Yukai Engineering Co., Ltd.
Musashino Art University x Yukai Engineering “Creative Robotics Exhibition” held. A talk show between Michio Okada, author of “Weak Robot” and Shunsuke Aoki, will be held on February 17th.
Exhibition period: February 17th (Sat) – 20th (Tue) / Venue: Musashino Art University Ichigaya Campus 2F
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Yukai Engineering Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Shunsuke Aoki), which plans and develops numerous robots and IoT products with the motto of “Making the world a better place through robotics,” will have Aoki as a professor from 2021. The “Creative Robotics Exhibition” will be held on February 17th (2017), which will display assigned works by students taking robotics training at Musashino Art University (located in Kodaira City, Tokyo, President: Yukazu Kabayama) and products from Yukai Engineering. The event will be held on the 2nd floor of Musashino Art University Ichigaya Campus from Saturday to Tuesday the 20th.
On Saturday, February 17th, we will invite Michio Okada, a professor at Toyohashi University of Technology and author of books such as “Weak Robots,” to discuss “bricolage and prototyping” with CEO Shunsuke Aoki and CDO Kosuke Tatsumi. We will hold a talk show on the theme.
Application for talk show participation: http://ptix.at/Aop2YU Also, on Sunday, February 18th, we will be holding a hands-on workshop using the block kit “Ugoku Block” that can be made and put into operation immediately.
Apply for workshop: https://forms.gle/trF3hHpXGJdx5Jtq7
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This exhibition will display Yukai Engineering’s products and unreleased prototypes, as well as the results of a project at Musashino Art University that was created under the theme of “the partner robot you want.” At Yukai Engineering, we define a robot as a “machine that moves the heart,” and we have consistently created products that focus on “robotics as an expression,” such as
appearance, feel, and movement that resembles living things. Ta. “Robotics as an expression” takes a different approach from existing mechanical engineering, and as we repeat prototyping, we develop robots that are soothing just by being around them, or make us feel at ease just by looking at them. What is important is how to create expressions that touch people’s sensibilities and emotions. This is an area where the creative sensibilities of art college students can be put to good use. In recent years, this field of “robotics as expression” has attracted international attention and has begun to be called “Creative Robotics.” This exhibition, under the title “Creative Robotics,” will showcase Yukai Engineering’s prototyping efforts to date as well as efforts with students in classes at Musashino Art University.
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To create the robot, I used Kokoro Kit+ (https://kurikit.ux-xu), which is currently on sale from the educational business Kutikit and allows you to easily create moving works and experience programming. .com/cocorokit-plus/). In addition, by increasing the variation of movement using motors, sensors, sliding kits, etc., it is now possible to create even richer expressions.
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We also created and provided data for the necessary mechanical elements, etc., and printed them out on our own 3D printers, increasing the level of completion of the work. By using kurikit’s robot kits, even students with no experience in programming or building robots can create robots that embody unique ideas and expressions that they would like to create, not only in terms of modeling but also in terms of mechanical movement. .
Please take a look at the display of partner robots displaying their creativity. Click here for the lecture
https://note.com/ux_xu/n/n59ae30091f53
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Examples of works completed in class
Overview of “Creative Robotics Exhibition”
Exhibition period: Saturday, February 17, 2024 to Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 10:00 to 20:00 Contents: Exhibition of works created in classes at Musashino Art University, Yukai Engineering products, Makeathon exhibition venue : Musashino Art University Ichigaya Campus 2F (1-4 Ichiyada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0843) WEB:
https://www.muji.com/jp/ja/shop/detail/045789
■Talk Show “Bricolage and Prototyping” We will invite Mr. Michio Okada, a professor at Toyohashi University of Technology, to hold a talk show on the theme of “Bricolage and Prototyping.” This is a talk session about the importance of the process of creating things that move the heart through trial and error, and the relationship between people and robots. Date and time: Saturday, February 17, 2024, 14:00-15:30 Location: Musashino Art University Ichigaya Campus, 2nd floor Participation: Free admission Capacity: 30 people Click here to apply for the talk show: http://ptix.at /Aop2YU (You can also participate on the day) Speaker introduction:
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Professor Michio Okada, Department of Information and Intelligent Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, assumed his current position in 2006 after working at NTT Research Institute’s Information Science Research Department and the International Telecommunication Technology Research Institute (ATR). He is interested in human-robot interaction, social robotics, and the cognitive science of
communication, including research on weak robots that are oriented toward relationships with others. His major publications include “Robots: Interaction for Symbiotic Coexistence” (University of Tokyo Press), “Thoughts of Weak Robots – Me, Body, and Communication” (Kodansha Gendai Shinsho), “Weak Robots” (Igaku Shoin), and “Robots”. His works include “The Sadness of Communication: The Ecology of Humans and Robots” (Shinyosha).
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Yukai Engineering CEO Shunsuke Aoki Founded teamLab while attending the University of Tokyo and became CTO. After that, after serving as CTO of Pixiv, he founded the robotics venture “Yukai Engineering” (currently CEO). Member of the Good Design Award Jury since 2015. Since 2021, he has been a professor at Musashino Art University. We announced the empathetic family robot “BOCCO emo”, the
cushion-shaped therapy robot with a tail “Qoobo”, the education series kurikit “Yukai Creature Robot Kit”, and the addictive hands-on robot “Amagami Ham Ham”.
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■Workshop “Let’s touch the Ugoku block”
We will be holding a hands-on workshop using the block kit “Ugoku Block” that can be used immediately after making it. Through trial and error, you will create an original robot of your own design with interesting movements and experience the joy of manufacturing. “Ugoku Block” (https://kurikit.ux-xu.com/ugoku-block/) is a “Diamond Block (R )” and the knowledge of Yukai Engineering’s “kurikit”, which is involved in robot projects for children such as elementary school robot contests, is a block kit that can be freely combined and moved. Date and time: Sunday, February 18, 2024
[Morning session] 11:00-12:00, [Afternoon session A] 13:00-14:00, [Afternoon session B] 15:00-16:00
Venue: Musashino Art University Ichigaya Campus 2F
Fee: Free
Target age: 6 years old and up (adults can also participate) Reservation deadline: Until 23:59 on Saturday, February 17, 2024 (You can also participate on the day)
Click here to apply for the workshop: https://forms.gle/trF3hHpXGJdx5Jtq7
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About Yukai Engineering Co., Ltd.
At Yukai Engineering, we use our strengths in communication design, robotics, and IoT, which we have cultivated through our own product development, to support the development of companies’ products and services. Since we handle everything from concept and product design, hardware design, app/software development, mass production support, and crowdfunding in-house, we are able to quickly bring your company’s ideas to life. About services for corporations
https://www.ux-xu.com/business Main businesses 1. Contracted product and service development, DX support 2. Service development using robot platforms, senior support services, childcare support services, CX Improvement, etc. 3. Development and sales of in-house products – communication robot “BOCCO” that connects families, cushion-shaped therapy robot with a tail “Qoobo”, “Yukai Creature Robot Kit”, etc. Education series “kurikit”, voice dialogue development kit “Kurikit” codama”・Development kit “konashi 5” equipped with Bluetooth 5・“necomimi”, a cat ear-shaped communication tool that moves with brain waves・“BOCCO emo”, a future family robot that empathizes with you・Small, heart-healing tail Company information including the cushion “Petit Qoobo”, the addictive baby-like experience robot “Amagami Ham Ham”, and the breathing cushion “fufuly” Yukai
Engineering Inc. Representative Director: Shunsuke Aoki Establishment date: October 2011 1 Head office: Musashiya Sky Building 101, 16-11 Tomiku-cho, Shinjuku-ku, TokyoWEB: https://www.ux-xu.com/Facebook: https://facebook.com/YUKAIEngineering/Instagram: https://www .instagram.com/yukaiengineering/X: https://twitter.com/yukaikk note: https://note.com/ux_xu
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