Mechanical and Biological Systems Control

At the Nakano Laboratory, based on knowledge of mechanical engineering, measurement engineering, and control engineering, we conduct various studies on human-oriented mobility engineering.

To Aim for a PhD or Master's Degree at the Nakano Lab

Nakano Lab accepts students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the III/GSII.
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What's New


2023/10/25
We will participate in the Kashiwa Campus Open House scheduled for October 27-28. Please come if you have interest in our lab.

2023/5/25
The University of Tokyo Komaba Open Campus 2023 will be held on June 9-10th. The booth of our laboratory is in DeB04. Everyone who want to attend it please reserve from the following link, https://komaba-oh.jp/.
2023/5/21 We will hold an online laboratory introduction for the introduction of entrance examination for the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies from 14:00 - 15:00 on May 21st (Sun.). We are making it possible to participant in for applicants of Mechanical Engineering, too.
Please click on the following link to know more:
https://www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event/230420event
2023/5/20 A panel exhibition will be held at Room 13BC, Engineering Building No. 2, Hongo Campus, for the introduction of entrance examination for the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 14:00 - 16:00 on May 20th (Sat.). Applicants for the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies are also welcome.
Please click on the following link to know more:
https://www2.mech.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/news/2484/
2022/6/8 We will hold a roundtable discussion on next-generation mobility from 13:00 to 14:30 on Jun. 11th. The discussion will be held in rooms An401 and An402, you can also participate online.
Please click the following link to know more about it:
https://2022.komaba-oh.jp/event/4926?fbclid=IwAR1MvD8mvkmhIpvAvsf-PuuG1S1HY0rVa74Bx9KytIP9LLEM0QxItbrAaV0
2022/6/8 The open Campus of IIS will be held face-to-face for the first time in three years! The booth is rooms DeB03 and DeB04. Please join us! Time: Jun. 10th ~ 11th.
2022/5/18 Please refer to the following URL for information on entrance examination at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies. The introduction meeting of our lab will be held at 14:10 ~ 15:00 on May 22nd.
https://www.iii.u-tokyo.ac.jp/event/220515orientation
We also make a lab introduction to students who aim at Mechanical Engineering at the same time. Please apply from the following URL.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dmnDWdAiVKFKi89lk-4JTxv1YVYBNQEnXPEFrt8JWkM/viewform?edit_requested=true#responses
2021/4/21 Congratulations to the graduations of 4 master students in March this year!
Moreover, we have 5 new master students, 1 new research student and 1 new internship student from April. Welcome to the K.Nakano Lab!
The member list has been updated.
2021/6/8 The introduction meeting of our lab will be held online during Komaba Open Campus. If you are interested, please join us without hesitation! The schedule is listed below:
6/11 10:00 - 11:00 for university students.
6/11 15:00 - 16:00 for enterprise researchers.
6/12 13:00 - 14:30 science cafe.
6/12 15:00 - 16:00 for middle and high school students.
2021/4/30 Mr. Ando Takayuki was awarded a ph.D. degree, Congratulations.
2021/3/25 Mr. Koichiro Inoue's research on HMI of autonomous driving won the Graduate School Research Award of the Society of Automotive Engineers. Congratulations!
2021/3/20 On March 20th, from 14:00, the citizen workshop of the automated-driving bus will be broadcast live on NicoNico. People who missed the chance to participate in this event can enjoy it online, please feel free to join us. https://sites.google.com/view/ad-forum-kashiwa/
2021/3/13 On March 13th, we will hold a test drive event for automated-driving buses for those who are at work or school in Kashiwa City. You must not miss this chance! Details are shown here..
2021/2/18 Our lab will present on Inspire Talks on 18th Feb. https://inspiretalks0218-21.peatix.com.
2020/6/10 The second introduction meeting of Nakano Lab will be held on Zoom at 18:00 on June 22nd, 2020. If you wished to attend, please register here.
2020/5/31 The introduction meeting of Nakano Lab will be held on Zoom at 17:30 - 18:30 on June 6th, 2020. If you are interested in our lab, please register here. Note that, for people who plan to participate in the introduction of entrance exam by Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, please follow the access method provided by Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies.
2020/4/2 Takaoka-san, has been awarded Eiji Muto Excellent Student Award! Congratulations!
2019/12/16 Poster presentation "Design of Longitudinal Controller for Automated Driving Bus" by Mr. Takayuki Ando has been awarded Best Poster Award at ITS Symposium 2019, ITS Japan. Congratulations!
2019/10/8 Kashiwa Campus Open will be held on Oct.25-26. The exhibition and demostration in Chiba Experiment Station, Institute of Industrial Science will be presented to public. We are expecting your visit. Details are shown here.
2019/2/7 Tsutomu Kaizuka has received an award of Best Poster at The 16th ITS Symposium 2018. His research title is Effects of Urgency of Audiovisual Collision Warnings on Response Time and Accuracy of Steering. Congratulations!
2018/10/10 Kashiwa Campus Open will be held on Oct. 26-27. The experiment facilities in Chiba Experiment Station will be open to public. We are expecting you to paticipant in the following events:
(1) Automated bus ride experience;
(2) Control of traffic signals and railroad crossing signals through mobile phone line (Demo,details HERE);
(3) Demo of truck driving simulator.
Details are shown here.
2018/10/5 We are now calling for volunteers for driving simulator experiment. Details are shown here.
2018/6/8 We present recent research results at Open house in Komaba research
campus on June 8 and 9. Please come to B03 and B04 of De Building.
http://komaba-oh.jp/pdf/UTokyo-KOMABA-Research-Campus-Open-House-
2018.pdf

2018/6/1 The Research has benn updated
2018/4/23 The Publications has been updated.
2018/4/18 The Member List has been updated.
2017/9/28 The Member List has been updated.
2017/9/15 HU Kefei, TUNANUNKUL Tanat and WANG Dixin received master degree. Congratulations!
2017/7/1 We welcomed Professor Rencheng Zheng (Yanshan University, China) as a research fellow.
We also welcomed Associate Professor Yunshun Zhang (Jiangsu University, China) as an associate research fellow.
2017/6/16 Zheng WANG has received an award for Best Student Paper Award at IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium 2017. Congratulations!
2017/5/30 Publications for 2017 has been added.
2017/5/26 The "Research" page has been updated.
2017/4/28 We will be introducing our lab through a presentation under the topic "Measurement and Control in Mobility" at the U-Tokyo Komaba Research Campus Open House on June 2 to 3.
Our booth will be set up in room Be03-04 in the basement of De building in the Komaba Research (Komaba II) Campus.
Please come and visit us. (Details HERE)
2017/4/26 An article on Haptic Guidance has been published in IEEE Trans. on Human- Machine Systems. (LINK)
2017/4/20 Orientation for the entrance examinations of the Emerging Design and Informatics Course, GSII, UTokyo will be held on June 10, 10:30.
For details, please follow the link. (LINK)
2017/4/7 One new photo has been added to "Lab Life."
2017/4/7 The Member List has been updated.