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Social Robotics Lab
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A lab that studies social robots connecting people and society.
AboutAbout the lab
Connecting people and society through human-like sociality.
The Social Robotics Group (Yoshikawa Lab) studies robots that are accepted as members of society and contribute to forming and sustaining it.
As the structure of human society continues to change, there is a need for technologies that support the healthy social participation of all people, including the socially vulnerable.
The lab believes that for robots to stay close to individuals and connect people with society, research is needed on robots equipped with human-like sociality.
The lab uses a variety of robots that differ in form and capability, including robots that behave like humans, robots that can manipulate objects and move around, and CG robots.
Key terms
- Social robot
- An artificial agent that, as a member of society, takes on part of the roles people are expected to fulfill and supports the formation and maintenance of society
- Sociality
- The functions for interacting with people in social situations
- CG robot
- A robot that operates in a virtual space. It is one of the diverse robots the lab uses
NewsLab news
Study demonstrates that a robot can increase young children's persistence (joint research with the Graduate School of Human Sciences)
A lab member received the 2025 Research Meeting Excellence Award from the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
A lab member received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 21st Spring Conference of the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
Project faculty members joined the Yoshikawa Lab
The Social Robotics Group (Yoshikawa Lab) was launched
ResearchResearch themes
This lab studies what requirements a robot must meet to be accepted as a member of society and to contribute to forming and sustaining it. Its research also covers what happens when social robots are introduced into society, and what social problems they can help solve as a result.
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The members of the Yoshikawa Lab consist of faculty, project faculty and researchers, visiting faculty, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and administrative assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorYuichiro Yoshikawa
- Associate ProfessorTakato Horii
- Assistant ProfessorKazuki Sakai
- Project Associate ProfessorGustavo Garcia
- Project Assistant ProfessorSeiya Mino
- Project Assistant ProfessorUriguen Eljuri Pedro Miguel
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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: “Nadine Robot” Nadiathalmann / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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