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Tanaka (Mami) Lab
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A lab that develops tactile sensors and applies them to medicine.
AboutAbout the lab
Applying tactile sensors to medicine.
Tanaka (Mami) Lab studies tactile sensors and the application of sensors and actuators to the medical field.
The lab believes that new sensors and actuators are needed to advance machine automation and human-machine cooperation.
It is developing flexible tactile sensors with the sensitivity of a human finger, and palpation probes for prostate cancer and breast cancer.
The lab also works on micro/macro mechatronics, which combines measurement and automatic control.
Key terms
- Functional material
- A material that shows a specific function in response to electricity, magnetism, heat, force, and so on.
- Actuator
- A component that receives energy such as electricity and produces force to move an object.
- Palpation
- A method of examination in which a physician touches the body with hands or fingers to check for lumps and firmness.
NewsLab news
Paper on a robotic palpation sensor for prostate cancer screening received the JSME Award (Paper) from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Presentation by students received an Outstanding Presentation Award at SI2025
Professor Tanaka received the Division Meritorious Service Award from the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
A student received a Best Presentation Award from the Information, Intelligence and Precision Equipment Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
ResearchResearch themes
The lab conducts education and research on measurement and control, working on the development of intelligent robot hands and the application of sensors and actuators to the medical field. It regards the application of functional materials to sensors and actuators as an interdisciplinary problem that engineers and medical researchers must tackle together.
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MembersFaculty
The members of Tanaka (Mami) Lab are faculty and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorMami Tanaka
- Assistant ProfessorShojiro Nozu
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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: “USkin Sensor Integration” XELA Robotics / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Developing robotic fingers and palpation sensors: “Shadow Hand Bulb large” Richard Greenhill and Hugo Elias (myself) of the Shadow Robot Company / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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