Development of Wearable Robots

We develop assistive robots for those who have dysfunction of the upper limb to help their daily life movements such as wheelchair operation and transferring. We also develop assistive robots for lower limb movement aiming at elderly people and paralyzed patients.

Development of Life Support Robots

We develop assistive robots for disabled or elderly persons to improve kinesthetic sense and relaxation. We support activities such as taking meals, sports, playing guitar and drawing.

Development of Robots for Physical Therapy

We develop robots for physical therapy that assist therapeutic exercise for shoulder joint in order to relieve the physical load on physiotherapists. We will continue to contribute to the development of medical technologies.

Development of Medical Systems

We develop liquid handling technologies in the field of regenerative medicine and new catheter systems to improve the precision of treatment for arteriosclerosis. Furthermore, we develop a support system for human-robot collaborative surgical operation.

Optimization of Casting Process

We develop optimization algorithms using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). We also study optimization of mold design and product shape as well as optimization of casting process and die casting process.

Development of Machining Support Robots

We study haptic control methods that improve human force sensing and touch sensing ability. We also develop machining support robots that enable workers to make high-quality products without making mistakes.

Development of Welding Robots for Large Sized Structures

We develop welding control technology for steel plates of various shapes. We also develop a mobile welding robot which can achieve welding of large sized ships and structures autonomously.

Development of Autonomous Mobile Robot

We use a small size autonomous mobile robot "MieC", which we developed, to study machine learning, communication between humans and robots, and image and sound recognition.

Development of Noncontact Object Transportation Systems

We study position and attitude control of objects using magnetic levitation device aiming at noncontact object transportation.