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Kajimoto Laboratory †

Kajimoto lab was established in April 2007. The main research topic is human interface, especially tactile or multimodal interface.
As scientists, we are seeking why and how we feel the world as is,
As engineers, we are devising in how to hack human function,
and as designers, we are concerting to enrich human culture by interface design.

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Announcement †

2011.10.16-19 One work will be presented at ACE (Lisbon) (M2 Hachisu)

2011.10.16-19 One work will be presented at UIST (Santa Barbara (M2 Hachisu)

2011.8.7-11 One work will be presented at e-tech session of ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 (Vanconver) (M1 YoshikawaVection Field for Pedestrian Traffic Control)

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News †

2011.6.22-24 NEW! Two works were presented at World Haptics Conference 2011 (Istanbul) (M1 Okazaki, Kajimoto)

2011.5 Some works were introduced by Diginfo

NEW!Sense-Roid will be presented at Laval Virtual2011 ( 2011.4.4-10 ).
Abstract—What type of emotions could be obtained if you were able to hug yourself? When we hug someone, we feel a sense of ease coming from emotions such as belief, security and love. However, it is not possible to hug oneself, who is the closest person. To experience this situation, we proposed a tactile device called the Sense-Roid. The system is composed of a lay figure with tactile sensors to detect the user's caressing motion, and a tactile jacket with vibrators and artificial muscles to reflect the caressing motion to the user. As a result, users caress themselves through our Sense-Roid. We believe that this self-caressing experience will enlighten people about the value of caressing.
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  N. Takahashi, R. Okazaki, H. Okabe, H. Yoshikawa, K. Aou, S. Yamakawa, M. Yokoyama, H. Kajimoto, Sense-Roid: Emotional Haptic Communication with Yourself, Virtual Reality International Conference 2011 (VRIC2011) proceedings, France, 2011[pdf]

2011.3.19-20 NEW! At ISVRI 2011, two papers were presented，and Taku Hachisu (M1) received Best Poster Award

2011.3.12-14 NEW! At Augmented Human 2011, one oral and one demo was presented, and Masahiro Furukawa received Best Paper Award

2011.3.10-12 NEW! At Interaction2011, four demos were presented at interactive session, and Hiromi Yoshikawa (B4) received Interactive Presentation Award

2010.12.15-18 At SIGGRAPH ASIA2010 (Seoul, Korea), Yu Okano(M2) presented at poster session.

2010 10/3-6, At UIST, Kanako Aou (B4) presented at poster session.

2010.7.7-10, AtEuroHaptics, Jun Ohara(M1), Hiroshi Kato (M2), Michi Sato (M2) and Hiroyuki Kajimoto presented. Kajimoto received Best Oral presentation Award

2009 12/24-26, Junya Miyake received Presentation Award atSICE-SI conference.

2010 4/10-15 Shogo Fukushima will present at CHI2010.

Pull-Navi was presented at Laval Virtual2010.

Yuki Hashimoto individually received the Demostration Award at Virtual Reality Conference in Japan

2010.3.25-26, Taku Hachisu and Satsuki Nakata presented at Haptics Symposiumin Boston

Pull-Navi was introduced in Shanghai-Daily News.

2009.10.29-31 Yuichiro Kojima and Yuki Hashimoto presented at ACE2009 in Athens, Greece

2009.9.30 Michi Sato received the Best Paper Award at IEEE RO-MAN 2009.

2009.9.16 Shogo Fukushima received the Best paper Award at Entertainment Computing 2009

2009.8.3-7，Yuichiro Kojima presented at SIGGRAPH2009 Emerging Technology Session.

2009.3.5 Michi Sato and Yuki Hashimoto individually received the Interactive Presentation Award at Interaction2009．

2008.10.31 Michi Sato received the Best Presentation Award at Entertainment Computing 2008.

2008.8.11-15 Three works (/ed，Emotional Touch，Ants in the Pants) will be presented at the New Tech Demo session in SIGGRAPH2008.

2008.6.11-13 Three works will be presented at oral, poster and demo session in EuroHaptics2008

2008.4.5-10 Two works will be presented at Work-in-Progress session in CHI2008.

2008.3.4 Hashimoto and Kajimoto individually received Interactive Demonstration Award at Interaction2008.

2007.12.7 Hashimoto and Fukushima individually received Demonstration Awards in WISS2007.

2007.11.24 Open Lab

2007.11.3 Team "Tamago-chan" won triple crown: Grand Prix, Laval Award, and Kagamihara Award in IVRC. The team will be invited to Laval Virtual (France) in April.

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Contact †

1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
The University of Electro-Communications
Department of Human Communication, West Bldg#3, 4th floor, Rm401
TEL/FAX +81-42-443-5445

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