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
Advances in Bio-inspired System and Robotics
Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering · 2027
Advances in Bio-inspired System and Robotics
Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering · 2027
SMART-PIPEBOT: A soft pipe-climbing robot with woodpecker tail-inspired support mechanism for single-sidewall adhesion
Sheng Lin, Gen Li, Ziwei Wang +3 more
Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics · 2026
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