Trustee, RoboCup Federation Professor of, Tokyo Information Design Professional University Team leader of RoboCup@Home eR@sers
Hiroyuki Okada is a Professor at Tokyo Information Design Professional University in Japan, with a focus on infant development research and robotics. His research interests are wide-ranging, from language acquisition in infants to speech recognition systems for robots. His objective is to connect seemingly unrelated fields of infant research and robotics, and understand the flexible framework of intelligence that underlies them.
In addition to his academic pursuits, Okada is a two-time winner of the RoboCup world championship in the @Home league, having triumphed in 2008 and 2010. As the current team leader of RoboCup@Home eR@sers, he is involved in the development of human-friendly robots, which he believes is key to understanding humans.
Okada's ultimate goal is to solve the mysteries of the human mind. He envisions a future where robots and humans coexist in a harmonious and mutually beneficial relationship, and his research aims to make this vision a reality. He has published extensively on his research topics, and his work has been recognized by his peers in the scientific community.
Infant development research and robotics What links these two seemingly unrelated fields? It is a system of flexible intelligence. Creating human-friendly robots is the key to understanding humans. That's what we believe, and that's what we continue to research. A human's mind that looks beyond robot research. I want to solve the mysteries of the human mind.