BioInMech Lab

Hello everyone!
My name is Yuki Komurasaki, a new M1 student.
We are working on cultivate knowledge and experience of robot for new B4 students every spring break.

And this year’s theme is to rewrite the program of the snake-like robot which we made and to run on a designated course.

Mr. Izumi, who had been honing his skills at the robot technology research group for 4 years, was fantastic during rewriting the program.!!(The time limit was 3 hours.)
While another group tried to lead the robot to the goal with a try & error using a timer, he brought in his own controller and moved the robot.

And the time for the presentation came!!

As most groups struggled with gradually narrowing courses and curves, only one group reached the goal!!

 Yes. Absolutely his group.

A gold medal (chocolate) written a beautiful “R” letter specially made by Ritsumeikan University was presented to the winning group.

We would like you to continue acquiring knowledge and skills of the robot from now on. And  we also expect not only Mr.Izumi but also the other new B4.

Good bye for now.

Hello everyone!! We, B4 and M1 members, finished our presentation of graduation thesis on February 19 and it became an important turning point for us.
On that day, the member of B4 and M1 who got over the final barrier of the presentation went to the all-you-can-eat BBQ!!

Never mind that big eaters happened to gather at the back of the seat. (lol)

For me, this was a very meaningful event to spend time with unique B4 members (the one who has a unique way of thinking, the one who goes with the flow, the one who is weak against stress, the one who never took a roast meat by himself,  the one who basically don’t say words but enjoying watching the surroundings and also the one who snatches other’s bacon away. )  Who? You want to know the names? That’s a secret.(lol)
There is one big event left for the new fiscal year! That is…….moving of the lab! The studens leaving the lab, remaining the lab, new participants, each one is busy preparing for the new fisical year… Let’s hope the lab will be clean and tidy.
Finally, I would like to pray for the development and prosperity of Ma lab. Let’s continue doing our very best ♪

Written by Kanno Ryou

It’s been a while. How have you been? This is Yamagami.
Finally, my big work that has been accumulated for a long time has finished, so I could post this article.
(The next job will start soon …. (* _ *))

Well, August 1st was an open campus day. We talked to high school students about research of our lab.In particular, this time, we explained mainly the snakes type mobile robot which is also the trademark (?) of our lab. Oh dear! For this day, we had to create 3 snake-like mobile robots. The creative part was done mainly by Mr. Matsuno(D3), and Mr.Matsumoto.(B4)

It was quite a hard work that requires preparation for about 3 months. (ﾟﾛﾟ😉
It was truly amazing work with this short span. (ﾟﾛﾟ😉 (ﾟﾛﾟ😉

Thanks to that, high school students and their parents were highly interested in the robots made by us. We hope they understood the fun of making robots.

We are literally doing “making a robot from the beginning”. From the concept stage, we think over and over of the novelty and usefulness, and realize with full power when the plan is decided.
Especially in our lab, the concept is that each person will do these processes as voluntarily as possible.
The basic ability as an engineer obtained through these experiences will be a strong point of us in the future.
More than anything, the accomplishment of completing robots and systems by own hands and working it, that is something can’t really be experienced easily.
Those who are interested, please consider enrolling in Ritsumeikan university by all means.

Mr. Yamamoto(alumnus) was granted full exemption from JASSO scholarship.

Comment: Ryohei Yamamoto
I have been elected as a full exemption from Japan Student Services Organization’s postgraduate scholarship. This is the result of my research achievement being evaluated, I am very pleased. Also, the results of the research are given by the guidance of many people including Prof. Ma. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to Prof. Ma and members of Ma laboratory.

 What I was trying to do in my research was always to incorporate many opinions. The research we do is to give answers to things that no one yet knows the right answer. Since the advice of one person is not always right, we had to decide the direction to advance our research by gathering various opinions.

In the process, I had many opportunities to engage not only Japanese but also many international students and to publish my research outside the university. Through these experiences I was able to advance my research more efficiently, and I also gained confidence for me.

In research activities, we also have to decide on a purpose and means by ourselves. It has many difficulties, but surely the result tastes extra sweet after going through a tough time. The exemption from scholarship repayment is one of them. For those who go on to graduate school, I would like to encourage daily research activities by setting out the scholarship repayment exemption of this organization as one of the goals. Finally, I wish Ma lab will have many more successful years.Thank you very much for three years.