RESEARCH TEAM

Human/Environment-Adaptive Transformable Robot Mechanism will allow to build robots that support the human body gently and firmly while changing itself according to the human and the environment. The robots are, what is more, light and soft, strong and powerful, and safe and secure.

Smart Skin Enabling Adaptable Contact can be adjusted in terms of softness, temperature, moistness, and smoothness, so that humans forget that they are being touched by a robot.

What part of the clothes do you need to hold and how do you move them to make humans change their clothes? Assistive Control will enable robots to perform complex tasks on objects that change shape including humans or clothes.

Human-Robot Integrated Interface will enable to convey what humans are feeling to robots, and what robots are feeling to humans, so that humans can feel a robot as if it were part of their own body.

Smart Assist Wear, which is as light and comfortable as regular clothes, will read human conditions and gently assists their movements and feelings.

Adaptive Limbs will be able to stretch, shrink, and change shape flexibly. They will support humans as their third limb, fourth limb, fifth limb, and more.

Environment-adaptable human/object manipulation mechanism, which is flexible sheets, will cover existing furniture and gently support and manipulate things on it.