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Yoshida Lab
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The lab studies human movement to create robots that interact smoothly with people.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding humans to make robots smarter
The Yoshida Lab studies human movement and its underlying mechanisms in order to create robots, and their intelligence, that interact smoothly with people.
Among robots, the lab places humanoids, an excellent tool for understanding humans, at the center of its research.
The lab measures human movement to form hypotheses about its principles, tests them on humanoids, and then extends the work to understanding and predicting more complex behavior.
Using both simulation in digital twins that reproduce the real world and experiments with robots, the lab aims to improve the understanding of humans and the intelligence of robots.
Key terms
- Humanoid
- A robot whose form is close to that of a human. It is a complex robot and also a tool for understanding humans
- Interaction
- The exchange of information or objects, and cooperation. In this lab it takes place between humans and robots
- Digital twin
- A model of the real world reproduced in cyberspace, in which theories can be tested through simulation
NewsLab news
A master's student received the Young Award from the IEEE RAS Japan Joint Chapter
A fourth-year undergraduate student received the General Session Excellence Award at Entertainment Computing 2026
Assistant Professor Ishigaki received the Outstanding Research and Technology Award from the Robotics Society of Japan and the Research Encouragement Award at the Robotics Symposia
A master's student received the ROBOMECH Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research
Assistant Professor Sasaki received the Academic Encouragement Award at the 30th Annual Conference of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to measure and understand human movement and use that knowledge to create robots, and their intelligence, that cooperate with people. Its research themes are robot motion control, measurement and analysis of human movement, and human interfaces using VR technology and interaction design.
*Illustrative imageRobot Motion Control
The lab studies how to control robots through interaction with the environment and with people, covering motion computation theory, contact-rich motion, imitation of human movement, and teleoperation.
*Illustrative imageMeasurement and Analysis of Human Movement
The lab studies the analysis of everyday human movements, especially those involving contact, and its application to robots.
*Illustrative imageHuman-Robot Interaction Using VR and Related Technologies
From the perspectives of using VR technology and interaction design, the lab studies interaction between humans and robots, aimed at daily-life assistance and augmenting human abilities.
MembersFaculty
The Yoshida Lab's members are a Professor, a Visiting Associate Professor, Assistant Professors, postdoctoral researchers, a secretary, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorEiichi Yoshida
- Assistant ProfessorTomoya Sasaki
- Assistant ProfessorTaiki Ishigaki
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Humanoid robot at Science Square Tsukuba 3” Syced / CC0 (cropped)
- Robot Motion Control: “Ameca Generation 1” Willy Jackson / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Measurement and Analysis of Human Movement: “Motion Capture with Chad Phantom” Vazquez88 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Human-Robot Interaction Using VR and Related Technologies: “Reality check ESA384313” European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 3.0 igo (cropped)
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