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Satoshi Funabashi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Intermedia Art and Science at Waseda University's School of Fundamental Science and Engineering, Japan. He is affiliated with the Graduate Program for Embodiment Informatics under Waseda University's Program for Leading Graduate Schools and contributes to multiple graduate schools including the Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering.
- Education: Doctor of Engineering (Waseda University, 2017-2021)
- Research Focus: Robotics, tactile sensing, deep learning, and embodiment informatics
- Academic Appointments: Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track)
His research centers on symbiotic robotics and tactile-driven manipulation, with recent publications exploring graph convolutional networks, vision-touch fusion, and morphology-specific deep learning for robotic hands. He has secured multiple competitive research grants including JSPS KAKENHI and JST ACT-I programs.
Scientific Awards:
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (KAKENHI), JSPS (2024-2027)
- Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS (2022-2024)
- JST ACT-I Research Fellow (2020-2022, 2018-2020)
- JSPS Research Fellowship DC1 (2017-2020)
He collaborates with the Intelligent Dynamics and Representation Lab (Prof. Tetsuya Ogata) and the Intelligent Machine Lab (Prof. Shigeki Sugano) at Waseda University. He has interned at MIT's CSAIL (2018-2019) and conducted research at UC Davis (2015). His work has been cited over 500 times with an h-index of 14 according to Google Scholar.