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Cybernics
Cybernics / Augmented Human / Biomedical Engineering

Wearable robots, Assistive / Rehabilitation robotics, Biorobotics, Biosignal processing

Cybernics is a new domain of interdisciplinary academic field of human-assistive technology to enhance, strengthen, and support limited cognitive and physical capabilities. In order to create a future society where assisted lifestyles will become widely available, several researches are being conducted. In particular, we are interested in Augmented Human. Several wearable or modular devices are used in this study, which enable behavior and affective measurements based on augmented human technology.

The researches on cognitive robotics will also be tightly related to human-assistive robotics. The understanding of human cognitive process by building cognitive machines definitely contributes to enhance, strengthen, and support human'scognitive and physical functions.

cybernicsThese researches are conducted at the Center for Cybernics Research.

 

 

HOTARU
Robot
Assisted Locomotion

mrspring
MR Link

emghand
EMG Prothesis Hand

qualtem
Passively Assistive Limb

mrspring
Swallow
scope

mrspring
Cognitively assisted locomotion

mobile robot
Emotion Reader

robotmask
Robot Mask

biotones
bioTones

HOTARU
Light emitting heat-beat

 

 

 

 

 

mrspring
Semi-passive mechanism


Robot Skin

mobile robot
bioLights

social interaction
Ambient vital sensing

mrspring
Crowd Physiological Signal Sensing

     

Cybernics
Social Interaction / Autism and Developmental Disorders Studies

Social Playware, Music Technology, Socio-Musical Interaction

We have been investigating Social Playware, which is regarded as cyber-physical systems to support and enhance the experiences on play and social interaction among people. It is realized by measuring and presenting physical and physiological chracteristics with wearable devices and modular devices. Regarding the measurement of affective information, we also have been investigating on music technology, such as virtual musical instruments and music/sound creation.

Regarding understanding social interaction among people, we have been investigating on music technology, such as virtual musical instruments and music/sound creation. We also are interested in a new type of HCI paradigm; inviting interface for human communication. 1-bit signal communication allows everybody, from children to elderly persons, to use these devices and feel a sense of "connected" with their friends and family at any time and place, even during work or working.

cybernicsThis work is partially supported by JST.

CRESTSocial Imaging is a technology to identify and represent social behaviors. One of our goals is to establish a developmental support system especially for autistic children.

 

assited-playing
bioToys

mobile robot
Enhanced Reach

mrspring
Awaring

mobile robot
COLOLO: 1-bit Communication

mobile robot
Enhanced Touch

assited-playing
PEPITA

mobile robot
1-bit signal communi-
cation

mobile robot
AirTiles: modular flexible tiles

beacon
beacon: Socio-musical Interaction

 

         

 

assited-playing
Robot-assisted Playing

mobile robot
Music Glove

 

 

 

 

 

     

Cybernics
Social Robotics / Cognitive Robotics

Humanoid robotics, Machine learning, Human-robot Interaction, biologically inspired robots

In the field of cognitive robotics both internal/central process and representations are investigated in order to build a future robot which performs with autonomy in real and dynamic world. The cognitive robots are able to learn from its experience and update the knowledge and internal representation. In addition to autonomous robot, robotics with humans in the loop play an important and significant roles: assistive robotics, social robotics, human robot interaction, and biologically inspired robots (human perception and action). These future robots will be tightly coupled with human society and seamlessly integrated in human environments.

We try to understand the embodied intelligence by our robot: upper-torso, Human-size anthropomorphic humanoid robot, namely Genie. We consider that the key issue for future cognitive machines is reasoning and the form of representation. Central will be an understanding of embodied intelligence.

 

 

mobile robot
Gaming Humanoid

Emotionally assisted interaction


Robots in a Hotel Public Space

mobile robot
Coaching Robots

NAO
Robot Assisted Activities

mobile robot
Cognitive Robot architecture


Card-playing humanoid playmate

Marionette
Doll-type Interface

 

 

 

mobile robot
A robot musician

mobile robotLearning words to speak

multimodal
Active and multimodal sensing

mobile robot
Machine Awareness

 

 

     

Cybernics
Emerging Technologies
Evolutionary robotics, Mixed Reality, Teleoperation, Mobile robotics, Face studies

Several researches in different domains are conducted, in particular, Evolutionary robotics / computation, Machine initiative & awareness, etc, from theoretical works to practical applications in the future. Also, a modeling taking insights from the human subjectivity and individual preference is an important issue. This includes the terms of individual emotional resonance, comfort and satisfaction.

In order for a robot to realize self-sustain, the autonomous functions that execute the energy strategy algorithm based on self-preservation is required. Focusing on the survival ability of machines, in which we have been creating an autonomous survival robot with regard to energy. We also focus on subjective effects regarding the robot vision system such as attention and illusion (i.e. "trick of the eye") One approach is biased image processing. This is a challenging topic related to subjective computing.

 

 

Marionette
3D Face Analysis

Marionette
Digital Face

mrspring
Brain-machine interface

Marionette
Battery management

mobile robot
Mixed Reality Techology

mobile robot
Self-repairing Structure

mobile robot
Adaptive Tele-operation

survival
Survival Robot

 

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

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