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We received the Best Paper Award at Swarm2024.
Paper："Evolution and analysis of controllers for a robotic swarm: A case study on collective perception"
Authors：Daichi Morimoto, Souto Takase, Motoaki Hiraga, Kazuhiro Ohkura, and Masaharu Munetomo
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Second-year master's students, Iwami and Yamane, presented their research at the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2024.
First-year master's student Fujita and second-year master's student Komura presented their research at the 68th Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SCI). Fujita received the SCI Student Presentation Award.
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Four new fourth-year undergraduate students have been assigned to our lab.
Special Research Fellow Morimoto has been appointed as an Assistant Professor at Kyushu Institute of Technology.
Two second-year master's students have completed their master's program.
Four fourth-year undergraduate students have graduated from the bachelor's program.
Fourth-year undergraduate students Takase, Sone, Shimodoi, and Fujita presented their research at the 54th Student Member Graduation Research Presentation Conference of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers in Chugoku and Shikoku. Takase received the Excellent Presentation Award.
First-year master's students Taguchi and Yamane presented their research at the 62nd General Meeting and Conference of the Chugoku and Shikoku Branch of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Ph.D. first-year student Morimoto's paper has been accepted for publication in Artificial Life and Robotics.
First-year master's student Shiozaki has received the SSI Excellent Paper Award.
Third-year Ph.D. students Hiraga and Jin's paper has been accepted for publication in Artificial Life and Robotics.
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Since the 2020 academic year, the lab name has been changed to 'Intelligent Mechanical Systems Lab A'.
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Ms. Nie, a first-year master's student, and Mr. Stefano, a second-year master's student, presented their research at the 62nd System Control Information Conference SCI'18.
Hosted a welcome dinner for new fourth-year students.
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New fourth-year students joined the laboratory.
Held a farewell dinner for graduating students.
Held a year-end party.
Mr. Kan, a first-year master's student, presented his research at the 18th SICE System Integration Division Conference (SI2017).
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Mr. Hiraga, a second-year master's student, was selected as a Best Student Paper Award Finalist at SWARM 2017: The Second International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics.
Mr. Hiraga, a second-year master's student, presented his research at SWARM 2017: The Second International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics.
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Four new research students joined the laboratory.
Professor Ohkura presented his research at the International Conference on Innovative Technologies IN-TECH2017.
Held the doctoral dissertation public hearing for Mr. Kameda, a third-year doctoral student.
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Purchased PS4 and PSVR to start VR research.
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Ms. Jiang, a second-year master's student, presented her research at the 61st System Control Information Conference SCI'17.
Professor Ohkura presented his research at the 2017 Robotics and Mechatronics Conference ROBOMECH2017 of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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New research student Ms. Nie joined the laboratory.
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Professor Yasuda took up the position of associate professor at Toyama University.
Held a farewell dinner for Professor Yasuda in commemoration of graduation.
Second-year master's students presented their master's thesis.
Fourth-year undergraduate students presented their graduation thesis.
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Held a social gathering with Mr. Matsuura from JTS.
Hosted a year-end presentation and party with Associate Professor Matsumura from Shinshu University and Mr. Ogaki, a second-year master's student.
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Assistant Professor Yasuda and Mr. Kataoka, a first-year master's student, presented their research at the 17th SICE System Integration Division Conference (SI2016).
Mr. Nakajima and Mr. Anbo, second-year master's students, presented their research at the SICE System and Information Division Academic Conference 2016 (SSI2016).
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Mr. Wei, a first-year doctoral student, presented his research at the 20th Asia Pacific Symposium, Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems (IES2016).
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New international students Mr. Stefano Kristoforus Sebastian and Mr. Kim Bak-in joined the laboratory.
Professor Ohkura presented his research at the SICE Annual Conference 2016.
Professor Ohkura and Mr. Wei, a first-year doctoral student, presented their research at the Tenth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS) 2016.
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Mr. Hiraga, Mr. Kataoka, and Mr. Yasuda, first-year master's students, presented their research at the 2016 IEEE SMC Hiroshima Chapter Young Researchers Meeting.
Mr. Hiraga, a first-year master's student, presented his research at the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2016 (ROBOMECH2016).
Mr. Kataoka and Mr. Yasuda, first-year master's students, presented their research at the 60th System Control Information Conference (SCI'16).
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Hosted a welcome dinner for new fourth-year students.
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New fourth-year students joined the laboratory.
Held a farewell dinner to commemorate graduation.
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Second-year master's students presented their master's thesis.
Mr. Umiyama and Mr. Yo, third-year doctoral students, held their doctoral dissertation public hearing.
Fourth-year undergraduate students presented their graduation thesis.
Held a discussion and social gathering with Mr. Matsuura from JTS.
