RIKEN — Institute for Physical and Chemical Research (Robotics)
Japan's largest comprehensive research institution. RIKEN developed ROBEAR — the bear-shaped nursing robot that can lift patients from bed — and leads in soft robotics and neural interfaces.
Notable achievements
ROBEAR nursing robot, soft robotics research, brain-machine interfaces for robot control, bio-inspired locomotion.
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
Soft robotics for chemists.
Filip Ilievski, Aaron D. Mazzeo, R. Shepherd +2 more
Angewandte Chemie · 2011
Flexible Electronics and Devices as Human-Machine Interfaces for Medical Robotics
Wenzheng Heng, Samuel A. Solomon, Wei Gao
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2021
Biomolecular “lock-key” model-inspired cage/benzene ring structure chain-extension matching strategy for high performance of linear waterborne polyurethane toward application in recyclable soft robotics
Chen Zhou, Nana Zhao, Xiaoxiao Yang +5 more
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science · 2026
Optimization-based shape design of soft-rigid hybrid fingers for adaptive parallel robotic gripper
Yilun Sun, Zengwei Wang, Tim C. Lueth
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics · 2026
Impact of the pectoral fin geometry on the gliding performance of flying fish robot
Shihao Ran, Junhao Wang, Kexian Liu +7 more
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics · 2026
Length Control of Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Inspired by Intrafusal-Extrafusal Muscle Interactions.
Sakamoto K, Masuda Y, Takeda SI +1 more
Bioinspiration & biomimetics · 2026