Development of a “TSUMIKI” Robot Toy Based on a Figure Original to the Hokkaido Region - Examination of a Prototype Robot of Blakiston’s Fish Owl, Called “Kotan Kor Kamuy,” a Household God of the Aynu

Atsushi Mitani; Yukiko Matsumoto

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JRM Vol.23 No.6 pp. 1108-1114

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2011.p1108

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Development of a “TSUMIKI” Robot Toy Based on a Figure Original to the Hokkaido Region - Examination of a Prototype Robot of Blakiston’s Fish Owl, Called “Kotan Kor Kamuy,” a Household God of the Aynu

Atsushi Mitani^* and Yukiko Matsumoto^**

^*Department of Design, Sapporo City University, 1 Geijyutsu-no-mori, Minami-ku, Sapporo 005-0864, Japan

^**Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 263-8522, Japan

Received:

September 27, 2010

Accepted:

August 15, 2011

Published:

December 20, 2011

Keywords:

robot toy, regional originality, building blocks, robot design, PIC processor

Abstract

The robot toy prototype detailed here is based on a figure original to Japan’s northeastern-most island of Hokkaido. Traditionally made of native ezomatsu (Picea jezoensis) wood it was the carving of a Blakiston’s fish owl, an Aynu household god called Kotan Kor Kamuy. The design concept incorporates traditional building blocks, or “tsumiki.” We detail the design process of the Blakiston’s fish owl toy and the drive mechanism. It includes an electronic circuit, a microprocessor, a servomotor, and a sensor. We also describe how we developed the effective prototype implementing these components.

Cite this article as:

A. Mitani and Y. Matsumoto, “Development of a “TSUMIKI” Robot Toy Based on a Figure Original to the Hokkaido Region - Examination of a Prototype Robot of Blakiston’s Fish Owl, Called “Kotan Kor Kamuy,” a Household God of the Aynu,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.23 No.6, pp. 1108-1114, 2011.

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This article is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationa License.

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Development of a “TSUMIKI” Robot Toy Based on a Figure Original to the Hokkaido Region - Examination of a Prototype Robot of Blakiston’s Fish Owl, Called “Kotan Kor Kamuy,” a Household God of the Aynu

Atsushi Mitani* and Yukiko Matsumoto**

Atsushi Mitani^* and Yukiko Matsumoto^**