings of the 1st IFToMM International Symposium on Robotics and Mechatronics, pp.1-6.
14. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). “Development of the Waseda Flutist Robot: Particle Filter Implementation for Instrument Tracking,” First International Conference on Smart IT Applications, ID40.
15. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). “Practical Issues on Robotic Education and Challenges for Robo Ethics Education,” Proceedings of the Eighteenth IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 561-565.
16. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). “Introduction of Mechatronics for Undergraduate Students Based on Robotic Platforms for Education Purposes,” in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 693-698.
17. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). “Understanding the mechanisms of the human motor control by imitating saxophone playing with the Waseda Saxophonist Robot WAS-1,” Proceedings of the IROS 2009 Workshop on Biologically-Inspired Robotics, pp. 49–54.
18. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). “Toward Enhancing the Understanding of Human Motor Learning,” Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 591-596.
19. Solis J., Oshima N., Ishii, H., Matsuoka N, Takanishi A., Hatake K., (2009). “Quantitative Assessment of the Surgical Training Methods with the Suture/Ligature Training System WKS-2RII,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4219–4224.
20. Solis, J., Nakadate, R., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi A., (2009). “Development of Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Their Applications for Introducing Robot Technology Principles,” 2009 IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 911–917.
21. Solis, J., Obokawa, Y., Ishii, H., Koga, H., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A., (2009). “Development of Oral Rehabilitation Robot WAO-1R Designed to Provide Various Massage Techniques”, Proceedings of the IEEE Eleventh International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotic, pp. 457–462.
22. Solis, J., Ninomiya, T., Petersen, K., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A., (2009). “Anthropomorphic Musical Performance Robots at Waseda University: Increasing Understanding of the Nature of Human Musical Interaction,” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference New Interfaces for Musical Expression, pp. 64–69.
23. Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009). “Introducing Robot Technology to Undergraduate Students at Waseda University,” Proceedings of the ASME Asia-Pacific Engineering Education Congress, 10004.
24. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2009). “New Challenges for the implementation of Robo Ethics Education in Japan,” Proceedings of the ICRA2009: Workshop on Robo Ethics, pp. 26-30.
25. Nakadate R., Uda H., Hirano, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Minagawa, E., Sugawara, M., Niki, K., (2009). “Development 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,” 2009 IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 717–722.
26. Noh, Y., Shimomura, A., Segawa, M., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2009). “Development of Airway Management Training System WKA-1RII that Embeds New Force Detection Sensor System (FDSS) and New Tactile Detection Sensor System (TDSS),” 2009 IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 1264–1269.
27. Carbone G., Nakadate R., Solis J., Ceccarelli M., Takanishi A., Minagawa E., Sugawara M., Niki K., (2009). “Design Improvements on a Carotid Blood Flow Measurement System,” Proceedings of the 2009 International Workshop on Computational Kinematics, pp. 283-290.
28. Ishii, H., Noh, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Park Y.K., Umezu, M., “Development of advanced medical training system using robot technology,” in Proc. of the 23rd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S237–S238.
29. Ishii, H., Koga, H., Obokawa, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2009). “Proposal of novel control system that consists of massage path generator and virtual compliance calculator for maxillofacial massage robot,” in Proc. of in Proc. of the 23rd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S211–S212.
30. Petersen K., Solis J., Ninomiya T., Yamamoto T., Takeuchi M, Takanishi A. (2009). “Development of the Anthropomorphic Saxophonist Robot WAS-1: Mechanical Design of the Lip, Tonguing, Fingers and Air Pump Mechanisms,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3043–3048.
31. Noh Y., Segawa M., Shimomura A., Ishii H., Solis J., Takanishi, A., Hatake K., (2009). “Development of the Airway Management Training System WKA-2 that can reproduce the Cases of Difficult Airway,” Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3843–3838.
32. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Nimomiya, T., Petersen, K., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2008). “The Waseda Flutist Robot No.4 Refined IV: From a Musical Partner to a Musical Teaching Tool,” Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 427–432.
33. Solis, J., Oshima, N., Ishii, H., Matsuoka, N., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Development of a Sensor System Toward the Acquisition of Quantitative Information of the Training Progress of Surgical Skills”, Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 959–964.
34. Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Development of the Waseda Flutist Robot No. 4 Refined IV: Implementation of a Real-Time Interaction System with Human Partners”, Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 421–426.
35. Solis J., Takanishi, A., (2008). “Can an anthropomorphic flutist robot display musical skills?,” International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Workshop on Art and Robots, pp. 13-18.
36. Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Development of a Real-Time Instrument Tracking System for Enabling the Musical Interaction with the WF-4RIV,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 3654–3659.
37. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Development of the Evaluation System for the Airway Management Training System WKA-1R,” Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 574–579.
38. Koga, H., Usuda, Y., Matsuno, M., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2008), “Development of an Oral-Rehabilitation Robot Designed to Provide Massage Therapy for Maxillofacial Tissues,” Proceedings of the Second IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp. 556–561.
39. Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Approaches to Enable Autonomous Systems to Perceptually Detect Human Performance Improvements and their Applications,” IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 259–264.
40. 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.
41. Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Toward enabling a natural interaction between human musicians and musical performance robots: Implementation of a real-time gestural interface,” Seventeenth International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 340–345.
42. Petersen, K., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Development of a real-time gestural interface for hands-free musical performance control.” International Computer Music Conference, pp. 356–359
43. Solis, J., Takanishi, A., (2008). “Introducing a novel musical teaching automated tool to transfer technical skills from an anthropomorphic flutist robot to beginning flutists,” Eighth International Conference New Interfaces for Musical Expression: Fourth i-Maestro Workshop on Technology-Enhanced Music Education, pp. 53–60.
44. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2008). “The Mechanical Improvements of the Waseda Flutist Robot and the Implementation of an Auditory Feedback Control System,” Seventeenth CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics, and Control,” pp. 217–224.
45. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Determination of Effective Evaluation Parameters on the Airway Management Training System WKA-1R,” Sixth Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology, ID102.
46. Koga, H., Usuda, Y., Matsuno, M., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2008). “Development of an Oral-Rehabilitation Robot,” Sixth Conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology, ID097.
47. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2008). “Development of Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RIV: Implementation of auditory feedback system,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 3654–3659.
48. 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.
49. 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,” in Proc. of the 22nd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S126–127.
50. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K. Takanishi, A. (2008). “Improvements on the sensor system on the WKA-1R to identify the evaluation parameters of the airway management,” in Proc. of the 22nd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S209–S210.
51. Koga, H., Usuda, Yuichi, Matsuno, M., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2008). “Development of a Massage Robot Designed to Provide Massage Manipulation for Medical Therapy in Patients with Oral Health Problems,” in Proc. of the 22nd International Congress and Exhibition in Computer-Assisted Radiology and Surgery, S443.
52. Noh Y., Segawa N., Ishii H., Solis J., Hatake K., Takanishi A. (2008). “Determination of effective evaluation parameters on the airway training system WKA-1R,” Gerontechnology 2008; 7(2):174.
53. Koga, H., Usuda, Yuichi, Matsuno, M., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Takanishi, A., Katsumata, A. (2007). “Development of an Oral Rehabilitation Robot for Massage Therapy, International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, pp. 111–114.
54. Oshima, N., Solis, J., Ishii, H., Matsuoka, N., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2007). “Acquisition of Quantitative Data for the Detailed Analysis of the Suture/Ligature Tasks with the WKS-2R, International,” Special Topics Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, pp. 107–110.
55. Noh, Y., Segawa, M., Shimomura, A., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K. Takanishi, A. (2007). “Reproducing Difficulties of Airway Management on Patients with Restricted Mouth Opening using the WKA-1,” International Special Topics Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, pp. 115–199.
56. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Yamamoto, T., Takanishi, A. (2007). “The Waseda Flutist Robot No.4 Refined IV: Enhancing the sound clarity and the articulation between notes by improving the lips and tonguing mechanisms,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2041–2046.
57. Solis, J., Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T., Yamamoto, T., Sato, A., Takanishi, A. (2007). “Musical Skills of the Waseda Flutist Robot WF-4RIV,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2570–2571.
58. Oshima, N., Solis, J., Ogura, Y., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2007). “Design of a New Suture/Ligature Evaluation System WKS-2,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 58–63.
59. Noh, Y., Nagahiro, K., Ogura, Y., Ishii, H., Solis, J., Hatake, K., Takanishi, A. (2007). “Development 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). “An Overview of the Research Approaches on Musical Performance Robots,”
International Conference on Computer Music, pp. 356–359.
61. Takanishi, A., Solis, J. (2007). “Research Trends on Musical Performance Robots,” Sixteenth IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, p. 762.
62. Solis, J.; Taniguchi, K., Ninomiya, T.; Takanishi, A. (2007). “Toward an Expressive Performance of the Waseda Flutist Robot: Production of Vibrato,” 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). “Implementation of Expressive Performance Rules on the WF-4RIII by Modeling a Professional Flutist performance Using NN,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2552–2557.
64. Oshima, N., Muhamed, A., Midorikawa, R., Solis, J., Ogura, Y., Takanishi, A. (2007). “Development of a Ligature/Suture Training System that Provides Quantitative Information on the Learning Process of Trainees,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 2285–2291.
65. Noh, Y., Nagahiro, K., Ogura, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2006). “Development of an Airway Management Training System,” International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, ID119.
66. Oshima, N., Ogura, Y., Solis, J., Takanishi, A. (2006). “Evaluation System of Surgical Skill,” International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine, ID104.
67. Solis, J., Suefuji, K., Taniguchi, K., Takanishi, A. (2006). “Toward an Autonomous Musical Teaching System: From the Waseda Flutist Robot to Flutist Beginners,” 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). “The Anthropomorphic Flutist Robot WF-4RII Musical Performance: The Flight of the Bumble Bee,” 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,” DVD Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 230007.
70. Solis, J., Suefuji, K., Chida, K., Taniguchi, K., Takanishi, A. (2006). “The mechanical improvements of the anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4RII to increase the sound clarity and to enhance the interactivity with humans,” 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). “Imitating human flute playing by the WF-4RII: Mechanical, perceptual and performance control systems,” 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,” Robotics and Mechatronics Conference. 2A1-D11.
73. Solis, J., Chida, K., Suefuji, K., Takanishi, A. (2005). “Improvements in the auditory perceptual process of the anthropomorphic flutist robot to effectively interact with humans,” Fourteenth IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 450–455.
74. Solis, J., Chida, K., Suefuji, K., Takanishi, A. (2005). “Toward an automated transfer skill system,” International Computer Music Conference, pp. 423–426.
75. Solis, J.. Chida, K., Suefuji, K., Takanishi, A. (2005). “The anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4R,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1929–1934.
76. Avizzano C.A., Raspolli, M., Solis, J., Marcheshi, S., Bergamasco, M. (2005). “Haptic Desktop: A novel multimodal device for office automation and assisted design,” 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). “The Haptic Desktop.” 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). “Learning to play the flute with an anthropomorphic flutist robot,” 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). “Development of the new version of the anthropomorphic flutist robot WF-4,” 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). “An Anthropomorphic flutist robot for teaching flute playing to beginning students,” 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). “Evaluating sound quality of beginning players by an anthropomorphic flutist robot (WF-4),” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1568–1573.
82. Solis, J., Avizzano, C.A., Bergamasco, M. (2003). “Validating a Transfer Skill System Based on the Reactive Robots Technology,” Twelfth IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 175–180.
83. Avizzano, C.A., Solis, J., Frisoli, A., Bergamasco, M. (2002). “Motor Skill Experiments Using Haptic Interface Capabilities,” Eleventh IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 198–203.
84. Solis, J., Avizzano, C.A., Bergamasco M. (2002). “Teaching the Writing of Japanese Characters Using a Haptic Interface,” 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. (2009) 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. (2009) 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).


