Faculty and Staff
Professor／Naoshi Kondo
| Awards | |
| （24） | CIAM International Contribution Award 2022 |
| （23） | A medal of honor with green and white ribbon 2022 from the Prince Fumihito Akishinomiya |
| （22） | “Development of Fruit Grading Robot and Sensing Technologies leading Smart Agriculture” Award for Science and Technology 2021 (Development Category), the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan |
| （21） | “Relationship between Size of Foreign Objects in Dried Parsley and Transmitted Millimeter Wave Intensity Distribution” published in Journal of Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers 81 (3): 159-167, 2019-05
JSAM Best Paper Award 2020 |
| （20） | “Robotics for bio-production systems” Chinese National Teaching Prize, 2018 (Second prize) |
| （19） | “Patchouli Oil Geographical Origin Identification Using Fluorescence-Transmittance Imaging System” ISMAB Excellent Presentation Award, at the 9th International Symposium on Machinery and Mechatronics for Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, AABEA, 2018 |
| （18） | “Sensing System Based Bio-Production Intelligent Robots” Japan Prize of Agricultural Science (Association of Japanese Agricultural Scientific Societies: AJASS), 2017 |
| （17） | “Systematization of Robotics for Bio-Production Systems at Zhejiang University,” First Prize of Zhejiang Province Education Achievement, 2016 |
| （16） | “Agricultural robots with manipulators and machine visions” Award of Japan Association of International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (JAICABE) |
| （15） | “Automatization and development of sensing systems in Agricultural operation” Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and Japan Association for Techno-innovation in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JATAFF) |
| （14） | JAICABE Fellow (Japan Association of International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering), 2014 |
| （13） | JSABE 50th year anniversary contribution award, Japanese Society of Agricultural and Biological Environmental Engineering, 2012 |
| （12） | “Path Planning of Tomato Cluster Harvesting Robot for Realizing Low Vibration and Speedy Transportation” EAEF Best Paper Award, AABEA (Asian Agricultural, Biological Engineering Association), 2010 |
| （11） | “Development of fruit grading robot contributing food traceability” Award for Technological Achievement, Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery, 2007 |
| （10） | “Development of deciduous fruit grading robot” Award for Outstanding Technological Achievement, Kansai Branch of Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery, 2005 |
| （9） | “A pioneer for new research field in robotics-mechatronics” Award for Technological Achievement from Section of Robotics and Mechatronics, Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2004 |
| （8） | “External sensing system for cooperative agricultural robot Outstanding Paper Award from Japanese Society of High Technology in Agriculture, 2003 |
| （7） | “Eggplant grading system with rotary tray and image processing system for inspection of all sides of fruit”Award for technological Achievement from Society of Agricultural Structures, Japan, 2003 |
| （6） | “Fundamental studies on chrysanthemum cutting sticking robot” Award for academic achievement from Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery, 2000 |
| （5） | “Studies on automation of harvesting and flower grading operations based on plant information”Award for academic achievement from Japanese Society of Environmental Control in Biology, 1999 |
| （4） | “Robotics for bio-production systems” Award for outstanding contribution from American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 1999 |
