Rino

I hold a Ph.D. in Engineering and am a researcher in robotics, instrumentation, and autonomous control systems at an institute. I'm interested in the intersection of hardware and software that enables manipulation of the real world with intelligence, seeing through machine vision to bridge the gap between perception and action.

Outside of research, I capture photographs for Scenes, explore historical sites for Tales of Horizon, and document technical ideas in Significant Bit. These pursuits keep me grounded in how people perceive and navigate the world, which subtly influences my approach to robotics.

I studied three-dimensional flow visualization at university, collaborating with artists and engineers in the Aerodynamic Noise and Environmental Control Laboratory. During this time, I learned about optics, image capture, machine learning-based image analysis, and reconstructing in virtual space through computer graphics.

My programming journey began in childhood when I worked with a microcomputer that featured a μPD780 processor, 64 KB of memory, 16 KB of video RAM, and a cassette tape interface. I also developed an interest in editorial design. Some of the projects I created during that period are now humorously referred to as part of my "black history†."

† A Japanese internet term (黒歴史, literally "black history") referring to embarrassing past work one would rather forget, similar to "cringeworthy early projects."