Ando Lab
Neuroethology, Biomechanics, Bio-mimetic and Bio-hybrid robotics
Department of Life Engineering, Maebashi Institute of Technology
Neuroethology, Biomechanics, Bio-mimetic and Bio-hybrid robotics
Department of Life Engineering, Maebashi Institute of Technology
Explore mechanisms of adaptive behavior
News (Last update: May. 8, 2025)
2025
May. 5: [New publication]
Hirano, Y., Kamo, M., Yamazaki, Y., Sakurai, T. and Ando, N*. (2025). Portable and easy-to-use insect electroantennography device with mammalian-inspired odor sniffing. Advanced Robotics, 1-12. doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2025.2497418
Mar. 24: Taisuke (M.E.), Yuta (M.E.), Yuya (M.E.), Yuji (M.E.) , Yuki (B.E.), Ayami (B.E.), Ozan (B.E.), and Toya (B.E.) graduated Ando Lab. Congratulations!!
2024
Oct. 18: [New publicatoin]
Noriyasu Ando, Norio Hirai, Makoto Iima, and Kei Senda (2024). Electromyography of flight muscles in free-flying chestnut tiger butterflies, Parantica sita. Zoological Science 41:557-563. doi: 10.2108/zs240039
Sep. 25: Six undergraduate students joined Ando lab, Welcome!
Sep. 17: BBQ party on campus!
Aug. 25-30: Yuji and Taisuke presented posters at the 27th International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024).
Yuji Motegi, Junnosuke Arafune, Noriyasu Ando (2024) Function and neuromuscular mechanism of abdominal movement in hawkmoth flight. 27th International Congress of Entomology, P1032 (Kyoto, Japan, August 25-30)
Taisuke Ito, Nobuaki Matsubara, Midori Sakura, Hiroto Ogawa, Noriyasu Ando (2024) Do crickets use polarization vision for phonotaxis?: a behavioral study employing an auditory and polarization vision virtual reality, P1034 (Kyoto, Japan, August 25-30)
Ando organized a symposium [19-3] Using insect sensing and locomotor abilities in robots to overcome real-world challenges.
Apr. 12: Lab moved!!
Mar. 25: Hideo (M.E.), Kaito (M.E.), and Lime (B.E.) graduated Ando Lab. Congratulations!!
2023
Oct. 1: Four undergraduate students joined Ando lab. Welcome!
June 7: Ando talked at The 11th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines in Kobe.
Noriyasu Ando (2023) Measurement and modeling of thoracic indirect flight system of hawkmoths, Organized Session: "Beyond aerodynamics - the role of mechanics, materials, and morphing in flight", The 11th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (Kobe, Japan, June 6-9)
Mar. 24: Jun-nosuke, Naoyuki, Tsubasa (M.E.); Kazuki (B.E.) graduated Ando Lab. Congratulations!!
Tsubasa won the Student Prize for his excellent research on mole crickets, Congratulations!!
Mar. 11: Ando talked at the 34th International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) General Assembly in Tokyo.
2022
Nov. 26-27: Jun-nosuke, Naoyuki and Tsubasa presented posters at 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry in Kochi
Oct. 11: [New publicatoin]
Ando, N., Kono, T., Ogihara, N., Nakamura, S., Yokota, H. and Kanzaki, R. (2022). Modeling the musculoskeletal system of an insect thorax for flapping flight. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 17, 066010. doi:10.1088/1748-3190/ac8e40
Oct. 1: Four undergraduate students joined Ando lab. Welcome!
Jul. 11: Member list was updated.
Mar. 25: Masayoshi, Takuma, and Mayo (B.E.) graduated Ando Lab. Congratulations!!
Musculoskeletal model of the hawkmoth thorax. We demonstrated wing flapping motion via thoracic deformation by flight muscle contraction (Ando et al., 2022)
2021
Dec. 5: Tsubasa won the Poster Award (1st place) at the 43rd annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Congratulations!!
Tsubasa Endo and Noriyasu Ando (2021) Effect of geomagnetic field on burrowing behavior of mole crickets. The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Dec. 4-5.
Oct. 1: Five undergraduate students joined Ando lab. Welcome!
Sep. 10: [New publicatoin]
Junji Horibe, Noriyasu Ando*, and Ryohei Kanzaki, (2021) Odor Searching Robot with Insect-behavior-based Olfactory Sensor. Sensors and Materials, vol. 33. doi: 10.18494/SAM.2021.3369
June 20:[New publication]
Noriyasu Ando, Hisashi Shidara, Naoto Hommaru, and Hiroto Ogawa (2021) Auditory Virtual Reality for Insect Phonotaxis. J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.33, pp. 494-504. doi: 10.20965/jrm.2021.p0494 [Supplementary movies are here]
Apr. 9: Member list was updated.
Mar. 25: Yuho and Ryo (B.E.) graduated. Congratulations!!
How do insects flap their wings (part 2)? (for kids, sorry in Japanese): you can learn how to move insect wings with simple craft!
2020
Oct. 23: Five undergraduate students joined Ando lab. Welcome!
Sep. 28:[New publication]
Noriyasu Ando*, Ryohei Kanzaki (2020) Insect-machine hybrid robot: closing loops with mobile robots. Current Opinion in Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2020.09.006
Sep. 18: Group photo was updated.
Mar. 23: [New publication]
Book chapter "Toward Robotic Application of Insect Sex Pheromone-Searching Behavior: Lessons from Silkmoths", In ”Insect Sex Pheromone Research and Beyond -From Molecules to Robots-" (Ed. Yukio Ishikawa), Springer, pp.287-313, 2020.
How do insects flap their wings (part 1)? (for kids, sorry in Japanese): you can learn how to move insect wings with your fingertips!
2019
Oct.21: [New publication]
Sep. 20: Five undergraduate students joined Ando lab, welcome!
Aug. 20-23: Presented at AMAM2019 in Lausanne (presenter: Bluest (Univ. of Tokyo))
Jul. 10-12: Presented at Living Machines 2019 in Nara (presenters: Junji and Koki (Univ. of Tokyo))
Horibe, J., Ando, N. and Kanzaki, R. (2019). Insect Behavior as High-Sensitive Olfactory Sensor for Robotic Odor Tracking. In Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Springer, pp. 183-192.
Makino, K., Ando, N., Shidara, H., Hommaru, N., Kanzaki, R. and Ogawa, H. (2019). Auditory-Visual Virtual Reality for the Study of Multisensory Integration in Insect Navigation. In Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Springer, pp. 325-328.
Apr. 18, 2019: Lab website was launched
(c) 2019 Noriyasu Ando