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Wada Lab
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The lab studies mobile robots and welfare mechatronics.
AboutAbout the lab
Mobile robots and welfare mechatronics
The Wada Lab studies mobile robots and welfare mechatronics.
Its work covers omnidirectional mobile robots, joystick-operated car driving devices for people with disabilities, and driving systems for autonomous vehicles.
The lab also works on intelligent mobility using drive units that can be attached to and detached from manual wheelchairs and beds.
Key terms
- Omnidirectional mobile robot
- A mobile robot that can move in any direction, such as forward, backward, left, and right. This lab studies the active-caster type
- Joystick-operated car driving device
- A car driving device operated with a joystick. The lab studies it as a device that supports driving by people with disabilities
ResearchResearch themes
The lab lists mobile robots and welfare mechatronics as its research keywords. It carries out research and development on omnidirectional mobile robots, car driving devices for people with disabilities, driving systems for autonomous vehicles, and more.
*Illustrative imageOmnidirectional mobile robots
The lab studies active-caster omnidirectional mobile robots. Active-caster omnidirectional mobile systems are also listed among its research fields.
*Illustrative imageCar driving devices for people with disabilities
The lab researches and develops joystick-operated car driving devices for people with disabilities. Joystick-operated driving assistance systems for people with disabilities are also listed among its research fields.
*Illustrative imageDriving systems for autonomous vehicles
The lab carries out research and development on driving systems for autonomous vehicles.
*Illustrative imageDetachable drive units and intelligent mobility
The lab studies intelligent mobility using drive units that can be easily attached to and detached from manual wheelchairs, beds, and the like.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorMasayoshi Wada
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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: “Omron LD Robot” Auledas / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Omnidirectional mobile robots: “Vector3DHD autonomous robot and EnZone wireless charging” PattyK33 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Car driving devices for people with disabilities: “Technician's hand is controlling the lifting button on the car closeup” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Driving systems for autonomous vehicles: “Unmarked Nissan Rogue - Possible Test Autonomous Vehicle - San Francisco, May 2025 04” 9yz / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Detachable drive units and intelligent mobility: “Electric-powered wheelchair Belize1” Memasa / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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