About

This lab started at Kyoto University in April 2018.
Previously our research was based at ATR-IRC. We are one of the leading groups in the HRI (Human-Robot Interaction) domain.

We welcome newcomers to help build this lab with us!
If you’re interested, please feel free to get in touch.

News

Tuesday March 25th, 2025 :  

Our paper is published in a prestigious journal, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction.

Sachie Yamada, Takayuki Kanda, Kohki Arimitsu. “Development and Validation of Moral Concern for Robot Scale (MCRS),” ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction. Doi: 10.1145/3724130

Thursday January 30th, 2025 :  

Our paper is published in a prestigious journal, ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction.

Rui Chen, Takashi Minato, Kurima Sakai, Takayuki Kanda. “Meet the Motivational Robot That Predicts Your Future Feelings,” ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction. Doi: 10.1145/3707466

Friday December 20th, 2024 :  

The following papers have been accepted to a prestigious conference, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2025).

K. Du, D. Brščić, and T. Kanda,
“Don’t Just Stop Here! Human-Inspired Solutions for Sudden Robot Stops”

S. Ito, K. Kochigami and T. Kanda,
“A Robot Dynamically Asking Questions in University Classes”

H. Nakashima, D. Brščić, and T. Kanda,
“Exploring the Use of Smell in Social Interaction via Robot Avatars”

X. Pan, M. Doering, SH. Seo and T. Kanda,
“Communicating Physical Properties through Robot Object Manipulation”

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