LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Motion Control Lab
Machine-translated · View original
The lab studies the control of robots that support humans.
AboutAbout the lab
Controlling the interaction among humans, environments, and machines.
The Motion Control Lab conducts research aimed at controlling the interaction among humans, environments, and machines, that is, realizing the control of robots that support humans.
The lab identifies two current challenges: building robots with many degrees of freedom is difficult, and achieving the soft, compliant control needed for contact with humans is hard.
On the hardware side, the lab works on controlling the human body through functional electrical stimulation; on the software side, it works on bilateral control, force control, and deep learning.
The lab's website also introduces it under the name "Sakaino Lab."
Key terms
- Bilateral control
- Bilateral control: a control method that uses robots to enable the transmission of the sense of touch. It is regarded as a third communication medium after hearing and vision.
- Functional electrical stimulation
- Functional electrical stimulation: a method of controlling the human body through electrical stimulation. The lab lists it as part of its hardware-side work.
ResearchResearch themes
Aiming to realize the control of robots that support humans, the lab studies the control of the interaction among humans, environments, and machines. Bilateral control can achieve motions that would be impossible without robots, and applications mentioned include construction machinery, telemedicine, seafloor surveys, work in nuclear power plants, and work in space.
View More ↗MembersFaculty
The Motion Control Lab's members include faculty, researchers, technical staff, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorSho Sakaino
VoicesStudent voices
Ratings and reviews reflect the experiences of individual current or former students, not the lab's official views. Whether a lab has reviews, or how many, says nothing about the lab itself.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
Student ratings (0 students)
--
--
--
--
--
--
Student voices answer questions like these
- What's great about this lab?
- What did you learn after joining?
- What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
- Who is this lab for?
- Where do graduates go?
Your experience can help younger students choose their lab. Your name won't be shown.
Write a lab reviewAnonymous · Your draft is saved if you stopRelatedLabs similar to Motion Control Lab
Niizato LabSchool of Science and Engineering, College of Engineering SystemsStudy of emergent phenomena through group experiments with a…
Biological Information Processing LabSchool of Science and Engineering, College of Engineering SystemsElucidation of information processing principles in the brai…
Manipulation Systems LabSchool of Science and Engineering, College of Engineering SystemsRobotic manipulation (object manipulation using robot arms, …
Biomechanics LabSchool of Science and Engineering, College of Engineering SystemsAll human movements are controlled by a highly developed ner…The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
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: “KUKA industrial robotic arm performing "The Beach" by Roy Nachum - 10” Oleg Yunakov / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (新里研究室): “Flock of cranes (Grus grus) flying over the High Fens, Eupen, 2025” DimiTalen / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (生体情報処理研究室): “Neural network explain” TseKiChun / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (マニピュレーション・システム研究室): “Robotic ROV Manipulator Arm” BPLINFO / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (バイオメカニクス研究室): “MotionCapture” T-tus at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.