Yo Kobayashi

Yo Kobayashi (小林 洋) is a Japanese researcher in the field of robotics in Waseda University. He has developed the needle insertion system, robotic surgery, computer-assisted robot and tremor suppressibility robot.

Research Interests

 * Robotics
 * Robotic surgery
 * Surgical Segment Navigator
 * Medical, rehabilitation and assistive engineering
 * Computer-assisted surgery
 * Control engineering
 * Intelligent mechatronics

Education

 * Ph.D. degree in Engineering, 2008, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

Employment

 * Visiting research assistant, Waseda university (2005-2007)
 * Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2007)
 * Assistant, Waseda university (2009-)
 * Instructor, Waseda university (2010-)

Membership

 * IEEE Robotics and Automation Society
 * The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers

Honors and awards

 * Best paper award Finalist of 2008 IEEE Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2008