| Master Course Graduates |
| 2020 |
| Arimoto Kouki | Nidec Corp. | Tree Branch Cutting Mechanism on Multirotor using Two-Link Arm | ||
| Katsuma Tatsurou | Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. | Deformation Mechanism and Outer Shell Structure for Higher Jumping of a Spherical Soft Robot | ||
| Kanegae Ryo | YASKAWA Electric Corp. | Planner Shell Gripper for Grasping in Narrow-Space: Fabrication and Experimental Evaluation | ||
| Kubo Toshiki | Sharp Corp. | Skelton-Embedded Multi-finger Hand for Heavy Food Grasping | ||
| Kuriyama Yoshiyuki | Gripper Design and Grasping System Development for Stable Grasping of Chopped Food Materials | |||
| Nakano Hideki | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Contact Detection of Grasped Object using Hall-sensor Based Soft Tactile Sensors | ||
| Fujiki Ryosuke | NTN Corp. | Unconstrained Poppet Valve with Orifice Side Surface Exhausting | ||
| Makiyama Yui | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Needle Gripper performing Piercing and Pinching Operations: Design and Experimental Evaluation using Various Food Items |
| 2019 |
| Tomohiro Inukai | Canon Machinery Inc. | Soft Gripper with Inserting Motion for Handling of Flat Food Materials | ||
| Ikumi Okada | Okamura Corp. | Object Grasping via Coupled Binding and Winding-less Binding | ||
| Yuusuke Okino | Okuma Corp. | Depth Image Based Handling of Chopped Food Materials | ||
| Seiya Kobayashi | Daikin Industries, Ltd. | Aerial Robot for Wall Cleaning with Rolling Mechanism with Multiple Contact Areas | ||
| Kouyo Nakagawa | Fujifilm Engineering Co., Ltd. | Minimizing Area Dependency of Capacitive-based Soft Force Sensor using Layer Structure | ||
| Yuki Mimori | Ph.D candidate | Contact Mechanics of Soft Threads with its Application to Binding | ||
| Kouhei Yamamoto | Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. | Pneumatic Valves based on Transverse Vibration |
| 2018 |
| Koutaro Taniwa | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Position Control of a Pneumatic Cylinder using Unconstrained Poppet Valves | ||
| Kenji Nakamura | Omron Social Solutions Co.,Ltd. | Experimental Evaluation of Resistance-based Fabric Touch Sensor | ||
| Yuuki Nishida | TOTO Ltd. | Moving Mechanism on Linear Object using Chebyshev Linkage | ||
| Hiroaki Hayashi | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Aerial Arm for Branch Pruning based on Parallel Linkage | ||
| Daichi Fukui | DENSO Corp. | Area Dependency on Capacitive Soft Force Sensors | ||
| Kazuya Miyaji | Rohm Co., Ltd. | Control and Driving Circuit for Unconstrained Pneumatic Poppet Valves |
| 2017 |
| Masaaki Terada | Shimazu Corp. | Mechanical Hand with Lock Mechanism for Multicopter Suspending from Bar | ||
| Atsuya Nomura | TOTO Ltd. | Contact State Detection via Force Sensor Embedded in Soft Fingertip | ||
| Shouta Yamae | Finite Element Analysis of Flatfoot Surgery | |||
| Tomohiro Yamada | Omron Social Solutions Co.,Ltd. | Capacitance-based Soft Tactile Sensor using Hyperelastic Material | ||
| Dong Thi Hang | Ho Chi Minh City University | Moving Robot on Tree Branches for Pruning |
| 2016 |
| Kousuke Kadoma | Toyo Kensetsu Kohki Co., Ltd. | Estimation of Elastic Properties of Biological Tissue based on Hertz Contact Theory | ||
| Suzuki Higuchi | Nidec Corp. | Pneumatic Unconstrained Poppet Valves using Bimorph Piezoelectric Elements | ||
