In the mechanical engineering experiment, students conduct experiments related to various mechanical engineering themes (10 laboratories) to confirm the contents learned in class with their own hands and learn to apply the knowledge. One of these, the theme taught by the Materials Mechanics Laboratory, is "Measuring the material constants of metallic materials using strain gauges," and students measure the material constants of various commonly used metallic materials based on an understanding of strain (= deformation amount of solid) gauges and the variation and significant figures of experimental data.

Japan is a society with a declining population, and there is a shortage of workers to support the world. The use of robots and artificial intelligence is being considered as a way to compensate for this. Therefore, we are conducting research with the aim of developing robotics technology that will be useful for automation and labor saving. For example, next-generation robots will be required to work in collaboration with humans and in people's living spaces. We are researching robot hands that can perform a wide variety of tasks in such environments. As an example, the figure shows a robot finger with a multi-layer structure that uses fluids. A multi-layered finger makes it possible to easily hold a wide variety of objects. Aiming to further improve the functionality, we are working on improving the structure of each layer and adding tactile functions.