Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : November 26, 2020 - November 28, 2020
To enjoy working together with machines on things team as proposed by IoT, we need to communicate with machines. What we share with machines is movement. So, we need to communicate with machines nonverbally using movements as we did between humans in ancient times. Currently, machines move as humans instruct. But the environments and situations change from moment to moment in an unpredictable manner, so, machines need to understand proactively what humans would like to do. In today’s soccer, players need to be prepared beforehand for the next possible formation. Proactiveness is most important in today’s soccer. Otherwise, flexible formation cannot be achieved. In the same way, machines must be prepared for the next move. If we introduce Reservoir Computing, we can introduce micro technologies and we can make adjustments on site with very small sensors and computers. So, we can augment human capabilities with these micro sensors and computers and communicate with machines nonverbally. Machines can understand what we want them to do and they move as we want. Thus, we can enjoy working together with machines on the same team by feeling the sense of togetherness.
