Part 1
What anime got Takayuki interested in robotics?
Tetsuwan Atomu
What did Takayuki see while he was in the hospital that made him think “What is the meaning of life?”
He saw a patient in the same hospital room die
While working with undergraduates Takayuki realized they each had their own ______
Specialty
Can you describe Tetsuwan Atomu in English? What kind of anime is it?
An anime about a future society and a crime fighting robot with human emotions.
What did Takayuki hate after he left the hospital in a wheelchair?
The fact that he needed help from others to do things.
When Takayuki went to graduate school he chose to go into the field of _______________.
development of humanoid robotics
When Takayuki was a child, he suffered from ___________
A very serious illness
A rideable walking robot would do what for people with a physical disability?
It would give them much more freedom.
Many graduate students thought that the field of humanoid robotics was ___________.
Useless for their careers
When Takayuki was young, he put all of his energy into learning what?
Learning the way robots work
After leaving the hospital, Takayuki made a miraculous recovery and was able to walks again after only ________
a year
Takayuki couldn’t find any graduate students to work with him, so he invited some _________________ to join his project.
undergraduates
Why can Furuta Takayuki often be found explaining robots to small children?
Because one of his passions in raising the next generation of robotics researchers.
Why did Takayuki apply to Aoyama Gakuin University?
Because some of the best researchers in Japan were developing robots there.
What problem did Takayuki face when he tried to form a team?
He couldn’t find team members among the graduate students.