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Remote Life Support Robot Interface System for Global Task Planning and Local Action Expansion Using Foundation Models
Yoshiki Obinata, Haoyu Jia, Kento Kawaharazuka +2
Robot systems capable of executing tasks based on language instructions have been actively researched. It is challenging to convey uncertain information that can only be determined…
Vlimb: A Wire-Driven Wearable Robot for Bodily Extension, Balancing Powerfulness and Reachability
Shogo Sawaguchi, Temma Suzuki, Akihiro Miki +6
Numerous wearable robots have been developed to meet the demands of physical assistance and entertainment. These wearable robots range from body-enhancing types that assist human a…
Integrative Wrapping System for a Dual-Arm Humanoid Robot
Yukina Iwata, Shun Hasegawa, Kento Kawaharazuka +2
Flexible object manipulation of paper and cloth is a major research challenge in robot manipulation. Although there have been efforts to develop hardware that enables specific acti…
Fundamental Three-Dimensional Configuration of Wire-Wound Muscle-Tendon Complex Drive
Yoshimoto Ribayashi, Yuta Sahara, Shogo Sawaguchi +5
For robots to become more versatile and expand their areas of application, their bodies need to be suitable for contact with the environment. When the human body comes into contact…
CubiXMusashi: Fusion of Wire-Driven CubiX and Musculoskeletal Humanoid Musashi toward Unlimited Performance
Shintaro Inoue, Kento Kawaharazuka, Temma Suzuki +4
Humanoids exhibit a wide variety in terms of joint configuration, actuators, and degrees of freedom, resulting in different achievable movements and tasks for each type. Particular…
Robotic State Recognition with Image-to-Text Retrieval Task of Pre-Trained Vision-Language Model and Black-Box Optimization
Kento Kawaharazuka, Yoshiki Obinata, Naoaki Kanazawa +2
State recognition of the environment and objects, such as the open/closed state of doors and the on/off of lights, is indispensable for robots that perform daily life support and s…
Patterned Structure Muscle : Arbitrary Shaped Wire-driven Artificial Muscle Utilizing Anisotropic Flexible Structure for Musculoskeletal Robots
Shunnosuke Yoshimura, Akihiro Miki, Kazuhiro Miyama +4
Muscles of the human body are composed of tiny actuators made up of myosin and actin filaments. They can exert force in various shapes such as curved or flat, under contact forces…
CubiX: Portable Wire-Driven Parallel Robot Connecting to and Utilizing the Environment
Shintaro Inoue, Kento Kawaharazuka, Temma Suzuki +3
A wire-driven parallel robot is a type of robotic system where multiple wires are used to control the movement of a end-effector. The wires are attached to the end-effector and anc…
Construction of Musculoskeletal Simulation for Shoulder Complex with Ligaments and Its Validation via Model Predictive Control
Yuta Sahara, Akihiro Miki, Yoshimoto Ribayashi +4
The complex ways in which humans utilize their bodies in sports and martial arts are remarkable, and human motion analysis is one of the most effective tools for robot body design…
Real-World Cooking Robot System from Recipes Based on Food State Recognition Using Foundation Models and PDDL
Naoaki Kanazawa, Kento Kawaharazuka, Yoshiki Obinata +2
Although there is a growing demand for cooking behaviours as one of the expected tasks for robots, a series of cooking behaviours based on new recipe descriptions by robots in the…
Robot Design Optimization with Rotational and Prismatic Joints using Black-Box Multi-Objective Optimization
Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba
Robots generally have a structure that combines rotational joints and links in a serial fashion. On the other hand, various joint mechanisms are being utilized in practice, such as…
Robotic Environmental State Recognition with Pre-Trained Vision-Language Models and Black-Box Optimization
Kento Kawaharazuka, Yoshiki Obinata, Naoaki Kanazawa +2
In order for robots to autonomously navigate and operate in diverse environments, it is essential for them to recognize the state of their environment. On the other hand, the envir…
MEVIUS: A Quadruped Robot Easily Constructed through E-Commerce with Sheet Metal Welding and Machining
Kento Kawaharazuka, Shintaro Inoue, Temma Suzuki +4
Quadruped robots that individual researchers can build by themselves are crucial for expanding the scope of research due to their high scalability and customizability. These robots…
GeMuCo: Generalized Multisensory Correlational Model for Body Schema Learning
Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba
Humans can autonomously learn the relationship between sensation and motion in their own bodies, estimate and control their own body states, and move while continuously adapting to…
Reflex-Based Open-Vocabulary Navigation without Prior Knowledge Using Omnidirectional Camera and Multiple Vision-Language Models
Kento Kawaharazuka, Yoshiki Obinata, Naoaki Kanazawa +3
Various robot navigation methods have been developed, but they are mainly based on Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), reinforcement learning, etc., which require prior m…
Designing Fluid-Exuding Cartilage for Biomimetic Robots Mimicking Human Joint Lubrication Function
Akihiro Miki, Yuta Sahara, Kazuhiro Miyama +6
The human joint is an open-type joint composed of bones, cartilage, ligaments, synovial fluid, and joint capsule, having advantages of flexibility and impact resistance. However, r…
SAQIEL: Ultra-Light and Safe Manipulator with Passive 3D Wire Alignment Mechanism
Temma Suzuki, Masahiro Bando, Kento Kawaharazuka +2
Improving the safety of collaborative manipulators necessitates the reduction of inertia in the moving part. Within this paper, we introduce a novel approach in the form of a passi…
Design Optimization of Wire Arrangement with Variable Relay Points in Numerical Simulation for Tendon-driven Robots
Kento Kawaharazuka, Shunnosuke Yoshimura, Temma Suzuki +2
One of the most important features of tendon-driven robots is the ease of wire arrangement and the degree of freedom it affords, enabling the construction of a body that satisfies…