TY - JOUR
T1 - Faster and more cost-effective way to success in MEMS R&D by open collaboration in Tohoku University
AU - Tanaka, Shuji
N1 - Funding Information:
The work described in the third section was supported by "Creation of Innovation Centers for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Areas Program" under MEXT (2007-2016), and conducted with Toyota Motor, Toyota Central Labs and Toppan Technical Design Center. From 2015, Tohoku University was supported by "Future AI and Robot Technology Development Project" under New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for the commercialization of the tactile sensor and related technologies.
Funding Information:
This is a project to develop a new thin film material for a customer’s future device. This material is synthesized by a deposition tool, which was developed by us under “Creation of Innovation Centers for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Areas Program” funded by MEXT (2007–2016). The customer purchased their own tool from Technofine (Sendai, Japan), a local small tool company where my former student is working, and installed it in Microsystem Integration Center. The R&D was carried out using this tool by my former student under the supervision of our senior researcher. This R&D was difficult using standard tools commercially available, and the development of a special tool was necessary but would have needed a longer time and cost more for the customer.
Funding Information:
The work described in the third section was supported by “Creation of Innovation Centers for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Areas Program” under MEXT (2007–2016), and conducted with Toyota Motor, Toyota Central Labs and Toppan Technical Design Center. From 2015, Tohoku University was supported by “Future AI and Robot Technology Development Project” under New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) for the commercialization of the tactile sensor and related technologies.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In this paper, "Open Collaboration" is defined as research and development (R&D) in a value/supply chain composed of different organizations including companies, universities and research institutes. If Open Collaboration is defined like this, it is not new, but it was not working well in Japanese universities. This paper first explains the scheme of Open Collaboration of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) in Tohoku University. Then, the project of integrated tactile sensors is described as a successful example of Open Collaboration. The purpose of this paper is to promote Open Collaboration in the field of MEMS by introducing our practices.
AB - In this paper, "Open Collaboration" is defined as research and development (R&D) in a value/supply chain composed of different organizations including companies, universities and research institutes. If Open Collaboration is defined like this, it is not new, but it was not working well in Japanese universities. This paper first explains the scheme of Open Collaboration of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) in Tohoku University. Then, the project of integrated tactile sensors is described as a successful example of Open Collaboration. The purpose of this paper is to promote Open Collaboration in the field of MEMS by introducing our practices.
KW - Collaboration
KW - Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)
KW - Tactile sensor
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U2 - 10.18494/SAM.2018.1914
DO - 10.18494/SAM.2018.1914
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85046092756
VL - 30
SP - 693
EP - 699
JO - Sensors and Materials
JF - Sensors and Materials
SN - 0914-4935
IS - 4
ER -