Waseda’s institutional history identifies Professor Ichiro Kato with the cross-disciplinary WABOT project. It places his robotics work in the 1960s and the project’s launch in the 1970s. Waseda’s account ↗
Look at the research organization
The robot is the visible result of many disciplines working together. Mechanical design, sensing, electrical systems, and control have to become a functioning whole. Kato’s place in the archive gives us a starting point for tracing how a laboratory organizes that integration.
Follow the work
Begin with the WABOT milestones, then read our historical introduction. Future coverage can examine specific projects, collaborators, and the original technical publications.
This portrait is an introduction based on an institutional record. It makes room for the broader team and the historical documents needed to explain individual contributions in detail.
Sources & reading
Sources reviewed November 5, 2026. Company claims and author-reported research are attributed in the text.