{"id":73,"date":"2021-05-15T07:49:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T22:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robotics4wellbeing.com\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2021-05-16T10:55:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T01:55:35","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.robotics4wellbeing.com\/?page_id=73","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h.p_ID_56\">Takeshi Ando, PhD.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Director, Robotics Development Office, Manufacturing Innovation Division, Panasonic Corporation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Focusing on the service domain (retail, public facilities, logistics, etc.) and the healthcare domain (medical care, welfare, nursing, biotechnology, etc.), I conduct research &amp; development and commercialization with the aim of creating a society where &#8220;productivity is improved through automation&#8221; and &#8220;quality of life (QoL) at the individual level is improved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Takeshi Ando of Robotics Hub: Towards a more \u201chuman\u201d lifestyle\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJF7tXjr1zE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Interview (Robotics HUB, Panasonic)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SNS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>LinkedIn: Takeshi Ando <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jp.linkedin.com\/in\/takeshi-ando-20873b86\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br>Facebook: Takeshi Ando\u3000<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/takeshi.ando.792\">Link<\/a><br>Twitter: @takecando\u3000<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/takecando\" target=\"_blank\">Link<\/a><br>Google Scholar\uff1a <a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;gmla=AJsN-F585yY7Wo5EUYKTweeJ2QjwwmYH6pF-d-JZlVI0fOAcbCOOPQPob6VD6T3IwMyoC3FL23DPUnRPisVsnj8Y3YzjPGjaWg&amp;user=HL_xxU8AAAAJ\">Link<\/a><br>Contact: takecando (at) gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>2002~2006<br>Waseda University, Department of mechanical engineering<br>2006~2008<br>Waseda University (Undergraduate student)<br>2008~2011<br>Waseda University (Ph.D student)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Work<\/strong> (industry)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>2008<br>Appointed researcher, ActiveLink corporation<br><br>2011~<br>Panasonic Corporation, Robotics Development Section<br>Senior researcher (2014), Deputy Manager (2015), Manager (2017), General Manager (2020), Director (2021~)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Producer, Robotics HUB, Panasonic: Open innovation center for robotics. Platform technology development.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.panasonic.com\/global\/robot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/tech.panasonic.com\/global\/robot\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Producer, Aug Lab, Panasonic: Open innovation center aimed at Augmentation<br><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.panasonic.com\/global\/auglab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/tech.panasonic.com\/global\/auglab\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Work<\/strong> (academia)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><br>2008~2011<br>Associate Researcher, Waseda University<br>2011~<br>Visiting associate professor, Waseda University<br>2011~<br>Appointed researcher, Osaka University<br>2012~<br>Invited researcher, Osaka University<br>2013<br>Visiting professor, Osaka Electro-communication University<br>2013~<br>Visiting lecturer, Osaka institute of technology<br>2015~<br>Collaborative researcher, Kyoto University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takeshi Ando, PhD. 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