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Cyber Robotics Lab
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A cyber robotics lab that uses AI and robots to erase the boundary between humans and machines.
AboutAbout the lab
Erasing the boundary between humans and machines
The lab studies robots that use intelligent media and AI and machine learning.
It is pioneering new technologies that freely manipulate time, space, scale, and human skills, aiming at applications in medicine, biotechnology, and sports.
It develops systems that support micromanipulation of cells under a microscope, as well as a fabric robotic suit that conveys tactile sensations to the body.
Its stated vision is to erase the boundaries between "humans and machines" and between "physical space and cyberspace," and to create a future society in which people and technology are integrated.
Key terms
- Augmented haptics
- Augmented haptics: a concept proposed by the lab of conveying force and touch to people in an exaggerated or simplified form compared with the real thing
- Micromanipulation
- Micromanipulation: work of handling very small objects such as cells with a thin glass tube or similar tool while looking through a microscope
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a fertility treatment method in which, while looking through a microscope, a sperm is injected directly into an egg using a thin tube
- Polar body
- Polar body: a small cell pushed out of an egg when it matures. It can be seen just outside the egg
NewsLab news
A doctoral student and Professor Aoyama received the Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research Award from the Robotics and Mechatronics Division of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
A student received the Excellent Young Presentation Fellow Award from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Assistant Professor Yokoe received the SICE International Young Authors Award for IROS2025
A student received the Akasaki Student Encouragement Award for fiscal 2025
ResearchResearch themes
Building on robotics, intelligent media, and AI and machine learning, the lab researches and develops systems in which humans and machines work cooperatively, with applications in medicine, biotechnology, and sports. It develops ways of conveying touch based on "augmented haptics," a concept proposed by the lab, and technologies that support micromanipulation of cells under a microscope.
*Illustrative imageReducing Workload in Micromanipulation through Touch
Based on the concept of "augmented haptics," the lab developed an immersive micromanipulation system that conveys tactile sensation to the arm and hand using artificial muscles. It conveys through touch things that are hard to judge by sight alone, such as whether the tip of a pipette is touching an egg cell, and the lab confirmed that this reduces the workload of first-time users.
*Illustrative imageAutomatic Adjustment of Microscope Magnification
Using a machine learning method called LSTM, the lab developed a system that automatically adjusts the magnification of an extended field-of-view microscope. It determines the magnification from the operator's gaze and the movement of the pipette, reducing the operator's workload and enabling efficient micromanipulation.
*Illustrative imageVisualizing Uncertainty in Polar Body Detection
In a system that supports intracytoplasmic sperm injection, the lab proposes a method for making visible the uncertainty of an AI's judgment when it finds polar bodies in images. By intuitively showing the operator how uncertain the detection is, it supports safer and more accurate cell manipulation.
*Illustrative imageA Fabric Suit That Guides Hand and Finger Positions
Based on the concept of "augmented haptics," the lab researches and develops a fabric robotic suit that guides the positions of the hands and fingers. In a virtual space, it can convey hand and finger position information to the user without the user needing to look.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Cyber Robotics Lab consist of faculty, administrative staff and technical assistants, and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs.As of 2026
- ProfessorTadayoshi Aoyama
- Assistant ProfessorKenta Yokoe
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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: “Controlling robotic arm ESA15746126” European Space Agency / CC BY-SA 3.0 igo (cropped)
- Reducing Workload in Micromanipulation through Touch: “LRDT Microscopy Micromanipulation” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Automatic Adjustment of Microscope Magnification: “Amateur Microscopy Laboratory - Microscopes” R G from siehe oben, Bayern / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Visualizing Uncertainty in Polar Body Detection: “Cardiac Stem Cell Differentiation” Jweiss20 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- A Fabric Suit That Guides Hand and Finger Positions: “Virtual reality headset and wired gloves, Ames Research Center” National Aeronautics and Space Administration. / Public domain (cropped)
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