| 2016 | IECON | Development of intelligent integrated bedding system Transformable pillow and mattress with multiple flexible actuators. | Akisue Kuramoto, Wataru Inoue, Yasuhito Otake, Hitoshi Kimura, Norio Inou, Tomu Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Ono, Naoto Sekiyama |
| 2013 | IECON | Hermetically-sealed flexible mobile robot "MOLOOP" for narrow terrain exploration. | Mokutaro Kataoka, Hitoshi Kimura, Norio Inou |
| 2012 | IECON | Identification method of sensor directions and sensitivities in multi-axis accelerometer. | Hitoshi Kimura, Masashi Nakamura, Kodai Katou, Norio Inou, Minoru Yoshida |
| 2008 | IROS | Reconfigurable group robots adaptively transforming a mechanical structure - Extended criteria for load-adaptive transformations -. | Yosuke Suzuki, Norio Inou, Michihiko Koseki, Hitoshi Kimura |
| 2007 | IROS | Reconfigurable group robots adaptively transforming a mechanical structure - numerical expression of criteria for structural transformation and automatic motion planning method -. | Yosuke Suzuki, Norio Inou, Hitoshi Kimura, Michihiko Koseki |
| 2006 | IROS | Flexible Hermetically-Sealed Mobile Robot for Narrow Spaces Using Hydrostatic Skeleton Driving Mechanism. | Hitoshi Kimura, Fumihiro Kajimura, Daisuke Maruyama, Michihiko Koseki, Norio Inou |
| 2006 | IROS | Reconfigurable group robots adaptively transforming a mechanical structure - Crawl motion and adaptive transformation with new algorithms. | Yousuke Suzuki, Norio Inou, Hitoshi Kimura, Michihiko Koseki |
| 2002 | ICARCV | Development of pneumatic cellular robots forming a mechanical structure. | Norio Inou, Hisato Kobayashi, Michihiko Koseki |
| 1993 | ISADS | Small intestinal movements in vivo and the neuro-mechanical control mechanisms. | Norio Inou, Yoji Umetani |