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Mechanical Systems Creation Lab
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The lab designs mechanisms that connect human intelligence and machine intelligence so that the two can work together.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing human-machine co-creation
The Mechanical Systems Creation Lab studies theory and technology for smoothing the many activities in which humans and machines are involved.
Automation has advanced, as in aircraft autopilots and driver-assistance systems in cars, but human judgment remains essential in complex tasks.
Rather than having humans adapt to the logic of machines, the lab believes the machine should adapt to diverse human behavior, and it explores design approaches that make this possible.
The lab models what people and organizations perceive and how they make judgments, and builds mechanisms in which humans and machines compensate for each other's shortcomings.
Key terms
- Interface agent
- Software that sits between a human and a machine and mediates their interaction
- Shared autonomy
- An approach in which a human and a machine share the degree of autonomy and carry out a single task together
- Distributed cognition
- A view that sees cognitive processes as shared not only within the human mind but also across tools and the surroundings
NewsLab news
A paper by Lecturer Nakanishi and colleagues was published in Intelligence and Information (Chino to Joho)
A paper by Lecturer Nakanishi and colleagues was published in IEEE Access
A paper by Professor Shiomi and colleagues was published in the International Journal of Social Robotics
A paper by Professor Shiomi and colleagues was published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
A doctoral student received the Best Presentation Award at the 6th Symposium on the Safety of AI/IoT Systems
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to build theory for collaboration in which humans and machines compensate for each other's shortcomings. It understands and models the characteristics of cognition, judgment, and behavior in people and organizations, and applies that knowledge to the design of machines and their operation systems.
*Illustrative imageConnecting human intelligence and machine intelligence
Based on concepts such as interface agents and shared autonomy, which stand between humans and machines, the lab designs monitoring and operation systems for aircraft and nuclear power plants and remote operation systems for rescue robots.
*Illustrative imageCapturing skilled craftsmanship and passing it on
The lab analyzes skilled techniques cultivated on manufacturing floors using ideas from distributed cognition and ergonomics, and extracts them as engineering models.
*Illustrative imageRobots that learn in society
Rather than embedding behavioral programs in advance, the lab studies learning mechanisms in which a robot acquires and revises knowledge for action on its own through continued interaction with people and other robots.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty members, secretaries, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- ProfessorMasahiro Shiomi
- LecturerHiroaki Nakanishi
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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: “Human-Robot-Collaboration-Sawing-2016-Luka-Peternel” Luka Peternel / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Connecting human intelligence and machine intelligence: “NC8407 Ford 4-AT Tri-Motor MD1” Acroterion / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Capturing skilled craftsmanship and passing it on: “Elderly craftsman working diligently in his workshop with tools and materials around him” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Robots that learn in society: “Robot conductor 'EveR 6' 05” Republic of Korea / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Material Properties Lab): “Holec2016P40” David Holec / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Integrated Dynamical Systems Lab): “Линия сварки боковой стены вагона. «Тихвинский вагоностроительный завод»” AKomkova / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Advanced Design Science and Engineering Lab): “JPL 3D-Printed Part Springs Forward (PIA26706 figA)” Proteus Space / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Quantum Beam Materials Analysis Lab): “High School Student Conducting a X-Ray Diffraction Test” 高柏瑋
（Po-Wei Kao, or Powei Kao） / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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