Yusaku Nakajima — accepted AI-conference papers

2026

SCU-Hand with Integrated Single-Sheet Valve: A Funnel-Shaped Robotic Hand for Milligram-Scale Powder Handling

Tomoya Takahashi, Yusaku Nakajima, Cristian Camilo Beltran-Hernandez, Yuki Kuroda, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Masashi Hamaya +2

ICRA 2026poster

Laboratory Automation (LA) has the potential to accelerate solid-state materials discovery by enabling continuous robotic operation without human intervention. While robotic systems have been developed for tasks such as powder grinding and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, fully automating powder ha…

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2023

Robotic Powder Grinding with Audio-Visual Feedback for Laboratory Automation in Materials Science

Yusaku Nakajima, Masashi Hamaya, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Takafumi Hawai, Felix von Drigalski, Yasuo Takeichi +2

IROS 2023poster

This study focuses on the powder grinding process, which is a necessary step for material synthesis in materials science experiments. In material science, powder grinding is a time-consuming process that is typically executed by hand, as commercial grinding machines are unsuitable for samples of sma…

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2022

Robotic Powder Grinding with a Soft Jig for Laboratory Automation in Material Science

Yusaku Nakajima, Masashi Hamaya, Yuta Suzuki, Takafumi Hawai, Felix von Drigalski, Kazutoshi Tanaka +2

IROS 2022poster

Grinding materials into a fine powder is a time-consuming task in material science that is generally performed by hand, as current automated grinding machines might not be suitable for preparing small-sized samples. This study presents a robotic powder grinding system for laboratory automation in ma…

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