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Kobayashi-Matsuura Lab (JTEKT Innovative Fundamental Technology Joint Research Chair)
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A lab that creates new machines and robots starting from machine elements such as gears.
AboutAbout the lab
Manufacturing built around innovative machine elements.
The Kobayashi-Matsuura Lab analyzes and designs machine elements such as gears, and studies the technology for manufacturing them.
As the JTEKT Innovative Fundamental Technology Joint Research Chair, the lab works on developing technologies for gears and other components used in automobiles and robots.
The lab also aims to develop robot systems built around new machine elements, as well as machines for fields that strengthen society, such as welfare, medicine, and disaster response.
Key terms
- Machine element
- A basic component, such as a gear, screw, or bearing, that is commonly used in many machines
- Meshing
- The contact between the teeth of gears, through which they transmit rotation and force to each other
- Ball screw
- A component that places steel balls between a screw shaft and a nut to convert rotation into smooth linear motion
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The lab studies the analysis and design of machine elements, which are essential for developing machines such as automobiles and robots, as well as technologies for making new machine elements. It also works on technology development for automotive steering and for systems that carry objects in cooperation with people.
*Illustrative imageAnalysis and design of machine elements such as gears
The lab analyzes changes in meshing caused by gear deformation, wear of tooth surfaces, and the motion of steel balls inside ball screws. It is also developing theory for designing the tooth surfaces of new gear shapes.
*Illustrative imageAutomotive steering
The lab works on developing technologies related to automotive steering.
*Illustrative imageSystems for carrying objects in cooperation with people
The lab works on developing technologies for human-cooperative transport systems.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Kobayashi-Matsuura Lab consist of faculty, research support staff, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Project Professor小林 恒
- Project Associate ProfessorDaisuke MatsuuraPublications ↗
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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: “Abandoned concrete factory mechanism” Diacritica / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Analysis and design of machine elements such as gears: “BallScrewNut-showing-balls-recirculating-tubes” Graibeard / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Automotive steering: “Car with clearly visible steering rack with inner track rod and track rod ends” vipdesilva / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Systems for carrying objects in cooperation with people: “HUNIC-SoftExo” Hyperfox001 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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