| （3） | “Position detection algorithm for small fruit harvesting robot” Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science from Japanese Society of High Technology in Agriculture, 1996 |
| （2） | “Cucumber harvesting robot” ROBOMEC Award from Section of Robotics and Mechatronics, Japanese Society of Mechanical Machinery, 1995 |
| （1） | “Fundamental studies on Grape harvesting robot” Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science from Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery, 1995 |
| Books and monographs | |
| (28) | Naoshi Kondo: Chapter 8 Sensing Technologies for Harvesting and Grading Robots, in “The forefront of Agricultural Robots,” Editor Noboru Noguchi, CMC Publisher, Tokyo (2020) |
| (27) | JSAM: Handbook of Agricultural Machinery and Food Engineers, Editor-in-Chief Naoshi Kondo: 1092 pages, Corona Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo (2020) |
| (26) | Naoshi Kondo, New Smart Agriculture, 4-7-7, 6-2-9, and 6-2-10: 168-169, 274-275 and 276-277, ISBN: 978-4-89732-407-4 (2019), Nourin toukei Publisher, Tokyo: 500 pages (Japanese) |
| (25) | JSAP: Post-Harvest Engineering Encyclopedia, Machine Vision, Image Processing, Color Expression (114-119)，Size sorting, Grading (154-157)，Grading processing, Grading robot, Informatization（174-179），Preprocessing machine（214-215）, Asakura Publisher:413 pages（2019.1）(Japanese) |
| (24) | Naoshi Kondo, Yurichi Ogawa, Tetsuhito Suzuki, Takahisa Nishizu, Tomoo Shiigi: Bio-Sensing Engineering-Optical and Acoustic Measurement for Biological Material-, edited by Naoshi Kondo, Yurichi Ogawa, Tetsuhito Suzuki, Corona Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, ISBN:987-4-339-06752-1, (2016): 193 pages.(Japanese) |
| (23) | Naoshi Kondo, Takahisa Nishizu, Takahiro Hayashi, Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kiyokazu Goto: Physical and Biological Properties of Agricultural Products, Kyoto University Press (2014)372 page (English) |
| (22) | Naoshi Kondo and Shuso Kawamura: Chapter 14, Postharvest Automation, Agricultural Automation: Fundamentals and Practices, CRC Press, edited by Qin Zhang and Francis J. Pierce: 367-383(2013) (English) |
| (21) | Naoshi Kondo: Robotics and automation in the fresh produce industry, Robotics and automation in the food industry, Edited by Darwin G, Caldwell, Woodhead publishing, Philadelphia, PA, USA，DOI: 10.1533/9780857095763.2.385 :385-400(2013). (English) |
| (20) | Naoshi Kondo, Hiroshi Shimizu, Hiroshi Nakashima, Michihisa Iida, Yuichi Ogawa, Bioproduction Engineering, Asakura Publisher, Tokyo, 173 pages (2012) (Japanese) |
| (19) | Takahisa Nishizu, Naoshi Kondo, Yuichi Ogawa, Takahiro Hayashi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kiyokazu Goto: Physical and Biological Properties of Agricultural Products (1) ?Structural, thermal and dynamic properties--, Corona Publisher, Tokyo, 153 pages(2011) (Japanese) |
| (18) | Naoshi Kondo: Robotic Application, Chapter 6, Agricultural Robots, “Robotic Technologies”, RSJ, Ohmu 134-137 (2011) (Japanese) |
| (17) | Naoshi Kondo, Mitsuji Monta, and Noboru Noguchi: Agricultural Robots: Mechanisms and Practice, Kyoto University Press (2011) 348 page with CD-ROM (English) |
| (16) | Naoshi Kondo, Takahisa Nishizu, Yuichi Ogawa, Takahiro Hayashi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kiyokazu Goto: Physical and Biological Properties of Agricultural Products (2) ?Acoustic, electrical, optical and biochemical properties--, Corona Publisher, Tokyo, 180 pages. (Japanese) |
| (15) | Naoshi Kondo: Image Acquisition: Plant materials, Automation in Agriculture, Encyclopedia of Agricultural, Food and Biological Engineering edited by Dennis R. Heldman, ISBN: 978-1-4398-111-5 (hardback), 978-1-4398-2806-9 (electronic), Published 19, Oct., 2010 by Taylor & Francis (English) |
