Category Archives: Robot

Invitation to the the Japan UK Technology and Humanity in Education 2019 by the Embassy of Japan UK

March 1st, 2019.  It’s a great honor to be invited to the Japan UK Technology and Humanity in Education 2019, organized by the Embassy of Japan UK. I gave a talk entitled, “Human First Innovation: Balancing Opportunities and Risks of … Continue reading

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“AI and Gender “ workshop organized by CFI at the University of Cambridge

February 19th and 20th, 2019, I enjoyed attending the interesting event, “AI and Gender “ workshop organized by CFI at the University of Cambridge. Stanford has launched the Human Centered AI Initiative (HAI). HAI encourages faculty members to create interdisciplinary … Continue reading

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Fieldwork on Robotics @the University of Cambridge

February 7th, 2019, I have done my fieldwork on Robotics at the University of Cambridge. I visited Dr Fumiya Iida’s Bio-Inspired Robotics Lab, Dept. of Engineering, University of Cambridge. I enjoyed talking with Dr Iida about the future of robot … Continue reading

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Robot Engagement: Fieldwork on Human-Robots Interaction at a Nursing Home in Tokyo

I did my fieldwork on Human-Robots Interaction at a nursing home in Tokyo with Prof. Takanori Shibata, who is father of a therapeutic robot, Paro. The nursing home use many different kinds of robots, not only “robots suits” by Cyberdyne … Continue reading

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Invitation to EU-JAPAN Conference on Smart Society and beyond for the Super-Aging Era @Belgian Royal Academy

On October 8th, 2018, I gave a talk on “Social Impact of AI/robots” @ EU-JAPAN CONFERENCE ON SMART SOCIETY AND BEYOND FOR THE SUPER-AGING ERA at Belgian Royal Academy, Brussels. I enjoyed talking and discussing about the future of Robotics … Continue reading

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Invitation to Keynote Speech @ The Society of Socio-Informatics (SSI) Conference

On September 16, 2017.  I was invited to The Society of Socio-Informatics (SSI) Conference in Tokyo.  I gave a Keynote speech, entitled  “Digital Wisdom: Towards the AI Society”. It’s a great honor that Prof. Jun Yoshida, Vice President of SSI … Continue reading

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Invitation to Ars Electronica 2017

On September 7th to 11th, Linz in Austria.  I was invited to Ats Electronica Festival 2017. I gave a talk about “Self-Organizing city: Tokyo” at Ars Electronica Tokyo Initiative.  I was talking about how to create a better future AI society by … Continue reading

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