Michiteru Kitazaki
Papers
33
Total Citations
521
H-Index
11
About
Michiteru Kitazaki is a pioneering researcher whose work spans human-robot interaction, embodiment, and cognitive perception, with transformative contributions to how we understand the boundaries between human bodies and technology. Perhaps his most celebrated work is a 2015 electroencephalography study (168 citations) providing the first physiological evidence that humans can empathize with robots experiencing pain — a landmark finding that reshaped discussions on human-robot relationships. Kitazaki has also advanced the field of human augmentation through explorations of supernumerary robotic limbs in virtual reality and the innovative "JIZAI Body" concept, which envisions freely controllable extensions of the human body in both physical and digital space. His work on co-embodiment, detachable robotic limbs, and multi-body distributed presence pushes the frontiers of what it means to inhabit a body. On the applied side, he contributed to the development of Terapio, a medical-round support robot designed for real-world hospital environments. Complementing these efforts, his earlier research into infant body perception and children's folk knowledge of robots reveals a consistent curiosity about how minds — at every age — make sense of embodiment and agency.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Measuring empathy for human and robot hand pain using electroencephalography168 citations · 2015
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- 3Embodiment of supernumerary robotic limbs in virtual reality44 citations · 2022
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- 5Cyborgs, Human Augmentation, Cybernetics, and JIZAI Body32 citations · 2022
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- 7MultiSoma: Distributed Embodiment with Synchronized Behavior and Perception22 citations · 2021
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- 9Medical Round Robot – Terapio –16 citations · 2014
- 10Young Children’s Folk Knowledge of Robots15 citations · 2010