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About
Keiko Homma is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of assistive technology, human-cooperative robotics, and elderly care. Over more than two decades, she has made significant contributions to the design and evaluation of robotic systems intended to improve quality of life for older adults and reduce the physical burden on caregivers. Homma's most influential work explores the use of humanoid robots as objective evaluators of assistive devices, leveraging their anthropomorphic form to generate quantitative measurements that are difficult to obtain with human subjects — a paper that has garnered 41 citations. She has also advanced the field of safe human-robot interaction, addressing the critical challenge of designing reliable safety functions for human-cooperative robots to prevent injury during system failures. Her research extends to practical caregiving applications, including robotic solutions for excretion care and patient transfer, as well as upper limb motion assist systems. More recently, she has embraced emerging technologies, integrating large language models with humanoid robots to promote positive behavioral change in older adults, and conducting cross-cultural ethnographic studies on android robot perception in Germany and Japan. Homma's work consistently bridges engineering rigor with real-world compassion, making her a distinctive voice in socially assistive robotics.
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- 1Humanoid robot as an evaluator of assistive devices41 citations · 2013
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- 5An upper limb motion assist system: experiments with arm models10 citations · 2002
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