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Kei Aoki

Affiliation

Postdoctral Fellow
Digital Human Research Center
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

TEL: +81-3-3599-8503
FAX: +81-3-5530-2066
E-Mail: aoki-kei@aist.go.jp

Biography

1994   Graduated in mechanical engineering of Keio Univ.
1996   Completed the master course of biomedical engineering at Keio Univ.
2000   Joined National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
2002   Left the doctoral course of biomedical engineering at Keio Univ.
2002   Left National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
2003   Joined Digital Human Laboratory, AIST

Research Topics

  • Investigation of biomechanical mechanism of human gait
  • Investigation of acquiring process of erect bipedal walking
  • Investigation of relationship between body proportion and gait with passive walking model
  • Estimation of optimized joint characteristics of orthosis for a paraplegic
  • Estimation of optimized hip characteristics of hip disarticulation prosthesis
  • Investigation of the role of the curvature of the lumbar during walking

  • Development of techniques related to digital manikin
  • Kinematic estimation of functional rotation center around shoulder for digital manikin
  • Definition of coordinaties of whole body segments for motion measurement
  • Biomechanical geration of the motion that stows a baggage in a car trunk
  • Biomechanical geration of the motion that gets on and off a car