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Robotics Lab
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The lab builds robots to test how intelligence arises from soft bodies.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding intelligence from soft bodies
The Adaptive Robotics Lab seeks to understand the principles by which intelligent movement arises, by building robots and conducting experiments.
The human body is an interface connecting the brain and the outside world, but it does more than simply transmit information.
Through the interaction of a soft body with the environment, it creates the very information needed for adaptive movement.
Based on this idea, the lab builds robots from soft elements, such as pneumatic artificial muscles and flexible sensors made with ion gels.
Key terms
- Ion gel
- A soft gel containing an ionic liquid. Because it conducts electricity even when stretched or compressed, it can be used as a material for soft sensors
- Pneumatic artificial muscle
- A component that inflates and contracts under air pressure and produces force like a muscle
NewsLab news
A paper by Professor Hosoda and colleagues was published in Advanced Robotics
A paper by Professor Hosoda and colleagues was published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Professor Koh Hosoda received the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) Award for Technological Achievement
Professor Hosoda received the JSME Award (Technological Achievement)
A paper by Professor Hosoda and colleagues was published in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics
ResearchResearch themes
The human body does not merely transmit information; through the interaction of a soft body with the environment, it creates the information needed for adaptive movement. The lab aims to gain a constructive understanding of the principles by which this intelligent movement arises, by building robots and conducting experiments.
*Illustrative imageA Humanoid Shoulder That Glides on Air
In the shoulder of a musculoskeletal humanoid driven by pneumatic artificial muscles, the friction that prevents dislocation hinders movement. The lab proposed a shoulder joint that is lubricated with air so that friction can be used selectively, aiming to achieve both the force to hold posture and quick movement (2026).
*Illustrative imageHolding Posture with Muscle Tension
For a quadruped robot driven by pneumatic artificial muscles, the lab proposed a controller that generates the rhythm of the legs using muscle tension as a cue. Posture became stable on uneven ground, and running speed also increased (2024).
*Illustrative imageSoft Tactile Sensors
Associate Professor Kawasetsu is interested in soft robotics and perception, and works mainly on sensing research, such as soft tactile sensors and the measurement of human movement using them.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Robotics Lab consist of faculty, staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKoh Hosoda
- Associate ProfessorTakumi Kawasetsu
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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: “Soft robot locomotion” Hdehqani / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- A Humanoid Shoulder That Glides on Air: “Humanoid Robot at International Exhibitions” Om Umekar / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Holding Posture with Muscle Tension: “Grays Anatomy Muscle oblique externe” Par Henry Vandyke Carter / CC0 (cropped)
- Soft Tactile Sensors: “USkin Sensor Integration” XELA Robotics / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Mechanical Systems Creation Lab): “Human-Robot-Collaboration-Sawing-2016-Luka-Peternel” Luka Peternel / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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