Hisashi Ishihara
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Total Citations
246
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About
Hisashi Ishihara is a pioneering roboticist whose work sits at the intersection of social robotics, tactile sensing, and developmental psychology. He is best known for creating **Affetto**, a realistic child android robot designed to study caregiver-child attachment and social development—a project that has garnered over 48 citations and opened new avenues for understanding human-robot interaction. His research also tackles the fundamental challenge of giving robots a sense of touch: his 2018 paper on a flexible tactile sensor using a magnetorheological elastomer, which mimics a Mexican-hat response, has been cited 61 times and addresses critical issues like sensor fragility and maintainability. Ishihara has systematically investigated how touch sensations influence human perceptions of robot personality, using path analysis to reveal causal relationships—work that has accumulated over 50 citations across multiple studies. Notably, his 22-DOF pneumatically actuated upper body for Affetto (25 citations) demonstrates technical ingenuity in creating lifelike, compliant motion within severe spatial constraints. Through his dual focus on expressive child robots and robust tactile systems, Ishihara is shaping how robots can physically and emotionally engage with humans, making him a key figure in the future of social robotics.
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- 7Why Not Artificial Sympathy?11 citations · 2012
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