Day: August 3, 2019

Baka Zemi 2019 in Takashima

Annual Baka Zemi was successfully held on June 22 and 23 in Makino Kogen, Shiga! The Baka means crazy, unusual and … WOW! The whole project was planned by the students and all the lab members joined it.

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Specifically, it includes sightseeing, presentation, BBQ, spring, night talk, and games! In a word, it is quite amazing and lots of fun. You get the chance to see the other sides of your lab mates. And we drink and talk. Professors also joint us.

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In the presentation section, four students won the prizes from Prof. Ma and Assistant Prof. Tian.

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Oka from D1 with the title “工具貸し借り記録システムの開発”

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Tomi from M2 with “実録ドキュメント　ロストフード　忽然と消えた食品達”

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Taida (Boy!!!) from B4 with “理想の女の子とは？”

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Miyahara from B4 with “さわやか目覚まし」の提案”

Aster Forum 2019

The Aster Forum 2019 was held on June 6th in Biwako Prince Hotel. This forum is hosted by the Ritsumeikan Aster Association, aiming to promote the research communication among companies, professors and students. Almost 250 attendees joined together this year.

Three members in our lab joint the forum and gave the poster presentation. The presented research titles are listed below:

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「車軸と体軸に差動機構を有する連結車輪型管内移動ロボットの開発」

枌原　弘樹　M2

「段差踏破可能な磁性面走行ロボットの開発」

川端　泰平　M2

「板ばね式並列弾性アクチュエータを用いた蛇型ロボット運動時のエネルギー消費抑制」

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ROBOMECH 2019 in Hiroshima

The 2019 JSME Robotics and Mechatronics Conference was held from June 5th to June 8th in Hiroshima. This year the theme of the conference was “Robotics and Mechatronics Revive The Industries “.

Six members in our lab wrote the papers and joined the conference. The presentation was going on in the form of poster. The presented research titles are listed below:

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〇仇哲(presenter)、小澤隆太、馬書根 「A virtual power-based collision detection approach with adaptive contact force estimation」

〇柴田大地(presenter)、馬書根、加古川篤 「ベルヌーイの原理を利用した非接触水中壁面吸着機構の吸着力のモデル構築」

〇世良文哉(presenter)、加古川篤、馬書根 ｢8 インチガス管内検査ロボットの曲管走行のための関節角度制御」

〇沈雅怡(presenter)、馬書根、加古川篤、田陽、張国騰、井上脩也 「水中における偏心パドル機構の新たな水泳方法の提案」

〇海津祐貴、加古川篤(presenter)、馬書根 ｢把持と引き上げが可能な空気圧グリッパーの開発」

〇張国騰、田陽(presenter)、馬書根、加古川篤 「Control System Design for the Quadruped Walking Platform TITAN-VIII」

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Invited speech (Xiang LI from CUHK)

Today (2019.5.23), Assistant Prof. Xiang Li from Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) visited our campus, and gave a speech on “Regional Feedback Control of  Robot and Its Applications”.

After the speech, we introduced various developed robots in our laboratory. Assistant Prof. Li had a good conversation with the lab members.

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Visit from Chinese and Japanese companies (Dongguan, Chemi-Con, RYOSAN)

On April 16th, personnel from the Dongguan Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Association (China) , Chemi-Con Corporation (Japan) and RYOSAN Corporation (Japan) visited our laboratory. Current research were introduced by Mr. Shen (D3) and Assistant Prof. Tian. Prof. Ma and Lecturer Kakogawa joined the meeting.

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Invited speech (Prof. Bishakh Bhattacharya from IITK)

Professor Bishakh Bhattacharya from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) has taken a visit to our laboratory on April 2, 2019. He gave a speech on “Design & Development of Adaptive Intelligent Pipe Health Monitoring Robots for Fuel Transportation Systems”.

After the speech, we introduced Prof. Bhattacharya of the research in our laboratory. Prof. Ma and Assistant Prof. Kakogawa joined the meeting.

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