CV

Education

Ph.D in Robotics, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan, 2019
- Supervisor: Professor Kazuhiro Kosuge, Assistant Professor Jun Kinugawa
M.S. in Bioengineering and Robotics, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan, 2016
- Supervisor: Professor Kazuhiro Kosuge, Assistant Professor Jun Kinugawa
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan, 2014
- Supervisor: Professor Kazuhisa Mitobe

Work experience

2025.11 - present: Project Researcher
- Affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
- Duties included: Project research
- Supervisor: Professor Yasuhisa Hirata
2022.3 - 2025.10: Visiting Research Associate
- Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electric Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Duties included: Project research
- Supervisor: Professor Kazuhiro Kosuge
2021.6 - 2025.10: Research Officer
- Affiliation: Centre for Transformative Garment Production, Hong Kong
- Duties included: Project research
- Supervisor: Professor Kazuhiro Kosuge
2021.4 - 2021.6: Researcher
- Affiliation: Center for Transformative AI & Robotics Research, Tohoku University, Japan
- Duties included: Project research
- Supervisor: Professor Kazuhiro Kosuge
2019.4 - 2021.3: Project Assistant Professor
- Affiliation: Faculty of Symbiotic System Science, Fukushima University, Japan
- Duties included: Teaching, project research, acadamic advising
- Supervisor: Professor Takayuki Takahashi

Skills

Programming
- Experience under: Windows, Linux, QNX, INtime, ROS2
- Preferred programming languages: C/C++
- Experience working with: C/C++, Python
Electronics & Hardware
- Microcontrollers experience programming: PIC, RX
- CAD software: SolidWorks, Fusion360
- CAM experience: CNC milling
- Machining tool: Milling Machine (Manual, CNC), Lathe (Manual), Laser Cutting Machine, Coordinate Measuring Machine
- 3D Printing: FDM, SLA
Industrial Robots
- Experience using industrial manipulators: Mitsubishi PA10, Denso VS068, Denso VS087
Office Software
- LaTeX
- MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint
- Adobe Illustrator/Premiere/Photoshop/Lightroom

Publications

Design and control of a heavy-load, low-cost power-assisted cart using brakes and a differential gear system

Control method of power-assisted cart with one motor, a differential gear, and brakes based on motion state of the cart

Design and evaluation of a handle mechanism for a power-assisted cart with one motor, brakes and a differential gear

Wheelchair lift which is installable both of steps and stairs

A Spring-Embedded Planetary-Geared Parallel Elastic Actuator

Long-Reach Compact Robotic Arm with LMPA Joints for Monitoring of Reactor Interior

Non-Contact Temperature Sensing Using Resonance Frequency for the Robotic Arm with LMPA Joints

Multiple Objects Detection Using an Airborne Ultrasonic Phased Array with MUSIC Method

Robot End-effector for Fabric Folding

CNN-based Visual Servoing for Simultaneous Positioning and Flattening of Soft Fabric Parts

Robot End-effector for Fabric Folding

Time-Scaling Modeling and Control of Robotic Sewing System

Fixture-Free 2D Sewing Using a Dual-Arm Manipulator System

Passive Actuator-Less Gripper for Pick-and-Place of a Piece of Fabric

SIS: Seam-Informed Strategy for T-Shirt Unfolding

Fabric Manipulation Using Rubbing Motion for Local Edge Alignment

Fixture-Free Automated Sewing System Using Dual-Arm Manipulator and High-Speed Fabric Edge Detection

PALGRIP-Twin for Handling a Piece of Fabric

Robotic Sewing System for Fully Automated Fabric Picking, Stacking, Loading, Sewing, and Unloading

Precise Top-Layer Fabric Segmentation for Fabric Destacking with Edge- and Shape-Aware Deep Networks

Fabric Flattening and Alignment System Using Real-Time Mesh-Based State Estimation and Visual Servoing

Modeling of Dynamic Fabric Motion Using Multiple Oriented Bounding Boxes

Partial Fabric Flattening for Seam Line Region Using Dual-Arm Manipulation

Fabric Dynamic Motion Modeling and Collision Avoidance With Oriented Bounding Box

RollUP: Rolling-Up End-Effector for Fabric Handling

Fabric Flattening with Dual-Arm Manipulator via Hybrid Imitation and Reinforcement Learning

Awards

Best Conference Paper Award, “Fabric Flattening and Alignment System Using Real-time Mesh-based State Estimation and Visual Servoing,” Edmund Lo, Xuzhao Huang, Kai Tang, Akira Seino, Fuyuki Tokuda, Kazuhiro Kosuge, The 2025 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (IEEE ICMA 2025)
Gold medal, “Passive Actuator-Less (PAL) Gripper for Fabric Picking,” Kazuhiro KOSUGE, Akira SEINO, Hoi Pang NG, The 9th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2024
Special Awards by Highly Innovative and Unique Foundation (HIUF), Saudi Arabia, “Passive Actuator-Less (PAL) Gripper for Fabric Picking,” Kazuhiro KOSUGE, Akira SEINO, Hoi Pang NG, The 9th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2024
Special Awards by Innovation Initiative Co-operative Inc. “The Inventors Circle” – Toronto, Canada, “Passive Actuator-Less (PAL) Gripper for Fabric Picking,” Kazuhiro KOSUGE, Akira SEINO, Hoi Pang NG, The 9th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2024.
Silver medal, “Passive Actuator-Less (PAL) Gripper for Fabric Picking,” Akira SEINO, Kazuhiro KOSUGE, Hoi Pang NG, 49th International Exhibition of Inventions GENEVA.
2019 SI Best Presentation Award, “An atomic reactor interior monitoring arm using low melting point alloy -Joint structure and strength evaluation of arm structure and development of heating device-“, SI2019, The 20th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
2019 SI Best Presentation Award, “Examination of ultra-compact buoyancy controller using PTFE for underwater robot”, SI2019, The 20th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
2017 SI Best Presentation Award, “Development of an Interface with Low-Operational Force for Power-assisted Cart Operated Using Brakes”, SI2017, The 18th Annual Conference of System Integration Division, The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers

Patents

Kazuhiro Kosuge, Jun Kinugawa, Akira Seino, Yuta Wakabayashi, Takashi Yanagiya, Mechanical device for cart, P6865412, Granted from JP, 2021-4-8(JP)
Kazuhiro Kosuge, Jun Kinugawa, Akira Seino, Yuta Wakabayashi, Takashi Yanagiya, Mechanical device for cart, P6490214, Granted from JP, 2018-8-16(JP)

Grants

2021 JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 21K14120, Underwater Manipulator with Zero Flooding Risk Using Phase Change of Low Melting Point Alloy