| (14) | Yael Edan, Shufeng Han, Naoshi Kondo, 63. Automation in Agriculture, Springer Handbook of Automation, 33 pages, SPIN: 11510079, MS ID: hb17-063 (2009.2.24) (English) |
| (13) | Naoshi Kondo and Kazunori Ninomiya: DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS, in Systems Analysis and Modeling in Food and Agriculture , [Eds. David H. Fleisher,K. C. Ting,Luis F. Rodriguez], in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford ,UK, [http://www.eolss.net] (2007.9) (English) |
| (12) | Naoshi Kondo, Mitsuji Monta, Noboru Noguchi: Agri-Robot (II) ?Mechanisms and Practice?(2006), Corona Publisher, Tokyo, 242pages with CD-ROM. (Japanese) |
| (11) | Naoshi Kondo: Fruit grading robot, Preision Agriculture and Variability in Sweet Pepper, Precision Agriculture (2006) edited by Sakae Shibusawa, Asakura publisher, Tokyo, 197 page (Japanese) |
| (10) | Naoshi Kondo, Mitsuji Monta, Noboru Noguchi: Agri-Robot (I) ?Fundamentals and Theory?(2004), Corona Publisher, Tokyo, 225pages. (Japanese) |
| (9) | Naoshi Kondo: Chapter 1 Purpose of This Book, Chapter 2 What is Phototechnology, Chapter 3, “How to Measure in Phototechnology” (2002) edited by Society of Phototechnology, Yokendo Ltd., 237 page (Japanese) |
| (8) | Naoshi Kondo: Agricultural robot, Agricultural Machinery (2001), edited by Nougyou Denka Kyoukai 203 page (Japanese) |
| (7) | Naoshi Kondo and K. C. Ting: Introduction, Biological Objects, Fundamentals and Basic Components of Robots, Design and Control of Manipulators, Machine Vision, Sensors for Bioproduction Robots, Robots in Bioproduction within Controlled Environments, Robots in Bioproduction in Open Field, Robotics for Bioproduction Systems, (1998), edited by Naoshi Kondo and K. C. Ting, ASAE, 325 page (English) |
| (6) | Naoshi Kondo: Harvesting Robot, “Intelligent Agriculture” (1996) edited by Hiroo Yamazaki, Yasushi Hashimoto, Toru Torii, Kogyo-Chosakai Co., Ltd., pp174-191 |
| (5) | Naoshi Kondo: Robot for Plant production, Handbook of Environment Control in Biology (1995), Yokendo Ltd., pp398-402 |
| (4) | Naoshi Kondo: Machine Vision, Robotics, “Phototechnology” (1994) edited by Society of Phototechnology, Asakura Shoten Co, Ltd., pp174-178 |
| (3) | Mitsuji Monta, Naoshi Kondo: Manipulator, Robotics, “Phototechnology” (1994) edited by Society of Phototechnology, Asakura Shoten Co, Ltd., pp167-171 |
| (2) | Naoshi Kondo: Introduction of Green Robot, “Greenhouse automation” (1992) edited by Yasushi Hashimoto, Yokendo Ltd., pp146-161 |
| (1) | Tsuguo Okamoto, Yoshiaki Shirai, Tateshi Fujiura, Naoshi Kondo: Intelligent Robots for Bioproduction, (1992), Jikkyo-Shuppan Co., Ltd., 215 pages |
| Invited Lectures and Seminars at International Meetings | |
| (70) | Innovations in protected cultivation: Automation and robotics for crop production-Start with Fluorescence Sensing for Solving the Trade-off Problem “Food-Environment”, Invited Speech, Global Conference on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (GAMC), Efficiency, Inclusiveness and Resilience, FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, 27-29 September, 2023 |
| (69) | Smart Livestock for sustainable animal production with higher welfare, Invited Keynote speech, the 7th World Intelligence Congress Intelligent Agriculture Summit Forum & International Conference on Intelligent Agriculture (ICIA 2023), May 19, 2023, Tianjin, China. |
| (68) | Digital Transformation for Sustainable Asian Small Scale Intensive Agriculture, Keynote Speech, International Joint Workshop on DX Research and Education to Realize Sustainable Food Production, March 13, 2023, Fukuoka, Japan |
