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To create the global order of a system comprising autonomous elements requires appropriate communication between them depending on the situation. In this presentation, I will show the inevitability of the existence of a field for creating communication between the elements, and mathematically investigate a condition that the field should satisfy, through the process of modeling signal transmission in a multicellular system.

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A requirement of communication technology creating a sense of bodily presence of a remote person is anticipated to increase more than ever. However, this type of communication technology has underdeveloped so far. In order to create such a sense, we have proposed a novel concept "Interactive Spatial Copy Wall" display system, which represents a three-dimensional shape of a remote communication partner with movable cylinders. In this paper, we describe our further-advanced "Interactive Spatial Copy Wall" display system to represent bodily actions of remote person's upper body in real time. For this advancement, we have designed a modified "Interactive Spatial Copy Wall" by focusing on power source, data communication and measuring three-dimensional appearance of a remote person. Consequently, this revised "Interactive Spatial Copy Wall" display system achieves to represent bodily actions of remote person's upper body in three dimensions, corre-sponding to hundreds of movements of installed cylinders.

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Theory of collaboration is reseached in the SICE System and Information division. Moreover, this division is managed based on the theory. A basic concept of the theory and mangement od the division will be presented.

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Nanotechnology has developed high functional nanomatrials which link with label-free biosensing systems. Carbon nanotube and gold nanoparticle have employed for high sensitive electrochemical biosensors and localized surface plasmon resonance biochips, respectively. Microchiptechnology has also employed for the fabrication of a microchamber array for single copy DNA detection and cell-based drug screening. Biosensors are advantageous for medical diagnosis, health care, food safety and environmental protection.

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This paper describes the transdisciplinary approaches in the robotics. Firstly, we intend to take a new turn from systems to the realization of transdisciplinary sysytem. Secondly, it is stated that an integration of the intelligent space and the intelligent locomotion is necessary for the fundamental robot systems. Lastly, the robot applications for the human society are discussed.

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Advancement of industrial equipment and devices are driven by miniaturizing their elements and improving their accuracy. Especially fabrication technologies brushed up in semiconductor manufacturing are now applied to other related research fields including nano science and engineering. This paper discusses these typical transdisciplinery technologies play an important role in cutting edge nanodevice and material R&D.

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Electroencephalogram (EEG) recognition will be a key technology to communicate human information to machines. In the word-formation of xx recognition such as character recognition and speech recognition, xx is generally object of recognition as well as the set of reduced points. In the case xx is EEG, although EEG must be object, the set of reduced points is not necessarily a discrete set and the each member has no specific naming. This is why EEG recognition could develop intellectual cooperation between human and machine.

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The purpose of this article is to propose a dramatic model of symbiosis and confrontation and to derive unique and deep insghits about a negotiation process. As the results, we point out that negotiation is a process todisolve two types of dilemma, and that if both of them are eliminated then consensus should be reached among the participants.

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This paper discusses a design of model-driven learning systems and a design of robust systems, respectively Those new system design methods are aimed at theoretical and technological foundations of the next generation's systems engineering, which will provide us an optimal control design methodology for large-scale complex systems with human-machine interactions.

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This paper presents a new approach to an adaptive lot release scheduling using genetics based machine learning (GBML). The proposed method employs a scheduling agent with a classifier system (CS) to release materials onto the production floor properly according to the state of the production floor. Effectiveness of the proposed GBML based lot release method is discussed by using results of the computer simulations in terms of turn around time (TAT), throughput, and the work in process (WIP) number in a semiconductor manufacturing system.

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Process plan and production schedule are significant plans that have much effect on the productivity of factories. However, the optimality of each plan is sometimes conflictive. Integration methods of process planning and scheduling are proposed, but it is not enough because their approaches use finite iteration of each planning. In this paper, we propose a new method of simultaneous process planning and scheduling using evolutionary artificial neural networks which is researched in the area of evolutionary robotics. The feasibilities of our proposal is confirmed in the computer simulations in which the method achieved high productivity resulting from acquiring appropriate utilization of machines and role sharing among machines.

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The auther explain the concept of Active Knowledge Archive (AKA) with which good practices of expertized knowledge utilization are recorded electronically for knowledge reuse and transfer. Some research topics and a future research plan for AKA are described.

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For the cost reduction and the structure reform of enterprises and the government, to grasp Cost Drivers structurally and What-If searches on models are indispensable. However, by current theories, minute causal relation between multiple Non-monetary activities and Cost are difficult to be traced, therefore there exist important blank areas in building models for future oriented management and planning system. Principles, the writer pursued with developments, should be evolved on the huge Table-Group-Technology (sophisticated structure matrix). Then inter-disciplinary systematizing technologies as the 21st century, covering the economy, the production, the energy, and the environment: MFCA, should be provided.

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Peace building in a region of conflict is one of the top global issues relate to environment and an energy matters closely. A game to simulate such dynamism may bring a grasp of multidirectional and long term change, and a prediction of complicated phenomenon. I will describe the point where gaming and simulation suggest a frame of new science by explaining concrete content, and effect and application of " Ethnic conflict and Peace Building Game " as an example.

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In our country, discussions on dependability have begun in the middle of 1950's. Since that, as studies about dependability advance dependability of products have improved rapidly. And this has made Japanese industrial products internationally competitive. Dependability is able to show its effectiveness where integrated with many related technological fields. Technological innovation has progressed rapidly at every field. This paper describes the future role which dependability should play, and describes that it is necessary for dependability to cooperate with related technological fields.

