Journal articles/科学雑誌の記事

  1. Diverse Behaviors of a Single-Motor-Driven Soft-Bodied Robot Utilizing the Resonant Vibration of 2D Repetitive Slit Patterns, Satoshi Iyobe; Masahiro Shimizu; Takuya Umedachi, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 7, Issue: 2, pp. 992-999, April 2022.
  2. Caterpillar-inspired soft robot that locomotes upside-down by utilizing environmental skeleton, Masahiro Morishima, Takuya Umedachi, Yoshihiro Kawahara , Engineering Research Express , 2020 (pdf).
  3. Ramus: A Frequency-Multiplexed Power Bus for Powering, Sensing and Controlling Robots, Yuki Nishizawa, Takuya Sasatani, Matthew Ishige, Yoshiaki Narusue, Takuya Umedachi, Yoshihiro Kawahara, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 5, Issue: 3, DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2988176, 2020 (pdf)
  4. Continuum robotic caterpillar with wirelessly powered shape memory alloy actuators, Colm Mc Caffrey, Takuya Umedachi, Weiwei Jiang, Takuya Sasatani, Yoshiaki Narusue, Ryuma Niiyama, Yoshihiro Kawahara, J. of Softrobotics, DOI: 10.1089/soro.2019.0090, 2020.3.30 (pdf).
  5. Balloon-like coupling between head and posterior in a caterpillar, Fuminori Okuya , Takuya Umedachi and Yoshihiro Kawahara, Adaptive Behavior, March, 2020 (link)
  6. Exploring Behaviors of Caterpillar-like Soft Robots with a CPG-based Controller and Reinforcement Learning, Matthew Ishige, Takuya Umedachi, Tadahiro Taniguchi, and Yoshihiro Kawahara, J. of Soft Robotics, DOI: 10.1089/soro.2018.0126, 2019 (pdf)
  7. Caterpillar-inspired Crawling Robot using Both Compression and Bending Deformations, Takuya Umedachi, Masahiro Shimizu, Yoshihiro Kawahara, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2019.2893438, 2019 (pdf)
  8. Self-organizing cell tactile perception which depends on mechanical stimulus history, Masahiro Shimizu, Kosuke Minzan, Hiroki Kawashima, Kota Miyasaka, Takuya Umedachi, Toshihiko Ogura, Junichi Nakai, Masamichi Ohkura, Koh Hosoda, Advanced Robotics, Vol. 33, Issue 5, pp. 232-242, Special Issue on Cyborg and Bionic Systems, DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2019.1590232, 2019 (pdf)
  9. 生物を規範として使い物になるソフトロボットを作る, How to Make Useful Soft-bodied Robots Inspired by Animals, Takuya Umedachi, 日本ロボット学会誌, 37 巻 1 号 p. 12-15, DOI: 10.7210/jrsj.37.12, 2019 (link)

