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Submersible Motor

Submersible Motor

Dynamics

Recognition

Elastic Actuation

Elastic Actuation

In-pipe Inspection
Serpentine Locomotion
Mechanical Interaction
Underwater Application

M-shaped articulated wheeled in-pipe inspection robot “AIRo”

A snake-like underwater swimming robot that does not use waterproof seals on its actuators “S-GEM Snake”

Serpentine locomotion using parallel elastic actuators

M-shaped articulated wheeled in-pipe inspection robot “AIRo”

Robotic arm with low-friction geared electric motors

A snake-like underwater swimming robot that does not use waterproof seals on its actuators “S-GEM Snake”

News

2026.03.03

AY2025 Farewell Party

2026.02.22

AY2025 Master’s Thesis Defense & Bachelor’s Thesis Presentation

2026.02.11

AY2025 Midterm Poster Presentation for M1 and PhD students

2026.01.26

M2 Hiromoto wins SIYA-SII 2026 Paper Award at SII 2026

2025.12.14

Three Students present at the SICE System Integration Conference (SI 2025) in Hiroshima

2025.11.30

Celebrating the FOOMA JAPAN 2025 AP Award aboard the Lake Biwa Cruise Ship Michigan

2025.11.26

Professor Kakogawa featured on “esse-sense.com — A Web Media Platform for Researchers’ Insights”

2025.11.25

IIFES 2025 Booth Exhibit at Tokyo Big Sight

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Ritsumeikan University
College of Science and Engineering
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Department of Robotics
Robotics Research Center
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Underwater
Serpentine Locomotion

Kakogawa-Kominami Lab

Postal Code: 525-8577
1-1-1, Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan

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