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Min-Sato Lab
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The lab researches robots inspired by the structure and motion control of living organisms.
AboutAbout the lab
Building moving robots inspired by living organisms.
The Min-Sato Lab researches and develops robots inspired by the structure and motion-control capabilities of living organisms.
Its work includes quadruped robots that incorporate animal musculoskeletal systems and underwater robots that move using soft materials.
The lab also researches and develops advanced robot and mechatronic systems to meet the needs of society and industry.
Students who wish to join the lab are required to visit it beforehand and meet with the faculty members.
Key terms
- Soft actuator
- A drive component made of soft materials that moves a robot.
- Muscle-tendon complex
- The structure in an animal's leg in which muscle and tendon work as one unit. It stores energy on landing and reuses it in jumping.
- Direct drive
- A method in which a motor drives the moving part directly, without a reducer or similar transmission.
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Inspired by the structure and motion-control capabilities of living organisms, the lab researches and develops biomimetic robots, focusing on exploiting dynamic and nonlinear characteristics. In addition to quadruped robots, underwater robots, and flapping-wing robots, it also works on robot hands and gear measurement robots.
*Illustrative imageQuadruped robots modeled on animals
The lab researches and develops quadruped robots modeled on animal musculoskeletal systems. It reproduces the function of the muscle-tendon complex with links containing elastic bodies and combines them with electromagnetic actuators to develop leg mechanisms that are both flexible and self-stabilizing.
*Illustrative imageRobot hands with high-speed sensing
Building on sensing technology that rapidly measures touch, slip, and proximity, the lab studies robot systems that perform intelligent motions at high speed.
*Illustrative imageBiomimetic soft underwater robots
Using soft actuators such as piezoelectric fiber composites and dielectric elastomers, the lab researches and develops underwater robots with soft, organism-like structures, smooth motion, and fast, efficient propulsion.
*Illustrative imageCompact gear measurement robots
Using a direct-drive (DD) drive system supported by air bearings, the lab researches and develops inexpensive, compact gear measurement robots that can easily be installed on gear production lines.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Min-Sato Lab consist of faculty, master's (first-stage doctoral program) students, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorAikoku Min
- Assistant ProfessorRyuki Sato
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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: “Big Dog robot - D60 Symposium - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - DSC05557” Daderot / CC0 (cropped)
- Quadruped robots modeled on animals: “Svan M2- A quadruped robot” Manu amritanshu / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Robot hands with high-speed sensing: “Robot hand - VivaTech ( )” Jérémy Barande / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Biomimetic soft underwater robots: “Robot Fish ( )” Kuba Bożanowski from Warsaw, Poland / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Compact gear measurement robots: “Span measurement” GearHeads at en.wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kanada Lab): “Tizzy - motorized robotic crawler ( )” ENERGY.GOV / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Togo Lab): “Robotic Hand at Hannover Messe 2016” NearEMPTiness / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Shintake Lab): “Production Pneumatic Actuator with PWM Solenoid Valve” PWMhistorical / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sugi Lab): “Pengeluaran produksi Rubik Kiub” Encik Tekateki / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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