Kenzaburo Miyawaki
Papers
8
Total Citations
29
H-Index
4
About
Kenzaburo Miyawaki is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on creating robots that can interact with humans in natural, intuitive, and socially engaging ways. His key research areas include human-robot interaction, social robotics, and assistive robotics. Miyawaki’s major contributions span several innovative domains: he developed a mobile robot that plays tag with humans using touch-and-away behavior and a laser range finder, and created "ASAHI ReBorn," a personal guide robot that leads a guest hand-in-hand while maintaining a proper distance. He also pioneered cooking support systems using networked robots and sensors, and designed a robotic introducer agent that uses adaptive embodied entrainment to reduce stress during first meetings. His work on robust human tracking with 3D LiDAR and point cloud projection has advanced human-following robots. With over 29 citations across his most-cited papers, Miyawaki’s research has significant impact, particularly his 2021 tag-playing robot (6 citations) and 2024 guide robot (5 citations). His notable achievements include developing teleoperated play tag robots for children who cannot participate in physical play, and using intuitive onomatopoeic expressions for cooking assistance. Miyawaki’s work bridges robotics, psychology, and assistive technology, making human-robot interaction more natural and beneficial.
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- 3Cooking Support System Using Networked Robots and Sensors4 citations · 2014
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- 8Development of a Teleoperated Play Tag Robot with Semi-Automatic Play2 citations · 2022