| Daisuke Mochizuki | Object Grasping using Robotic Hand with Passive Joints | |||
| Kazuhiro Watanabe | FANUC Corp. | Operation Assist System for Aerial Robots Working on Walls | ||
| Tatsuya Nozaki | Panasonic Corp. | Aerial Robots Moving along Walls with Mechanical Contact |
| 2015 |
| Hisashi Iwamasa | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Handling Based on Binding and Scooping |
| 2014 |
| Fumiya Kawai | NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. | Rolling Locomotion of Strut-driven Tensegrity Robots | ||
| Kazuhiro Kato | Toyota Boshoku Corp. | Flow Control of Unconstrained Poppet Pneumatic Valves | ||
| Syo Imai | Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | Slip Detection using Pile Structure Fabric |
| 2013 |
| Damith Suresh Chathuranga | Ph.D candidate | Use of a Biomimetic Fingertip with Force and Vibration Modalities to Discriminate Textures | ||
| Yuuki Aboshi | Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. | Actuators for Tensegrity Robot Jumping | ||
| Junichi Ishikawa | Kubota Corp. | Grasping and Rolling of an Object via Robot Hand with Three Prismatic Fingers | ||
| Ryo Imuta | Makita Corp. | Dynamic Modeling of Tensegrity Robot Rolling | ||
| Kenta Kouzai | Ishida Co., Ltd. | Cylindrial Three-way Pneumatic Poppet Valves | ||
| Yoshiki Sakiguchi | Nidec Corp. | Measurement of Deformation Properties of Biological Tissues | ||
| Yuusuke Takagaki | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Dynamic Parameter Identification of Flexible Cables using Optimization | ||
| Masataka Tamiya | Tada Electric Co., Ltd. | Three-dimensional Shape Measurement of Flat Cables by Stereo Vision |
| 2012 |
| Kazuhiro Izusawa | Rohm Co., Ltd. | Pressure Control of Unconstrained Poppet Valves | ||
| Tatsuya Okura | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Model Parameter Identification of Deformable Belt Objects through Optimization | ||
| Yuusuke Onoda | Central Japan Railway Company | Measurement of Incipient Slippage of Soft Fingertips by Vision | ||
| Masayoshi Kinoshita | Okura Yusoki Co., Ltd. | Simulation of Object Deformation using GPGPU | ||
| Yuusuke Koizumi | Kubota Corp. | Deformation Control in Rolling of Tensegrity Robots | ||
| Toukou Takubo | Aile Engineering Inc. | SIFT-based Target Tracking with Template Update | ||
| Muhammad Hisyam Bin Rosle | Ph.D candidate (Sheffield University) | Three-Dimensional Particle-based Modeling of Flexible Cable | ||
| Yuusuke Taniguchi | Daihen Corp. | Pick-and-Place of Rheological Objects via Robotic Hand |
| 2011 |
| Yoshiaki Kato | Toyota Motor Corp. | Robust Measurement of Object Location under Water using Voting and Region Extraction | ||
| Masayuki Tatsumi | Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. | Robot Finger Driven by Vibrational Unconstrained Poppet Valves | ||
| Kazuma Terashi | Recognition of Contacting Face of Tensegrity Robot via Strut Orientation Measurement | |||
| Yasutaka Nakatani | Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. | Object Manipulation through Prismatic Joints | ||
| Atsuo Mori | Okuma Corp. | Measuring Needle Insertion Trajectory in MRI-guided Surgery |
| 2010 |
| Yoshiyuki Abe | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Measurement and Simulation of Inner Deformation of Human Fingertips | ||
| Takaaki Inden | Kubota Corp. | Sheet Object Manipulation by Wiping Operation | ||
