Takashi Kei Saito

Background

Saito, Takashi Kei Son of Hiroshi and Sachiko Saito.

Education

Bachelor in Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1992. Master in Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1994. Doctor of Philosophy, Tohoku University, 1999.

Career

Trainee BEBIG Isotopentechnik und Umweltdiagnostik GmbH, Berlin-Buch, 1996—1997. Director Center Advanced Science Technology Incubation, Ltd., Meguro-ku, 1998—1999. Research associate University Tokyo, 1999—2002.

Research fellow National Cardiovasc. Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan, 2002—2004, Kinotech Inc., Kawasaki, 2004. Bio business consultant Toyama New Industry Organization, 2004—2005.

Adjunct instructor Yokohama National University, 2005. Associate professor Osaka University, Ibaraki, 2005—2008. Research fellow University Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, since 2008.

Achievements

• Achievements include patents for apparatus for automatically measuring minute membrane potential, site specific cell perforation technique and method of perforating membrane. Patents pending for multi legged walking robot and manipulator mechanism. Invention of robot system, living body mimicking robot named whitegoat.
  
  Development of system which presents the contact sensation from a robot hand by a touch sensory nerve stimulation.

Works

• Other Work

  • Industrial design, Portable kitchen knife (prize, 1992).

Membership

Member of Virtual Reality Society Japan, Japan Society Applied Physics, Japan Society Mechanical Engineers (Robomec prize 2003), Robotics Society Japan, Japanese Society Medical Biological Engineering.

Interests

• Art, travel, ballooning, music.

Connections

Father:

Hiroshi Saito

Mother:

Sachiko Saito