Prof. Ohka Laboratory

Date：　2021/10/13 15:18:19

Research policy and interest

In our laboratory, "Tactile sensing" is the keyword which encompasses three areas of broad research: sensors for robots, virtual reality and psychophysics. In recent years our research has focused on developing hardware and software which would allow a person to touch, hold, and feel a virtual object via a mechanical apparatus. The research activities converge in experimental research including the following three examples: mathematical modeling of human tactile sensing recognition mechanism; research on mobile robot cooperative behavior acquisition; and research on humanoid robot environmental data acquisition using tactile sensing.

Tactile sensing is a nonlinear phenomenon because of the contact problem. Furthermore, the brain's experience of tactile sensation is caused by a complex nonlinear system. Therefore tactile sensing relates closely to complex systems science. We expect that complex systems science will inform tactile sensing and vice versa. We pursue new discoveries via investigation of the relationship between tactile sensing and complex systems science.

Laboratory location　　Map 　 Graduate School of Information Science Building (Graduate School of Human Informatics, building number A4-3 on the map) 　 5th floor, room number 505 (Prof. Ohka) 5th floor, room number 511 (graduate students room) 6th floor, room number 628 (graduate students room) 2nd floor, room number 208 in Graduate School of Languages & Cultures Building A4-2(Laboratory) 　　 Pamphlet of our lab. (April, 2007)	Graduate School of Informatics Building
Topics 　 Awards of International Conference MIPE2015 Excellent Paper Award 　 International PRIDE Competition (2013-2014) Champion of University/College category 　　 Publication of 'Frontier of Actuator Study' We can learn everything about actuators through this book (in Japanese). Click here. 　 Publication of 'Next-Generation Actuators Leading Breakthroughs' New achievements about actuators are appeared in this book, which is written in English. Click here.	Left: MIPE2015 Excellent Paper Award 　 Right: International PRIDE Competition (2013-2014) Champion of University/College category
Awards of International Conference MHS2017 Best Paper Award 　　　 Publication of 'Design of Robotic Tactile Sensors / Toward new robots, VR and haptic devices' We can learn tactile sensors and haptic devices (in Japanese). https://www.it-book.co.jp/books/111.html	Left: MHS2017 Best Paper Award 　 Right: Design of Robotic Tactile Sensors

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　　〒464-8601　Nagoya Chikusa-ku Furo-cho Nagoya University Graduate School of Informatics, Department of Complex Systems Science

E-mail: o#h#k#a@i.nagoya-u.ac.jp(Please abolish # mark)

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Graduate School of Information Science Building (Graduate School of Human Informatics, building number A4-3 on the map)

5th floor, room number 505 (Prof. Ohka)

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