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Guardian Robot Project

Research Summary

Towards a future society where humans, AI and robots coexist flexibly, we are promoting research and development for the social implementation of next-generation robots ("Brain x AI") that synergistically incorporate the strengths of psychology, brain science, cognitive science and AI research. Conventional robots have mostly been able to perform limited tasks based on detailed commands from humans, but this project aims to create robots that can autonomously recognize their environment and the state of the people they are supposed to support, and provide casual support without compromising human autonomy through appropriate communication.

Main Research Fields
  • Multidisciplinary
  • Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cognitive Science
  • Psychology
  • Brain Science
Keywords
  • Autonomous robots
  • Casual assistance
  • Emotional expression
Research theme
  • A robot that shows own hearts and coexist with us for a long time

Michihiko Minoh

Michihiko Minoh

History

Apr. 1983
Hired by Kyoto University
Nov. 1989
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Aug. 1995
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University
Apr. 2002
Professor, Center for Academic Computing and Media, Kyoto University
Apr. 2006
Director, Center for Academic Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University (until March 2010)
Oct. 2010
Deputy Director, Kyoto University (until Sep. 2012) CIO, Director, Information Environment Organization (until Sep. 2016)
Apr. 2018
Director, RIKEN
Apr. 2019
Project Leader, RIKEN Robotics Project
Apr. 2021
Director, RIKEN Information Integration Division Guardian Robotics Project Project Leader

Teams

Koichiro Yoshino
Knowledge Acquisition and Dialogue Process Research Team
Koichiro Yoshino
 Wataru Sato
Psychological Process Research Team
Wataru Sato
 Takashi Minato
Interactive Robot Research Team
Takashi Minato
Yasutomo Kawanishi
Multimodal Data Recognition Research Team
Yasutomo Kawanishi
 Takashi Minato
Man-Machine Collaboration Research Team
Takashi Minato
Yutaka Nakamura
Behavior Learning Research Team
Yutaka Nakamura

Project Member

Masayuki Ihara
Senior Scientist
Ritsuko Iwai
Research Scientist
Heikki Ruuska
Special technical staff
Yasuki Saito
Consultant
Kyoko Yamazaki
Administrative Part-time Worker II

Former member

Kou Kotani
Research Part-time Worker II(2022/10-2023/03)
Rikuro Kobuki
Administrative Part-time Worker II(2022/11-2023/03)

Links

Guardian Robot Project(RIKEN)

Contact Information

robotics-info [at] ml.riken.jp

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