Humanoid Robotics Laboratory, Waseda University
Led by Prof. Shigeki Sugano in the Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering at Waseda University, this laboratory specializes in human-symbiotic anthropomorphic robot design and dexterous, safe manipulator systems. Research focuses on enabling robots to assist humans in daily life through safe interaction.
Notable achievements
Developed TWENDY-ONE (2007), a dexterous and safe robot for human assistance; published over 500 technical papers; granted more than 20 patents
Notable work
Recent publications
All papers →Matched by this lab's specialties (keyword overlap + direct affiliation)
Beyond rigid automation: A review of vision-language-action models for adaptive human–robot disassembly
Baki Ul Islam, Joao Paulo Jacomini Prioli, Jose Carlos Hernandez Azucena
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2027
Copilot: A framework for integrating LLM and BMI to enhance human–robot interaction
Siyu Liu, Mengzhen Liu, Zhiyuan Ming +6 more
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing · 2026
Artificial pushing adaptive coordinated control for the human-exoskeleton-walker system
Xinhao Zhang, Chen Yang, Chaobin Zou +4 more
Robotics and Autonomous Systems · 2026
Risk-Aware Preference Learning for Stochastic Outcomes
Yi-Shiuan Tung, Yuni Wu, Wei Jiang +2 more
2026
A Glimpse into Long-term Physical Coexistence with Intelligent Robots
Weiqi Jin, Peijun Tang, Kuncheng Luo +5 more
2026
Think When It Matters: Conditional VLM Reasoning for Social Navigation with RL Policies
Ali Ahmadi, Hamed Rahimi, Adrien Jacquet Cretides +3 more
2026