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Civilization in 20th century dependent on fossil resource faces to the end, and plant biomass energy must be main factor for establishment of sustainable world. In 20th century, countries having oil became in rich, and those with plant biomass will be strong in 21st century. As Japan has become strong country in 20th century without oil, because of high level of science and technology, biotechnology will be a core technology in 21st century in Japan to maintain the country. The activity of Society of Biotechnology, Japan covers the field of biotechnology from upstream to downstream for utilization of plant biomass. This big change of civilization cannot be established without understanding and cooperation by wide range of scientists and technologist.

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Plant factory is a major bioproduction system which is almost unaffected by the climate change. Bioproduction systems are typical examples of large scale and complex systems. It would be inevitable to make a lot of effort to identify even such complex systems if the systems were expected to be sustainable and environmentally friendly and secure enough to produce safe food. System identification is one of major pro-cedures in control engineering. In this article, conventional field agriculture and plant factory are compared in terms of system identification.

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Capturing life log by electronic means enables us to record our daily life in detail. Because of developing technologies related to wearable, ubiquitous, mobile multimedia, we believe that we will be able to automatically capture and record our daily experiences. The resulting amount of data is enormous, then automatic or semiautomatic ways to retrieve desired part is indispensable. In this paper, we introduce our works investigating wearable or ubiquitous environment.

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Nowadays, usability counts, as well as functions, for things and services. Since real usability depends on individuals, further development of technologies that can be applicable to the individual requirements. In addition, for multi-functioned things, users require to be connected easily to the functions they really need. Knowledge of complex networks may be helpful to consider the useful connectivity.

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Here we show a touch-enhancing intermediate object that operates not only as a disturbance filter, but also, supposedly, as a magnifier of surface undulation. This object, which we named the ``tactile contact lens,'' is composed of a sheet and numerous spikes regularly arranged on one side of the sheet, having no electronic or mechatronic components. The most promising application of the tactile contact lens will be its use in inspection of sheet metals to detect small deflection defects and skill transfer in automobile factories.

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The author developed a knee orthosis with powered joint a few yearsago with Ochanomizu University and the National Rehabilitation Research Center at Tokorozawa. After the development, the authorconducted several robotics researches that are inspired from thatexperience. The author describes the technology of the knee orthosis, application of robotics technology, and the current/future related areas that must be incorporated in such development.

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Characteristics of Trafst are:_1)complicated problem solving that only one society cannot succeed, 2)finding a transversally viewpoint. For this it is important applying Ontology and Terminology.By the Ontology the complicated relation of many societies are made clare and by the Terminology the discussions transfering many societies are sucseeded smoothly.

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This paper describes the problems caused by sciences and technologies of 20th century and how to solve them using sciences and technologies of 21st century. As a hint of one of the solutions, the idea of happy interface to excite people is introduced.

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Service Engineering is a new engineering idea which aims at increasing service and knowledge contents of added values generated in product life cycle. In this report, firstly, we clarify why service should be discussed and argue that intensifying service contents is crucial not only for arriving at environmentally conscious design and manufacturing but also for creating more added values in future advanced societies. Secondly, we introduce essential concepts of service engineering that is required to intensify service value. Furthermore, we discuss about relation between service development and traditional design issues.

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In this paper, we discuss what is needed to realize by ICT technologies, and show Information Communication Activity Scheme (ICT Scheme) that is a model of human activities to be supported by computers. ICT Scheme consists of two layers, namely, the information layer and the communication layer. The former concerns handling of information itself and the latter concerns how communication is realized to information handling. Then we show our research activities to realize systems to help people in these activities

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This paper describes shape generation using by Kansei evaluation rules. In our laboratory, the evaluation of Kansei was done by machine learning. Machine learning is not flexibility for new forms. This paper proposes flexible shape generation system by using Kansei evaluation rules.

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The purpose of our research is to clarify the necessary conditions of the spaces to be securing comfortable life. For that purpose, we planned to evaluate the impression of the spaces using virtual environmental system.As the basic study, we built experimental systems both in virtual environment and in real environment to compare the impressions of spaces in both environments, and evaluated those using questionnaires and EEG.

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We are developing a control system for a mechanical pet, AIBO, in which AIBO moves in a way that makes the user feel most comfortable as judged by his/her alpha waves. We constructed a real-time control system for customizing motions of AIBO according to the user's measured alpha waves. Compared with the ordinary biofeedback system in which the user makes an effort to be relax intentionally by informed the state of his/her alpha waves, our system makes it possible for the user to be relax unintentionally and comfortably by watching his/her favorite motions controlled by his/her own alpha waves.

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In the society of the near future, many problems will be left behind, we have to solve the problem of infrastructure improvement of educational environment, the problem of the mind, a mental nerve disease, and aging, etc. Even if people ask each discipline for their action basis about these social problems, this complicated problem cannot be solved depending on discipline divided separately. In order to solve this situation, it is necessary to construct the trans-disciplinary area related to discipline, and education system, and to try to open the diagram of the causal relationship of realistic social problems. Thus, it is necessary to promote "Realization of Education for Trans-disciplinary Sciences".

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University education system for transdisciplinary science and technology consists of three directional axes: Analysis-based axis for modeling intrinsic dynamics of phenomena, synthesis and design based axis for exploring common principles and algorithms, and harmonization-based axis for performance evaluation and decision making for human, society and environments.

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We will point out problems of the school education in Japan today and will propose an ideal way of the math education in the high school which aims to improve the ability to integrate various fields from the view point of Trans-disciplinary Science and Technology.

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