We propose a novel adsorption pad for wall climbing robot and irregular surface object using capillary force and water sealing. We call this adsorption pad as Super Wet Adsorption pad. The SWA pad has a porous part and a capillary part. The porous part is made by salt reaching method. When the SWA pad adsorbs to the wall which some sand and dust are attached, water comes from the porous part to avoid vacuum breaking. The capillary part is connected to the porous part to supply and stock the water. In this paper, we show the design of the porous part and the capillary part, fabrication process of each parts, and perform the evaluation experiment of the capillary force and adsorption of uneven surfaces, demonstration of wall climbing robot and adsorption of irregular surface foods.

In this paper, we propose a novel singing-voice enhancement system that makes the singing voice of amateurs similar to that of professional opera singers, where the singing voice of amateurs is emphasized by using a singing voice of a professional opera singer on a frequency band that represents the remarkable characteristic of the professional singer. Moreover, our proposed singing-voice enhancement based on highway networks is able to convert any song (that a professional opera singer does not sing). As a result of our experiments, the singing voice of the amateur singer at the middle-high frequency range which contains a lot of frequency components that affect glossiness was emphasized while maintaining speaker characteristics.

This paper describes a walking method and inclination control experiments of the new omni-directional walking robot, which has six legs and can move in any direction. The mechanism consists of a parallel link mechanism connecting the two frames with three linear actuators. Legs are attached to each frame. The relative position and angle of the two frames are selected arbitrarily in accordance with the length of three actuators, and the posture of it's upper surface are changed with extendable legs. The walking mechanism is composed by combining the two functions. The mechanism and control method of this robot are presented in this paper.