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Watanabe Lab
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An electronics lab that uses silicon to build tiny power-generating devices and flapping-wing drones.
AboutAbout the lab
Silicon to support the future IoT and AI society.
The Watanabe Lab researches silicon electronics to support the coming age of IoT and AI.
It develops thermoelectric power generation devices that make use of silicon microfabrication technology, as well as flapping-wing drones controlled by AI.
The lab aims to realize "swarm sensing," in which small sensors move on their own to collect information.
From materials to devices and systems, the lab pursues its research through both theoretical calculation and experiment.
Key terms
- Thermoelectric power generation
- A mechanism that generates electricity from a temperature difference
- Molecular dynamics
- A method that calculates the motion of atoms and molecules on a computer to reproduce the behavior of a material
- Swarm sensing
- A mechanism in which many small sensors cooperate like a swarm to collect information
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The lab researches silicon electronics to support the coming age of IoT and AI. From materials to devices and systems, it explores new possibilities of silicon through both theoretical calculation and experiment.
*Illustrative imageSilicon Thermoelectric Power Generation Devices
The lab is developing micro thermoelectric power generation devices that convert heat into electricity. Their new structure can be made with silicon microfabrication technology, and they generate power from the temperature difference between the front and back surfaces of the substrate.
*Illustrative imageMolecular Dynamics Simulation
Using a computational method called molecular dynamics, the lab studies the mechanism by which an electrical layer forms between the high-k insulating film and the oxide film used in MOSFETs. It has reproduced by calculation the movement of oxygen ions, which causes shifts in threshold voltage.
*Illustrative imageWiFly Flapping-Wing Drone
The lab is developing a flapping-wing drone that can switch between hovering and horizontal flight, using a center-of-gravity shifting mechanism and a unique crank arrangement. It weighs only about 30 grams and is safe because it uses no propellers.
*Illustrative imageRobot Vision
The lab researches image processing technology that serves as the "eyes" of flapping-wing flying robots. It works on technology for fast line segment extraction, camera tilt detection, and distance measurement with a stereo camera.
MembersFaculty
The Watanabe Lab consists of faculty members, researchers, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakanobu Watanabe
- ProfessorTakayoshi Shimura
- ProfessorYusuke Kozuka
- Assistant (Joshu)Yusuke Nishimura
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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: “Multicrystalline silicon wafer with thin film iridescence” Radiotrefoil / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Silicon Thermoelectric Power Generation Devices: “Convecting-candles” Andrew Davidhazy / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Molecular Dynamics Simulation: “JM marbles 01” Joe Mabel / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- WiFly Flapping-Wing Drone: “DelFly Nimble” MatejTU / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Robot Vision: “An extreme close-up shot of the lens of an Integrated Fixed Tower (IFT) camera on Coronado Peak, Cochise County, AZ” EFF / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (出浦研究室): “Blue light emitting diodes over a proto-board” Gussisaurio / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (乗松研究室): “Graphene-epitaxial” Nathan Guisinger, EMMD Group, Argonne National Laboratory / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (内野研究室): “Cold atoms experiment 04” Tomasz Kawalec / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (谷井研究室): “Raw light brown diamond crystal cut in half 1” W.carter / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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