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Robot Mechanisms Lab
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A lab that creates the mechanisms that generate robot motion and builds them as working hardware.
AboutAbout the lab
Next-generation robot mechanisms, from first principles to working hardware.
The Robot Mechanisms Lab conducts research and development on the mechanisms that generate robot motion.
Starting from the spherical omnidirectional wheel "Omni-Ball," the lab systematically pursues research and development on omnidirectional drive mechanisms and other extreme mechanisms.
The lab also puts effort into the entire process of realizing a mechanism, from generating the original idea behind its principle to designing and prototyping the actual hardware.
As applications of robot mechanisms, the lab has in mind mobile robot bases and grasping devices for use in disaster areas.
Key terms
- Omnidirectional drive mechanism
- A robot drive mechanism that enables movement in every direction
- Spherical omnidirectional wheel
- A wheel shaped like a sphere. This lab calls it "Omni-Ball" and treats it as the origin of its omnidirectional drive mechanisms
- Grasping device
- A device that lets a robot pick up objects and work with them
ResearchResearch themes
The lab puts great effort into researching robot mechanisms, from the stage of generating ideas for their principles to the stage of designing and prototyping actual hardware. The faculty members are engaged in research and development on omnidirectional mobility and drive mechanisms, flexible gripper mechanisms, soft mechanisms, pneumatic actuators, rescue robots, and more.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Robot Mechanisms Lab consist of faculty, visiting researchers (invited faculty), secretaries, technical staff, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorKenjiro Tadakuma
- Associate ProfessorMasahiro Watanabe
- Assistant ProfessorKazuki Abe
- Project LecturerShota Miyake
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Mecanum Wheel Robot with an Arm” Anani A. George / CC0 (cropped)
- Extreme mechanisms, including omnidirectional drives: “Robot omnidirectional drive” Jahobr / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Social Robotics Lab): “Nadine Robot” Nadiathalmann / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Control and Information Systems Lab): “Blackghost” Paul Esparon, Sunil Shah, Dr Timothy Nickels and the 2008 CAUV team. / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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