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Humanoid robot has been very popular and interesting topic nowadays. Such type of robot seems to enter our daily life in future. Therefore, the chance for the robot and human to physically contact each other will increase. In this case, if the robot doesn't have the sense of touch, it will become very dangerous. Moreover, if the sense of touch that the robot felt can be transmitted to human, it will become more convenience especially for remote control or tele-operation. If this kind of tactile display technology is become possible, human on earth can feels the feeling of the stone that the robot took up in Mars.
　

The human is skillfully identifying the environments and objects by using their five sense of the sight, hear, touch, taste, and smell. In order to provide these kind of intelligent feeling to the machine, the sensor that can measure these senses is necessary. In present, intelligent sensor to sense sight, hear, taste and smell has been developed, however the development of tactile sensor is quite difficult and the development is highly expected. 

The tactile sensing is a sense that can be measured by starting to come in contact with the object. Therefore, the contact analysis of the object and the sensor is indispensable. It is one of the most challenging areas for the mechanical researcher. In our laboratory, the development of tactile sensor is consider so that it can be attached in the robot. This research has received the high appraisal as shown in the next section.

Moreover, in our laboratory, to assume the hint in advance development of tactile sensor, the mechanism of human's tactile sensing is measured in experiment and mechanics of calculation. High attention is gained in this research by an inside and outside researchers of psychology and physiology.

In our laboratory, members have received the various awards as shown in the following:

2019, Best paper, IEEE MHS 2019

2017, Best paper, IEEE MHS 2017

2016, Fellow of JSME

2016, Best paper, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka

2015, Best poster , IEEE MHS2015

2015, Best paper, IEEE IRIS2015

2015, Sliver，Research Innovation Symposium Exposition 2015

2014，Champion in university category，Performance Reliability Design Innovation Exploratory 2013-2014

2010，Best paper, World Automation Congress 2010

2010，Best paper, JSME

2009，ASME 2009 Best Mechatronics Paper

2007，Best paper Award, The International Conference on Control, Instrumentation and Mechatronics Engineering, 2007

2007，Funai award in JSME

2006，Special award， National Academic Conference 2006/The Enhancement of Human Capital Through Social Science and Technology

2006，Publishment award, AEM association 

2002，Best paper, JSME

1998，Best paper, JSME

http://www.is.nagoya-u.ac.jp/new_news/laboratory/laboratory_ohka_170224.html  (in Japanese)

http://www.ohka.cs.is.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~ohka/new_page_3.htm  (in Japanese)