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Shimono Lab (Motion Control Lab)
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The lab studies haptics, the engineering treatment of the sense of touch, and motion control.
AboutAbout the lab
Technologies for conveying touch and controlling motion
The Shimono Lab studies haptics technologies, such as the real-time transmission and engineering reproduction of tactile information, as well as motion control technologies.
Its work covers a wide range, from fundamental technologies such as real-time transmission, digital recording and editing, and engineering reproduction of touch, to applications in surgical support systems and rehabilitation support.
The lab builds new actuators itself and also conducts control experiments.
It also works on research that integrates motion control and power electronics, aiming to realize high-speed, high-precision motor control systems.
Key terms
- Haptics
- Technology that treats the senses of touch and force from an engineering perspective. It includes transmission, recording and editing, and reproduction.
- Actuator
- A device that converts input such as electricity into force or motion to move a machine.
- Bilateral control
- A control technology in which the operating side and the operated side exchange force and motion. It is applied to the transmission of touch.
ResearchResearch themes
The Shimono Lab studies haptics technologies, such as the transmission and reproduction of tactile information, and motion control technologies. Its work ranges widely from developing fundamental technologies to applications in surgical support and rehabilitation support.
*Illustrative imageMotion Control That Conveys Touch
The lab develops fundamental technologies such as real-time transmission, digital recording and editing, and engineering reproduction of tactile information. It also develops a surgical support robot platform capable of transmitting force sensation, and a force-transmission system that incorporates scaling.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of New Actuators
To realize haptics technology as a system, the lab develops new actuators. It builds actuators capable of various motions itself and conducts control experiments, aiming for systems capable of complex motions.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of Surgical Support Systems
As a medical application of haptics technology, the lab studies surgical support systems. Applying bilateral control technology, it works on developing a surgical support platform that transmits touch.
*Illustrative imageRehabilitation Support Technology
As an application of haptics technology to welfare, the lab develops rehabilitation support systems. It also conducts research that supports rehabilitation by measuring the time muscle relaxation takes in patients with paralysis.
MembersFaculty
The Shimono Lab consists of a Professor, a Project Assistant Professor, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTomoyuki Shimono
- Project Assistant ProfessorToshiya Takano
- Project Assistant ProfessorRazvan Andrei Budau Petrea
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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: “Unisim dental training haptics and VR” Tim Sheerman-Chase / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Motion Control That Conveys Touch: “3ds Touch Haptic Device” ApLundell / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Development of New Actuators: “Actuator arm assembly of a hard disk drive” Mk2010 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Development of Surgical Support Systems: “New Da Vinci Xi” Alvarogarciamd / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Rehabilitation Support Technology: “Physical Rehabilitation” Cabblow / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Visual Cognition Mechanisms Lab (Katsunori Okajima)): “VR headset insert smartphone stereoscopy image” Bert Niehaus / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Nishijima Lab): “Metasurface ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
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