Takayuki Furuta, engineers and researchers have gathered to conduct research and development of key technologies of the next generation. The novel was nominated for the Locus Award in 2000. It introduces the clacks, a long-distance semaphore system. Led by a pioneering robot researcher, Dr. The Fifth Elephant is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the 24th book in the Discworld series. Future Robotics Technology Center (fuRo) at Chiba Institute of Technology was established in 2003. In recent years he has been studying a new relationship between human beings and materials, represented in his works Beautiful Prosthetic Legs, Humanoid Robots and Robotic Vehicles. His work Tagtype Garage Kit was chosen as one of the permanent collections by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2010. In 2004 he received Mainichi Design Awards, iF Good Design Awards (Germany), and many other Good Design Awards. While designing a wide range of industrial products from wristwatches to railroad cars, he has been involved as an engineer in the fields of robotics and telecommunication technology. He has been a professor at the University of Tokyo since 2013. Served as a professor at Keio University from 2008 to 2012. In 1987 he started practice as an independent freelance designer, going on to found Leading Edge Design in 1994.
After graduating from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tokyo in 1982, he joined Nissan Motors Design Center. Shunji Yamanaka is a design engineer and professor at the University of Tokyo.