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Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi

Affiliation

Research Scientist
Health Technology Team,
Digital Human Research Center,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

TEL: +81-3-3599-8201
FAX: +81-3-5530-2066
E-Mail: kobayashi-yoshiyuki@aist.go.jp

Biography

2004.4. - 2007.3    Research Associate of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University (21st Century COE Program)
2006 Visiting Doctoral Student (Prof. Aftab Patla), Univ. of Waterloo, Dept. of Kinesiology
2007.3 Ph.D (Human Science)
2007.4 - 2009.3 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Institute of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD)
2009.4 - 2010.6 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2010.1 - 2010.5 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of Connecticut,
Center for Ecological Study of Perception and Action (CESPA)
2009.4 - 2010.6 Research Scientist of Digital Human Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Awards

Young Investigator's Award, ABML2011, 2011.11
Young Investigation Excellence Award, The Society of Life Support Engineering, 2007.10
Best Student Poster Award, XVII th International Society for Postural and Gait Research, 2005.6

Research Topics

  • Slip, Trip, and Falling during Locomotion (2004-)
  • Sensor based falling detection/caution device
  • Errors between the Perceived Foot Position and Actual Foot Position
  • Gait Analysis of People while Stepping Over Tilted Obstacles
  • Tactile Ground Surface Indicators (2001- @Waseda Univ.)
  • Step Over Step Stair Ascent Movements of Trans-Femoral Amputees (2008- @NRCD)