Hatanaka, Motohide (Moto)

Pinnacles National Monument, California, USA. Nov 29th, 2003 (Photographer Trey McClung)

Research

Stanford University (September 1999-present)

        May 2003-present: climbing robot
       October 2002-present (currently frozen): Development of Hair Ar ray Exploratory (HAARE) sensors for robotic insects.
    November 2001-September 2002: Development of functional mechanical systems for small satellites.
    September-October 2001: Development of a wheel-shaped rotary flexural joint.
        January-September 2001: Design and fabrication of a biomimetic robot.
    September-December 2000: Development of leg stroke extension linkage for a biomimetic robot.
    Summer 2000: Development of DC-motor driven small insect-like walking mechanisms.

University of Tokyo (April 1995-September 1999)

April-September 1999: Learning MEMS fabrication. (Shimoyama-Yasuda Lab)
April1998-February 1999: Development of an on-chip integrated bio-chemical experiment system. (Hatamura-Nakao Lab)

Side projects / Class projects

        January 2003-present: Dojyo "TANE", international collaborative project to explore t ele-athletic n ew experience.
    December 2002: Ugulele, a portable stringed electronic organ.
        September-December 2002: The Bento-box, a silent portable ergonomic musical instrument
    April-June 2001: Tinkerbell, an educational support system for school field trips.
    September 1999-February 2000: Skwease, a squeezy ski rack for easy installation/removal.
    Spring 1998: Active spring, a compliant actuator made of double helical bimetallic strip.

Activities

        SBM kenkyuukai, a discussion group for Japanese people at and around Stanford. (Organizer)
        Association for the Study of Failure (Shippai Gakkai) led by Professor Yotaro Hatamura. (Researcher)
        SEB-I (Social-Economical Business Ideation) led by Fabio Brunner Brunet. (Ideator)

Links

Schools I attended

        Stanford University , California USA
          Biomimetic Robotics group at Stanford University (Current affiliation)
        University of Tokyo
          former Shimoyama-Yasuda lab at the University of Tokyo
          former Hatamura-Nakao lab at the University of Tokyo
    International Christian University High School , Tokyo Japan
        Alumni page for the class of 1995
    Ecole Internationale de Geneve , La Grande Boissiere, Geneva Switzerland

Family/Friends' projects

        Victory at Sea
        re-studios
        Pangea