Kengo Iwao (M2) presented at the 40th Anniversary of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, held from Monday, September 23 to Thursday, September 26, 2024, in the Netherlands. Title: State Estimation and Environment Recognition of Articulated Structures Using Proximity Sensors Distributed on the Whole Body Authors: Kengo Iwao, Hikaru Arita, Kenji Tahara

We will be holding a laboratory tour on Monday, September 30th, according to the following schedule. We will introduce our research, share daily life in the lab, and demonstrate robots. If you are interested in the HCR Lab, please feel free to join us. Schedule 10:15 – 10:55 11:15 – 11:55 13:00 – 13:40 14:00 – 14:40 15:00 – 15:40 16:00 – 16:40

From September 1st (Sun) to September 2nd (Mon), we had a joint seminar trip with four research laboratories at Kyushu University’s Mountain House. The participating labs were the HCR Laboratory, Control Engineering Laboratory, System Engineering Laboratory, and Advanced Medical Devices Laboratory. On the first day, we enjoyed recreational activities and a BBQ, and on the second day, we visited Kusasenri and Yufuin for sightseeing.

Our lab members, Mr. Chao (GC-M2), Mr. Furunaga (M2), Mr. Katamine (M1), Mr. Tokiwa (M1), and Mr. Kanekiyo (M1) gave presentations at the 42st Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan held in Sendai, Japan from September 3 (Tue.) to 6 (Fri.), 2024. Please refer to the proceedings for details.