Profile
Yasuyoshi Yokokohji was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1961. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in precision engineering in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering in 1991 all from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. From 1988 to 1989, he was a Research Associate in the Automation Research Laboratory, Kyoto University. From 1989 to 1992, he was a Research Associate in the Division of Applied Systems Science, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University. From 1992 to 2005, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoto University. From 2005 to 2009, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University. From 1994 to 1996, he was a visiting research scholar at the Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. He has moved to Kobe University in November, 2009 and he is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University. His current research interests are robotics and virtual reality including teleoperation systems, vision-based tracking, and haptic interfaces.Dr. Yokokohji is a member of the Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers (Japan), the Robotics Society of Japan, the Society of Instruments and Control Engineers (Japan), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, and IEEE (Senior Member).
Awards
International
- The 1995 JDMC Best Paper Award from the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, December, 1996.
- IEEE 2004 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Best Conference Paper Award Finalist, May, 2004.
- IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 2007), Best Conference Paper Award Finalist, August, 2007.
Domestic
- The 1985 Sawaragi Memorial Research Promotion Prize from the Japan Association of Automatic Control Engineers (currently the Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers), May, 1985.
- The 4th Research Promotion Prize from the Robotics Society of Japan, April, 1989.
- The 1990 Outstanding Paper Awards of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Japan), July, 1991.
- The 3rd Sato Memorial Intelligent Robot Research Promotion Prize from the Society of Sato Memorial Scientific Research Promotion (Japan), July, 1993.
- The 1999 Outstanding Paper Awards of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Septmber, 2000.
- The Best Session Presentation Award of the 3rd Annual Conference of System Integration Division, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Japan), December, 2002.
- The Best Session Presentation Award of the 5th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Japan), December, 2004.
- The Best Session Presentation Award of the 6th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Japan), December, 2005.
- The Best Paper Award of the Robotics Society of Japan (Japan), September, 2008.
- The Best Paper Award of the Robotics Society of Japan (Japan), September, 2010.
- The Best Session Presentation Award of the 11th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Japan), December, 2010.
- The Best Session Presentation Awards of the 12th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Japan), December, 2011. (to two presentations)
- The Best Session Presentation Awards of the 13th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Japan), December, 2012.
- Education Prize, The Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers (Japan), April, 2013.
- Fellow, The Robotics Society of Japan (Japan), September, 2013.
- The Best Session Presentation Awards of the 14th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Japan), December, 2013. (to two presentations)
- Academic Achievement Award of the Robotics and Mechatronics Division, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Japan), May 2014.
- Contribution Award, The System Integration Division, the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (Japan), December, 2014.
- The Best Paper Award of the Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineer (Japan), May, 2016.
- Fellow, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Japan), Feburuary, 2017.
- Fellow, The Society of Instruments and Control Engineers (Japan), September, 2017.
- Robotics and Mechatronics Award of the Robotics and Mechatronics Division, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (Japan), June, 2018.
International Activities
- Executive Committee Member, Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation (1994, 1998)
- Program Committee Member, Japan-U.S.A. Symposium on Flexible Automation (1994, 2002, 2004, 2006)
- Program Committee Member, IEEE/RSJ IROS (1996-2006)
- Program Committee Member, IEEE ICRA (2000-2005)
- Student Volunteer Co-Chair, IEEE VR (2001, 2002)
- Program Committee Member, 2nd ISMR (2001)
- Program Committee Member, i-SAIRAS (2001, 2003)
- Program Committee Member, IEEE/ACM ISMAR (2002, 2004, 2005)
- Program Co-Chair (Technology Track), WorldHaptics (Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems) (2004, 2006)
- Program Committee Member, Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (2004-2008)
- Co-chair, Technical Comitte on Haptics (2008-2010)
- Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on HAPTICS (2008-2010)
- Editor, Editorial Borad of World Haptic Conference (2008-2011)
- Program Committee Member, IEEE Haptic Symposium (2012)
- Co-chair, Publicity, IEEE World Haptics Conference (2013)
- Steering Committee Member, Asia Haptics (2014-)
- Senior Editor, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (2015-2018)
- WIP Editorial Board Member, IEEE Haptic Symposium 2016 (2016)
- Chairperson, Industrial Robotics Competition Committee, World Robot Summit (2017-)
Main Domestic Activities
- Director, Vice-Chiar of the Journal Editorial Board, The Virtual Reality Society of Japan (2007-2009)
- Director, Chiar of the Journal Editorial Board, The Virtual Reality Society of Japan (2009-2011)
- Director, Internatinal Affairs, the Robotics Society of Japan (2010-2011)
- Secretary general, Kansai Sutudent Branch, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (2012-2013)
- Director, Vice-Chiar of the Journal Editorial Board, The Institute of Systems Control and Information Engineers (2013-2014)
- Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 14th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (2013)
- Chairperson, Rescue Robot Contest Exective Committee (2014-2018)
- Director, Chiar of the Journal Editorial Board (Editor-in-Chief), The Institute of Systems Control and Information Engineers (2014-2015)
- World Robot Summit Executive Committee Member (2015-)