| Hiroaki Uemoto | DAIFUKU Co., Ltd. | Posture Control of Object Grasped by Three Soft Fingertips | ||
| Yuuki Kataoka | Toyota Motor Corp. | Dynamic Insertion of Flat Cables using Static Deformed Shapes | ||
| Yoshiyuki Kishi | Seiko Epson Corp. | Detection of Rolling Angle and Position of Cylindrical Object by Phase-Only Correlation |
| 2009 |
| Tsuyoshi Ohta | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. | Dynamic Unfolding of Fabric using Pinching Slide Motion | ||
| Yoichiro Ogawa | Roland DG Corp. | Experimental Evaluation of Unconstrained Poppet Value for Liquid Injection | ||
| Kazuki Namima | IDEC Corp. | Human Finger Modeling using FEM for Grasping Simulation | ||
| Hiroyuki Muranaka | West Japan Railway | Control of 2-link Flexible Arm using High-speed Vision System | ||
| Yujiro Yamazaki | Canon Inc. | Object Manipulation via Non-spherical Soft Fingertips |
| 2008 |
| Noburu Tsukamoto | Panasonic Corp. | Tracking of Deforming Moving Object using CMOS+FPGA Vision System | ||
| Kenji Matsubara | Denso Corp. | Identification of Viscoelasticity of Linear Objects considering Air Resistance | ||
| Yasuaki Matsumoto | NEC Aerospace Systems, Ltd. | Rolling Locomotion of Circular Soft Robots with Built-in Power | ||
| Masayuki Miyazaki | Sony Corp. | Stretching Jumping of Spherical Soft Robots | ||
| Takahiro Yoshimura | Makino Milling Machine Co., Ltd. | Stochastic Static Analysis of Actuator Bundle with Property Variance | ||
| Toshiatsu Yoshimura | Japan Patent Office (METI) | Analysis of Rotation of Micro Parts driven by Saw-tooth Surface |
| 2007 |
| Rie Aino | Toyota Industries Corp. | Realtime Stereo Vision using CMOS+FPGA Vision | ||
| Kazumi Endo | Toyota Motor Corp. | Identification of FE Parameters of Non-uniform Elastic Object via Interior Measurement | ||
| Hisashi Nakanishi | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. | Locomotion Principle in Soft Robot Rolling | ||
| Yoshinari Matsuyama | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Mechanics of Jumping via Body Deformation | ||
| Yasuo Minamitani | Denso Corp. | Position and Orientation Control of Object Grasped by Soft Fingertips |
| 2006 |
| Takashi Ikuta | Sony Corp. | Display of Softness using Air Compression and Deformable Film | ||
| Ayumi Shiotsu | Sony Corp. | Crawling of Soft Robot Driven by IPMC Actuators | ||
| Kazuhiro Shimizu | Photron Ltd. | CMOS+FPGA Vision | ||
| Ikuo Fujii | Ricoh Co., Ltd. | Soft Fingertip with Micro Force/Moment Sensor | ||
| Junji Muramatsu | Takara Standard Co., Ltd. | Measurement of Inner Deformation of Soft Object using Ultrasonic Imaging | ||
| Masafumi Yamanaka | Genesis Technology Inc. | Tip Position Control of a Flexible Arm using High-speed Visual Feedback |
| 2005 |
| Shouta Uehara | Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. | Miniaturized Pneumatic Valve driven by Impulsive Force | ||
| Kouhei Kitagawa | Alps Electric | Control of All-in-Focus Image Capturing via Varifocal Mirror | ||
| Naoto Sugano | Matsushita Electric Industrial | Micro-parts Feeding by Saw-teeth Surface | ||
| Toshinori Tamai | OMRON Corp. | Implementing Shape-from-Focus Algorithm on CMOS+FPGA Vision System | ||
| Shinichiro Hayami | Sakura Information Systems | Validation of Rheological FE Models using MR Imaging | ||
| Daisuke Hino | Loosely Coupled Joint driven by Mckibben Pneumatic Actuators | |||
| Tetsuya Yamamoto | Software Industrial | Extraction and Tracking Object Contour |
