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Miura Lab
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A lab that builds useful AI robots by making use of human biological information.
AboutAbout the lab
Intelligent, useful AI robots that use human biological information.
The Miura Lab studies human-machine interfaces that connect people and machines, as well as robots for medicine and welfare.
The lab builds both real surgical robots and VR simulators, and investigates how to design and control robots that are easy for surgeons to operate.
It also develops rehabilitation technology that reads from brain waves the moment a person intends to move, and an original controller that lets users move a robot as if grasping it directly.
Key terms
- Human-machine interface
- The point of contact through which people operate machines or receive information from them, such as controllers and screens
- Semi-autonomous operation
- A way of operating in which humans and AI complement each other's strengths: the AI guides the operation, and the human steps in only when needed
- Haptic force feedback
- The sense of force, such as pushing and pulling. Force can be returned to the operator's hand to convey the direction of movement
NewsLab news
Associate Professor Miura received the Internationalization Contribution Award from the Japan Society for Design Engineering
A master's student received the Miura Award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
A master's student received the Outstanding Student Award from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers
Associate Professor Miura received the Outstanding Open Innovator Merit Award
Associate Professor Miura received the Yazaki Academic Award (Encouragement Award)
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to build intelligent AI robots that people can handle intuitively, using human biological information and movement. Its research covers medical and welfare robots, such as those for surgical assistance and rehabilitation, as well as robots that perform heavy labor remotely.
*Illustrative imageSurgical Robots
The lab develops both real surgical robots and VR simulators, and investigates robot design, control, and AI models that make robots easy for surgeons to operate both physically and cognitively.
*Illustrative imageRobot Design Informed by Brain Activity and Movement
The lab analyzes movements and brain activity while people operate a surgical robot recreated in VR, quantifies how much users can move the robot as if it were their own body, and uses the results in the design of its structure and control.
*Illustrative imageAI-Guided Semi-Autonomous Operation
For alignment tasks such as removing screws, the lab is developing a system that uses image recognition and AI inference to guide the appropriate operation through haptic feedback. The human can step in only when needed.
*Illustrative imageA Camera That Moves with the Task
To perform heavy labor such as car dismantling remotely with a robot arm, the lab is developing, jointly with DENSO Corporation, a system in which a camera follows to a good viewing position according to the positions of the arm and the target object.
MembersFaculty
The Miura Lab consists of faculty members, cooperating faculty, commercialization support staff, a secretary, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorSatoshi MiuraPublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “WBAMC first in DoD to use robot for surgery 160426-A-EK666-526” Marcy Sanchez / Public domain (cropped)
- Surgical Robots: “New Da Vinci Xi” Alvarogarciamd / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Robot Design Informed by Brain Activity and Movement: “EEG electrode” Gspilich2 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- AI-Guided Semi-Autonomous Operation: “3ds Touch Haptic Device” ApLundell / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- A Camera That Moves with the Task: “Tour4 Spoetzl Brewery Shiner Texas 2024” Larry D. Moore / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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