RIKEN Information R&D and Strategy Headquarters Man-Machine Collaboration Research Team
Team Director: Takashi Minato (D.Eng.)
Research Summary
We aim to find the principle of human-machine collaboration that maximizes human abilities and enhances the sense of agency. We further develop an assistive robot that estimates human motor intentions and physically supports human daily activities.
Main Research Fields
- Complex Systems
Related Research Fields
- Engineering
- Informatics
- Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering
- Intelligent robotics
- Intelligent informatics
- Human interface and interaction
Keywords
- Assistive robotics
- Motor control
- Motion estimation
- Machine learning
- Biosignal analysis
Selected Publications
Papers with an asterisk(*) are based on research conducted outside of RIKEN.
- 1.
Jun-ichiro Furukawa, Jun Morimoto
"Transformer-based multitask assist control from first-person view image and user’s kinematic information for exoskeleton robots"
npj robotics, vol. 3, no. 13, 2025 - 2.
Shinya Chiyohara, Jun-ichiro Furukawa, Tomoyuki Noda, Jun Morimoto, Hiroshi Imamizu.:
"Proprioceptive short-term memory in passive motor learning"
Scientific Reports, 13, Article number; 20826, 2023 - 3.
Asuka Takai, Tatsuya Teramae, Tomoyuki Noda, Koji Ishihara, Jun-ichiro Furukawa, Hiroaki Fujimoto, Megumi Hatakenaka, Nobukazu Fujita, Akihiro Jino, Yuichi Hiramatsu, Ichiro Miyai, Jun Morimoto.:
"Development of split-force-controlled body weight support (SF-BWS) robot for gait rehabilitation"
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Sec. Motor Neuroscience, Vol. 17, 2023 - 4.
Jun-ichiro Furukawa, Shotaro Okajima, Qi An, Yuichi Nakamura, Jun Morimoto.:
"Selective Assist Strategy by Using Lightweight Carbon Frame Exoskeleton Robot"
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 3890-3897, 2022 - 5.
Jun-ichiro Furukawa, Shinya Chiyohara, Tatsuya Teramae, Asuka Takai, Jun Morimoto.:
"A Collaborative Filtering Approach Toward Plug-and-Play Myoelectric Robot Control"
IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 514-523, 2021 - 6.
Jun-ichiro Furukawa, Jun Morimoto.:
"Composing an Assistive Control Strategy Based on Linear Bellman Combination From Estimated User's Motor Goal"
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1051-1058, 2021 - 7.
Tatsuya Teramae, Takamitsu Matsubara, Tomoyuki Noda, Jun Morimoto. :
"Quaternion-Based Trajectory Optimization of Human Postures for Inducing Target Muscle Activation Patterns"
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 5, Issue: 4, pp. 6607-6614, 2020 - 8.
*Shinya Chiyohara, Jun-ichiro Furukawa, Tomoyuki Noda, Jun Morimoto and Hiroshi Imamizu. :
"Passive Training with Upper Extremity Exoskeleton Robot Affects Proprioceptive Acuity and Performance of Motor Learning"
Scientific Reports, 10, Article number; 11820, 2020 - 9.
*Masashi Hamaya, Takamitsu Matsubara, Tatsuya Teramae, Tomoyuki Noda, and Jun Morimoto. :
"Design of Physical User-Robot Interactions for Model Identification of Soft Actuators on Exoskeleton Robots"
International Journal of Robotics Research, first published online: June 6, 2019
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Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Takashi Minato
- Team Director
Core members
- Jun Morimoto
- Senior Visiting Scientist
- Takahide Ito
- Special technical staff
- Akihide Inano
- Senior Technical Staff
Contact Information
3rd Floor, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
2-2-2 Hikaridai Seika-cho, Sorakugun, Kyoto
619-0288 Japan (Kansai Science City)
Email: takashi.minato@riken.jp