News & Updates

Three Ph.D. students have joined our lab, and eleven M.S. students have been assigned to our lab.
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The graduation ceremony was held, and four second-year master’s students successfully completed their programs and one fourth-year undergraduate student graduated.

Our paper was accepted to Information.

• Zhendong Du, and Kenji Hashimoto, “AcademiCraft: Transforming WritingAssistance for English for Academic Purposes with Multi-Agent System Innovations,” Information, Vol. 16, No. 4: 254 (50 pages), 2025.
  (doi: 10.3390/info16040254)

Our paper was accepted to Electronics.

• Jianan Xie, Zhen Xu, Jiayu Zeng, Yuyang Gao, and Kenji Hashimoto, “Human–Robot Interaction Using Dynamic Hand Gesture for Teleoperation of Quadruped Robots with a Robotic Arm,” Electronics, Vol. 14, No. 5: 860 (19 pages), 2025.
  (doi: 10.3390/electronics14050860)

We presented four papers at AROB-ISBC 2025@Beppu, Japan.

• Jiayu Zeng, Yilin Zhang, Jianan Xie, and Kenji Hashimoto, “Model Predict Commands and Embodied Knowledge Assist Deep Reinforcement Learning in Dodge Actions of Quadruped Robot,” Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 2025), pp. 93-97, Beppu, Japan, January, 2025.
• Junyang Zhang, Hongming Chen, Zhen Xu, Jiayu Zeng, and Kenji Hashimoto, “Deep Reinforcement Learning-Driven PID Optimization for Robotic Manipulation,” Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 2025), pp. 98-102, Beppu, Japan, January, 2025.
• Shanshan Wang, Xiaohan Du, and Kenji Hashimoto, “Mapless Navigation of Mobile Robots Based on Enhanced Soft Actor-Critic Model,” Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 2025), pp. 657-661, Beppu, Japan, January, 2025.
• Hongming Chen, Junyang Zhang, Jixin Yang, Pengju Wang, and Kenji Hashimoto, “Rapid Spiral Stair Descent for a Quadruped-Wheeled Robot Using Model Predictive Control,” Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 2025), pp. 695-699, Beppu, Japan, January, 2025.

Our paper was accepted to Biomimetics.

• Zhen Xu, Jianan Xie, and Kenji Hashimoto, “Human-Inspired Gait and Jumping Motion Generation for Bipedal Robots Using Model Predictive Control,” Biomimetics, Vol. 10, No. 1: 17, (26 pages), 2025.
  (doi: 10.3390/biomimetics10010017)

We presented two papers at ISIPS 2024@Kitakyushu, Japan.

• Guanxue Qu, Xiaohan Du, Jianan Xie, and Kenji Hashimoto, “An Estimation Algorithm for Manipulator Grasping Position in Automated Production of Japanese Bento Using LVM and YOLOv10,” Proceedings of the 18th International collaboration Symposium on Information, Production and Systems (ISIPS 2024), C2 (2 pages), Kitakyushu, Japan, November, 2024. (Encouragement Award)
• Shanshan Wang, Xiaohan Du, Yuyang Gao, and Kenji Hashimoto, “Mapless Navigation System Based on SAC,” Proceedings of the 18th International collaboration Symposium on Information, Production and Systems (ISIPS 2024), P13 (2 pages), Kitakyushu, Japan, November, 2024.

Our paper was accepted to International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications.

• Zhendong Du, and Kenji Hashimoto, “Pioneering Granularity: Advancing Native Language Identification in Ultra-Short EAP Texts,” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 15, No. 10, pp. 989-995, 2024.
  (doi: 10.14569/IJACSA.2024.01510100)

Our paper was accepted to Applied Sciences.

• Yilin Zhang, Jiayu Zeng, Huimin Sun, Honglin Sun, and Kenji Hashimoto, “Dual-Layer Reinforcement Learning for Quadruped Robot Locomotion and Speed Control in Complex Environments,” Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, No. 19: 8697 (17 pages), 2024.
  (doi: 10.3390/app14198697)

The graduation ceremony was held, and 11 second-year master’s students successfully completed their program.