Robotics in Japan

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University

• Hokkaido University
• Yamagata University
• Tohoku University
• Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University
• Nagaoka University of Technology
• Chiba University
• Chiba Institute of Technology
• Ibaraki University
• University of Tsukuba
• Saitama University
• Shibaura Institute of Technology
• Nihon University
• Nippon Institute of Technology
• Toyo University
• Chuo University
• The University of Electro-Communications
• The University of Tokyo
• Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Tokyo City University
• Tokyo Denki University
• Tokyo University of Science
• Waseda University
• Keio University
• Hosei University
• Kogakuin University
• Yokohama National University
• The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
• Kanto Gakuin University
• Tokai University
• Shizuoka University
• University of Yamanashi
• Kanazawa Institute of Technology
• University of Fukui
• Nagoya Institute of Technology
• Nagoya University
• Toyohashi University of Technology
• Ritsumeikan University
• Kyoto University
• Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Doshisha University
• Nara Institute of Science and Technology
• Osaka University
• Osaka Electro-Communication University
• Kansai University
• Kwansei Gakuin University
• Wakayama University
• Kobe University
• Okayama University
• Okayama Prefectural University
• Hiroshima University
• Kagawa University
• Kochi University of Technology
• Kyushu University
• Kyushu Institute of Technology
• Saga University
• Kumamoto University
• Kagoshima University

Public research organization

• National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technokogy (AIST)
• RIKEN
• National Institute of Informatics

University

• Hokkaido University

  Graduate School of Information Science and Technology

  Division of Synergetic Information Science

  • Complex Systems Engineering, Laboratory of Autonomous Systems Engineering (Furukawa Lab.) (in Japanese)

  Division Systems Science and Informatics

  • System Sensing and Control Laboratory (Kaneko and Tanaka Lab.) (in Japanese)

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• Yamagata University

  Graduate School of Science and Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering

  • Telerobotics Laboratory (Tsumaki Lab.) (in Japanese)

  Department of Bio-System Engineering

  • Bio-robotics laboratory (Inoue and Lee Lab.) (in Japanese)

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• Tohoku University

  Graduate School of Engineering

  Department of Nanomechanics

  • Esashi Laboratory and Tanaka Laboratory

  Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Space Machines Laboratory (Uchiyama and Konno Laboratory)

    Space telerobotics	Parallel manipulator	Humanoid
    Simulator for surgery	Flexible robot	Aerial robot

  • The Space Robotics Laboratory (Space Exploration Laboratory)

  Department of Bioengineering and Robotics

  • Kosuge, Hirata and Sugahara Laboratory
  • Arai Laboratory
  • Tanaka and Okuyama Laboratory

  Department of Mechanical Systems and Design

  • Ono Laboratory

  Graduate School of Information Sciences

  • Tadokoro Laboratory
  • Deguch, Saga / Okatani Laboratory
  • Hashimoto-Kagami Laboratory

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• Tohoku Gakuin University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Engineering and Intelligent Systems

  • Robot Development Engineering Laboratory (Kumagai Lab.)

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• Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University

  Faculty of Science and Technology

  Department of Intelligent Information System

  • Emura Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Nagaoka University of Technology

  Denki-Department of Electrical Engineering

  • Ohishi Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Chiba University

  Graduate School of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Nonami Laboratory
  • Namiki Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Chiba Institute of Technology

  Faculty of Engineering

  The department of Advanced Robotics (in Japanese)

  • Future Robotics Technology Center(fuRo)
  • Yoneda Lab.
  • Hayashibara Lab. (in Japanese)
  • Okawa Lab. (in Japanese)
  • Kikuchi Lab.
  • Nakajima Lab.

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• Ibaraki University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering

  • Bio-Mimetic Intelligent Mechanics Laboratory (Inoue Lab.)
  • Mori-Zen Robotics Mechatronics Laboratory (in Japanese )

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• University of Tsukuba

  Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering

  Department of Intelligent Interaction Technologies

  • Intelligent Robot Laboratory (Yuta Lab.)
  • Cybernics Laboratory (Sankai Lab.)
  • Manipulation System Laboratory (Aiyama Lab.)
  • Human Robot Interaction Laboratory (Nakauchi Lab.)

