For the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the "decommissioning work robot" was introduced in a building where people could not enter due to high radiation dose, and the world surprised the world.Director Takayuki Furuta (FURO), who studies living support robots equipped with advanced technology at the Chiba Institute of Technology (FURO), Chiba Institute of Technology (FURO), in order to create robots that can be used in daily life while evolving the technology.51) asked about the results and prospects for the future.

　-The robot of the center played an active part in the decommissioning work of nuclear power and attracted attention from all over the world.

　"We developed a robot that can move around in the world of reactor buildings. We repeatedly improved, checked whether the cooling device moved in" Sakura No. 2 ", found a low -radiation route that could enter, and created a three -dimensional view.. Contributed to many missions, such as making a demolition plan with reference to the map. "

　-In addition, we are developing a wide range of life support robots.What is the driving force?

　"I want to solve the declining birthrate and aging population that Japan faces. We are working hard to spread robots that can solve various issues such as shortage of labor."

　-How for robot research and development?

　"A wheelchair life that began to get seriously ill at the age of 14. Wheelchairs can only go flat.There is also a limit in free. The origin is that if the technology becomes advanced, it will not have to change the environment. "

　-What kind of era is the peace for robot technology?

　"Now we are in intelligence of home appliances to make housework easier. As a pioneer, we co -produced automatic pilot robot vacuum cleaners with Panasonic. Recognizing obstacles, lifting their bodies, and cleaning the designated places.You can do it "

　"In the era of robot technology, artificial intelligence (AI), and high -speed large -capacity 5th generation (5g) mobile communication systems to eliminate the declining birthrate and aging issues, and how to create a bright future.In the case, everything is automated in that. "

　-What do you develop to solve the declining birthrate and aging population?

　"I don't want to develop a nursing care robot. I think people are happy to be cared for people. I need a system that can handle many elderly people with fewer assistants."

　"AI -equipped robot will detect who is sick and inform the caregiver and support it. With a little effort, focus on those who really need nursing care."

　-How will your life change?

　"The button can be automatically cooked in a microwave oven, and the delivery is automatically difficult. The hardship is not difficult. The AI -equipped vehicle called" Kanguro ", which is aiming for commercialization a few years later, is taken to the specified place.It will be. "Shopping refugee problem" will be resolved. "

　-What are the future issues?

　"High -tech products can grasp all information, such as usage history, from personal information. It is essential to maintain society as the population declines, but how much to protect personal information. There is a problem of legal development."

　-What are the challenges of training researchers and developers?

　"The most annoying. It is necessary to develop people who can understand new technologies with a sense of purpose to solve issues by understanding the social system."

　-What are the possibilities of this prefecture?

　"For example, Chiba City has established a special zipper for robot mobility. Advanced attempts are progressing mainly in the Shintoshin in Makuhari, and there is a new opportunity for Chiba Prefecture, such as building a new traffic system."

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◇ Profile Furuta, Takayuki Born in 1968.Incumbent since 2003.Since 2014, she has also served as a permanent director of the same university.He has developed a disaster response robot at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which can go through all floors.He planned the same university "Sky Tree Town Campus".Her hobby is cooking.She loves Tokyo Disneyland as much as she has attended 50 times.