President, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS)VideoSatoshi Tadokoro is a vice dean and a
President, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS)
Satoshi Tadokoro is a vice dean and a research professor of Tohoku University since 2014.He is a president of International Rescue System Institute since 2002 and IEEE RAS President in2016-2017. He served as a project manager of MEXT DDT Project on rescue robotics in 2002-2007 having contribution of more than 100 professors nationwide, and PI of NEDO projects related todisaster robotics. His team developed various rescue robots, two of which called Quince and ActiveScope Camera are well-known because they were used in disasters such as in nuclear reactorbuildings of the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident. He is a project manager of JapanCabinet Office ImPACT Project in 2014-18. IEEE Fellow, RSJ Fellow, JSME Fellow, and SICEFellow.
