Taketoshi Mori
The University of Tokyo, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Tamagawa University
Papers
44
Total Citations
684
H-Index
13
About
Taketoshi Mori is a pioneering researcher in human-robot symbiosis and intelligent environments, best known for developing the "Robotic Room" concept—an environment-type robot system that integrates sensing, actuation, and adaptive behavior to support daily human life. His foundational work on the Robotic Room (cited over 76 times) introduced the idea of embedding robots into living spaces to provide noninvasive, unrestrained monitoring and assistance, a vision that has influenced ambient intelligence and smart healthcare. Mori made significant contributions to understanding robot bodily expression, using Laban Movement Analysis to quantify how physical features of robot motion shape human impressions—a line of work that has garnered over 130 citations collectively. His research also advanced practical applications, such as monitoring patient respiration and posture during sleep (43 citations) and developing ceiling-adsorbed mobile robot platforms (33 citations) to minimize human-robot interference. With a career spanning over two decades, Mori’s work bridges robotics, psychology, and human-computer interaction, laying the groundwork for systems that seamlessly integrate into our homes and hospitals.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Analysis of Impression of Robot Bodily Expression94 citations · 2002
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- 3Monitoring patient respiration and posture using human symbiosis system43 citations · 2002
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- 5Robotic room: Its concept and realization34 citations · 1999
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- 8Synthesis of robot-to-human expressive behavior for human-robot symbiosis27 citations · 2002
- 9A new neural network learning of inverse kinematics of robot manipulator23 citations · 2002
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