I am a robotics researcher. My research interests are in the robotics in the harsh environment such as space and unstructured terrain. Feel free to download my CV (Contact info. is in it.).
Some projects are supported by JKA and its promotion funds from KEIRIN RACE.
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Oct. 2021 – Today Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University. (Lab: Space Robotics Laboratory)
Oct. 2024 – Dec. 2025 Workshop Co-organizer: “Climbing Robotics”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025.
Aug. 2025 Scientific Committee Member, Space Robotics Workshop, IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology / Space Computing Conference (SMC-IT/SCC), 2025.
Sep. 2024 Special Session Co-organizer: “Space Autonomy”, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2024.
Dec. 2023 – Jun. 2024 Technical Committee Member, International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo), 2024.
2019 – Present Paper Reviewer for IEEE/RSJ IROS, IEEE ICRA, IEEE RA-L, IEEE T-MECH, iSpaRo, IEEE/SII, Space Science Review, Advanced. Robotics, Science Robotics, etc.
JSME (The Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences)
RSJ (The Robotics Society of Japan)
JSASS (The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers)
SICE (The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers)
IEEE
Oct. 2018 – Sep. 2021 Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering @Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)
Thesis: “Autonomous Limbed Climbing Robots for Challenging Terrain Exploration”, GPA: 4.00/4.00
Oct. 2018 – Sep. 2021 M.S. in Aerospace Engineering @Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)
Thesis: “Autonomous Limbed Climbing Robots for Challenging Terrain Exploration”, GPA: 4.00/4.00
Apr. 2013 – Sep. 2016 B.S. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering @Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)
Thesis: “Gait Planning for a Free-Climbing Robot in Consideration of the Gripping Forces”, GPA: 3.39/4.00
Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2026 Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI).
Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2025 NSK Foundation for Advancement of Mechatronics
Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2024 JKA Research Grant for Young Researchers
Apr. 2019 – Mar. 2022 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI).
Apr. 2024 – Feb. 2025 Sasakawa Research Aid, The Japan Science Society.
Jan. 2023 – TBD JCN/JST Moonshot Research and Development Program (Goal 3): Self-evolving AI Robot System for Lunar Exploration and Human Outpost Construction (Project Manager: Prof. Kazuya Yoshida)
Apr. 2019 – Sep. 2021 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, Doctoral Course (DC1), Japan.
Oct. 2018 – Sep. 2021 Tohoku University GP-mech Program, Japan.
Apr. 2018 Society for Promotion of Space Science, Japan.
Jan. 2022 Young Encouragement Award Excellence Award, JSASS.
Sep. 2021 The 24th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR), The Highly Commended Paper, 2021. (For the excellent paper in the conference) NEW
Mar. 2020 The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers Tohoku Chapter, The Best Presentation Award (For the most excellent presentation in the 328th SICE Tohoku chapter workshop)
Mar. 2019 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineering (JSME), Miura Award (For the most excellent student in personality and academic learning in each department)
Masahiro Uda, Kenta Sawa, Takuya Kato, Kentaro Uno, “End-Effector and Robot”, 特願2023-102850, June 22nd, 2023.
Takuya Kato, Kentaro Uno, “Gripping Mechanism”, PCT/JP2022/021947, May 30th, 2022.
Robotics Systems Lab., Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich (Zürich, Switzerland)
JAXA Human Spaceflight Technology Center
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
AI inside
TOYOTA Motor Corporation
Amulapo
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Coffee
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