On Tuesday, November 5, 2024, an unveiling ceremony was held at Kyushu Institute of Technology’s Wakamatsu Campus for the Neumorph Center’s new facility, “Fancγ (Fancy).” This event was part of a press conference with the university president.

During the press conference, Professor Hirofumi Tanaka, the Director of the Neumorph Center, introduced the background of the center’s establishment and highlighted its achievements to date. Following this, Kosei Isomoto (a second-year master’s student in the Tamukai Lab) and Yusuke Nakaoka (a first-year doctoral student in the Tanaka Lab) presented the activities of startups that have spun out from the center’s research efforts, sparking numerous questions from attending journalists.

At the end of the conference, a tour of “Fancγ” was conducted. Professors Keitaro Ito, Naoto Ishizuka, and Tomomi Sudo from the university’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, who were responsible for the room’s design and construction, explained its concept and design. Associate Professor Yuichiro Tanaka from the Neumorph Center also explained the origin of the name “Fancγ.” Additionally, a robot demonstration led by Associate Director Professor Hakaru Tamukoh and lab students drew significant attention from the attendees.