Robotics Lab

Robotics

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Main Research Field :

Indoor mobile robot navigation,
Development of technical aiding system for elderly and handicapped people,
Mechanism and sensors for home service robots

Research Thema (Pictures & Movies) :

• Indoor navigation of mobile robot or powered wheelchair
  • Navigation system using ultrasonic beacons
    movie
  • Positioning system using reflective marks and fisheye camera with infrared LEDs
    movie
  • Autonomous / semi-autonomous navigation of powered wheelchair
    movie
  • 3D scanning ultrasonic sensor
    movie
  • 3D ultrasonic sonar with electirc spark
    movie
  • Obstacle avoidance considering body of mobile robot (wheelchair)
    movie1 movie2 movie3

• Mechanism and sensors for home service robots
  • Robot joint mechanism with variable compliance by rotating a leaf spring
    movie1 movie2 movie3
  • Extendable robot joint
    movie1 movie2 movie3 movie4
  • Soft hand with bone for stable grasping
    movie
  • Spreading of clothes by robot arms using tracing method
    movie1 movie2
  • Folding of clothes by robot arms and tools
    movie
  • Storing system by home service robot and RFID tags (Concept only)
    
  • Simulator of grasping / manipulation by multi-fingered hand
    movie

• Development of technical aiding system for elderly and handicapped people
  • Compact book reader driven by pneumatic cylinders
    movie
  • Non-powered lift for wheelchair users
    movie1 movie2 movie3
  • Nursing lift usable at the place without room for lift base
    movie
  • Wheelchair operation by EMG at neck or face
    movie
  • Input device of hand-written characters using magnet
    movie
  • Research on fundamental characteristics of tension conductive figer
    movie

• Other researches
  • Reduction gear made of bearings
    movie
  • Automatic handling of gold leaf (Thick: 0.1-0.3um)
    movie1 movie2