| (67) | More Precision and Sustainablity Starting with Sensors in Smart Agriculture, Invited Speech, World Agri-Food Innovation Forum, Smart Agriculture Innovation Development Sub-Forum, on Nov.28, 2022, Beijing, China |
| (66) | Collaboration with Companies and Governmental Research Institutes for Modernization of Agriculture, Invited Speech, ISMAB 2022, Nov.16, 2022, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| (65) | Super Precision Agriculture to Food Tech for Consumers' Diversified Preference and Sustainable Agriculture, Invited Speech, ISMAB 2022, Nov.16, 2022, Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| (64) | AWC2022, Smart farming in Japan, Invited Speech, , Gwangju, Korea. (2022/8/25) [AWC 2022 in Gwangju]“??? ??? ??? ? ??? ??”-THE AI (newstheai.com) http://newstheai.com/site/data/html_dir/2022/08/25/2022082580222.html |
| (63) | CLEO-PR2022/ISOM'22/ODF'22, Optical Sensing Technologies for Sustainable Production, Invited Speech, Sapporo, Japan(2022/8/5) |
| (62) | International Seminar on The Development of Agricultural Engineering and Congress of The Indonesian Society of Agricultural Engineering, ISAE, Keynote speaker ”Current Status and Future Development of Agricultural Engineering in Japan” (online, 2021, 12/14) |
| (61) | 2021 International Conference on Smart Agriculture, Prenary speech, ”Start with Sensors for Reduction of Food Loss and Waste to Contribute to the Sustainable Agriculture”, Council of Agriculture (COA, Executive Yuan R.O.C., Taiwan), co-organized by Asian Productivity Organization (APO) and implemented by CPC, a management consulting institute based in Taiwan. (online, 2021 10/26, 27) |
| (60) | NARO-FFTC (Food and Fertilizer Technology Cenber for the Asian Pacific Region) International Symposium2021”Data-Driven Agriculture in the Asian and Pacific Region-To ensure productivity and sustainability,” “Fluorescence Technology Based Super Precision Agriculture for Small Scale Smart (SSS) Farming”, Keynote speech, (online, 2021/09/03) |
| (59) | 2021 International Conference on Smart Agriculture Innovation Development (ICSAID 2021), “Fluorescence Imaging Sensor for Small Scale Distributed Smar Farming,” Invited Keynote Speech, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 中国農業大学主催，中国農業工程学会，中国農業機械学会共催 (online, 2021/7/10) |
| (58) | The fifth International Conference on Green Agro-industry and Bioeconomy (ICGAB 2021), “Small Scale Distributed Smart Farming to Achieve Food Security and Agro-Food Industries”, Plenary Speech,, Faculty of Argicultural Technology, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia, (online, July 6, 2021) |
| (57) | The 14th TSAE International Conference & the 22nd TSAE National Conference, Keynote Speech: “Start with Development of More Precise Sensing Technologies for Agriculture, Livestock and Aquaculture”, Khon Kaen University, Thailand (online, May 12-13, 2021) |
| (56) | Academic Consortium 21 Online International Flrum 2020, Theme: New Pathways in Higher Education to Meet Challenges of Global Change, “Technology in Education Today and Tomorrow: A Case of Sensing Technologies Development for Smart Agriculture (PA+AI)”, Keynote Lecture, Kasetsart University, Thailand (online, Dec. 8-9, 2020) |
| (55) | ICOSICA 2020 International Conference on Computer Science and Its Applicationin Agriculture, Invited Speech, “Sensing Systems for Smart Agriculture”, IPB, Bogor, Indonesia (September 17, 2020) |
| (54) | ANS2020(The 7th Asian NIR Symposium), “Electromagnetic Wave Based Sensing Systems in Smart Agriculture,” Keynote Lecture, Avani Khon Kaen Hotel & Convention Centre, Khonkaen, Thailand (2020/Feb.12-15) |
