JC-IFTOMM International Mini-Symposium 2015
http://www.jc-iftomm.org/

DATE: December 1st, 2015
TIME: 15:00-17:30
PLACE: Ishikawadai 3rd Building, Room No. 304, Ookayama Campus,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
http://www.titech.ac.jp/maps/index.html

Program:
15:00-15:10

15:10-15:55

15:55-16:40

16:40-17:25

17:25-17:30

Opening Address
Haruo Houjoh, Chair of Japanese Council of IFTOMM,
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Robotherapy: Mechatronic devices for assisting the rehabilitation ofhuman extremities
Dr. Eduardo Castillo-Castaneda, Professor, National Polytechnic
Institute, Mexico
Design and Optimization of Small Rotational Piezoelectric Wind Energy
Harvesters for Different Load Types and Working Conditions
Dr. Ying Yang, Visiting professor, The University of Tokyo, Professor,Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Introduction of the Precision Mechatronic Systems Developed at
Taiwan Tech
Dr. Fang-Jung Shiou, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Closing Address

Contact:
Yukio Takeda (takeda@mech.titech.ac.jp)
Secretary General of Japanese Council of IFToMM

Robotherapy: Mechatronic Devices for Assisting theRehabilitation of Human Extremities

Dr. Eduardo Castillo-Castaneda
Professor, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Abstract
Physical therapy is indicated to solve problems associated with movement disorders caused by injury, disease orother health conditions that reduce the mobility of people. A key component of physical therapy is a therapeutic
exercise program designed for each patient. Therapeutic exercise includes body movements that can bedeveloped by the therapist or by external mechanical devices. This lecture intends to venture into the field ofRobotherapy, namely the design and manufacture of mechatronic devices that offer support and quantify thepatient's performance in conducting therapeutic exercises during rehabilitation of the upper extremities (shoulder,elbow and wrist) and lower extremities (knee). These exercises are characterized in terms of the trajectories; fromknowledge of these exercises and, based on anthropometric tables, a rehabilitation workspace is defined to design
the device. The work includes dimensional synthesis of mechanisms based on the required workspace, CAD
mechanical design and manufacturing including instrumentation.

Biography
He received the degree of Mechanical-Electrical Engineering in 1987 from the National Autonomous University ofMexico. In 1994 he obtained the Ph.D. from Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, in Automatic Control. Hewas a visiting professor in 1997 at the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan, and in 2002 he wasvisiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. He was lecturer at the Autonomous University ofQueretaro, Mexico. He is currently full time professor at the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico. His current
research is related to: Precision Engineering, Computer Vision, and Design and Control of Parallel Manipulators.

Design and Optimization of Small Rotational PiezoelectricWind Energy Harvesters for Different Load Types andWorking Conditions
Dr. YANG, Ying杨 颖

Visiting professor, The University of TokyoProfessor, Nanjing University of Aeronautics andAstronautics, ChinaAbstract
In the future, smart devices are expected to operate autonomously and will be self-powering, selfsensing, be able to self-evaluate, and be self-controlling using ambient sources. In this process, thesensors are vital to the system. With the enormous development in sensor miniaturization and in lowpower sensors, a self-contained electrical system could be used in practical applications. At the sametime, many studies have demonstrated that vibrational energy could be present in the ambientenvironment. In particular, the vibrational energy produced by combining the mechanical structure andwind energy has been paid more attention recently because wind flow provides a constant source of
mechanical energy and this energy can be easily harvested.
Dr. Yang will introduce five different small rotational piezoelectric wind energy harvesters she and her
students have been worked on in recent years in her talk named “design and optimization of small
rotational piezoelectric wind energy harvesters for different load types and working conditions”.
Firstly, a piezoelectric bimorph cantilever polygon with horizontal shaft has been designed and impactinduced resonance proposed to enable effective excitation of the piezoelectric cantilevers’ vibration
modes and obtain optimum deformation, which enhances the mechanical/electrical energy
transformation to improve the output power. Secondly, a vertical shaft wind energy harvester has been
proposed as an optimized version of the former one. This vertical shaft Darrieus-type windmill may
rotate easily in any wind direction and will have a higher mechanical to electrical energy conversion
efficiency. The followed design is a bending rod piezoelectric energy harvester, which is deliberately
designed for the extremely high wind speed situation.
These small scale piezoelectric wind energy harvesters have been designed, optimized and tested. The
output power goes from hundreds microwatts to hundreds milliwatts for different designs. The
generated electricity can be stored in a supercapacitor and be used to power small electronic devices orwireless sensor nodes placed in remote locations.
Biography
She graduated from Department of Microelectronics, Beijing Normal University in 1984, received the degree ofmaster of engineering from Northwestern Polytechnic University in 2001 and Ph.D. degree from Nanjing
University. She was a lecturer and associate professor at Dept. of Electrical Science and Engineering, Hebei
Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering from 1984 to 1999. Since 2005, she has been a professor at theState Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Mechanical Structures, Nanjing University of Aeronautics andAstronautics. Her current research topics are piezoelectric ceramics and its application on actuators and energy
harvesting.

Introduction of the Precision Mechatronic Systems Developed
at Taiwan Tech

Dr. Fang-Jung Shiou
Professor, National Taiwan University of Science andTechnology, Taiwan

Abstract
The Opto-Mechatronics Technology Center (OMTC) was established in National Taiwan University of Science andTechnology (Taiwan Tech) in 2003. Main missions of the OMTC are to develop the core technologies to meet thedemands of local industries and to promote university-industry collaboration programs. The OMTC has developed
some precision automated mechatronic systems in last few years, such as the measuring systems for web
thickness of microdrills including destructive and non-destructive methods, the automated optical inspection(AOI) system for the features of a fluteless micro-tap, the AOI system for the assembled accuracy of circular saw
blades with insertable cutting teeth, the meso-scale machine tool for micro-structure fabrication, the load-cellembedded tools(the ball burnishing tool and the ball polishing tool, for the surface finishing of mold steel on amachine tool), and the instrument using a line scan CCD camera to generate microscope images from biologicaltissue slides, etc. The development of the microdrill measurement systems and the meso-scale machine tool areto be presented in detail.
Keywords: mechatronics, microdrill, web thickness, meso-scale machine tool, automated optical inspection (AOI)

Biography
Dr.-Ing. Fang-Jung Shiou , Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Director of Opto-Mechatronics Technology Center,
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech). After received his PhD degree from theRWTH Aachen, Germany in 1998, he served as assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering,Taiwan Tech. He was promoted as full professor in 2009. Dr. Shiou’s research and teaching interests are inprecision manufacturing and measurement. Currently, Professor Shiou's research and teaching focus are inmechatronic system design and precision surface finishing processes on a machine tool. He has authored morethan 90 papers on those topics, which have been published in refereed technical journals and conference
proceedings. He also holds more than 11 patents. From 2011 to 2014, he was the leader of the Resource Centerof the Automatic Optical Inspection for Semiconductor and Opto-Electronic Talent Fostering Program forAdvanced Industry Equipment, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan. From 2012 to 2015, he was theChairperson of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is the Editorial Board Member of International
Journal of Automation Technology since 2014.