Cognitive Developmental Robotics

Human–AI Symbiosis and Co-Creation: Self Mirroring Twins for Active Social Co-Creation

A JST CREST project building an AI foundation that supports behavior change and active social co-creation through symbiosis with "Self Mirroring Twins."

Comforting Social Touch — Individual Differences and Cognitive-Scientific Understanding

Elucidating, through cognitive science, the mechanisms and individual differences of social touch that creates a sense of comfort between humans, and between humans and robots.

Elucidating Infant Learning Principles Based on Predictive Coding

Clarifying "how babies learn" through computational models grounded in predictive coding theory and robot experiments.