Robotics and Mechatronics in Agriculture
Mitsuji Monta ( Okayama Univ. ), Noriyuki Murakami ( NARC )

Robotics and Mechatronics in Construction and Demolition
Yoshitaka Yanagihara ( Tokyu Construction ), Hiroshi Yoshinada ( Komatsu )

Robots for Works
Kyoichi Tatsuno ( Meijo Univ. )

Manufacturing System and Manufacturing Machinery Mechatronics
Takanori Yamazaki ( Oyama National College of Tech. ), Takanori Miyoshi ( TUT )

Robotics & Mechatronics for Ecology System
Yoshihiko Takahashi ( Kanagawa Inst. of Tech. ), Taizo Sakaki ( Ricoh )

Robotics & Mechatronics for Child Care
Satoshi Hosoya ( Shinshu Univ. ), Hiroyuki Kanai ( Shinshu Univ. )

Application of System Design Approarch to Robot Development
Yoshiaki Ohkami ( Keio Univ. )

Robotics for Hazardous Fields
Kenzo Nonami ( Chiba Univ. ), Fumihiko E. Fukushima( Tokyo Inst. of Tech. )

Search and Rescue Robot and Mechatronics
Eiji Koyanagi ( Chiba Inst. of Tech. ), Satoshi Tadokoro ( Tohoku Univ. )

Space Robotics and Mechatronics
Takashi Kubota ( JAXA ), Kazuya Yoshida ( Tohoku Univ. )

Aerial Robot and Mechatronics
Takanori Fukao (Kobe Univ.), Hiroaki Nakanishi ( Kyoto Univ. )

Underwater Robot and Mechatronics
Kazuo Ishii ( Kyushu Inst. of Tech. ), Teruo Fujii ( Univ. of Tokyo )

ITS and Robot Technology
Shintaro Ono ( Univ. of Tokyo ), Takahiro Suzuki ( Univ. of Tokyo )

Robotics with Safety and Reliability
Noboru Sugimoto ( Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. ), Youji Yamada ( Nagoya Univ. )

Cooperation between Human and Machine
Hiroyasu Iwata ( Waseda Univ. ), Taketoshi Mori ( Univ. of Tokyo )

Communication Robot
Naoyuki Kubota ( TMU ), Hiroyasu Miwa ( AIST )

Wearable Robotics
Kazuo Kiguchi ( Saga Univ. ), Yuichi Tsumaki ( Yamagata Univ. )

Robots for Home/Office Application
Ken Onishi ( Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ), Takashi Yoshimi ( Toshiba )

Robots for Amusement and Entertainment
Suguru Takashima ( Hosei Univ. )

VR and Interface
Yasuyuki Yanagida ( Meijo Univ. ), Shunsuke Yoshida ( NICT )

Human-Agent Interaction
Michita Imai ( Keio Univ. ), Seiji Yamada ( National Inst. of Informatics )

Medical Robotics and Mechatronics
Mamoru Mitsuishi ( Univ. of Tokyo ), Masakatsu Fujie ( Waseda Univ. )

Surgical Robotics and Mechatronics
Ichiro Sakuma ( Univ. of Tokyo ), Kazuo Nakazawa ( Keio Univ. )

Rehabilitation Robotics and Mechatronics
Hitoshi Kino ( Fukuoka Inst. of Tech. ), Toshio Tsuji ( Hiroshima Univ. )

Universal Design
Noriyuki Kawarazaki ( Kanagawa Inst. of Tech. ), Tadashi Yoshidome ( Kanagawa Inst. of Tech. )

Robot Therapy
Tomomi Hashimoto ( Saitama Inst. of Tech. ), Kazuyoshi Wada ( TMU )

Network Robotics
Kenichiro Shimokura ( ATR ), Norihiro Hagita ( ATR )

Intelligent and Robotic Room
Hideki Hashimoto ( Univ. of Tokyo ), Yasushi Mae ( Osaka Univ. )

Integrating Ambient Intelligence
Kohtaro Ohba ( AIST ), Toru Yamaguchi ( TMU )

RT Middleware and Open System
Tetsuo Kotoku ( AIST ), Makoto Mizukawa ( Shibaura Inst. of Tech. )

Humanoid
Atsushi Konno ( Tohoku Univ. ), Tomomichi Sugihara ( Kyushu Univ. )

Digital Human
Toshio Hori ( AIST ), Hiroshi Mizoguchi ( Tokyo Univ. of Science )

Neurorobotics
Tetsuya Ogata ( Kyoto Univ. ), Yoshihiko Nakamura ( Univ. of Tokyo )

Cognitive Robotics
Koh Hosoda ( Osaka Univ. )

