Master Course Graduates
2023

Hiroki Aoyama Toyota Motor Corp. Demold-Free Fabrication of Various Shell Grippers
Issei Nate Panasonic Corp. Grasping of Aquatic Organisms by Contact-Induced Robot Grippers
Timmaraju Sreyas Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. Designing a footpad for walking robots based on a camel's hoof
Xue Yitong Graduate Course (Wang Lab.) Synthetic Food Images for Food Item Manipulation
Ota Hirohito Mitsui E&S Systems Research Inc. Viscoelastic Modeling of Food Materials
Tsuchihashi Hirofumi Outsourcing Technology Inc. Robot Hand with Half-Cylindrical Bellows for Grasping Pumpkins
Zhang Shengyang Lenovo Japan LLC Force Modeling of Pneumatic Bellows
Zheng Yufeng Poseidon CAE, Inc. Detection of Contact with Soft Surface using Stereo Vision and Deep Learning

2022

Haruki Okamoto SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions Co., Ltd. Grasping Granular and Fragile Food Materials by Wrapping Grippers
Kotaro Kishikawa Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Driving Pneumatic Actuators by Unconstrained Poppet Valves
Yuuya Kono Yokogawa Manufacturing Corporation Binding Hand Grasping Fragile Food Materials
Kazu Hasegawa Komatsu Ltd. Wearable Mechanisms for Stuffed Animals
Rikuya Miyagoshi Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. Deformation Sensing of Soft Grippers by Soft Strain Sensors
Ouki Morikage Pilot Corporation Separate Drive Gripper Performing Silkworm Splitting

2021

Ishihara Mana Panasonic Corp. Control of Variable Stiffness Link Mechanisms using Proximity/Contact Sensors consisting of Conductive Fabrics
Tanaka Hajime DENSO TEN Limited. Food Material Classification and Database Construction for Robotic Handling
Nagata Tomoaki Nidec Corp. Measurement and Modeling of Dynamic Properties of Viscoelastic Objects
Nishida Kensyo Panasonic Lighting Systems Co., Ltd. Modeling of Food Shapes with Variation
Furuta Haruki Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Scooping-Binding Hands for Grasping Slippery Fragile Food Materials
Yun Taesoo SHINKO Co., Ltd. ROS-based Automatic System for Food Material Handling

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