

Affiliation
Biography
| April 1994 | Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Mechano-Informatics. |
| March 1997 | Received Ph.D from Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. |
| April 1997 | Research Associate, The University of Tokyo, Dept. of Machano-Informatics. by Research for the Future Project of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS) on "Micro and Soft Mechanics Integration for Biomimetic Machines". |
| April 2001 | Senior Research Scientist, Digital Human Laboratory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). |
| April 2003 | Humanoid Interaction Team Leader, Digital Human Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). |
| October 2003 | Researcher, "Sakigake" Program, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
Honor
| June 1994 | Robomec Prize, (Robotics-Mechatronics Division Annual Prize), The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME). |
| September 1997 | Young Investigator Excellence Award, Robotics Society of Japan. |
| September 1998 | Best Paper Award, Robotics Society of Japan. |
| March 1999 | Best paper award, RSJ/JSME Robomec/SICE joint Fourth Robotics Symposia. |
| September 2000 | Third place, Best paper, IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Humanoid Robotics. |
| May 2001 | Finalist of Best paper award, IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation. |
| June 2002 | Robomec Prize, (Robotics-Mechatronics Division Annual Prize), The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME). |
| June 2003 | Best Presentation Award, (Robotics-Mechatronics Division Annual Prize), The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME). |
| October 2003 | Finalist of Best paper award, IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2002 (IROS2002). |
| April 2006 | Minister's Prize for Young Researcher in Science and Technology Field, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, for Outstanding contribution of Intelligent Humanoid Robot Behavior, |
| December 2006 | Best Paper Presentation Award, International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents (ICARA) 2006. |
Research Topics