PATENTS

1. WO/2009/113196:
Title: TRACHEAL INTUBATION TRAINING APPARATUS.
Inventors: TAKANISHI,A.;NOH,Y.;SOLIS,J.;ISHII,H.;OGURA,Y.;NAGAHIRO,K.;SEGAWA,M.;SHIMOMURA,A.;KATAYAMA,T.; HATAKE,K.
URL: www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2009113196
2. WO/2009/118933:
Title: MASSAGE ROBOT AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF.
Inventors: TAKANISHI,A.;KATSUMATA,A.;KOGA,H.;ISHII,H.; SOLIS,J;OBOKAWA,Y.
URL: www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2009118933
3. WO/2008/041457
Title: MASSAGE ROBOT, CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND ROBOT FOR SPECIFYING PORTION OF HUMAN BODY.
Inventors: TAKANISHI,A.;KATSUMATA,A.;USUDA,Y.;KOGA,H.;MATSUNO,M.;OGURA,Y.;ISHII,H.;SOLIS,J.
URL: (www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2008041457
4. WO/2008/041456:
Title: MEDICAL TECHNIQUE EVALUATION SYSTEM, TECHNIQUE EVALUATION DEVICE, TECHNIQUE EVALUATION DEVICE PROGRAM.
Inventors: TAKANISHI,A.;AIZDIN,M.;OSHIMA,N.;MIDORIKAWA,R.;SOLIS,J.;OGURA,Y.; ISHII, H.
URL: www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?WO=2008041456


CONFERENCES ACTIVITIES

• 2010
Associate Editor, IEEE-RAS&EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics
Associate Editor, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
Associate Editor, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
Associate Editor, IEEE International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication
• 2009
Session Chairman, Eighteenth International IEEE Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication: Robots in Art, Education, and Entertainment. Toyama, Japan, September 27–October 1
Co-Organizer, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Workshop: Biologically-Inspired Robotics, St. Loius, USA, October 11
Session Chairman, International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Mechatronics: Service Robots. Singapore, July 13–17
Co-Organizer, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Workshop: Robo Ethics, Kobe, Japan, May 17
Co-Chair, IEEE-RAS TC on Biologically Inspired Robots
Chair, 5th Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference, Robo Ethics Session, Tokyo, Japan, October 1–2
• 2008
Session Chairman, BIOROB 2008: Human-Machine Interaction I, Scottsdale (AZ), USA. October 21, 2008
Session Chairman, BIOROB 2008: Surgery and Diagnosis II, Scottsdale, (AZ), USA. October 21, 2008.
Reviewer, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
Reviewer, Autonomous Robot Journal
• 2007
Organizer, Special Session on Musical Performance Robots, 2007 Sixteenth International IEEE Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Jeju Island, Korea, August 26–29
Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
Reviewer, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
• 2006
Organizer, 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Workshop: Musical Performance Robots and Its Application, Beijing, China, October 9–15 .
Organizer, Humanoid Robotics Workshop, ITESM (Monterrey Institute of Technology), Toluca Campus, Toluca, Mexico, May 19
Organizer, Workshop on Robotics and Mechatronics Research, Engineering Center and Industrial Development (CIDESI), Querétaro, Mexico, May 20
Reviewer, International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation
Reviewer, Computer Music Journal
• 2004
Session Chairman, ICRA 2004: Humanoids I, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, April 28


LINKS
CV - English / Japanese
Humanoids Robots Institute
Wabot-House Laboratory
Japan Robotech
Pictures - Work / Personal

Back

Last update 2010.01.30