About

The main mission of our group is to perform fundamental and applied research into the robotic mobility system, for an application to planetary exploration rovers and field robots.

Contact

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Keio University

3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama,
223-8522, JAPAN

TEL: +81-45-566-1483

INFORMATION

Introduction Video

May.26.2020
【About COVID-19】
The COVID-19 countermeasure project at Keio University is now available on Keio University's official website "News" and "Research Topics".
G. Ishigami (Associate Professor), H. Kojima (M2), S. Ishikawa (M1) and T. Shomura (M1) are participating in the design of the face shield>.
May.22.2020
【About COVID-19】
As part of the COVID-19 countermeasure project at Keio University, the face shield was manufactured using a laser machine at Yagami Campus and supplied to Keio University Hospital.
G. Ishigami (Associate Professor), H. Kojima (M2), S. Ishikawa (M1) and T. Shomura (M1) are participating in the design of the face shield>(Students participated via online).
Mar.19.2020
【 Hourglass Mission 】The experiment using the gravity generator (CBEF) in the International Space Station (Run 2) has been started. It was confirmed that it was operating normally. R. Nakanishi and H. Kojima are participating in this mission.
For more information about the mission, please visit official sites of NASA (English) and Mitsubishi Electronics (Japanese).
Apr.03.2020
Hourglas Mission, in which Ishigami Lab participates, is featured in the movie of the 2019 JAXA manned space activity summary. You can watch it here (English version), and 4:31 ~ 4:48 is about Hourglass Mission.
Mar.18.2020
Our work on the Cybathlon Wheelchair Series 2019 in Japan has been featured in Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan
Jan.31.2020
【 Hourglass Mission 】The experiment (Run 1) was completed, and the data downlink from the ISS to the ground station was started.
For more information about the mission, please visit official sites of NASA (English) and Mitsubishi Electronics (Japanese).
Jan.30.2020
【 Hourglass Mission 】The experiment using the gravity generator (CBEF) in the International Space Station (Run 1) has been started. It was confirmed that it was operating normally. R. Nakanishi and H. Kojima are participating in this mission.
For more information about the mission, please visit official sites of NASA (English) and Mitsubishi Electronics (Japanese).
Jan.08.2020
N. Enokida had a presentation at 20th Space Science Symposium
Dec.04.2019
S. Ishibashi and R. Matsumura had a presentation at MoViC2019.
Sep.25.2019
The experimental device of "Hourglass Mission" was launched onboard the H-IIB rocket at 1:05:05am JST from the Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
The capture of "KOUNOTORI8" (HTV-8) by International Space Station's robot-arm is scheduled on Sept.28,2019 JST.

For more information about the mission, please visit official sites of NASA (English) and Mitsubishi Electronics (Japanese).
Sep.11.2019
K. Tsuchiya and Y. Saku had a presentation at International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems (ISTVS 2019) .
Sep.04.2019
H. Katsumata, H. Kojima and Y. Yo had a presentation at The 37th annual conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2019).
Aug.02.2019
Our laboratory(SRG) is now involved in【Hourglass Mission】going to be held at International Space Station(ISS).(This launch was postponed. HTV-8 was launched at Sep.25.2019 1:05:05am JST.)
The experimental system will be launched on Sep.11.2019 by HTV-8.
For more information about the mission, please visit official sites of NASA (English) and Mitsubishi Electronics (Japanese).
Jun.18.2019
R. Nakanishi and K. Hirota had a presentation at International Symposium on Space Technology and Science(ISTS 2019).
Jun.10.2019
Works of CYBATHLON project was published in " BMC (part of Springer Nature): Blog Network ".
May.24.2019
Works of CYBATHLON project was featured on TV show "NHK WORLD: NEWSROOM TOKYO," and an interview of our student member, Hiromichi Kojima, was broadcasted.
May.08.2019
Works of CYBATHLON project was featured on TV show "NHK News: Ohayo Nippon," and an interview of our student member, Hisaaki Akiyama, was broadcasted.
May.05.2019
"FORTISSISSIMO," the CYBATHLON team of Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology, won a 3rd prize at CYBATHLON Wheelchair Series Japan 2019!
Associate Professor Genya Ishigami took up a post as a project team leader, and students from our laboratory participated in machine and system development.
Jan.14.2019
Y. Ono had a presentation at 2019 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII 2019).
Jul.23.2018
Keio Cybathlon Project special website (Japanese ver.) has been released.
Jul.01.2018
Keio University Faculty of Science and Technology will participate in an international competition called "CYBATHLON", which aims the unity of handicapped people and technology. It will be held in Zurich / Switzerland in 2020.
Associate professor Genya Ishigami takes up a post as project team leader, and students from our laboratory will participate in machine development.
Jun.13.2018
R. Matsumura and K. Tsuchiya won a ISTVS2018 Best Paper Award.
Jun.13.2018
S. Ishibashi, K. Tsuchiya and R. Matsumura had a presentation at International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems(ISTVS 2018).
Jun.06.2018
D. Yamaguchi, H. Katsumata, and R. Nakanishi had a presentation at The International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space(i-SAIRAS 2018).
May.31.2018
K.Tsuchiya and R.Yoneyama's research was highlighted in Keio Research Highlights.
Feb.20.2018
S. Deguchi's paper was published to Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics.
Oct.20.2017
T. Omura, A. Yanagisawa and R. Takemura's papers were published to Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics.
Oct.20.2017
S. Pan and G. Ishigami's papers were published to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
Sep.27.2017
Prof. Ishigami and T. Omura had a presentation at International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems(ISTVS 2017).
Feb.13.2017
G.Sakayori had a presentation at International Conference on MECHATRONICS(IEEE-ICM 2017).
Jan.12.2017
Ishigami Lab. was highlighted in a newspaper (The industrial of Nikkei).
Oct.12.2016
T. Nagata's paper was published to Advanced Robotics, official journal of the Robotics Society of Japan.
Sep.12.2016
H. Tsubaki, G. Sakayori and T. Omura had a presentation at International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems(ISTVS 2016).
Jun.21.2016
T. Akutsu, G. Sakayori, T. Nagata, and K. Tanaka had a presentation at The International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space(i-SAIRAS 2016).
Dec.7.2015
S. Morita had a presentation at International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics(ICAM)2015.
Oct.21.2015
T. Shirai and H. Tsubaki had a presentation at International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems(ISTVS 2015).
Sep.29.2015
D. Mori had a presentation at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems(IROS 2015).
Jul.27.2015
Field Experiment at ruined school
Jul.24.2015
Rover demonstration at JAXA/ISAS open house
Jul.09.2015
Prof. Ishigami had a presentation at International Symposium on Space Technology and Science(ISTS 30th)
Nov.08.2014
Field Experiment at Izu-oshima island
Jul.26.2014
Rover demonstration at JAXA/ISAS open house (Photo)
Jun.19.2014
Prof. Ishigami, K. Kimura, T. Shirai, and D. Mori had a presentation at International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space(i-SAIRAS2014)
Jun.01.2014
Invited talk: Prof. Ishigami had a presentation at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation(ICRA2014)
May 08.2014
A video about our research group was uploaded on Youtube.
Nov.9-12.2013
Field Experiment at Izu-oshima island.
Oct.22.2013
The group web page has been updated.
Sep.09.2013
SRG seminar at Mt. Fuji. (Photo)
Jul.26.2013
Rover demonstration at JAXA/ISAS open house (Photo)
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