| 2004 |
| Miwako Usui | Makita Corp. | Thermally Expanded Pneumatic Actuators | ||
| Yuuta Sugiyama | Olympus Corp. | Crawling and Jumping of Deformable Soft Robots | ||
| Kousaku Takahashi | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | Tip Position Control of 1-DOF Flexible Arm using High-speed Visual Feedback | ||
| Seiji Tomokuni | Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport | Modeling of Rheological Objects considering Realtime Computation | ||
| Shuuichi Maeda | Ishida Co., Ltd. | Separation and Orientation Control of Cards using Vacuum Hole Array | ||
| Hiroyuki Morihara | Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. | Implementing Phase-only Matching Algorithm on FPGA | ||
| Kohsuke Yamamoto | Panasonic Corp. | Implementing Matched Filter Algorithm on FPGA |
| 2003 |
| Takahiro Inoue | Ph.D candidate | Contact Models of Hemispherical Soft Fingertip for Object Manipulation Using Tactile Sensing | ||
| Hiroaki Yosioka | NS Solutions Corp. | Robust Detection of Planar Translation of Images Using Modular Matching | ||
| Nobuyoshi Koike | TIS Inc. | Soft Object Manipulation Using Visual and Tactile Sensing |
| 2002 |
| Masakazu Zakouji | Seiko Epson Corp. | Implementing Hough-Fourier Transformation Method on FPGA Realtime Vision System | ||
| Mizuho Shibata | Ph.D candidate | Object Handling by Soft-fingered Hand with Tactile Sensing | ||
| Kiyoto Shimizu | Kyocera Corp. | 3D Motion Control of Pneumatic Group Actuator using Stereo Vision | ||
| Haruki Yamada | NTN Corp. | Vibration Feeding of Sub-milimeter Parts using Piezoelectric Devices | ||
| Masafumi Kimura | Takara Belmont Corp. | Realtime Computation of Virtual Rheological Deformation using FPGA |
| 2001 |
| Masamitsu Ukai | Brother Industries, Ltd. | Separation of Stacked Cards using Vacuum Hole Array | ||
| Akihiro Masubuchi | Sony Corp. | Implementation of One-sided Radon Transform Method on FPGA-based Vision System |
| 2000 |
| Takuya Saito | Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. | Vision-based Automatic Forming of Rheological Objects | ||
| Satoru Natsume | Asmo Co., Ltd. | Handling of Planar Motion Objects using Visual Feedback based on One-sided Radon Transform Method | ||
| Tomohiro Masui | SMC Corp. | Prototyping Pneumatic Group Actuators Composed of Multiple Elastic Tubes | ||
| Hiroshige Mori | Minolta Co., Ltd. | Manipulation of Extensible Objects based on Coarse Model using Visual and Force Sensing |
| 1999 |
| Takeshi Sakamoto | Japan Research Institute | Model-based Trajectory Control of 6 DOF Open-Loop Manipulator | ||
| Hiroki Tanigawa | Toshiba Corp. | FE Analysis of Deformable Pneumatic Actuator with Linear Constraints | ||
| Takafumi Tuchie | Seiko Epson Corp. | Modeling of Human Upper Limbs based on Motion Measurement | ||
| Tatsuhiko Tsuboi | Ph.D candidate | Realtime Vision System for the Handling of Deformable Objects | ||
| Masaaki Niwa | Sharp Corp. | Prototyping Impulsive Object Sorter with Air Floating | ||
| Yoshiaki Fujita | JT | Deformation Transition Graph for the Deformation Control of Rheological Objects |
| 1998 |
| Gaku Higashiguchi | Yanmar | Transfer of Human Motion to Mechanical Manipulator in Insertion of Deformable Tubes | ||
| Noriyuki Morotomi | Daihen | Identification of Dynamic Model of 6 DOF Open-Loop Manipulator | ||
| Kouzo Yano | Komatsu | 3D Dynamic Modeling of Deformable Clothes |