Taizo Yoshikawa

TAIZO YOSHIKAWA has been researching and developing robot technology for many years at Honda Fundamental Research Laboratory.

In the humanoid robot project, he has been involved in the development of the humanoid robot ASIMO. In joint research on a humanoid robot with Stanford University, he has not only promoted the project as a project leader but also realized various new robot technologies as a Visiting Scholar for many years.

He also earned an Eng.D in Mechanical Engineering through his research work at Stanford University. He is recently working on various technology realizations in the Avatar Robot project.

He has also been involved in human movement assist technology projects and has worked to realize new technologies.

He focused on the development of human balance state estimation technology and human dynamics technology that applied the technology of the humanoid robot ASIMO and realized technology to assist the elderly with robotics and human motion analysis technology. In addition, in order to estimate and predict the human movement state, he has realized the estimation and prediction technology of the human balance state by AI using motion capture data.

As Co-Chair of the IEEE RAS (Robotics and Automation Society) Technical Committee Human Movement Understanding, he actively holds workshops and participates in board meetings at the largest international robotics conferences such as IROS and ICRA. He is contributing to the development of robot technology.