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Jumpei Arata, Professor
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The Advanced Medical Devices Lab conducts research and development to apply technologies centered on robotics to medicine. Robotics consists of multiple fields, including mechanisms, sensors, and system integration, and the lab studies each of these elements. The lab works with physicians, healthcare professionals, medical device manufacturers, and other research institutions to put new technologies to use in new forms of medicine. It develops devices such as a hand and finger rehabilitation robot that uses a compliant structure, and robotic forceps for surgery.
Yoko Yamanishi, Professor
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The Fluid Biomedical Engineering Lab studies biomedical applications at the micro- and nanoscale. Drawing on knowledge of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, medicine, and biology in microscale fluid environments, the lab aims to elucidate unknown functions of cells and to achieve healing at the cellular level. It works on elucidating the mechanisms of unusual, high-speed phenomena that occur in time-varying electric fields and fluid fields, and on bringing about new functions in devices such as injectors, gene delivery technologies, and processing devices. The "fluid" in the lab's name refers to multiphase fluids such as microbubbles, and the lab's website presents it under the name "Yamanishi Lab."
Susumu Kudo, Professor
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The Biological Function Engineering Lab studies various phenomena in living organisms from the perspectives of biomechanics and biotransport. The lab seeks to clarify how the functions of cells and tissues adapt to changes in their mechanical environment, with the aim of applying this to areas such as regenerative medicine. In addition, it investigates how substances are transported and move within the body at each level: proteins, cells and tissues, and whole organisms.
Kazuyuki Yagi, Professor
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The Tribology Lab specializes in tribology, the field that deals with problems of friction, wear, and lubrication. Its work ranges from fundamental questions, exploring and clarifying the various phenomena that occur at friction surfaces, to applied questions aimed at solving practical problems. The lab carries out its research in collaboration and cooperation with universities, research institutes, and companies in Japan and abroad. The lab welcomes students who are motivated to do research, whether from within or outside the university.
Yoshinori Sawae, Professor
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The Design Engineering Lab focuses on soft advanced materials such as biomaterials and soft matter, working to discover and clarify mechanical phenomena and to develop new functional materials. Through experiments, it studies resins used in artificial joints, hydrogels intended for use as artificial cartilage, and resin sealing materials for hydrogen stations. It also explores the mechanism of superlubrication in biological joints, that is, why human joints move so smoothly. Through joint research with overseas research groups, the lab promotes exchange, including inviting researchers and sending students abroad.
Kazunari Shinagawa, Professor
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The Materials Processing Lab studies plastic working, in which metals are deformed by external force, and powder metallurgy processes, in which metal and ceramic powders are consolidated. The lab originally started with research on plastic working, and in recent years it has been actively pursuing research in newer processing fields such as powder metallurgy. Its research covers not only experiments that investigate processing phenomena but also the use of analytical methods and application-oriented studies. In addition to Kyushu University students, the lab welcomes international students and students from other universities, those who wish to go on to a PhD, and those who wish to visit the lab.
Syuhei Kurokawa, Professor
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The Precision Machining Lab studies precision machining based on high-throughput, high-precision, giga-range machining and measurement technologies. In ultra-precision machining and measurement of machine element components, the lab works on analysis of gear meshing transmission error, measurement of the shape and roughness of engineering surfaces, nanomachining of micro components, and planarization by CMP. In machining and measurement using light, the lab works on machining with femtosecond lasers, non-contact optical measurement of semiconductor wafer surfaces, and particle size measurement of nanoparticles using fluorescent nanoprobes. The lab also works on the development of soft gears and on building design and fabrication technologies for multi-material compliant mechanisms and their medical applications.
Kenji Tahara, Professor
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The Human-Centered Robotics Lab uses robotics technologies grounded in mechanical engineering to study the motor intelligence of the human body. The lab works both on understanding motor intelligence mathematically and mechanically, and on its engineering applications. Recent news items introduce research on estimating the state of the fingers of a flexible multi-fingered robot hand using proximity sensors mounted on the fingers. They also introduce research on extracting the information needed for a task from high-speed sensor data and using it for motion planning of industrial robots.
Motoji Yamamoto, Professor
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The Control Engineering Lab advances the methods and theory of control engineering and robotics, aiming to realize control and computing systems that are useful in industrial and welfare settings. Its research covers a wide range of topics, including new robot mechanisms, control technologies for robots, and applications of control engineering to healthcare and welfare. Research and education in control engineering, robotics, and mechatronics are carried out by Professor Yamamoto and Associate Professor Nakashima. On the lab's website, it is introduced under the names Division of Control Engineering and Division of Medical-Engineering Collaboration and Healthy Longevity.
Kazuo Kiguchi, Professor
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The Systems Engineering Lab conducts research and development to apply robot systems to medicine, welfare, and sports. Robotics is a field that brings together a variety of technologies, such as mechanisms, control, sensors, and software. Professor Kiguchi's research areas are biorobotics, human-assist robots, rehabilitation robots, and the application of robots to medicine. Associate Professor Nishikawa's research areas are sports robots, pneumatic systems, musculoskeletal systems, and biologically inspired robots. Assistant Professor Tsuji's research areas are optimization algorithms (such as swarm intelligence, evolutionary computation, and metaheuristics) and their application to engineering and logistics problems.
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