Welcome to Aono laboratory @ Shinshu University, Japan.
Our current research interests are the flights of natural flyers and plants, the bioinspired and physics-based aerial robots, and biomedical problems based on experiments and simulations together with data science techniques. Since 2020.02-
News
(FY2024)
2024/04/01 New undergraduate and graduate students have joined. Enjoy own research activities.
(FY2023)
2024/03/21 PI Aono has become senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
2024/02/20 Undergraduate students have presented their research outcomes as the final exam. All done.
2024/01/20 PI Aono has presented recent efforts regarding the development of motor-driven flapping-wing aerial robots in Aerospace Aerodynamic Symposium@ Hotel Maholova Minds Miura Tokyo Bay.
2023/10/20 First Japanese article about flapping-wing aerial robots developed in our lab has been published in Konchu and Sizen (http://hokuryukan-ns.co.jp/cms/books/)
2023/09/15 First robo-butterfly Shinshu's paper has been published in Sensors and Materials.
First author is Miyasaka who has been graduated in FY2022. Congratulations.
2023/09/14 PI Aono has presented recent efforts regarding robo-hummingbird Shinshu in RSJ2023 at Sendai International Center (https://ac.rsj-web.org/2023/).
2023/09/13 Tsuchiya, Aono have won the 4th excellent research and technology awards from the Robotic Society of Japan (https://www.rsj.or.jp/info/awards/category/).
2023/09/13 First robo-beetle Shinshu's paper has been published online in Journal of Bionic Engineering.
First author is Kazuki Shimura who has been graduated in FY2022. Congratulations.
2023/07/12-13 PI Aono has presented recent efforts regarding numerical simulations of flapping wing in high-altitude condition and flow structures and noise generated by a sirocco fan in ASME-JSME-KSME FED 2023 at Osaka International Convention Center (https://ajk2023-fed.org/index.html).
2023/06 Press release
1) https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZRSP657357_V10C23A6000000/
2) https://news.mynavi.jp/techplus/article/20230616-2706296/?gpt=newspicks&utm_source=newspicks&utm_medium=rss;
3) https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/676613; and more)
2023/06/02 First robo-hummingbird Shinshu's paper has been published online in Scientific Reports.
First author is Tsuchiya who has been graduated in FY2022. Congratulations.
2023/04/01 New undergraduate and graduate students have joined. Enjoy own research activities.
Research Interests
Aerodynamics
Insect flight
Plant leaves and seeds flight
Animal locomotion
Fluid dynamics
Vortex dynamics
Flow control
Micro air vehicles
Flapping-wing aerial robots
Drones
Past news
(FY2022)
2023/03/24 Graduate and undergraduate students have attended the graduation ceremony. Congratulations!
・Shimura (M2) has received JSME Miura Award (https://www.jsme.or.jp/event_project/award/miura-award/).
・Tsuchiya (M2) has received JSAE Graduate School Research Award (https://www.jsae.or.jp/09award/mdawa.php).
2023/02/21 Undergraduate students have presented their research outcomes as the final exam. All done.
2023/02/10 Second year master students have presented their research results as the final exam. All done.
2022/09/06 Second year master students have presented own research outcome on RSJ2022(https://ac.rsj-web.org/2022/).
They have done good presentations!
2022/04/19 PI Aono's coauthor paper was awarded for FY2021 outstanding paper in fluid mechanics from the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics (https://www.nagare.or.jp/prize/news/6622.html).
2022/04/01 New undergraduate students have joined. Enjoy your own research activities!
2022/04/01 We started the research project supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B). We will do our best with collaborators.
(FY2021)
2022/03/24 Undergraduate students have attended the graduation ceremony. Congratulations!
2022/02/18 Undergraduate students have presented their research results as the final exam. All done.
2021/06/10 We took a first grant (https://www.ebara.co.jp/foundation/information/reference.html) and will do our best.
2021/04/01 New undergraduate students have joined. Enjoy your own research activities!
(FY2020)
2021/03/24 Undergraduate students have attended the graduation ceremony. Congratulations!
2021/02/14 Undergraduate students have presented their research results as the final exam. All done.
2020/04/01 Undergraduate students have joined.