| (53) | Moonshot International Symposium, “Start with Sensing Technologies for Fully Automated Farming and for Comprehensive Goals (SDGs), WG5: Innovation for future agriculture - satisfying both food production and environment conservation, Hosts: Cabinet Office, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan Science and Technology Agency, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Bellesalle Tokyo Nihonbashi, December 17-18, 2019. (Invited) |
| (52) | 2019 World Snensors Summit, “Innovative sensor technology for food production and environmental protection of 9 billion people,” Zhengzhou International Exibition Center, Zhengzhou, China (Dec.9-11, 2019) |
| (51) | 2019 Guangzhou International Innovation Festival”Smart Agriculture in Japan,” Guangzhou Library, Guangzhou, China (Nov.1- 3, 2019) https://gz-innofestival.com/agenda.php |
| (50) | 2019 KSAIA Fall Conference and International Symposium of Artificial Interlligence in Agriculture, Seoul, Korea”Smart Agriculture in Japan,” Seoul National University, (October 31, 2019) |
| (49) | AESAP2019 (3rd International Conference on Agricultural Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture Production), “Smart Agriculture = Precision Agriculture + AI & IoT,” IPB International Convention Center (IICC), (Oct.14-15, 2019) |
| (48) | The 2nd Japan-Taiwan Joint NIR Workshop hosted by JCNIRS, Nagoya, “Bio-Sensing Technologies for Food Production-From UV to NIR Region”, http://jcnirs.org/JT2019/index.html (March 7-8, 2019) |
| (47) | 6th IFAC Conference on Bio-Robotics (BIOROBOTICS 2018), “Robotics Technologies Supporting Smart Agriculture”, Plenary Speech, at Beijing (Jinma Hotel), China (July 12-16, 2018) |
| (46) | ANS2018(The Sixth Asian NIR Symposium), ”Bio-Sensing Technologiesin UV, VIS, and NIR Region”, Invited Speech, at the Yunnan Expo Garden Hotel, Kunming, China coorganized by Chinese Council of Near Infrared Spectroscoopy and Asian NIR Consortium (June 21- 24, 2018) |
| (45) | Optics & Photonics International Congress 2018 (OPIC, LSSE: Laser Solutions for Space and the Earth 2018), “Agri-photonics and Agri-robotics for Food Production toward Global Population 9 Billion time”, Keynote Speech, Pacifico Yokohama, April 25-27, 2018. |
| (44) | “Robots and Sensing Technologies for Precision Agriculture”, Science Robotics, Meeting in Japan 2018, Science, AAAS(American Association for the Advanced Science) at Plaza Heisei-Tokyo International Exchange Center, Invited Speech, March 13, 2018 |
| (43) | Asian Forum on Smart Agriculture: Futuristic Technologies for Sustainable Farming sponsored by Asian Productivity Organization (APO): “Automation in Precision Agriculture for Small and Medium Farmers in Japan” at Nakhon Ratchasima, Invited Speech,Thailand (2017/11/6-9) |
| (42) | 7th ACPA(Asian-Australasian Coference on Precision Agriculture), 1st ACPLF (Asian-Australasian Conference on Precision Livestock Farming) and DF&G17 (Digital-Farmer and Grower 2017 conference): Keynote speech “Automatization in Precision Agriculture” at Hamilton, New Zealand (2017/10/15-18) |
| (41) | AASSA(The Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia)-SCJ (Science Council of Japan) Workshop on Role of Science for Inclusive Society: Invited Speech “Precision Livestock & Aquaculture management Technologies toward Glocal Population 9 Billion Time” at Science Council of Japan, Tokyo (2017/3/1) |
| (40) | China International Smart Agriculture World 2016 (CISA 2016), Invited Keynote Presentation “Technology Fusion of Precision Agriculture and Post Harvest Operations”, at Shanghai (Crowne Plaza Hotel), China (2016, 9/27) |
| (39) | World Engineering Conference and Convention 2015 (WECC 2015) : Engineering: Innovation and Scociety at Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Keynote Speech”Precision Agriculture Based Food Production for Global Population 9 Billion Time” (2015, 12/2) |
