Organization
The Center’s research organization is operated and maintained by a small decision-making body, which simplifies implementing the Center Director’s vision into action. The Center’s support and administrative organizations consist mainly of components that offer help and support for non-domestic researchers at the Center to the extent that the Center deserves the title “international research center.”
The Center has five research groups directed by the Center Director, and each of the five research groups is headed by a group leader and a group sub-leader. The Center Management Committee is comprised of the Center Director, the Administrative Director, and the leaders of the five research groups of the Center, and it is responsible for operating and managing the Center in accordance with the Center Director’s decisions on research directions.
Center director
| ISHIGURO Hiroshi | Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives / Graduate School of Engineering Science |
Vice- Center director
| KITAZAWA Shigeru | Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences |
Administrative director
| ASADA Minoru | Specially Appointed Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
Intelligent Robotics Group
Development of service robots based on knowledge in cognitive & neuroscience.
| ISHIGURO Hiroshi （Leader） | Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives / Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| HIRATA Katsuhiro | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering |
| HOSODA Koh* | Visiting Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives / Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University |
| HARADA Kensuke | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| NAGAI Takayuki | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| OOSUKA Kouichi | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering |
| MIYASAKA Fumikazu | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering |
| YOSHIKAWA Yuuichirou | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| WAN Weiwei | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| TAKAHASHI Hideyuki* | Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| ISHIHARA Hisashi | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering |
| HORII Takato | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| BAN Midori* | Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| NIGUCHI Noboru | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering |
| HEYA Akira | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering |
| UCHIDA Takahisa | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| KAWASETSU Takumi | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| KAWATA Megumi | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| SAKAI Kazuki | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| HORIBE Kazuya | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science |
| ASADA Minoru | Specially Appointed Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
| NISHIO Shuichi | Specially Appointed Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
| Erhan OZTOP | Specially Appointed Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
| KAWAI Yuji | Associate Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
| HIRANO Takashi | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
| PARK Jihoon | Specially Appointed Researcher, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
| ATSUTA Hiroshi | Specially Appointed Researcher, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
*Collaborator
Cognitive & Neuroscience Group
Understanding of humans by using robots to evaluate aspects of human-robot interaction.
| KITAZAWA Shigeru（Leader） | Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences |
| HIRATA Masayuki | Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Medicine |
| YANAGISAWA Takufumi | Professor, Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies |
| NAKANO Tamami | Professor, Center for Information and Neural Networks |
| KANAKOGI Yasuhiro | Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences |
| MORIMOTO Takeshi | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine |
| WATANABE Kei | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences |
Sociology, Ethics, & Philosophy Group
Studying future ethical issues arising from the use of service robots.
| MURAKAMI Yasuhiko（Leader） | Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences |
| KISHIMOTO Atsuo | Professor, Institute for Datability Science |
| YAMAZAKI-SKOV Ryuji | Specially Appointed Associate Professor, SISReC, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
| AKASAKA Shintaro | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences |
| KOYAMA Tora* | Visiting Fellow, Graduate School of Engineering Science / Associate Professor (tenure track), Research Institute for Time Studies, Yamaguchi University |
*Collaborator
Sensing Group
Observing human-robot interaction and evaluating robot’s performances as a practical system.
| YAGI Yasushi（Leader） | Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research |
| MATSUSHITA Yasuyuki | Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
| NAGAHARA Hajime | Professor, Institute for Datability Science |
| MAKIHARA Yasushi | Professor, The Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies |
| NAKAMURA Tomoya | Associate Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research |
| NAKASHIMA Yuta | Associate Professor, Institute for Datability Science |
| HAYASHI Hideaki | Associate Professor, Institute for Datability Science |
| OKURA Fumio | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
| WU Shuqiong | Assistant Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research |
Information Network
Developing the research infrastructure by integrating sensors into robots.
| MURATA Masayuki（Leader） | Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
| WAKAMIYA Naoki | Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
| ARAKAWA Shinichi | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
| OGURA Masaki | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
| OHSITA Yuichi | Associate Professor, ICT Innovation Center for Human-centric Living Design, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives |
| KOMINAMI Daichi | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
| HIRAI Takeshi | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |
| Wutzl BETTINA | Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology |