The Intelligent Machines Area integrates mechatronics with control and information theories and investigates advanced intelligent systems able to adapt to complex and dynamic environments.
Subareas
Control Engineering
Ikeda & Asai Lab.
Reseach interests are in fundamental theory of control systems, development of design algorithms and applications to various systems. In particular, control of large scale systems and power assist of suits driven by pneumatic rubber actuators are recent topics on applications.
Human-Machine Interaction
Furusho Lab.
Our main field of study is robotics, especially medical robotics, welfare robotics, rehabilitation robotics and human-machine interface. We have developed 3-DOF rehabilitation robot for upper limbs, 6-DOF rehabilitation robot for upper limbs, controllable ankle-foot orthosis or prosthesis, force-display system for virtual reality and automatic insertion system for surgery. We are studying about mechatronics, biomechanics, dynamics, computer simulation, medical engineering and so on to develop innovative and useful robot for human life.
Hyper Human Engineering
Kaneko & Higashimori Lab.
The limitation of dynamic eye sight of human often blocks out from seeing a high speed motion. By combining both a high speed vision and a high speed actuator, we are developing a new dynamic sensing system, by which we can observe a dynamic behavior of human body. This dynamic information can be utilized for medical diagnosis.
Dynamical Systems Control
Osuka Lab.
We are trying to understand the essence of control principle of dynamics-based-control for wide variety of dynamical systems. Then, we construct a new design principle of control system for artificial or natural controlled object (From robotics as science to robotics as practical business).