Takayuki Miyamoto / 宮本 峻志, PhD

Excited to present our rat exoskeleton at ICRA 2026! We developed what we believe is the first rodent exoskeleton designed to support the entire rat hindlimb (thigh, shank, and foot). Our goal is to provide a new robotic platform for neurorehabilitation research. #ICRA2026

Why would they make it look like that

Be honest. What's stopping you from going all in on robotics right now? 🤣

This is sick.

@TIMEBOMBGEININ このまえ成田空港でお話ししてくれてありがとうございます！

久しぶりにAtsu氏と飲み！

@hidaka1711 勧めたのはザバスじゃなくてXplosionのイチゴや

ザバスのイチゴ味、信じられんくらい泡立つ

@gracjan_goral Thank you! The published articles are available on IEEE Xplore. A new one is also in press. 10.1109/LRA.2025.3537858 I'm not sure if we're gonna open-source the design yet, but we're open to research collaborations.

@TakaM0331 great work! is the article available somewhere? are you planning on open-sourcing skeleton construction?

Excited to present our rat exoskeleton at ICRA 2026! We developed what we believe is the first rodent exoskeleton designed to support the entire rat hindlimb (thigh, shank, and foot). Our goal is to provide a new robotic platform for neurorehabilitation research. #ICRA2026

@exalbur Yeah I got my PhD in rat exoskeleton lol

@TakaM0331 they're doing PhDs out of anything now

@iuliaferoli Thanks! Just a poster, unfortunately. But feel free to stop by.

@TakaM0331 Sick! Are you presenting a poster or part of the expo? I’ll definitely come by and get some videos of this!

#TuI2I.410 (Tue, June 2, 3:00–4:30 PM)

NOTE: This study is non-invasive. No surgery or implants were used. The robot is mechanically designed to move safely with the animal and avoid unintended motion. All procedures were conducted under institutional animal-care approval.

That robot was built by teenagers. Japan has been putting kids like them on national TV every year since 1988, and most of them get a job offer from a place like Toyota or Honda before they even finish school. The show is called Robocon. Every year the kids get a weird challenge and have to build a robot for it. In 2022, the challenge was paper airplanes. The robots had to fold their own planes, stack them inside, then aim and land them on targets across a 12-meter field. They had 2 minutes 30 seconds. The winning team built a machine with 4 little launch tubes and a fan on top that sucked planes up onto rollers. People said the planes flew so smoothly it looked like a person was throwing them. 57 schools enter every year across 62 campuses. The top 25 teams make the national broadcast. Honda has sponsored the show since 2002. The man who started it back in 1988 was a Tokyo professor named Masahiro Mori. You might know his other big idea. He came up with the term "uncanny valley," the creepy feeling you get when a robot looks almost human but not quite right. The schools are called Kosen. Japan built them in 1961 because car companies couldn't hire enough engineers. Kids start at 15, right after middle school, and finish at 20. By the time they graduate, the average student has about 20 job offers waiting. Almost everyone gets hired. The buyers are names you've heard of: Toyota, Honda, Sony, plus the big robotics companies. Japan still makes 38% of the world's industrial robots. These are the giant arms in factories that weld cars and put your phone together. No other country makes more. Japan has 450,000 of them running in its own factories. Only China has more. The kids on TV folding paper airplanes are tomorrow's engineers. The competition is just the part you get to watch.

Toyota folding electric bike with a 40 km range

SoftFoot Pro is a motorless prosthetic foot developed by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia to mimic natural human walking with greater stability and efficiency.

Unitree Unveils: GD01, A Manned Transformable Mecha, from $650,000 👏 The world's first production-ready manned mecha. It can transform. It's a civilian vehicle. It weighs ~500kg with you inside. Please everyone be sure to use the robot in a Friendly and Safe manner.

TMECH accepted!

@hidaka1711 卒業おめでとう！！🥳🎉

accepted

Sony’s microsurgery robot features motion scaling (1/2–1/10), multi-jointed wrist-like instruments, and low-latency control. It integrates automatic instrument exchange, miniaturized tools, and 4K 3D imaging via OLED microdisplays, enabling precise manipulation of ~0.6 mm vessels with high stability and dexterity. Video Credit: Sony #robotics #robots #engineering #technology

Modern robotic wrist joints often use timing belt differentials to achieve smooth, multi-axis movement within compact spaces. By distributing motion through synchronized belt systems, a single actuator can control multiple rotational outputs with high precision. This design reduces weight, minimizes backlash, and allows for more efficient force transmission compared to traditional gear-based systems. It is widely used in robotic arms where accuracy, responsiveness, and compactness are critical. The result is more natural, fluid motion-bringing robotic systems closer to human-like dexterity in industrial and automation applications.

exoIQ Active Exoskeletons: Boosting Worker Strength and Safety in Industrial Environments via @WevolverApp #Innovation #Technology #Engineering