Lab Tour for New Incoming Students
On August 6, 2025, we held a lab tour for incoming students in the Department of Mechanical and Robotics Engineering, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University. Our fourth-year undergraduates, Osawaand Minesugi, gave clear introductions to our research topics and facilities. 👏 At Umedachi Lab, we presented past projects (displayed on the shelves) and ran brief demos. We […]
Report on Invited Talk: Appearance on Morphological Computation (YouTube)
Takuya Umedachi of the Umedachi Laboratory, Shinshu University, was invited to speak on the YouTube channel Morphological Computation, delivering a talk titled “Emergence Through Conflict — Morphological Computation in Decentralized Robotic Systems.” The recording (“MorphoTalks – Dr. Takuya Umedachi”) is available on the channel. (The talk begins at 32:55.) About the Channel (Morphological Computation) The channel is run by […]
Public Workshop in Ueda: "Let’s Build a Caterpillar Robot!" held at Machinaka Campus
As part of the community education program at Machinaka Campus Ueda, we held a hands-on parent–child workshop titled “Let’s Build a Caterpillar Robot!”. Participants created soft robots that move like caterpillars using artificial muscles. A total of nine parent–child pairs, including elementary and junior high school students, joined the event. Each team assembled electronic circuits and […]
Our JRM Paper with Iwamoto Sensei Has Been Published
We are pleased to announce that our joint research with Assistant Prof. Noriyasu Iwamoto (Shinshu University) and Masaru Miyajima has been published in the international journal Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics (JRM). Citation: “Variable-Corner Robotic Surfaces with Minimal Area and Their Kinematics.” Masaru Miyajima, Takuya Umedachi, Noriyasu Iwamoto, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics (JRM), 37(1): 143–152, Published Feb. 20, 2025. DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2025.p0143 ( Open […]
Senior thesis presentations (Academic Year 2024)
On March 12, 2025, Mr. Yuma Inaba, Mr. Hirofumi Imamoto, and Mr. Yusuke Kitano, fourth-year undergraduate students in the Umedachi Lab., presented their one-year research results at the senior thesis presentation of the Functional Mechanics Course, Department of Mechanics and Robotics, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University. Their outcomes will be presented at […]
Satoshi Iobe's research has been published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
Mr. Satoshi IOBE, a member of our laboratory, has developed a vibrating robot that can produce locomotion forward, turn to the right, turn to the left, and make various other movements despite the use of only one motor. The research article is available on IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (IF: 3.74 (2020)). Mr. Iyobe successfully […]