Tatsuhiro Kishi
Waseda University, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Papers
22
Total Citations
359
H-Index
11
About
Tatsuhiro Kishi is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of humanoid robotics, human-robot interaction, and affective computing. His research has focused primarily on enabling robots to communicate naturally and expressively with humans — spanning facial expression generation, emotional gait, and cross-cultural dimensions of robotic communication. Among his most significant contributions is his investigation of the "uncanny valley" phenomenon, exploring how robot attractiveness influences human acceptance in working partnerships, a paper that has garnered 76 citations and remains a key reference in HRI literature. Kishi has also made substantial technical contributions through the development of expressive robotic heads for bipedal humanoid robots, incorporating insights from cartoonists to improve facial expression recognition rates (38 citations). His cross-cultural studies — examining how different societies perceive and interpret robotic facial expressions — demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the social dimensions of robotics. Kishi has further advanced emotionally intelligent robotics through dynamic mental models that govern real-time emotional responses in walking robots, and explored how body movement itself conveys emotion. His 2019 work developing DarumaTO, a culturally sensitive companion robot for elderly users in Buddhist and Shinto traditions, reflects a meaningful commitment to socially assistive robotics with genuine human impact.
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- 2Development of expressive robotic head for bipedal humanoid robot38 citations · 2012
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- 8Biped walking stabilization based on gait analysis20 citations · 2012
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- 10Emotional gait: Effects on humans' perception of humanoid robots15 citations · 2014