Welfareand human engineering

Aiming to provide welfare equipment tailored to each person’s needs

It is necessary to design welfare devices and equipment by tailoring them according to each person’s body shape and physical and mental abilities because, after all, these are the individuals who will use these devices. Furthermore, we have recently seen an expansion in universal designs to ensure that everyone, irrespective of whether they are handicapped, can use equipment with ease. Our laboratory is currently conducting research on welfare devices to tailor them to each person’s requirements, as well as to provide a doctor-friendly surgery assistance system.

College of Systems Engineering and Science Department of Bioscience & Engineering / Graduate School of Engineering and Science(Master's Program) Systems Engineering and Science / Graduate School of Engineering and Science(Master's Program) Global course of Engineering and Science Course / Graduate School of Engineering and Science(Doctor's Program) Functional Control Systems Course
Faculty Name
HANAFUSA, Akihiko
Keyword
Welfare engineering,Human engineering,Medical engineering,Human interface,Handicapped
Laboratory location
No.6 Building OMIYA Campus 1F 6107-1

This lab is for this SDG activity:

  • すべての人に健康と福祉を
  • 人や国の不平等をなくそう

STUDY FIELDS

  • Welfare engineering
  • Medical biotechnology
  • Mechatronics engineering
  • Human engineering
  • Biological signal processing

FOR SOCIETY

In addition to manufacturing welfare equipment for the handicapped, we aim to make various daily-use equipment and devices, which are easy to use.

RESEARCH THEMES

  • Research on how to assist the designing of wheelchairs and orthoses.
  • Research on how to control and evaluate welfare equipment using biological signals such as myoelectricity and electroencephalograph.
  • Research on surgery assistance systems (medical field).

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