Tomoya Morita

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Tomoya Morita is a robotics researcher specializing in human-robot interaction, teleoperation, and the cognitive mechanisms underlying the sense of agency (SoA). His work focuses on enhancing an operator’s feeling of control and embodiment when remotely piloting robots, particularly under challenging conditions like time delays. Morita’s most-cited paper, "Auditory Feedback for Enhanced Sense of Agency in Shared Control" (2022, 8 citations), demonstrates how auditory cues can restore the operator’s sense of self-agency when robot motion feels external, a critical issue for intuitive remote operation. Building on this, his 2024 paper "RNN-Based Visual Guidance for Enhanced Sense of Agency in Teleoperation With Time-Varying Delays" (2 citations) introduces recurrent neural networks to provide predictive visual feedback, mitigating the disorienting effects of latency. These contributions are pivotal for advancing telepresence systems in applications ranging from disaster response to medical robotics, where operator confidence and precision are paramount. Morita’s research bridges robotics, neuroscience, and human factors, offering practical solutions to make teleoperation feel as natural as direct control.