Teleoperations have been developed for extreme environments in which humans cannot enter. Bilateral control is one of the control methods that enable the transmission of tactile sensation of a remote object to an operator, using robots. Therefore, bilateral control has various applications such as medical surgery that require precise operations.

New system design strategies that take advanced human operational capabilities and safety into full consideration are required for designing control systems for devices and equipment that support human body motion, and that have attracted considerable and increasing interest. We propose a new design concept for the human support devices and equipment.

To add intelligence to machine tools, a sensor-less machining-force-monitoring method is developed. Novel machining technologies based on this method are also proposed. Specifically, these technologies are micromachining, contact detection, position-force hybrid machining, and automation of polishing. We will present the technology with actual demonstrations and video.

We have developed the functional material for an "electro-adhesive sheet" whose surface adhesive property can be changed according to applied electric field. The EA sheet can be applied to a brake, clutch, fixture mechanism, and so on.We will exhibit the developed devices in our booth.

Our laboratory is developing many types of microdevices whose applications range from information communication technology, such as tactile displays and wearable line-of-sight detection system, to laboratory-on-a-chip that can handle cells and bacteria.

Quick motion performances are realized by combining four wheel modules with an autonomous move function, and carrying out cooperation operation of each. Improvement in the motion performance, such as a turn in a narrow place, is expectable by adopting it as not only a senior car but a wheelchair.

Mixing technology is widely used including food engineering and medical engineering. Recently, the mixing technology has been reconstructed based on the chaotic dynamics. We present new mixer for high viscous fluids.

Non-steady combustion, combustion of methane hydrate and extinction by a carbon dioxide hydrate are introduced as an application of combustion technology. A reformer to form high purity hydrogen is introduced as an application of reforming technology.