    Intelligent Environment	Cooking Support System
    Human-Robot Social Interaction	Health Monitoring System

  • Flexible Robotics Laboratory (Mochiyama Lab.)
  • Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Suzuki Lab.) (in Japanese)

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• Saitama University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Information and Computer Sciences

  • Computer Vision Laboratory (Hisano Lab.) (in Japanese)
  • Mishima Laboratory (in Japanese)

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Design Engineering Laboratory (Ohtaki and Kotosaka Lab.) (in Japanese)

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• Shibaura Institute of Technology

  College if Engineering

  Department of Electrical Engineering

  • Robotics Laboratory (Ando Lab.) (in Japanese)
  • Uchimura laboratory (in Japanese)

    Networked Rototics	Mobile Robot	Biped Robot
    Visual Feedback	Magnetic Gear

  • Micro Mechatronics Laboratory (Hasegawa Lab.) (in Japanese)
  • Human Robot Interaction Laboratory (Mizukawa Lab.) (in Japanese)

  College of Systems Engineering

  Department of Machinery & Control Systems

  • Komeda Laboratory

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• Nihon University

  Department of Precision Machinery Engineering

  • Hatano Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Nippon Institute of Technology

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Nakasato Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Toyo University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of System Robotics

  • Robotics Laboratory (Matsumoto Lab.)

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• Chuo University

  Faculty of Science and Engineering

  Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

  • Sakane Laboratory

  Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Communication Engineering

  • Human Machine Systems Laboratory (Kunii Lab.)(in Japanese)
  • Kinoshita Laboratory (in Japanese)

  Department of Precision Mechanics

  • Intelligent Sensing System Laboratory (Umeda Lab.)
  • Advanced Robot System Laboratory (Osumi Lab.)

    Cooperative control system of multiple manipulators	Parallel wire suspension mechanism	Teleoperation of wire suspension mechanism
    Mobile manipulator on an omni-cirectional mobile platform	Fast walking for four legged robots	Automatic scooping of a wheel loader

  • Biomechatronics Laboratory (Nakamura Lab.)(in Japanese)
  • Human Systems Laboratory (Niitsuma Lab.)(in Japanese)

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• The University of Electro-Communications

  Faculty of electro-communications

  Department of mechanical engineering and inteligent systems

  • Tanaka Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Shimojo & Ming Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • AOLAB
  • Kanamori Laboratory(in Japanese)

  Graduate School of Information Systems

  Department of Human Media Systems

  • Suehiro Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• The University of Tokyo

  School of Engineering

  Department of Engineering Synthesis

  • Mitsuishi Sugita Laboratory
  • Suzuki Laboratory (in Japanese)

  Department of Precision Engineering

  • Intelligent Systems Division (Arai, Yokoi and Ota Lab)
  • Bio-Medical Precision Engineering Laboratory (Sakuma, Jinbo, Kobayashi Lab.)

  Department of Mechano-Infomatics

  • JSK Robotics laboratory(Inaba Lab.)
  • Intelligent Systems and Informatics Laboratory (Kuniyoshi Lab.)

    Cognitive developmental robotics	Brain like processing system	Skill for motion
    Understanding social action and intension	Realtime symbolization of real world	Interation among sensations, motions, and symbols

  • Intelligent Cooperative Systems Laboratory (Sato, Mori Lab.)

    Robotic room	Sensor network	Life log
    Action recognition	Image understanding	Human measurement

  • Shimoyama-Matsumoto Laboratory
  • Nakamura Laboratory
  • ATRE Laboratory

  Department of Information Physics and Computing

  • Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory
  • Tachi Laboratory
  • Hara, Tsumura Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Medical Engineering and Life Science Laboratory (Mabuchi Suzuki Lab.)
  • Ifukube, Ino Laboratory
  • Shinoda Laboratory Laboratory (in Japanese)

  Department of Informatics and Electronics, Institute of Industrial Science

  • Ikeuchi Laboratory
  • URA Laboratory
  • Intelligent Control System Laboratory (Hashimoto Lab.)

