HCR Laboratory Members 2026

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Professor Kenji Tahara, Ph.D.(Eng.) researchmap1998, B.S. deg. in Mech. Eng. Ritsumeikan Univ. 2000, M.S. deg. in Info. Sci. and Syst. Eng. Ritsumeikan Univ. 2003, Ph.D. deg. in Robotics, Ritsumeikan Univ.2003, Research Scientist, BMC Research Center, RIKEN 2007, Assoc. Prof., Faculty of Info. Sci. and Elect. Eng. Kyushu Univ. 2011, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Mech. Eng. Faculty of Eng. Kyushu Univ. 2020, Full Prof., Dept. of Mech. Eng. Faculty of Eng. Kyushu Univ. |
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Associate Professor Hikaru Arita, Ph.D.(Eng.) researchmap2012, B.Eng. in Intelligent Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Electro-Communications 2014, M.Eng. in Informatics and Engineering, Univ. of Electro-Communications 2019, Ph.D. in Informatics and Engineering, Univ. of Electro-Communications2014, Researcher, Sensor Division, Omron Corporation 2018, JSPS Research Fellow (DC2) 2019, Assist. Prof., Dept. of Robotics, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan Univ. 2022, Assist. Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Eng., Kyushu Univ. 2024, Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Eng., Kyushu Univ. |
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Associate Professor Kazuto Nakashima, Ph.D. (Eng.) researchmap2015, B.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kyushu Univ. 2017, M.Eng. in Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu Univ. 2020, Ph.D. in Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu Univ.2019, JSPS Research Fellow (DC2) 2021, Research Fellow, Dept. of Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu Univ. 2023, Assist. Prof., Dept. of Informatics and Intelligent Systems, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu Univ. 2024, Assoc. Prof., Special Division of Interdisciplinary Informatics, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering (Affiliated with Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Eng.), Kyushu Univ. |
| Staff | |
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| Secretary | Junko Araki Natsuko Hamasaki |
| Students ※ GC means Global Course (Admission in October) | |
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| Doctoral Program | GC-D2 Ha Thang Long Doan GC-D1 Masato Morita |
| Master’s Program | M2 Shosuke Ideo Yuya Koga Misato Koreki Koki Shimoyanakita Ren Tanaka Kazuki Haruna M1 Tomohito Iwata Haruto Koga Kouki Sakoguchi Ryo Terazaki Ryoma Beppu Ryota Yamaguchi |
| GC-B4 Nevzorov, Vladimir B4 Ryo Ishida Kentaro Onitsuka Kensuke Kodama Kazuki Bekku Yusuke Yonemura |
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| Research Student | Théo Dangel (PhD student at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna) |