International Conference Presentation/国際学会での発表

  1. Upside-down Brachiation Robot Using Elastic Energy Stored through Soft Body Deformation, Kisuke Nonoyama, Masahiro Shimizu, Takuya Umedachi, The 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), Oct. 2022 (accepted).
  2. In-hand Manipulation Exploiting Bending and Compression Deformations of Caterpillar-Locomotion-Inspired Fingers, Tomoya Onodera, Noriyasu Iwamoto, Takuya Umedachi, The 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), Oct. 2022 (accepted).
  3. Conversion of Elastic Energy Stored in the Legs of a Hexapod Robot into Propulsive Force, Atusushi Kaneko, Masahiro Shimizu, and Takuya Umedachi, The 11th International Conference on Biomimetics and Biohybrid Systems (Living Machines 2022), July 20, 2022 (pdf coming soon, talk).
  4. Measuring Motion of Deformed Surfaces for Soft-bodied Robots/Animals with Multi-colored Markers, K. Hanaoka, M. Shimizu, T. Umedachi, 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft2022), April 2022 (pdf, talk).
  5. Development of 3D Printed Structure That Visualizes Bending and Compression Deformations for Soft-Bodied Robots, K. Hanaoka, M. Shimizu, T. Umedachi, Wed9Pos.6, 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), April 14, 2021 (pdf, talk).
  6. A Multigait Stringy Robot with Bi-Stable Soft-Bodied Structures in Multiple Viscous Environments, T. D. Ta, T. Umedachi, and Y. Kawahara, Proc. of IEEE IROS 2020, Virtual (previously Las Vegas, Nevada, US), Oct. 2020 (pdf)
  7. Blind Bin Picking of Small Screws Through In-finger Manipulation With Compliant Robotic Fingers, M. Ishige, T. Umedachi, Y. Ijiri, T. Taniguchi, Y. Kawahara, 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and System (IROS), To Appear, Las Vegas, USA, Oct. 2020.
  8. Self-healing Cell Tactile Sensor Fabricated Using Ultraflexible Printed Electrodes, Masahiro Shimizu, Toshinori Fujie, Takuya Umedachi, Shunsuke Shigaki, Hiroki Kawashima, Masato Saito, Hirono Ohashi, Koh Hosoda, 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 8932-8938, Las Vegas, USA, Oct. 2020 (pdf)
  9. Ramus: A Frequency-Multiplexed Power Bus for Powering, Sensing and Controlling Robots, Yuki Nishizawa, Takuya Sasatani, Matthew Ishige, Yoshiaki Narusue, Takuya Umedachi, Yoshihiro Kawahara, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, Yale University, April 6-9, 2020 (pdf)
  10. Demonstration of Teleoperated Bumblebee-Quadcopter System for Collision Avoidance, Shunsuke Shigaki, Masahiro Shimizu, Hiroki Kobayashi, Risa Ishiguro, Takuya Umedachi, Koh Hosoda, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, Yale University, pp. 188-193, April 6-9, 2020 (pdf)
  11. In-Hand Small-Object Counting from Tactile Sensor Arrays Installed on Soft Fingertips, Matthew Ishige, Takuya Umedachi, Yoshihisa Ijiri, Yoshihiro Kawahara, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, Yale University, April 6-9, 2020 (pdf)
  12. Electroantennography Measurement by Printed Electronics Electrode, Naoki Yamada, Shunsuke Shigaki, Masahiro Shimizu, Hirono Ohashi, Takuya Umedachi, Toshihiko Ogura, Koh Hosoda, 2020 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), pp. 844-847, 2020 (pdf)
  13. Cell Culturing on Electrical Circuit with Printed Electronics Technics, Masahiro Shimizu, Hiroki Kawashima, Takuya Umedachi, Shunsuke Shigaki, Toshihiko Ogura, Koh Hosoda, 2019 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS), pp. 1-3, Dec. 1, 2019.
  14. Soft-bodied caterpillar-like testbed developed with digital fabrication to close Vico’s loop (Invited talk), Takuya Umedachi, 2019 Living Machines Conference, Workshop: CLOSING VICO’S LOOP: ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY WITH LIVING MACHINES, July, 2019.
  15. Instant Inkjet Actuator and Sensor for Soft-bodied Crawling Robots, Tung D. Ta, Takuya Umedachi and Yoshihiro Kawahara, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019), Montreal, Canada, May 20-24, 2019 (pdf).
  16. Caterpillar-inspired Crawling Robot using Both Compression and Bending Deformations, Takuya Umedachi, Masahiro Shimizu, Yoshihiro Kawahara, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019), Montreal, Canada, May 20-24, 2019 (pdf, the same contents accepted in RA letter, poster).
  17. Actuation Frequency-Dependent Automatic Behavioral Switching on Caterpillar-Inspired Crawling Robot, Takuya Umedachi, Masahiro Shimizu, Yoshihiro Kawahara, 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2019), Paper MoPS.28, Soul, Korea, April 15, 2019 (pdf).

Domestic Conference Presentation/国内学会での発表

  1. 両面の半径が可変な円錐台型アクチュエータを連結した曲面形状ロボットの具現化，日下部大輝，梅舘拓也，岩本憲泰，ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会2022，2A1-R02，2022.
  2. 柔軟材料の曲げ変形に対する断面形状最適化を用いた折りたたみ空気圧アクチュエータの提案，萱間啓輔，岩本憲泰，梅舘拓也，ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会2022，2A-S07，2022．
  3. 曲率分布を自由に設計可能な連続体ロボット，吉川大喜，清水正宏，梅舘拓也，ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会2022，2A-S08，2022．
  4. 銀ナノインクを使ったセンサ・アクチュエータ一括印刷で製作する移動ロボット，日髙瑠加，タ・トゥン・デゥック，梅舘拓也，ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会2021，1P3-F10，June 6-8, 2021.
  5. 板状圧縮材を用いたテンセグリティにおける双安定構造の実現，中澤幸大，梅舘拓也，ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会，1P3-G11，June 6-8, 2021.
  6. 蠕動運動する指による把持物体のハンドリングを目指したロボットハンド，小野寺智哉，梅舘拓也，ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会，2P1-F02，June 6-8, 2021.
  7. 伸縮ひずみセンサを用いたソフトロボットに着せるモーションセンサ，大橋直和，梅舘拓也ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会，2P2-G09，June 6-8, 2021.
  8. 脚に生じる水平方向の弾性力を推進に活かした多脚ロボット，金子温志，伊與部聡，梅舘拓也，ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会，2P3-G11，June 6-8, 2021.
  9. 複数Living Hingeの共振を活用した単モータ駆動ロボットの多様な動き，○伊與部 聡，清水 正宏，梅舘 拓也，第38回 日本ロボット学会学術講演会(RSJ2020)，2A3-03 16:45～，2020.10.10
  10. 変形分布を可視化する多色パターン3D Printed Fabricの開発, ○花岡 航平，清水 正宏，梅舘 拓也，第38回 日本ロボット学会学術講演会(RSJ2020)，2A2-05 15:00～，2020.10.10