  Research into Artifacts, Center for Engineering, Service Engineering Group

  • Hajime Asama Laboratory
  • Otake Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Tokyo Institute of Technology

  Graduate School of Science and Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering

  • IWATSUKI-OKADA Laboratory
  • Sugimoto, Takeda Laboratory

  Depertment of Control & Systems Engineering

  • Ino Laboratory

  Depertment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  • Hirose Fukushima Laboratory

  Depertment of Mechanical and Environmental informatics,

  • Imura Laboratory

  Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering

  • Kitagawa & Tsukagoshi Laboratory
  • Kurabayashi Laboratory
  • Sampei Laboratory
  • Yamakita Laboratory
  • Fujita Laboratory

  Dept. of Mechano-Micro Engineering

  • Omata Laboratory
  • Kosugi Laboratory

  Precision and Intelligence Laboratory

  • Zhang Group, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory

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• Tokyo City University

  Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

  • Robotic Life Support Laboratory RT Group (Kanamiya and Sato Lab.) (in Japanese)

    Humanoid robot	Home robot	Flexible-base space robot
    Task motion planning	Haptics for soft objects

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• Tokyo Denki University

  School of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Kurisu Laboratory

  Department of Electrical Engineering

  • Intelligence System Laboratory (Hidaka Lab.)

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• Tokyo University of Science

  Faculty of Engineering Division I

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Kabayashi Laboratory

  Faculty of Science and Technology

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Mizoguchi Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Inagaki Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Waseda University

  • WABOT-HOUSE Laboratory (in Japanese)

  School of Advanced Science and Engineering

  Department of Applied Physics

  • Hashimoto laboratory

    Image Processing	Music & Multimedia	Neural Network
    Robotics	Chemical Robotics

  School of Creative Science and Engineering

  Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering

  • Umezu Laboratory
  • Intelligent Machine Laboratory (Sugano Laboratory)
  • Takanishi Laboratory
  • Fujie Laboratory (in Japanese)

  School of Fundamental Science and Engineering

  Department of Computer Science and Engineering

  • Perceptual Computing Laboratory (Kobayashi Laboratory) (in Japanese)

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• Keio University

  Faculty of Science and Technology

  Department of System Design Engineering

  • Onishi Laboratory

  Graduate School of System Design and Management

  • Human System Design Laboratory (Maeno Laboratory) (in Japanese)

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• Hosei University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Takashima Laboratory

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• Kogakuin University

  Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering

  • Automatic Control Laboratory (Kato Laboratory) (in Japanese)

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• Yokohama National University

  Graduate School of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

  • Yabuta Laboratory

    Machine intelligence	Learning	Haptic interface
    Finger arm manipulator system	Human measurement	Force telecommunication

  • Sugiuchi Robot Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Maeda Laboratory

    Mechanics of Robotic Manipulation	Manipulation Planning	Robot Programming
    Decentralized Manufacturing Systems	Analysis of Human Skills

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• The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

  • Interactive Intelligent Robotics Lab. (Inamura lab.)

    Imitation and Symbol Emergence	Mirror system on Humanoids	HRI based on probabilistic approach
    Global Network Robotics	SIGVerse: SocioIntelliGenesis simulator

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• Kanto Gakuin University

  Department of Electrical

  Electronic & Information Engineering

  • Communication Robotics Laboratory (Yamazaki Lab.)

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• Tokai University

  School of Engineering

  Department of Precision Engineering

  • Suzuki Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Yamamoto Laboratory (in Japanese)

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Koganezawa Laboratory (in Japanese)

  School of Information Science and Technology

  Department of Applied Computer Engineering

  • Inaba Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Hirata Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Masuda Laboratory
  • Inagaki Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Shizuoka University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Kaneko Yamashita Laboratory
  • Bio-Robotics & Human-Mechatronics Laboratory (Matsumaru Laboratory) (in Japanese)

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• University of Yamanashi

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  • Kiyohiro Laboratory (in Japanese)

    Umbrella turning robot

    Walk guide robot

    Twin polisher robot

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• Kanazawa Institute of Technology

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Robotics (in Japanese)

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• University of Fukui

  Graduate School of Engineering

  Department of Human and AI Systems

  • Intelligent Robot Laboratory (Minami Laboratory) (in Japanese)
  • Robotics Laboratory (Naniwa Laboratory)
  • Evolutionary Robotics Laboratory (Maeda Laboratory)

