Member

KIT Haptics Lab. is a new laboratory launched in April 2024. We are looking for students in diverse fields such as robotics, VR, Kansei Engineering, psychology, and art and design. Please feel free to contact us.

Staff

Hikaru NAGANO

Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Faculty of Fiber Science and Engineering
E-mail: nagano[at]kit.ac.jp (Replace [at] with @)

Research Activations

• Google Scholar
• researchmap
• 京都工芸繊維大学 研究者総覧

Experience

• 2024/4- Associate Professor, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Faculty of Fiber Science and Engineering
• 2018/12-2024/3 Assistant Professor, Kobe University, Graduate School of Engineering
• 2017/4-2018/11 Assistant Professor, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
• 2015/4-2017/3 Assistant Professor, Tohoku University, International Institute of Disaster Science
• 2013/12-2014/3 Drexel University Visiting Scholar (Advisor: Prof. Yon Visell)
• 2013/10-2013/12 Carnegie Mellon University Visiting Scholar (Advisor: Prof. Roberta Klatzky)
• 2013/4-2015/3 日本学術振興会 特別研究員 (DC2)

Education

• 2012/4-2015/3 名古屋大学 大学院工学研究科 機械理工学専攻学専攻 博士課程後期課程
• 2010/4-2012/3 名古屋大学 大学院工学研究科 マイクロナノシステム工学専攻 博士課程前期課程
• 2006/4-2010/3 名古屋大学 工学部 機械・航空工学科

Students

Youtaro Sakamoto

D1
Research Theme: Visual Stimulation for Body Movement Control

Takehiro Morimoto

M2
Research Theme: Vibration Presentation for In-Vehicle Touch Interfaces

Kaoru Ohno

M2 (神戸大)
Research Theme: Multimodal Feedback in Remote Manipulation Tasks Using a Robotic Assembly System

Taito Itakura

M1
Research Theme: Research on Haptic Embodiment

Shoma Iwamura

M1
Research Theme: Research on Soft Robotic Hands

Madoka Sakai

M1
Research Theme: Research on Haptic Food Experience

Ayano Taguchi

M1
Research Theme: Research on Haptic Animacy

Koichiro Momose

M1
Research Theme: Development of Haptic Displays for Presenting Acceleration Sensations During Vehicle Travel

Yudai Higashibata

M1
Research Theme: Research on In-Hand Haptic Displays

Harry James Stone

M1
Research Theme: Haptic Interface for Dexterous Teleoperation

Natasa Kyriazi

M2 (Ghent University)
Research Theme: Robotic Tactile Estimation of Fabrics

Raúl Arjona Armisén

M2 (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
Research Theme: Hapti Guidance for Robot Teleoperation