Humanize Robotics Laboratory (Togo Lab.)
Humanize Robotics Laboratory (Togo Lab.)

Profile

Principal Investigator

Assoc. Prof. Shunta Togo

Associate Professor, Dr. Eng.

Shunta TOGO

Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications; Center for Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering (concurrent). He promotes "Humanize Robotics" — elucidating the embodied intelligence of the human body through anthropomimetic robots and translating it into mechanism intelligence for prosthetic hands and robot hands.

Keywords: Humanize Robotics, anthropomimetic robots, cyborg technology, computational neuroscience, myoelectric prosthetic hands

researchmap (publication database)

Professional Experience

Apr. 2021 – presentAssociate Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications
Apr. 2019 – presentCenter for Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, UEC (concurrent)
Oct. 2017 – Mar. 2019Brain Science Inspired Life Support Research Center, UEC (concurrent)
Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2021Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, UEC
Feb. 2016 – Mar. 2018Researcher, Medical Institute of Developmental Disabilities Research, Showa University
Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2026Cooperative Researcher, Cognitive Mechanisms Laboratories, ATR
Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2016JSPS Research Fellow (PD)
Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2014JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)

Education

Apr. 2011 – Mar. 2014Doctoral program, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Nagoya University (Dr. Eng.)
Apr. 2009 – Mar. 2011Master’s program, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Nagoya University (M. Eng.)
Apr. 2005 – Mar. 2009Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University (B. Eng.)

Awards

  • SI2025 Excellent Presentation Award (2026, supervised student)
  • JSME Fellow Award for Outstanding Young Presenters (2025, supervised student)
  • IEEE ICARM Best Conference Paper Finalist (2024, co-supervised student)
  • Excellent Research Encouragement Award, 36th Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems (2024, supervised student)
  • IEEE LifeTech 2022 Excellent Paper Award for Demo Presentation (2022, supervised student)
  • IEEE LifeTech 2021 Outstanding Paper Awards for Demo! Presentation (2021, supervised student)
  • IEEE CBS Best Student Paper Award (2017, co-supervised student)
  • ICBSB Excellent Paper Award (2016, co-supervised student)
  • JNNS Conference Encouragement Award (2012)
  • JSME Miura Award (2011)

Supervised Students (since the lab opened in FY2016)

1

Doctoral

23

Master's

8

Bachelor's

Plus 6 research students and 3 short-term visitors (internships, etc.).

Memberships

The Robotics Society of Japan / Society of Biomechanisms Japan / Japanese Neural Network Society / The Japanese Society for Motor Control