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• Nagoya Institute of Technology

  Department of Computer Science

  • Itoh Laboratory

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Sano Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Robotics & Automation Laboratory (Fujimoto Lab.)
  • Yamada Laboratory

  Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  • Morita Laboratory

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• Nagoya University

  Graduate School of Engineering

  Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering

  • Fukuda Laboratory
  • Ikuta Laboratory

  Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Ohnishi Laboratory
  • Ohka Laboratory

  Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering

  • Yamada Obinata Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Toyohashi University of Technology

  Department of Information and Computer Sciences

  • Active Intelligent Systems Laboratory (Miura Laboratory)

    Outdoor mobile robots	Visual environment recognition	Robust position and object recognition
    Planning under uncertainty	Visual person tracking	Interactive robot teaching

  Department of Production Systems Engineering

  • System & Control Engineering Laboratory

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• Ritsumeikan University

  College of Science and Engineering

  Department of Robotics

  • Isaka Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Ishii Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Manipulation Laboratory (Ozawa Lab.)
  • Motion Intelligence Laboratory (Kawamura Lab.)
  • Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory (Tejima Lab.)
  • Nagai Robotics Laboratory
  • Nokata-Life Support Mechatronics Laboratory
  • Laboratory for Integrated Machine Intelligence (Hirai Lab.)
  • Biomimetic Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory (Ma Lab.)
  • Intelligent Robot Laboratory (Maeda Lab.)
  • Biophysical Engineering Laboratory (Makikawa Lab.)

  Department of Micro System Technology

  • Micro Nano Mechatronics Laboratory (Konishi Lab.)
  • Miyano Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Micro Nano Integrated Devices Laboratory (Sugiyama Lab.)

  College of Information Science and Engineering

  Department of Human & Computer Intelligence

  • BioRobotics Laboratory (Mitsuda Lab.) (in Japanese)
  • Yoshikawa Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Computer Vision Laboratory (Shimada-Shirai Lab.) (in Japanese)

  Department of Information & Communication Science (in Japanese)

  • Applied Interaction System Laboratory (Lee Lab.) (in Japanese)

  Department of Media Technology

  • Xu Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Intelligent Image Processing Laboratory (Chen Lab) (in Japanese)

  Research Organization of Science and Engineering

  Advanced Robotics Research Center

  • Flexible Automation & Cybernetics Laboratory (Watanabe Lab.)
  • Man-Machine Synergy Effectors Laboratory (Kanaoka Lab.)

    Power finger

    Power effector

    Power pedal

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• Kyoto University

  Graduate School of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Engineerign and Science

  • Mechatronics Laboratory (Yokokohji Lab.) (in Japanese)

  Graduate School of Informatics

  Department of Systems Science

  • Mechanical Systems Control Laboratory (Sugie Lab.)

  Department of Intelligence Science and Technology

  • Speech Media Processing Group (Okuno & Ogata Lab.)

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• Kyoto Institute of Technology

  Graduate School of Science and Technocoly

  Division of Mechanical Engineering

  • Robot Locomotion Laboratory (Kimura Lab.)

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• Doshisha University

  Faculty of Life and Medhical Sciences

  Department of Biomedical Engineering

  • Yokokawa & Tsumugiwa Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Nara Institute of Science and Technology

  Graduate School of Information Science

  • Robotics Research in NAIST
  • Roboics Laboratory (Ogasawara Lab.)

    Robot vision	Human robot interaction	Motion planning
    Mobile robots	Medical and welfare robotics	Robot hand

  • Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Kidode Lab.)
  • Theoretical Life-Science Laboratory (Ikeda-Shibata Lab.)

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• Osaka University

  Graduate School of Engineering

  Department of Adaptive Machine Systems

  • Asada Laboratory
  • Hosoda Laboratory

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Control Engineering Area (Ikeda-Asai Lab.) (in Japanese)
  • Furusho Laboratory
  • Kaneko-Higashimori Laboratory
  • Osuka Laboratory (in Japanese)

  Graduate School of Engineering Science

  Department of Systems Innovation

  • Miyazaki Laboratory

  Department of Systems Innovation

  • Arai Laboratory
  • Ishiguro laboratory

    Android science	Interactive robots	Bio-mimetic robots
    Cognitive developmental robots	Sensor networks	Image recognition systems

  • Yachida Laboratory

  The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research

  Division of Intelligent Systems

  • Department of Intelligent Media, Yagi Laboratory

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• Osaka Electro-Communication University

  • Noborio Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Kansai University

  Faculty of Engineering Science

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Aoyagi Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Kwansei Gakuin University

  Department of Human System Interaction

  • Okadome Lab.
  • Kudoh Lab.
  • Kono Lab.
  • Chugo Lab.

