Animal Locomotion through Robotics!

Our research lies at the intersection of biology and engineering: we use models, simulations and robots to understand how animals move, with a focus on morphology, decentralized control and interaction with the environment.

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14 Nov 2022

【Research】 The paper 'Active-sensing-based decentralized control of autonomous mobile agents for quick and smooth collision avoidance.' has been published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI!

Publication Details: Author: T. Kano, T. Kanno, T. Mikami and A. Ishiguro Title: "Active-sensing-based decentralized control of autonomous mobile agents...

28 Mar 2022

【Notification of Change of Laboratory website address】

Laboratory website address has been changed. From now on, please access from the following address! www.cmplx.riec.tohoku.ac.jp

15 Feb 2022

【Research】 The paper 'Adaptive Interlimb Coordination Mechanism for Hexapod Locomotion Based on Active Load Sensing' has been published in Frontiers in Neurorobotics!

Publication Details: A. Fukuhara, W. Suda, T. Kano, R. Kobayashi, and A. Ishiguro Title: "Adaptive Interlimb Coordination Mechanism for Hexapod...

15 Oct 2021

【Press release】Our research on salamanders walking was featured in press releases!

Tohoku Universiry: "Decoding how salamanders walk" https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/press/decoding_how_salamanders_walk.html

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06 Dec 2019

【Press release】Our research on amphibious locomotion of centipedes was published in press releases!

Tohoku University： "Navigating Land and Water: How Centipedes Walk and Swim” https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/press/navigating_land_and_water.html Video summary： https://youtu.be/gLMrh_6r760 University of Ottawa： "New research...