Held research introductions and discussions with Professor Matsumura from Shinshu University and Professor Woga from Fukuyama University.
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Conducted research introductions at the open campus.
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A collaborative research project centered on this laboratory was featured in the Hokkaido University Information Infrastructure Center Large-scale Computing System News Vol.38. pdf
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Presented at the Second Prisoner's Dilemma Tournament.
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Presented at the First Prisoner's Dilemma Tournament.
Professor Ohkura presented his research at the 2015 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation — IEEE CEC 2015.
Mr. Nakajima, a first-year master's student, presented his research at the 59th System Control Information Conference.
Mr. Hagiwara, a first-year master's student, presented his research at the 59th System Control Information Conference.
Mr. Nakaya, a first-year master's student, presented his research at the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2015.
Mr. Anbo, a first-year master's student, presented his research at the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2015.
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Published summaries of master's theses.
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Held a nabe (hot pot) gathering.
Published information for new fourth-year students regarding laboratory tours.
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Held a udon gathering.
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Held a meal gathering in the laboratory.
- Professor Ohkura presented research at the 27th Symposium on Autonomous Distributed Systems.
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We held a Christmas party.
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- First-year master's student Tatsuya Morikawa presented research at the 15th SICE System Integration Division Conference.
- Assistant Professor Yoda presented research at SII2014.
- Professor Ohkura presented research at RiiSS'14 (SSCI2014).
- Assistant Professor Yoda presented research at SCIS & ISIS 2014.
- Second-year master's student Zhiwen Wang presented research at the 23rd SICE China Branch Academic Conference.
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A seminar organized by SICE China was held (Professor Noriyuki Fujimoto from Osaka Prefecture University, titled "Speeding up Metaheuristics using GPU").
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- Added an article about 3D printers.
- Professor Ohkura presented research at IES2014.
- Assistant Professor Yoda presented research at IWCIA2014.
Nescafé Barista and Dolce Gusto machines arrived in the laboratory.
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We held a basketball tournament in the laboratory.
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Added a section called "Events" to introduce laboratory activities.
- Professor Ohkura, Assistant Professor Yoda, and first-year doctoral student Maki Kadota presented research at the 24th Intelligent Symposium.
- Professor Ohkura presented research at ANTS 2014.
- Second-year doctoral student Tian Yu presented research at SICE 2014.
We held a "Thank you for your efforts in the graduate entrance exam @ Zoom-Zoom Stadium, watching Hiroshima Carp." event.
We held a "Sanuki Udon Party."
- Third-year doctoral student Kaiyama presented research at WCCI 2014.
Contributed an article titled "Laboratory Introduction" to the 26th Hiroshima Institute of Technology Magazine (Issue 137).
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- First-year master's student Akitoshi Adachi presented research at the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2014.
- First-year master's student Tatsuya Morikawa presented research at the Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2014.
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- Second-year master's student Keisuke Uchikura presented research at the 58th SICE Academic Conference.
- Second-year master's student Fuyuki Nomura presented research at the 58th SICE Academic Conference.
Updated entrance examination information for graduate student recruitment.
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- Akitoshi Adachi, Kento Iwasaki, Akira Handa, Tatsuya Morikawa, and Masahide Yoshinaga graduated from Hiroshima University Faculty of Engineering.
- Hiroki Kage, Toshiki Sasatani, Naoki Shimaya, Takaharu Takenaka, and Nanami Wada completed their master's degrees.
- Second-year master's student Naoki Shimaya received the Miura Award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Second-year master's student Naoki Shimaya was selected for student honors by the Faculty of Engineering and the Graduate School of Engineering.
Assistant Professor Yoda presented research at the 2014 Spring Conference of the Society of Precision Engineering.
Research student Maki Kadota received the Encouragement Award from the Technical Committee of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, Electronic, Information and System Division.
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- Assistant Professor Yoda presented research at the IEEE/SICE International Symposium.
- Third-year doctoral student Kaiyama presented research at the IEEE/SICE International Symposium.
- Second-year master's student Nanami Wada presented research at the 14th SICE System Integration Division Conference and the 32nd Conference of Animal Behavior Society.
- Second-year master's student Naoki Shimaya presented research at the SICE System and Information Division Academic Conference.
- Second-year master's student Toshiki Sasatani presented research at the SICE System and Information Division Academic Conference.
Assistant Professor Yoda and others were selected as finalists for the Best Paper Award at the IEEE/SICE International Symposium.
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At the 23rd Intelligent System Symposium, research student Maki Kadota and second-year master's student Naoki Shimaya received presentation awards.
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Website renewed.
At the 22nd Intelligent System Symposium, second-year master's student Takashi Kadota received the Best Paper Award.
At the 11th Complex System Micro Symposium, first-year master's student Takashi Kadota received the Excellent Presentation Award.