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• Wakayama University

  Faculty of Systems Engineering

  Department of Computer and Communication Sciences

  • Nakamura Laboratory

  Department of Opto-Mechatronics

  • Maru Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Kobe University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Computer and Systems Engineering

  • System Informatics Laboratory (Tamaki Lab.) (in Japanese)

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Osuka Laboratory (Intelligent Machines, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University) (in Japanese)

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• Okayama University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Systems Engineering

  • Mechanical Control and Robotics Laboratory (Noritsugu Lab.) (in Japanese)
  • System Integration Laboratory（Suzumori Lab.）

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• Okayama Prefectural University

  Faculty of Computer Science and System Engineering

  Department of Communication Engineering

  • Intelligent Control Laboratory (Xin Lab.) (in Japanese)

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• Hiroshima University

  Graduate School of Engineering

  • Biological Systems Engineering Laboratory (Tsuji Lab.)
  • Robotics Laboratory (Ishii Lab.)

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• Kagawa University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering

  • Ishihara Laboratory

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• Kochi University of Technology

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Intelligent Mechanical Systems Engineering

  • Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (Oh Lab.) (in Japanese)

    Horse riding robot	Gait training robot	Guide robot for disabled people
    UFO robot	Analysis of imagination	Walking robot

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• Kyushu University

  • Kyushu University Research Core ROBOTICS
  • Kyushu University Center for Integration of Advanced Medicine, Life Science and Innovative Technology (Prof. Makoto Hashizume) (in Japanese)
  • Human Centered Robotics Research Project, The Kyushu University Research Superstar Program (in Japanese)

  Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering

  Department of Intelligent Systems

  • Laboratory for Intelligent Robots & Vision System (Hasegawa and Kurazume Lab.)

  Faculty of Engineering

  • Control Engineering Laboratory (Yamamoto and Kikuuwe Lab.)

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• Kyushu Institute of Technology

  School of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical and Control Engineering

  • Tagawa Laboratory
  • Oya Laboratory
  • Sagara Laboratory

  Department of Computer Science and System Engineering

  • Abe & Tanaka Lab. (in Japanese)
  • Kitamura Lab. (in Japanese)

  Department of Systems Innovation and Informatics

  • Ohkawa Laboratory (in Japanese)
  • Oguro Laboratory

  Department of Brain Science and Engineering

  • Ishii Laboratory (in Japanese)

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• Saga University

  Graduate School of Science and Engineering

  The Department of Advanced Systems Control Engineering

  • Behavior-Based Robotics Laboratory (Watanabe Lab.)
  • Biorobotics Research Group (Kiguchi Lab.)

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• Kumamoto University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical System Engineering

  • The Robotics Laboratory (Harada and Yamaguchi Lab.)

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• Kagoshima University

  Faculty of Engineering

  Department of Mechanical Engineering

  • Tsujio, Yo and Hayashi Laboratory

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Public research organization

• National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technokogy (AIST)

  Intelligent Systems Research Institute

  • RT-Synthesis Research Group
  • Vision and Manipulation Research Group
  • Humanoid Research Group
  • Interaction Modeling Research Group
  • Dependable Systems Research Group
  • Service Robotics Research Group
  • Field Robotics Research Group
  • CNRS-AIST JRL(Joint Robotics Laboratory), UMI3218/CRT
  • OpenRT Platform Task Force

  Digital Human Research Center

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• RIKEN

  • RIKEN-TRI Collaboration Center for Human-Interaction Robot Research (in Japanese)

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• Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

  • JAXA ROBOTICS (in Japanese)

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• National Institute of Informatics

  • Intractive Intelligent System Laboratory (Inamura lab.)

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