Renato Miyagusuku

Renato Miyagusuku

Assistant Professor at the Instrumentation and Robotics Laboratory, Utsunomiya University

CV

email: miyagusuku at cc.utusunomiya-u.ac.jp

Education

Sep 2018 | PhD in Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Sep 2015 | MSc in Precision Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Mar 2011 | BSc in Mechatronic Engineering, National University of Engineering (Peru)

Research and Work Experience

Apr 2019 - current | Assistant Professor, Utsunomiya University
Apr 2019 - current | Visiting Researcher, The University of Tokyo
Oct 2018 - Mar 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Tokyo
Apr 2013 - Sep 2018 | Research Student, Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Mar 2011 - Mar 2013 | Researcher, Peru’s National Institute for Telecommunications Research and Training

Qualifications

Oct 2019 | Investigador RENACYT (Grupo Carlos Monge Medrano - Nivel III)
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica: Lima, PE

Honors and Awards

Oct 2022 | FY2022 Young Researcher Encouragement Award
Utsunomiya University
Encouramente Award for young researchers belonging to Utsunomiya University
Jan 2021 | Best Paper Award at the 2021 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration
Our paper Distance Invariant Sparse Autoencoder for Wireless Signal Strength Mapping was awarded Best Paper Award at the 2021 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII2021).
Dec 2019 | Nakanoshima Challenge and Nakanoshima Extra Challenge
Public experiment for robotic technology development in real environments.
Single team to complete all challenges.
May 2019 | IEEE RAS JJC Young Award
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Joint Chapter
Award to foster talented young researchers in graduate schools in Japan that submited an outstanding work to the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
Dec 2015 | Miura award
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
Award to recognize outstanding master’s degree graduates in mechanical engineering, mechanical systems or related engineering fields
Apr 2013 | Monbukagakusho scholarship
Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Techonology
Scholarship for postgraduate studies (Scholarship covered Master’s and Doctoral studies)
Nov 2011 | Cansat Leader Training Program scholarship
University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC)
Scholarship to participate in the 2nd Cansat Leader Training Program at Nihon University

Funding

Apr 2023 - Feb 2024 | Development of a robot for measuring partial discharge in substation equipment
Joint Research | Project Number: KK222093
Researchers: Renato Miyagusuku (PI), Koichi Ozaki

Apr 2021 - Mar 2025 | Domain adaptation and long-term maintenance of invisible maps to enable low-cost autonomous navigation of robots in urban environments
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Young Researchers | Grant Number: 21K14121
Researcher: Renato Miyagusuku (PI)

Oct 2019 - Mar 2021 | Reseach and Development for solving regional issues through data collection and utilization: Invisible maps for robust last-mile delivery in crowded environments by small autonomous robots
Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology | Grant Number: 21409
Researchers: Koichi Ozaki (PI), Satoshi Hoshino, Renato Miyagusuku

Professional Memberships

Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS)

Academic Activities

Organized Session Chair

Technical Program Committee Member

Associate Editor

Languages

Spanish (Native), English (Advanced), French (Intermediate), Japanese (Intermediate)