Ken-Ichi Oohara

Kenichi Oohara (M'04) received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Shibaura Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, in 2008. Since April 2007, he has been a Member of the Ubiquitous Functions Research Group, Intelligent Systems Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, and since May 2007, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo, Tokyo. Since April 2008, he has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. His research interests include robot vision, wireless sensor networks, and middleware technology for robots. Dr. Oohara is a member of the Robotics Society of Japan and the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.