| (38) | 2015’s International Workshop of Intelligent Agricultural Equipment, at Shenyang Agricultural University, China, Keynote Speech “Fluorescence substance database for 9 billion people's food production” (2015, 10/14) |
| (37) | The Joint International Conferences on Intelligent Agriculture (ICIA) at Beijing, China, Invited Keynote Presentation, “Robotization on Food Production: Comparison between Harvesting Robot and Grading Robot”(2015, 9/28) |
| (36) | Workshop on Korean Precision Agriculture sponsored by Korean Society of Food and Agricultural Information Science and by Korean Society of Precision Agriculture at KINTEX, Keynote speech "Precision Agriculture Based on Robotics Technologies" (2014, 11/28) |
| (35) | The 5th International Conference Sustainable Future forHuman Security at Sanur Paradise Plaza Hotel, Bali, Indonesia, Keynote speech "Product Information Based Precision Agriculture for 9 Billion People's Food Production"(2014, 11/19-21) |
| (34) | The 21st Tri-University International Joint Seminar and Symposium at RTT building, Faculty of Engineering, Chiang mai University, Thailand, Keynote speech, "Introduction of Grading Systems for 9 Billion People's Food Production"(2014, 11/3-4) |
| (33) | 2014 CIGR World Congress , Invited Keynote speech of Technical Section VII, Information Systems “Precision Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture for Asian Food Production” (2014,9/16-19) |
| (32) | International Forum on Agricultural and Bio-System Engineering (2nd ACABE and 2nd Regional Forum on CSAM) Plenary Session, “Current technologies on agricultural bio-sensing engineering and the implementation of advanced technology for agricultural production”, Mercure Hotel Serpong, Alam Sutera, Banten, Indonesia (2014, 9/9-11) |
| (31) | The 5th International Workshop on Applications of Computer Image Analysis and Spectroscopy in Agriculture, ASABE, “Fluorescence imaging for slight defect detection on fruit surface and beef cattle pupil image for serum vitamin A measurement”, CIGR, ASABE, Montreal, Canada (2014, 7/12-13) |
| (30) | 7th IGRSM Conference and Exhibition on Remote Sensing & GIS, Keynote speech, "Mobile Fruit Grading machine for Precision Agriculture", Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia(2014, 4/21-22) |
| (29) | Workshop on Information Technologies in Sustainable Agriculture for 9 Billion People's Food Production,” What is the Kyoto University Project SPIRITS” Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China (2014, 3/12) |
| (28) | Joint Symposium of National Taiwan University and Kyoto University "Mechanization on Precision Livestock and Aquaculture", Taipei (December 19-20, 2013) |
| (27) | Agrievolution, 4th World Summit on Agriculture machinery, Invited Speech “Robotics in Agriculture,” FICCI, Federation House, New Delhi, India (2013.12.5-6) |
| (26) | International Symposium of Informationization and Precision Management in Fruit Industries & 2nd National Symposium of Fruit Information Technology, Keynote speech "Food Safety and Security based on Robotic Agriculture," Chongqing, China (2013.10/20-23) |
| (25) | 23rd Annual Meeting of the Club of Bologna, FEDER UNACOMA, Keynote speech, “Fruit harvestng robot and grading robot”, Bologna, Italy (2012.11.9-10), http://www.clubofbologna.org/ew/ew_eventi/FM_Agenda_Bologna_2012.pdf |
| (24) | NSF Workshop on Challenges in Vertical Farming (University of Maryland Conference Center, USA) Prof. Kondo: Invited Speech “Automation and Robotization for Bioproduction Systems within controlled Environment”(2012/09/26-27) |
