Overview
Micro robot & Mechatronics laboratory It always seems impossible until it’s done. Thank you for your visiting our home page. In our laboratory, we conduct research and development of precision, small robot systems. We cover a wide range of areas, including design, analysis, processing, assembly, measurement, control, and automation. Our laboratory, as of 2025, consists of one faculty member, five second-year master's students, eight first-year master's students, four fourth-year undergraduate students, and one ROUTE students. Our lab is actively recruiting graduate students (Master's and PhD) from both inside and outside the university. We welcome motivated individuals interested in mobile robots, manipulators, and actuators, and those who want to enhance their skills through research activities. Example themes: Wireless control of small robots, cooperative work by multiple small robots If you are interested in working on mechanisms, electronic circuits, or programming, we encourage you to consider joining our lab. For more details or if you wish to visit the lab, feel free to contact Associate Professor Fuchiwaki directly via email. For those applying from within the university Our lab accepts students from: Undergraduate: "Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Faculty of Engineering" Graduate: "Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Ocean Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering" or "Institute for Advanced Practical Studies, Applied AI" Please refer to our university's graduate admission website (Graduate School of Engineering or Institute for Advanced Practical Studies) for details about the graduate entrance exam. At the 44th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ2026), Mr. Sakamoto (M2) gave a presentation! We exhibited at Innovation Japan 2026! We exhibited at TECHNO-FRONTIER 2026! At the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2026, Mr. Isozaki (M2) and Ms.Irène gave presentations! We're pleased to announce that five undergraduate students (B4) and two master's students (M1) have joined our laboratory! At 2026 Spring Conference of The Japan Society for Precision Engineering, Mr. Watanabe (B4) gave a presentation! We published a journal paper in the international journal Advanced Intelligent Systems.< DOI> Title : Sub-Micrometer-Precision Path Following of Piezo-Actuated Mobile Robot At 11th International Conference of Asian Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology(ASPEN2025), Prof. Fuchiwaki, Mr. Ando(M1), and Mr. Sekiguchi(M1) gave presentations. As part of our online exhibition materials for the 2025 International Robot Exhibition, we have released an explanatory video, an PDF file and Leaflet prepared by Associate Professor Fuchiwaki. At the 43rd Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ2025)， Mr. Ueno (M2), Mr. Oishi (B4), Mr. Matsui (B4) gave presentations. Title : Ultrafast Untethered Levitation Device Utilized Squeeze Film for Omni-Directional Transport We published a journal paper in the international journal Advanced Intelligent Discovery.< DOI> Title : Autonomous Machine Learning-Based Classification and Arrangement of Submillimeter Objects Using a Capillary Force Gripper At the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2025, Mr. Kitamura (M2), Mr. Sekine (M2), Mr. Ishimaru (M1), Mr. Goto (M1), and Mr. Sekiguchi (M1) gave presentations. Four new B4 students and four new M1 students have joined our laboratory! Oishi (B3), Matsui (B3), Murakami (B3), and Hayashi (B2), who are ROUTE students in the Fuchiwaki Lab, gave presentations at the ROUTE Achievement Presentation Meeting! In addition, Matsui and Murakami received the Excellent Research Award selected by the Doctoral Committee!Congratulations! For more details, visitNews. Mr. Ando, an B4 student, gave a presentation at the Graduation Research Presentation Conference for Student Members of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering! We published a journal paper in the international journal Advanced Intelligent Systems. < DOI> Title : Untethered Autonomous Holonomic Mobile Micromanipulator for Operations in Isolated Confined Spaces We visited MinebeaMitsumi Inc. Tokyo Crosstech Garden (Shiodome) andheld a technology exchange meeting with the Technology Headquarters staff. For more details, visit News. Ms. Nishimura, a first-year M1 student at Fuchiwaki Lab, received the BioFrontier Young Researchers Excellent Presentation Award! Congratulations! Ms. Nishimura, an M1 student, gave a presentation at the Bio-Frontier Conference! M2 student Watanabe from our lab received the Best Presentation Award from the Society of Precision Engineers!Congratulations! Our laboratory welcomes graduate applications (Master's and PhD) from other universities! If you would like to visit the lab, please contact us at the email address below. Email: ml-fuchilab@gcl.ynu.ac.jp M2 student Watanabe presented at the Fall Meeting of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering! M2 students Tsukui, Minegishi, Haruhara, and B4 student Ishimaru presented at the Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan! We were featured on BS Fuji's "Galileo X"!Program title: How small can robots be? Challenges of micro robots in microscopic fieldsBroadcast date: April 28, 2024 (Sun) 8:28 AM - 9:00 AM / May 5, 2024 (Sun) 8:28 AM - 9:00 AM (Rebroadcast)Please check it out!For more details, visit News. Four new B4 students and one new M1 student have joined our lab! B4 student Sekine from our lab received the Excellent Student Award from the Robotics Society of Japan!Congratulations! B4 student Sekine from our lab received the Excellent Student Award from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers!Congratulations! B4 student Sekine from our lab received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 31st Student Graduation Research Presentation of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering!Congratulations!For more details, visit News. We published a journal paper in the international journal Advanced In