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Efficient Robot Design with Multi-Objective Black-Box Optimization and Large Language Models
Kento Kawaharazuka, Yoshiki Obinata, Naoaki Kanazawa +2
Various methods for robot design optimization have been developed so far. These methods are diverse, ranging from numerical optimization to black-box optimization. While numerical…
M3D-skin: Multi-material 3D-printed Tactile Sensor with Hierarchical Infill Structures for Pressure Sensing
Shunnosuke Yoshimura, Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Okada
Tactile sensors have a wide range of applications, from utilization in robotic grippers to human motion measurement. If tactile sensors could be fabricated and integrated more easi…
Design and Development of a Remotely Wire-Driven Walking Robot
Takahiro Hattori, Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Okada
Operating in environments too harsh or inaccessible for humans is one of the critical roles expected of robots. However, such environments often pose risks to electronic components…
A Universal Wire Testing Machine for Enhancing the Performance of Wire-Driven Robots
Temma Suzuki, Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Okada
Compared with gears and linkages, wires constitute a lightweight, low-friction transmission mechanism. However, because wires are flexible materials, they tend to introduce large m…
MEVITA: Open-Source Bipedal Robot Assembled from E-Commerce Components via Sheet Metal Welding
Kento Kawaharazuka, Shogo Sawaguchi, Ayumu Iwata +3
Various bipedal robots have been developed to date, and in recent years, there has been a growing trend toward releasing these robots as open-source platforms. This shift is foster…
Mockingbird: How does LLM perform in general machine learning tasks?
Haoyu Jia, Yoshiki Obinata, Kento Kawaharazuka +1
Large language models (LLMs) are now being used with increasing frequency as chat bots, tasked with the summarizing information or generating text and code in accordance with user…
An RGB-D Camera-Based Multi-Small Flying Anchors Control for Wire-Driven Robots Connecting to the Environment
Shintaro Inoue, Kento Kawaharazuka, Keita Yoneda +4
In order to expand the operational range and payload capacity of robots, wire-driven robots that leverage the external environment have been proposed. It can exert forces and opera…
KLEIYN : A Quadruped Robot with an Active Waist for Both Locomotion and Wall Climbing
Keita Yoneda, Kento Kawaharazuka, Temma Suzuki +2
In recent years, advancements in hardware have enabled quadruped robots to operate with high power and speed, while robust locomotion control using reinforcement learning (RL) has…
Design Optimization of Three-Dimensional Wire Arrangement Considering Wire Crossings for Tendon-driven Robots
Kento Kawaharazuka, Shintaro Inoue, Yuta Sahara +3
Tendon-driven mechanisms are useful from the perspectives of variable stiffness, redundant actuation, and lightweight design, and they are widely used, particularly in hands, wrist…
PIMBS: Efficient Body Schema Learning for Musculoskeletal Humanoids with Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Kento Kawaharazuka, Takahiro Hattori, Keita Yoneda +1
Musculoskeletal humanoids are robots that closely mimic the human musculoskeletal system, offering various advantages such as variable stiffness control, redundancy, and flexibilit…
Front Hair Styling Robot System Using Path Planning for Root-Centric Strand Adjustment
Soonhyo Kim, Naoaki Kanazawa, Shun Hasegawa +2
Hair styling is a crucial aspect of personal grooming, significantly influenced by the appearance of front hair. While brushing is commonly used both to detangle hair and for styli…