| (23) | The 8th Asian Conference for Information Technology in Agriculture/World Conference on Computers in Agriculture (AFITA/WCCA 2012), to be held in Taipei City, TaiwanSep.3-6（台湾）Prof. Kondo: Plenary speech “Key Technologies in Precision Livestock and Aquaculture” |
| (22) | APS2012, ISHS, Keynote Speech, Latest Technologies on Harvest and Grading Robots for Fruits and Vegetables, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2012.9.18-20) |
| (21) | International Symposium on Mechanical Harvesting & Handling systems of Fruit and Nuts (Lake Alfred, Florida, USA, 2012.4.1-4), Prof.Kondo, Keynote speech"Present situation and future prospects on fruit harvesting and grading robots" |
| (20) | Southeast Asia Symposium, Quality management in Postharvest Systems (SEAsia 2011, Bangkok, Thailand, 2012.2.21-24) Plenary Session "Automation Technologies and Agricultural Product Information in Postharvest Systems" |
| (19) | The 6th International Symposium on Intelligent Information Technology in Agriculture (6th ISIITA, Beijing, China, 2011. 10.28-30) Keynote speech” Information technologies for fruit production” |
| (18) | The International Workshop on Agriculture & Mechanization Challenge and Opportunity for Globalization (Chiang Mai University, Thailand, 2011.3.20-23), Keynote speech "Traceability System for Food Safety and Security Based on Robotic Agriculture" |
| (17) | The Second Annual Indonesian Scholars Conference in Taiwan (AISC 2011) (Taichung, Taiwan, 2011.3.17-19), Keynote speech “The role of adcanced agricultural technology on improving national agriculture competitiveness” |
| (16) | International Agricultural Engineering Conference 2010 (IAEC 2010), Innovation, Cooperation and Sharing (Shanghai, 2010.9.16-20), ”New Bioinstrumentation Technologies for Agricultural Aquacultural, and Livestock Products” |
| (15) | International Advanced Technology Congress 2009 (ATCi), Meeting Globalization Challenges Through Advanced Technology, Purta World Trade Center (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Keynote speech (Nov.3-5, 2009) “Agricultural Robot Based Precision Farming, Food Safety and Security” |
| (14) | Joint International Agricultural Conference （JIAC2009?Beijing; 3rd ACPA, 5th ISIITA, 3rd CCTA), Food Safety and Security Based on Robotic Agriculture (Beijing, China, 2009.10.14-17) |
| (13) | The First International Workshop on Nondestructive Quality and Safety Evaluation of Agricultural and Livestock Products, “Machine Vision Technologies to Inspect Agricultural and Livestock Products for High Quality and Safety Foods” (Beijing, China, 2009.8.6-7) |
| (12) | AIT Seminar, “Food Traceability based on Robotic Agriculture, Machine Vision Technologies in Bioproduction” , Asian Institute of Technology (Thailand, 2008.10.21) |
| (11) | Food Processing Automation Conference, ASABE (Province, Rhode Island, USA, 2008.6.28) “Automation on Fruit and Vegetable Grading Operations and Food Traceability” http://www.asabe.org/meetings/Food2008/index.htm |
| (10) | ASAE Annual international meeting (Minneapolis, USA, 2007.6.19), “The Galen Brown Memorial Session:Celebrating 100 Years of Fruit and Vegetable Production Engineering”, Robotics in Fruit and Vegetable Production and Traceability. |
| (9) | The 2nd Workshop of Nondestructive Quality Evaluation of Agricultural, Livestock and Fishery Products, “Food Traceability Based on Robotic Agriculture --- Agri-Robot, The Third Generation---“ (Taipei, Taiwan, 2006.10.24) |
| (8) | 日本生物環境調節学会，日本植物工場学会、国際セミナー「植物生産における画像計測の最先端」International Seminar for Image Processing on Bioproduction Systems、”Machine vision systems based on optical properties of biomaterials”, (Sakai, 2006.3.10), http://www.bpe.agr.hokudai.ac.jp/ecb2005/seminar/ |
