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| Tendon-driven Robotic Fingers Tip two joints of robotic fingers, driven by elastic tendon mechanisms, move jointedly in free motion, with absorbing external force in constraint motion. HP |
Under Water Robot with Arms This is an underwater robot with two 5-DOF arms and a body of which 6 DOFs are controllable. An operator can control its body, arms, and hand. Iterative learning and time transformation are applied. HP |
In-vivo Micro Robot
This in-vivo micro robot stays in abdominal or thoracic cavity of human body for a long term to keep monitoring and treatment of the affected organs or tissues. HP |
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Earring-type Input Device
The earring-type input device which is a proportional head-control switch for the quadriplegics to control their powered wheelchair or PC. HP |
Soft-fingered Manipulation
This is a robotic hand with soft fingertips. We found that a soft fingertip and a hard fingernail behind are essential to stable and dexterous manipulation. HP |
Haptic Display by Passive Layered Element You can feel touch sensation using this passive layered element driven by pressured air. The total device can be mounted on a human. |
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Gait Simulator
We have developed a gait simulator on which you can experience level walking, changing direction, side walking, going up stairs and walking on a slope in VR world. HP |
Force Display by Micro Particles You can feel constraint/viscous/touch sensation by this micro particle elements. The total device is light-weighted enough to follow human fast motion. |
Comfortable Wheelchair Cushion An experiment for a comfortable wheelchair cushion with the elderly who increased sympathetic activity by playing a game. |
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Jumping Soft Robot
This is a robot consisting of soft body and actuators. This robot stores energy for jumping in its deformed body. Releasing the energy quickly, this robot can jump over terrain. HP |
Tendon-driven Robotic Fingers Tip two joints of robotic fingers, driven by elastic tendon mechanisms, move jointedly in free motion, with absorbing external force in constraint motion. HP |
Robotic Realization of Running Animals
Biologically-inspired leg desing and its stable dynamic running motion with hydraulic actuation. HP |
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Magnetic Rotational Drive
We have proposed a new rotational drive using magnetic particles. We have succeeded to drive a spherical prototype within a magnetic field. HP |
Energy-efficient Biped Walking and Running
An experimental validation of stable and energy-efficient walking/running control with springs. HP |
Fabric Unfolding Robot
This robot can grasp a rolled fabric on a table, then unfold it before placing the fabric on a flat table. This is easy for humans but has been hard for previous robots. HP |
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Magnetic Drive of a Medical Micro Robot in Abdominal Cavity This medical robot, which is driven by magnetic force, keeps watching on diseased part and its treatment in abdominal cavity of human body. HP |
Crawler with Polymorphic Locomotion This is a novel crawler mechanism with polymorphic locomotion, which is capable of switching autonomously between two locomotion modes according to the terrain. HP |
High-speed Parallel Robot
This parallel mechanism "NINJA" is designed to realize high-accelerated motion for mounting electric parts. HP |
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Underwater Robot with Hand and Arm
This is an underwater robot with a hand and arm. Teleoperated robotic hand successfully picked a cup under water. HP |
Realtime Vision
This is a realtime vision system for robot eyes. Hough transform, which usually costs much computation time, can be performed on an LSI in video frame rate. HP |
New Magnetic Rotational Drive by use of Magnetic Particles New rotational drive by circulation floating magnetic particles in liquid. HP |
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| Micro Manipulation Robot System This system consists of an all PDMS micro hand and a small size parallel link arm. Manipulation of a single fish egg and a hair in macro world is successfully realized. HP |
Teleoperated Robot Hand This is a semi-automatic teleoperated system for robotic hands, which enables us to perform manipulative operations stably under time delay in communication channels. HP |
Micro Parts Feeding
Micro parts move along a surface by symmetric vibration. Saw-tooth surface fabricated by femto second laser enables the feeding via symmetric vibration. HP |
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| Virtual Rheological Objects Many soft objects exhibit rheological deformation. We have built a model that can describe elastic, plastic, and rheological deformations coherently. HP |
Soft Robot with Built-in Power Source This soft robot involves a power source (Li-Po battery) and a control circuit. This robot rolls over ground by deforming its body without external power supply. HP |
High-speed Full-body Motor Control An experimental validation of dynamic full-body motor control methods. The robot demonstrates back flip motions. HP |
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