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Advanced Machining Lab
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The lab aims to innovate manufacturing through machine tools and laser processing.
AboutAbout the lab
Pursuing mastery in manufacturing.
The Advanced Machining Lab studies machining technologies for making things, as well as machine tool technologies.
The lab develops cutting-edge manufacturing processes, machine tool, and laser processing technologies, and aims to apply them to various fields such as medicine.
Research groups in machine tools, laser processing, and medical applications carry out their research in cooperation with one another.
The lab consists of the Sugita Lab and the Kizaki Lab.
Key terms
- Machine tool
- A machine that shapes materials such as metal into the form of parts by cutting or polishing them. A machine for making machines.
- Grinding
- A machining process that gradually removes material from the surface with the fine abrasive grains of a grinding wheel, finishing shapes and surfaces with high precision.
- Musculoskeletal model
- A mathematical model that represents on a computer how a person's bones, joints, and muscles are connected and how they move.
NewsLab news
Paper on refractive index change induced by ultrashort pulse lasers published in ACS Photonics
Paper on on-machine measurement of thermal displacement of machine tools, among others, published in CIRP Annals
Social Cooperation Program established with Waida Manufacturing
Student wins Best Paper Award at nanoMan/ICMTE 2026
Master's and undergraduate students win a company award at the Student Research Presentation of the JSPE Spring Conference
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to build cutting-edge manufacturing processes, machine tool, and laser processing technologies, and to apply them to various fields such as medicine. Research groups in machine tools, laser processing, and medical applications collaborate with one another, aiming to deliver sustainable value to industry.
*Illustrative imageNext-Generation Machine Tools and Machining
The lab develops next-generation machining systems that resolve challenges on the manufacturing floor. In addition to research on machine tools that measure and control thermal deformation and vibration, it works on gear cutting and grinding with grinding wheels.
*Illustrative imageNew Laser Processing That Controls Light
The lab proposes new processing methods that freely control ultrafast light. It works on a method for polishing diamond with lasers, and on a processing method that measures surface height in situ and removes only the protruding parts.
*Illustrative imageMedical Applications Aiming for Harmony Between Humans and Machines
The lab builds musculoskeletal models of the human body, which represent how bones, joints, and muscles work, aiming for harmony between humans and machines. It is pursuing research on creating an individual's model using only a camera, as well as control of exoskeleton devices.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Advanced Machining Lab consist of faculty members, project researchers, visiting researchers, technical and administrative staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorNaohiko SugitaPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorToru KizakiPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorReina YoshiPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorShun TanakaPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorShihao LiPublications ↗
- Project Assistant ProfessorJiaqiang DangPublications ↗
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Centro cnc cinco ejes” Albertollopisrosa / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Next-Generation Machine Tools and Machining: “Gear-hobbing-spur-gear-on-cnc-cutting-machine” Affoltergroup / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- New Laser Processing That Controls Light: “Laser machine” Chopshop23 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Medical Applications Aiming for Harmony Between Humans and Machines: “SFI muscles a0000 (cropped)” SciePro GmbH / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (柳本研究室): “Hengersor08” Original uploader was Szalax at hu.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (吉岡研究室): “A Micrometer Screw guage” Jeremyida002 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (栃木研究室): “Ernst Ruska Electron Microscope - Deutsches Museum - Munich-edit” J Brew, uploaded on the English-speaking Wikipedia by en:User:Hat'nCoat. / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (変形加工学研究室(古島研究室)): “EBSD orientation map of ferrous lath martensite” Tiberio / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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