Future Robotics OrganizationWaseda University

Prof. SAWADA, Hideyuki

We promote the research and development of limb robots, civil engineering work robots, and infrastructure maintenance and management robots that autonomously perform life-saving and restoration work in the extreme environment after a disaster. We are also researching aerial image processing to grasp disaster conditions and traffic congestion conditions on roads using drones, and are developing the technologies for the detection of buried landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) using an infrared camera mounted on a drone.

• Four-arm, four-crawler disaster response robot
• Legged robot with high locomotion and manipulation ability

Quad-Arm Operation Robot Under Extreme Environments

• Able to operate under extreme environments utilizing quad arms and quad flippers. (Remove debris under high level radiation and hazard environments.Remove fallen trees,Fire distinguish,Cutting and crushing obstacles, etc.)

Research on Man-Machine Interface for operating Universal Robots in Hazardous Environment

• Design and development of a remote controlled four-armed, four-wheeled crawler robot named “Octopus”.
• Development of the eight limbs coordination control system for clearing rubble and saving lives in areas with complex terrain.
• Design of a new control strategy which can fully play the structural characteristics of multi-arm and multi-crawler to adapt unstructured environment without using external sensors.

Development of legged robots with high accessibility under extreme environment

• Versatility in locomotion styles of ladder climbing, crawling on uneven terrain, quadruped walking and wheeled driving.
• Wiring going inside high-power actuator units with hollow structure without exposure.

Director

• SAWADA, Hideyuki(Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Advisor

• OHYA, Jun

Researchers

• HASHIMOTO, Kenji Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Information, Production, and Systems
• ISHII, Hiroyuki Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering
• IWATA, Hiroyasu Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering
• SAWADA, Hideyuki Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Advanced Science and Engineering
• SUGANO, Shigeki Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering
• TAKANISHI, Atsuo Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering

Adjunct Researcher

• ISHIDA, Tatsuzo
• KAMEZAKI, Mitsuhiro
• NISHIKAWA , Keishi
• OGATA, Hiroyuki
• SEO, Chanjin
• WANG, Zhao

YAMAKAWA Lab.

Room314, Bldg.#59, Nishiwaseda Campus, WASEDA University
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