| (7) | 4th AMS Workshop in the IAP5/06 framework (Leuben, Belgium, 2005.11.9) “Agri-Robot, the Third Generation”, http://www.biw.kuleuven.be/aee/amc/events/AMS/ |
| (6) | ASAE Annual international meeting (Tampa, USA, 2005.7) “Calibration and Use of Stereo Imaging” |
| (5) | Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Seminar, “Agricultural Robots and Food Traceability Based on Robotic Agriculture”, Pittsburg, PA, USA, 2005.1.21 (http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/ri-seminar/www/index.html) |
| (4) | 農業施設学会・韓国農業工学研究所 合同ワークショップ“農業施設と環境制御”SASJ & NIAE Joint Workshop ”Agricultural Structures and Environmental Control”, Robots in bioproduction within controlled environments, 韓国スヲン市, 2004.6.14-15 |
| (3) | Automation for Plant Production Systems, ACESYS III Forum, Cook College Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA, 1999.7.23 |
| (2) | Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute Seminar, “Robotics for agriculture and bio-production”, Pittsburg, PA, USA, 1996.3.8 (http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/ri-seminar/www/archives/1996.spring/s96-kondo.html) |
| (1) | USDA-ARS Seminar, “Robotics for bio-production system”, Beltsville, MD, USA, 1995.11.20 |
| Lectures (2011) |
| For undergraduate students Introduction to Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (Freshman) Bio-Production Machinery (Junior) Control Engineering (Junior) Instrumentation and Measurement for Biological Objects (Junior) Introduction to Foreign Literature on Agricultural Machinery (Junior) Laboratory course in agricultural machinery II (Senior) For Master course students Seminar I on Agricultural Process Engineering Agricultural Process Engineering, Seminar II on Agricultural Process Engineering |
| Patents | |
| (26) | “Volume Measurement Device and Method”, Kyoto University and Gifu University, PCT/JP2019/034745 (September 4, 2019) |
| (25) | “Volume Measurement Device and Method”, Kyoto University and Gifu University, App.2018-167565 (September 7, 2018) |
| (24) | “Helmholtz Resonance for volume measurement”, Kyoto Univ., Gifu Univ., PCT/JP2012/083866（December 21, 2012） |
| （23） | “Position determination and wind velocity measurement method by doppler effect”, Kyoto Univ. System Watt Co., Ltd., App. 2012-049081 |
| （22） | “Helmholtz Resonance for volume measurement”, Kyoto Univ., Gifu Univ., App. 2011-280906 (Dec.22, 2011) |
| （21） | “Combine”, Yanmar Co., Ltd., App.2011-164780 (July 27, 2011) |
| （20） | “Method to create calibration curves for measuring serum Vit.A and others”, App.2008-151745 (June 10, 2008), Open 2009-297075(Dec.24, 2009) |
| （19） | “Feeding device for animals”, Ehime University, App. 2007-140643 (May 28, 2007), Open 2008-289450 (Dec.4, 2008) |
| （18） | “Agricultural product cutting device”, Ishii Industry Co., Ltd., App.2002-243529 (Aug.23, 2002), Open 2004-81030 (Mar.18, 2004) |
| （17） | “Agricultural product cutting device”, Ishii Industry Co., Ltd., App.2002-234430 (Aug.12, 2002), Open 2004-73019 (Mar.11, 2004) |
| （16） | “A Meet discrimination method and its device”, Ishii Industry Co., Ltd., App.2002-199762 (July.9, 2002), Open 2004-45072 (Feb.12, 2004) |
| （15） | “A Lighting device for inspection”, Ishii Industry Co., Ltd., App.2002-173633 (June.14, 2002), Open 2004-20299 (Jan.22, 2004) |
| （14） | “Measured material processing device”, Ishii Industry Co., Ltd., App.2001-215071 (July.16, 2001), Open 2003-28807 (Jan.29, 2003) |
| （13） | “Quality change detection method and its device”, Ishii Industry Co., Ltd., App.2001-100091 (Mar.30, 2001), Open 2002-296190 (Oct.9, 2002) |
| （12） | “Quality detection method and its device”, Ishii Industry Co., Ltd., App.2000-360892 (Nov. 28, 2000), Open 2002-162359 (June.7, 2002) |
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