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Human Motor Control Lab
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A lab that explores the mechanisms of movement through the interaction of humans and robots and applies them to medicine and industry.
AboutAbout the lab
Understanding and enhancing sensorimotor abilities through human-robot interaction.
The Human Motor Control Lab is built on body science and robotics, and pursues research in two pillars.
The first pillar is research that understands and enhances human sensorimotor abilities through interaction between humans and robots.
The second is research that builds autonomous robots with excellent skills and intelligence and applies them to medicine and industry.
On the lab's website, it is presented under the name "Human Motor Control Group (Nishikawa Lab)."
Key terms
- Motor control
- The mechanism that regulates movement when moving the body as intended
- Motor learning
- The process by which the ability to perform a task comes to be acquired as a lasting change through practice and experience
- Motor primitives
- The basic elements of motor learning. This lab forms and tests hypotheses about them
ResearchResearch themes
The lab works on research to understand and enhance human sensorimotor abilities through human-robot interaction, and on applying autonomous robots with excellent skills and intelligence to medicine and industry. In the former, it investigates the mechanisms of motor control and motor learning in rehabilitation and sports settings, aiming to lead to the development of intervention technologies.
*Illustrative imageUnderstanding motor control after impairment
Targeting impairments from higher brain dysfunction and orthopedic conditions, the lab aims to understand the impairment-specific motor control mechanisms that cause clumsy movements and reduced performance. The findings are expected to be applied to evaluating functional recovery in rehabilitation and developing intervention techniques.
*Illustrative imageExceptional motor control in sports
Using the outstanding movements seen in a variety of individual and team sports as subject matter, the lab explores the motor control mechanisms specific to athletes. It places importance on understanding the key points (the knack) inherent in movements, and the findings are expected to be applied to the rehabilitation of professional athletes and the evaluation of training.
*Illustrative imageThe science of motor learning and training
Holding that current training relies heavily on experience and knowledge in the field, the lab tests hypotheses about motor primitives, the basic elements of motor learning. It aims to propose scientifically grounded training methods and to bridge theory and practice.
Intervention technologies for restoring motor function
The lab regards incorporating electromechanical devices into training programs as one promising means of next-generation rehabilitation. Drawing on knowledge of motor control and motor learning, it aims to establish intervention training methods tailored to the characteristics of each user.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Human Motor Control Lab consist of faculty, visiting faculty and researchers, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorAtsushi Nishikawa
- Associate ProfessorHiroaki Hirai
- Project Associate ProfessorKazuhiro Matsui
- Assistant ProfessorYoshiki Mori
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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: “Halodi Robotics' Perception Engineer With a Humanoid Collaborative Robot” Nicholas-halodi / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Understanding motor control after impairment: “Rehabilitation physician polyelectromyography” Jung TM, Kim AR, Lee Y, Kim DH, Kim DY / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Exceptional motor control in sports: “Body Motion Capture” Raíssa Ruschel / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- The science of motor learning and training: “Rowers on a long racing pirogue training for a competition at sunrise in Don Det Laos” Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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