Our paper was accepted to the Journal of Bionic Engineering.
- Xiao Sun, Kenji Hashimoto, Shota Hayashi, Masahiro Okawara, Takashi Mastuzawa and Atsuo Takanishi, “Stable Vertical Ladder Climbing with Rung Recognition for a Four-limbed Robot,” Journal of Bionic Engineering, Vol. 18, pp. 786–798, 2021.
doi: 10.1007/s42235-021-0058-3
We presented one paper at Humanoids 2020@Munich, Germany (online).
- Haoxiang Qi, Xuechao Chen, Zhangguo Yu, Gao Huang, Libo Meng, Kenji Hashimoto, and Wenxi Liao, “A vertical jump optimization strategy for one-legged robot with variable reduction ratio joint,” Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2020), Munich, Germany, July, 2021.
Ten junior students newly joined our laboratory. Member page was updated.
The member page was updated to reflect the start of the fiscal year 2021.
Four second-year master’s students and nine fourth-year undergraduates completed their degrees.
In addition, Mr. Yuki Sakai received the Alumni Association Academic Excellence Award.
A survey paper was published in Advanced Robotics.
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.