Special lecture by Professor Frank C Park (IEEE RAS President/Professor at Seoul National University) was held at BKC Campus on February 2nd. The title was “Robot Models in the Age of Machine Learning”.
Below is a comment from Mr. LIU Zaiyang(Doctoral student).

Thank you  very much for Prof. Park’s amazing presentation. I learned a lot from this lecture. Firstly, I realized the limitations of the traditional robot model based on kinematics and dynamics. I used to view the two independent problems as being “solved”, but this is far from the case, especially if a robot has a high degree of freedom and the measurements are noisy. Secondly, I know about the underlying geometric properties of robots and the significance of machine learning. This lecture broadened my horizons and made me realize my lack of knowledge. I will continue to work hard to make up for my shortcomings.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

https://www.ieee-ras.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Online welcome party was held on January 18^th for new lab members.

35 people participated and we had a good time.

Hopefully we will be able to get together and drink face to face in the near future!.

Thanks to B4 Mr.Oguni for arranging the party！

The 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022) chaired by Professor Ma was successfully held on October 23–27, 2022 at The Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto. The theme of IROS 2022 was “Embodied AI for a Symbiotic Society’’. Over 3800 on-site participants (along with 873 online participants) from all over the world attended the conference more than half of whom were young researchers and students. We believe that IROS2022 will have a great impact on their future research!

40th RSJ2022 was held at Tokyo University from September 5th-9th. Six students from our laboratory gave presentation. The conference was divided into various thematic sessions. Through the sessions  that were close to our research, we noticed our strength and weaknesses. I strongly felt that I need to improve my ability to think logically and sharpen my presentation skill. This was my first presentation at a conference and a great experience for my future studies.

We held Ma Lab Trial Program for first grade students on July 27^th and three students joined the program. We introduced our lab’s research, seminars, activities and information on job hunting. Then we explained the structures and movements of snake robots and manipulated them.

Below is a comment from a student who joined the program:

I learned how important mathematics and physics are!!  One small change in numerical data could change the robots’ movement which taught me that you need to examine over and over again in order to find the best value. I also found out that when one part of the snake robot is broken, all you need to do is replace that part and it will manipulate properly. I realized that there are different types of robots that play an important role in society. I hope that one day I can make a robot that would support our lives.

This program is held every year in summer. If you are interested please check Ritsumeikan Robotics webpage for details.

 

 

 

 

A paper from Assistant Professor Yang Tian entitled “Automatic feature type selection in digital photogrammetry of piping” has been featured on the cover of the journal “Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering”. This  journal ranked No1 in “ENGINEERING CIVIL” and “CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY” division of JCR2020 with an IF of  11.775.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mice.12840

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering: Vol 37, No 10 (wiley.com)

 

 

Hello,  I am Chihiro Hirose an M1 student in Ma lab.

ROBOMECH2022 was held in Sapporo Convention Center in Hokkaido from June1st to June 4^{th .}  Four M1 students from our lab participated.

Hokkaido in June was still very cold that one of us had to buy a jacket. This was my first visit to Hokkaido. We ate so many delicious food like jingiskan(lamb meat), Sapporo ramen and lots of seafood.

The theme of the conference was “Path to the New Normal Era for Robotics and Mechatronics”. It was a poster session where each of us stood in front of the poster and gave presentation. For all four of us this was our first poster presentation.

What I learned from this experience is the importance of summarizing the points. It was an hour and a half session but time passed so fast because I had to explain to so many people. It was a great opportunity to experience different type of presentation from what we usually do. Moreover we communicated with other university students and broadened our minds.

Hello everyone !

We had Baka seminar last month on May 28^th.

In Baka (which means silly or foolish) seminar, you do a research on something you care about in your daily life that has nothing to do with your study and give presentation.  Before Covid19 we would have BBQ and stay overnight but this year we held it hybrid both at school and online.

The best presentation was Mr.Murata(M1)’s “electronic board name card” ! He made an electronic board name card and programmed it so that you can see a pot pouring coffee (appears in LED light) in a cup ! (He actually works at a coffee shop)

There were other really interesting researches that students prepared in a short period of time. Thanks to a graduate student who participated via zoom and gave us comments.

Hopefully we will be able to visit somewhere next year and have more time to communicate with each other!!

Former Malab graduate student Yongchen Tang (completed doctoral course in 2019)’s paper was published in a journal “Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics”.

Undulatory gait planning method of multi-legged robot with passive-spine

Yongchen Tang, Guoteng Zhang, Dingxin Ge, Chao Ren, Shugen Ma

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667379721000280?via%3Dihub

In December, Professor Ma was interviewed by Wechat official account “Beijing Research Center for Science of Science” in China. His interview is now published on the internet.

“In the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, researchers should focus more on cutting-edge technology research”

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MocZkBIRoHNoQmKbNI1lwQ