Hourglass 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.
Our work on the Cybathlon Wheelchair Series 2019 in Japan has been featured in Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan.
Our work on the Cybathlon Wheelchair Series 2019 in Japan has been featured in Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan.
【 Hourglass Mission 】The experiment (Run 1) was completed, and the data downlink from the ISS to the ground station was started.
【 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).
Presentation at MoViC2019
S. Ishibashi and R. Matsumura had a presentation at MoViC2019.
[Hourglass mission] The experimental device of “Hourglass Mission” was launched.
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,
Presentation at International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems (ISTVS 2019)
K. Tsuchiya and Y. Saku had a presentation at International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems (ISTVS 2019) .
Presentation at the 37th annual conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2019)
H. Katsumata, H. Kojima and Y. Yo had a presentation at The 37th annual conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2019).
Laboratory Camp 2019
We held a camp in Izu, Shizuoka.
[Hourglass mission] Our laboratory is now involved in Hourglass Mission going to be held at International Space Station(ISS).
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
Presentation at International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS 2019)
R. Nakanishi and K. Hirota had a presentation at International Symposium on Space Technology and Science(ISTS 2019).