Welcome to Aono laboratory @ Tokyo University of Science, Japan
We work on the development of micro air vehicles for use in various situations, based on experimental, theoretical, and numerical investigations aided by data science. Since April 2026.
We work on the development of micro air vehicles for use in various situations, based on experimental, theoretical, and numerical investigations aided by data science. Since April 2026.
(FY2026)
2026/04/01 Aono laboratory moved at Tokyo University of Science. New undergraduate and graduate students have joined. Enjoy own research activities.
Micro air vehicles (Design, Control, Testing)
Flapping-wing micro air vehicles (motor-driven)
Planetary exploration
Drones
Aerodynamics
Insect flight
Bird flight
Airfoils, Wings
Fluid dynamics
Vortex dynamics
Flow control
(FY2025)
2026/03/24 Graduate and undergraduate students have attended the graduation ceremony. Congratulations!
2026/02/16 Undergraduate students (Katase, Maruyama) have presented their research outcomes as the final exam. All done.
2026/02/10 2nd year master students (Asauchi, Kuroyanagi, Naoi) have presented their research outcomes as the final exam. All done.
2026/01/30 PI Aono presented our progress of control of flapping-wing micro air vehicles in FY2025 aerospace aerodynamics symposium (https://branch.jsass.or.jp/aerocom/aerosymp/).
2025/10 PI Aono has become an Associate Editor for the Journal of the Royal Society Interface (https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/) and will do his best to contribute the development of Interface.
2025/09/05 PI Aono presented recent efforts regarding development of flapping-wing micro air vehicle and flight control in RSJ 2025 (https://ac.rsj-web.org/2025/) and also be a co-chair in flight robotics section.
2025/07/04 PI Aono presented recent efforts regarding measurements of wing and body motion of free-flying hawkmoth in different flight altitudes and flow dynamics associated with the measured data in 57th Fluid Dynamics Conference (https://branch.jsass.or.jp/aerocom/ryu/ryu57/).
2025/04/01 New undergraduate and graduate students have joined. Enjoy own research activities.
(FY2024)
2025/03/24 Graduate and undergraduate students have attended the graduation ceremony. Congratulations!
2025/03/14 Our flapping frequency scaling manuscript has been formally published and is now available online in Biology Open (https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/doi/10.1242/bio.061932/367025/Deciphering-the-flapping-frequency-allometry).
2025/02/18 Undergraduate students (Ayukawa, Inoue, Terashima) have presented their research outcomes as the final exam. All done.
2025/02/13 International collaborative paper about scaling of flapping frequency in hovering flight of normal hovering animals has been accepted in Biology Open (https://journals.biologists.com/bio). PI Aono is a corresponding author.
2025/02/07 International collaborative paper about flight control of FWMAV in Journal of Bionic Engineering (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42235-025-00658-z) has been published. PI Aono has contributed this project as one of collaborators.
2025/02/06 2nd year master students (Shimizu, Yamagishi) have presented their research outcomes as the final exam. All done.
2025/01/24 PI Aono presented our progress of experimental work about a free-flying insect in low atmospheric density conditions in FY2024 aerospace aerodynamics symposium (https://branch.jsass.or.jp/aerocom/aerosymp/)
2025/01/06 PI Aono presented our progress of development of flapping wing robots in low atmospheric density conditions in AIAA SciTech 2025 (AIAA-JSASS Joint Session: Martian Aerodynamics, https://www.aiaa.org/SciTech)
2024/10/31 PI Aono presented our progress of investigation of flapping wing aerodynamics and development of flapping wing air vehicles in Biofluid Workshops (https://fluid.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/2024%e5%b9%b4%e5%ba%a6%e7%a0%94%e7%a9%b6%e9%9b%86%e4%bc%9a%e3%80%8c%e7%94%9f%e7%89%a9%e6%b5%81%e4%bd%93%e5%8a%9b%e5%ad%a6%e3%81%ab%e3%81%8a%e3%81%91%e3%82%8b%e9%81%8b%e5%8b%95%e3%83%bb%e8%a1%8c/). We got useful comments and suggestions from audiences.
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.
(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.