{"id":129,"date":"2024-10-04T12:39:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T03:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kikulab.it-chiba.ac.jp\/Eng\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2025-03-25T16:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T07:49:42","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kikulab.chibatech.ac.jp\/Eng\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"129-c1\" class=\"style-776 style-local-129-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"129-c2\" id=\"initial-content\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-777 style-local-129-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"129-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-781 style-local-129-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-782-outer style-local-129-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"129-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-782 style-local-129-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"129-c5\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-783 style-local-129-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>We, Kikuchi Lab., have started research and development of robots in 2001 at the department of Precision Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology (CIT), then moved to the department of Mechanical Science and Engineering in 2003,\n                      and have been part of the department of Advanced Robotics since 2006.<\/p>\n                    <p>We believe that, in an autonomous mobile robot, harmony of \u201cmorphology\u201d (structural system such as shape, scale, and material) and \u201cintelligence\u201d (control system such as relationship between sensor inputs and actuator outputs) is important\n                      and new \u201cfunctions\u201d emerge from interplay between such systems and environment. From this point of view, we are studying various robots for locomotion. Our developed jump robot using vibration climbs up stairs quickly without impact.\n                      Our butterfly-style flapping robot with 0.5 g and 10-cm wingspan takes off at the flapping frequency of 10Hz and over 10 Gs. Additionally, taxiing motion of a flying fish and direct takeoff from water surface by a diving beetle are\n                      investigated by CFD\/FSI analysis.<\/p>\n                    <p>We are always challenging new robot technologies.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"129-c6\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-1 gutters-row-md-1 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-1 gutters-row-v-md-1 gutters-row-v-1 style-1152 style-local-129-c6 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-1 gutters-col-md-1 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-1 gutters-col-v-md-1 gutters-col-v-1\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto 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