Dairoku Sekiguchi

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Dairoku Sekiguchi is a pioneering researcher in the field of Robotic User Interfaces (RUI), where he has fundamentally reimagined robots not as tools for automation, but as physical avatars for human communication. His most influential contribution is the "RobotPHONE" (2001, 102 citations), a groundbreaking concept that uses paired robots as tangible, shape-shifting interfaces for remote interpersonal interaction—allowing users to physically "feel" each other's movements and forms across distances. This work established him as a key innovator in physical telepresence and haptic communication. Sekiguchi further advanced the field by developing a teddy-bear-based RUI (2006, 16 citations), introducing a soft, emotionally engaging form factor that made robotic communication more accessible and intuitive. He also pioneered the integration of Mixed Reality with RUI (2008, 5 citations), enabling robots to display enhanced visual information while maintaining their physical presence. Across his career, Sekiguchi’s research has consistently explored how robots can serve as empathetic, body-aware interfaces, bridging the gap between digital information and physical interaction. His work remains foundational for researchers in human-robot interaction, telepresence, and embodied communication.