News & Updates

A survey paper was published in Advanced Robotics.

• Kenji Hashimoto, “Mechanics of humanoid robot,” Advanced Robotics, Vol. 34, No. 21-22, pp, 1390-1397, 2020.
  doi: 10.1080/01691864.2020.1813624

The following paper presented at ROMANSY 2020 has been awarded the Silver Best Student Paper Award.

• Hideki Mizukami, Takuya Otani, Juri Shimizu, Kenji Hashimoto, Masanori Sakaguchi, Yasuo Kawakami, Hun-ok Lim and Atsuo Takanishi, “Investigation of Parallel Connection Circuit by Hydraulic Direct-Drive System for Biped Humanoid Robot Focusing on Human Running Motion,” ROMANSY 23 – Robot Design, Dynamics and Control, pp.34-42, September, 2020.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58380-4_5

Our paper was accepted to the International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation.

• Takuya Kanda, Li Qi, Jun Ohya, Atsuo Takanishi, Hiroyuki Ogata and Kenji Hashimoto, “Estimating the Orientation of 3D-Structured Switches Using Information Obtained by the RGB-D Camera Attached to a Disaster Response Robot,” International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 9, No. 10, pp. 1432-1438, October, 2020.

We presented two papers at ROMANSY 2020 @Online.

• Hiroki Mineshita, Takuya Otani, Kenji Hashimoto, Masanori Sakaguchi, Yasuo Kawakami, Hun-ok Lim and Atsuo Takanishi, “Development of a Trapezoidal Leaf Spring for a Small and Light Variable Joint Stiffness Mechanism,” ROMANSY 23 – Robot Design, Dynamics and Control, pp.355-363, September, 2020.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58380-4_43
• Hideki Mizukami, Takuya Otani, Juri Shimizu, Kenji Hashimoto, Masanori Sakaguchi, Yasuo Kawakami, Hun-ok Lim and Atsuo Takanishi, “Investigation of Parallel Connection Circuit by Hydraulic Direct-Drive System for Biped Humanoid Robot Focusing on Human Running Motion,” ROMANSY 23 – Robot Design, Dynamics and Control, pp.34-42, September, 2020.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58380-4_5

Nine junior students newly joined our laboratory. Member page was updated.

Our paper was accepted to the International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation.

• Kazuya Miyagawa, Takuya Kanda, Jun Ohya, Hiroyuki Ogata, Kenji Hashimoto and Atsuo Takanishi, “Automatic Estimation of the Position and Orientation of Stairs to Be Reached and Climbed by a Disaster Response Robot by Analyzing 2D Image and 3D Point Cloud,” International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 1312-1321, September, 2020.

Our paper was accepted to the International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation.

• Takashi Matsuzawa, Ayanori Koizumi, Kenji Hashimoto, Xiao Sun, Shinya Hamamoto, Tomotaka Teramachi, Nobuaki Sakai, Shunsuke Kimura and Atsuo Takanishi, “Crawling and Foot Trajectory Modification Control for Legged Robot on Uneven Terrain,” International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp.1-10, 2020.

The member page was updated to reflect the start of the fiscal year 2020.

One second-year master’s student and seven fourth-year undergraduates completed their degrees.
In addition, Mr. Koki Tsuda received the Alumni Association Academic Excellence Award.

Our paper was accepted to the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR).

• Martim Brandão, Rui Figueiredo, Kazuki Takagi, Alexandre Bernardino, Kenji Hashimoto and Atsuo Takanishi, “Placing and scheduling many depth sensors for wide coverage and efficient mapping in versatile legged robots,” International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 431-460, 2020.