Mobiligence
Hajime Asama ( Univ. of Tokyo ), Jun Ota ( Univ. of Tokyo )

Sense, Motion and Measurement
Ryojun Ikeura ( Mie Univ. ), Tetsuro Yabuta ( Yokohama National Univ. )

Informative Motion & Motion Media
Takafumi Matsumaru ( Shizuoka Univ. ), Satoshi Iwaki ( Hiroshima City Univ. )

Cooperation Control of Multi Robots
Yoshikazu Arai ( Iwate Pref. Univ. ), Hisashi Osumi ( Chuo Univ. )

Robot Hand Mechanism and Grasping Strategy
Futoshi Kobayashi ( Kobe Univ. ), Tetsuya Mouri ( Gifu Univ. )

Multi-agent Robots/Modular Robots
Akio Ishiguro ( Tohoku Univ. ), Daisuke Kurabayashi ( Tokyo Inst. of Tech. )

New Control Theory and Motion Control
Tatsuya Suzuki ( Nagoya Univ. ), Toshiyuki Murakami ( Keio Univ. )

Mechanism and Control for Actuator
Koichi Suzumori ( Okayama Univ. )

Evolution and Learning for Robotics
Tetsunari Inamura ( Inst. of Infomatics ), Kazuhiro Ohkura ( Hiroshima Univ. ), Masashi Furukawa ( Hokkaido Univ. )

Walking Robot
Kan Yoneda ( Chiba Inst. of Tech. )

Passive Walking Robot
Fumihiko Asano (RIKEN), Koichi Osuka ( Kobe Univ. )

Wheeled Robot
Keiji Nagatani ( Tohoku Univ. )

Vision System for Mobile Robot
Kazunori Umeda ( Chuo Univ. ), Jun Miura ( TUT )

Mobile Robot with Special Mechanism
Shuro Nakajima ( Chiba Inst. of Tech. ), Masayoshi Wada ( Saitama Inst. of Tech. )

Mobile Manipulation Robot
Yoshio Yamamoto ( Tokai Univ. ), Shoichi Maeyama ( Okayama Univ. )

Coordinated Control of Swarm Robots
Ken Sugawara ( Tohoku Gakuin Univ. )

Parallel Robot/Mechanisms and its Control
Toru Omata ( Tokyo Inst. of Tech. ), Yukio Takeda ( Tokyo Inst. of Tech. )

Flexible Robot/Mechanism and its Control
Shinichi Hirai ( Ritsumeikan Univ. ), Fumitoshi Matsuno ( Univ. of Electro-Communications )

Redundant Robot/Mechanism and its Control
Dragomir N. Nenchev ( Musashi Inst. of Tech. ), Shugen Ma ( Ritsumeikan Univ. )

Mechanism and Control for Wire Actuation System
Toshio Morita ( Keio Univ. ), Motoji Yamamoto ( Kyushu Univ. )

Tactile and Force Sensing
Hiroyuki Shinoda ( Univ. of Tokyo ), Masaya Takasaki ( Saitama Univ. )

Force Sensing using Deformation
Masamichi Sakaguchi ( Nagoya Inst. of Tech. ), Ryosuke Masuda ( Tokai Univ. )

Haptic Interface
Daisuke Sato ( Musashi Inst. of Tech. ), Akihito Sano ( Nagoya Inst. of Tech. )

Non-contact Sensing
Makoto Kaneko ( Osaka Univ. ), Kazushige Magatani ( Tokai Univ. )

3D Measurement/Sensor Fusion
Kazunori Ohno ( Tohoku Univ. ), Satoshi Kagami ( AIST )

Robot Vision
Tsukasa Ogasawara ( NAIST ), Akio Namiki ( Chiba Univ. )

Localization and Mapping
Takashi Tsubouchi ( Tsukuba Univ. ), Masahiro Tomono ( Chiba Inst. of Tech. )

MEMS and Nano-Technology
Satoshi Konishi ( Ritsumeikan Univ. ), Shoji Maruo ( Yokohama National Univ. )

Nano/Micro Manipulation System
Tamio Tanigawa ( AIST )

Nano/Micro Fluid System
Fumihito Arai ( Tohoku Univ. )

Nano/Micro Bio System
Tatsuo Arai ( Osaka Univ. )

Manufacturing Education and Mechatronics/Enjoy Mechatronics DIY
Yoshinobu Ando ( Shibaura Inst. of Tech. ), Masatoshi Iwamoto ( Tohoku Gakuin Univ. )

RoboCup and Robot Contest
Masaaki Kumagai ( Tohoku Gakuin Univ. ), Akihiro Matsumoto ( Toyo Univ. )