About me

I am an associate Professor at the Instrumentation and Robotics Laboratory, Utsunomiya University, working on robotics and robotic applications to agriculture, construction, and last-mile delivery.

My research interests lie in Robotics, Sensor Fusion and Machine Learning.

All my code including ROS packages are available at my github

Latest News

2026-09-28    Participated in IROS 2026@Pittsburgh, which featured outstanding research presentations, lively discussions, and company demonstrations showcasing the latest advances in robotics and technology. Together with Kahori Kita (Research Associate, SRALab@Northwestern University) and Sarthak Pathak (Associate Professor, Shibaura Institute of Technology), we organized the SICE Luncheon, featuring an invited talk by Dr. Katsu Yamane (Path Robotics) titled “A Robotics Journey: From Academia to Industry Research to Startup.”; and an introduction of SICE activities by the President of SICE Dr. Yuji Yasui. The event was a great success, attracting more participants than expected. We look forward to continuing this initiative at IROS 2027 in Florence, Italy.   More
2026-09-18    Our new paper Motivation-Based Action Selection and Emergence of Locomotion Behavior for BURs has been published in the journal IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters   More
2026-08-20    Our new paper Obstacle Avoidance Using Population Vector Code-Based SNN-CPG Controller for Robotic Fish in Unknown Environment has been published in the journal “Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics”   More
2026-08-14    The work our laboratory is carrying out on robotics and machine learning technologies for agriculture was featured on BS Nittere’s program “Galileo X”.   More
2026-08-01    Appointed Deputy Director of the Institute for Promotion of Research REAL: Robotics Engineering and Agriculture-technology Laboratory   More
2026-04-30    Master’s first year student Moriaki Kubo received the Best Presentation Award at the conference of the Japanese Society for Precision Engineering.   More
2026-01-14    Our paper has been presented at the 2026 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII).   More
2025-10-22    Our new paper Performance Evaluation Using Sim2Real of a Robotic Dolphin with Multi-Link Body Mechanism and CPG-Based Controller has been published in the journal IEEE Access   More
2025-06-01    Our paper has been presented at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (RCAR).   More
2025-04-01    Started new position as Associate Professor at Utsunomiya University   More