The winners of the 36th Leave a Nest Research Fund Nippon Foundation Submarine Exploration Water Depth Special Award, which was solicited from March to April 2017, have been decided as follows.
[Adopted]
Mr. Yo Tanaka, Unit Leader, Integrated Biodevice Research Unit, RIKEN QBiC Research Center
Theme: “Seafloor exploration agent using landing bioenergy”
Mr. Tadami Tadami, Chuo University Graduate School of Science and Engineering Department of Precision Engineering 1st year Master's degree
Theme: “Development of a buried excavation robot based on the peristaltic movement of earthworms that enables wide-area deep-sea exploration”
Toshihiro Maki, Associate Professor , Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo
Theme: “Possibilities of low-cost, high-speed, low-altitude follow-up AUV”
Hirokazu Sonobe, 2nd year master's student, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Theme: “Development of SONOVY 300, a cheap deep-sea explorer for individuals, and creation of seafloor maps”
Researcher, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Okayama University Theme: “Development research of analysis and management methods with time-dependent changes in topography in narrow water areas”
Kiyoshi Ito, Representative Director, Environmental Simulation Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Theme: “Development of a seafloor topography data detailing system utilizing AI (artificial intelligence)”
