About

Introduction

Main theme of our laboratory is "Expansion of Human Function." We design human-centric interfaces. Research fields are virtual-reality, augmented-reality, human-interface and so on. Currently we work on haptic-based interface technologies.

Tactile Display as a New Media
- Conventional tactile displays which show physical shapes are hard to display true reality. We employ illusional feelings of human or inherent phenomena of object and design novel device to display true reality. We propose tactile displays as novel media for transmitting sensibility information.
Tactile Sensor which beyond Human Function
- To transmit various tactile information which human feels, we have to evaluate felt sensation presicely. Here we design sensing method which realize characteristics of human sensation. Furthermore by transcending the characteristics, we aim at robotics technology by which robots realize highly skilled manipulation, or by which robots coexist with human.
Haptic Display for Teaching Skills
- Highly skilled techniques of human, such as traditional techniques, should be recorded and taken over to next generation. To realize record and playing system, we propose to employ haptic display. Not obeying the movement of haptic display, but employing proactivity of human, we propose a record and playing system which realize proactive experience of technique and leaning method of exerting forces.

2020-02-01

我妻正太郎くんが，第22回ハプティクス研究会における発表 "再帰型ニューラルネットワークを用いたGANによる触察振動生成" にて，電気学会2019年電子・情報・システム部門技術委員会奨励賞を受賞しました!

2019-09-19

2019-09-19 野嶋琢也先生講演会を熊本大学総合研究棟 204 にて15:30-16:30 に開催します．

2019-08-03

熊本大学オープンキャンパス，総合研究棟2Fにて，「触って感じるディスプレイ」を展示しました．

2019-07-31

HCI International 2019 にて富田洋文くんが "An Investigation of Figure Recognition with Electrostatic Tactile Display" の口頭発表を行いました．

2019-03-04

黒木詢也くんが，第20回ハプティクス研究会における発表 "剪断力の振動方向提示による触覚提示手法の検討" にて，伊藤弘一郎くんが"3 自由度可動式タッチスクリーンにおける触力覚提示"にてそれぞれ電気学会平成30年電子・情報・システム部門技術委員会奨励賞を受賞しました!