Faculty Introduction

NISHIZAWA, Toshihiro

Associate Professor
Research Fields
Robotics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Drone Traffic Management System, Spacecraft Onboard Sensors, System Design
Academic Background
NEC Corporation, Information Promotion Aganvy Japan
Degree
Ph. D (Engeneering)

Message for Students

From Hakodate to the world. Let's work together to develop robots and drones that solve social issues facing the Hakodate area and spread them throughout Japan and around the world.

Research Contents

Research on robotic and drone systems to solve problems in infrastructure maintenance, logistics, disaster response, tourism, etc.
Using system design and architectural design methods, we analyze social issues in Hakodate. We aim to develop holistically optimal robotics and drone systems that will enable relevant stakeholders to profess benefits.

Attractive Factors of My Research

Robots and drones can work in the real world. They can also measure and observe things in the real world. We analyze social issues and design what role robots and drones can play in those issues. I would like to share the joy of solving real-world problems with students and the local community through the robot/drone system that we have created.

Achievement

  • Patents:
    “Handling Method Confirmation Apparatus”,Toshihiro Nishizawa, Patent No. 5186886, etc., 10 registered, 20 published
  • International standardization activities:
    “ISO 23629-5:2023 – UAS traffic management (UTM) – Part 5”, issued on 4/26/2023, (Summary) International standard document on the structure of functions related to drone operation management. Nishizawa is acting as PL to develop the international standard document on the structure of functions for drone operation management. Nishizawa, as PL, collaborated with experts in various countries to compile the document into a standard.
  • National project:
    National projects: “NEDO FY2017-2019 Project for Realization of Energy-Saving Society with Robots and Drones / Development of Unmanned Aircraft Operation Management System and Collision Avoidance Technology / Research and Development of Operation Management System to Realize Safe, Secure, and Efficient Logistics Services,”

Major Books and Papers

  • A Dialogue System for Confirming Handling Methods of Household Robots to Reduce the Risk of Accidents”, Toshihiro Nishizawa, Shinichi Yuta, et al, 2012/6/15, Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol. 30, No. 5.
  • Evaluation of a 1-Chip Spoken Dialogue Module and PaPeRo-mini,” Toshihiro Nishizawa, Yoshihiro Fujita, et al, 2010/1/15, Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol. 28, No. 1.
  • A Compact Speech Dialogue Module and Its Evaluation on a Personal Robot PaPeRo-mini”, Miki Sato, Toshihiro Nishizawa, et al. 2009/4, IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, Vol.28, No.1.