人間の感覚／運動機能の拡張

歳をとっても日々の生活を楽しむためには，自分の身体を自分で思い通り動かしている感覚や，自分自身でさまざまなものを感じている感覚を保持しつづけることが重要です．道具や情報技術は，人の身体能力の壁や限界を乗り越え，未知の体験をもたらしてくれる可能性を秘めています．これを実現すべく，人の運動や感覚の機能・能力を拡張・向上する人間拡張アシストデバイスの開発を行っています．

人工筋を利用した作業支援，身体能力の拡張，ウェアラブル力覚フィードバックへの展開

research

Swagata Das and Yuichi Kurita, ForceArm: A wearable pneumatic gel muscle (PGM) based assistive suit for the upper limb, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, Vol.2, Issue 2, pp. 269-281, May 2020.
Masataka Yamamoto, Yusuke Kishishita, Koji Shimatani, and Yuichi Kurita, Development of New Soft Wearable Balance Exercise Device Using Pneumatic Gel Muscles, Applied Sciences, Vol.9, No.15, Article #3108, August 2019.
Kazunori Ogawa, Akito Kadowaki, Koji Shimatani, Masaya Hasegawa, Keita Takahashi, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, Supporting effects on muscles of a motion assistive wear depending on the fixture position, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 729-739, October 2018
Chetan Thakur, Kazunori Ogawa, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, Soft Wearable Augmented Walking Suit with Pneumatic Gel Muscles and Stance Phase Detection System to Assist Gait, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol.3, Issue 4, pp.4257-4264, October 2018
Swagata Das, Cassie Lowell, Yusuke Kishishita, Kazunori Ogawa, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, ForceHand glove: a wearable force-feedback glove with pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp.2416-2423, July 2018

無電力供給型身体運動支援スーツ／アンプラグド・パワード・スーツ Unplugged Powered Suit

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Kazunori Ogawa, Chetan Thakur, Tomohiro Ikeda, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, Development of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Driven by Low Pressure and Its Application to the Unplugged Powered Suit, Advanced Robotics, Vol.31, Issue 21, pp.1135-1143, November 2017
栗田雄一，小川和徳，低圧駆動型空気圧人工筋を利用したアンプラグド・パワード・スーツの開発，第一回超人スポーツ学術研究会，pp.7-8, 2015.12.10
小川和徳，池田智浩，栗田雄一，低圧駆動型空気圧人工筋の開発とそれを利用した無外部動力歩行支援装置，第33回日本ロボット学会学術講演会，RSJ2015AC2C1-06, 2015.9.4

人工筋スーツを活用したスポーツの拡張

research

Wataru Sakoda, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, VR training system of step timing for baseball batter using force stimulus, AsiaHaptics2018, Songdo, Korea, November 14-16, 2018
Kazunori Ogawa, Tomohiro Ikeda, and Yuichi Kurita, Unplugged Powered Suit for Superhuman Tennis, 12th France – Japan Congress, 10th Europe – Asia Congress on Mecatronics, pp.355-358, Mie, Japan, September 10-12, 2018
Yusuke Kishishita, Antonio Vega Ramirez, Swagata Das, Chetan Thakur, Yohei Yanase, and Yuichi Kurita, Muscleblazer : A wearable laser tag module powered by PAM-induced force-feedback, First International Symposium on Amplifying Capabilities, Competing in Mixed Realities (Superhuman Sports Design Challenge), Delft, Netherlands, July 2-5, 2018
Wataru Sakoda, Antonio Vega, Kazunori Ogawa, Toshio Tsuji and Yuichi Kurita, Reinforced suit using low pressure driven artificial muscles for baseball bat swing, Augmented Human 2018, Article No.30, Seoul, Korea, Februrary 7-9, 2018
小川和徳，池田智浩，栗田雄一，低圧駆動型人工筋を用いたテニス用アンプラグド・パワード・スーツの開発，超人スポーツ学術研究会， 2016.12.18

人の感覚・運動機能を向上させるスーツ：SEnS

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栗田雄一，佐藤純平，田中孝之，篠原稔，辻敏夫，感覚運動機能を向上させるウェアラブルスーツ:SEnS，第32回日本ロボット学会学術講演会，RSJ2014AC2Q2-04，2014.9.5
Yuichi Kurita, Jumpei Sato, Takayuki Tanaka, Minoru Shinohara, and Tosho Tsuji, Unloading muscle activation enhances force perception, Augmented Human 2014, March 7-9, 2014. DOI:10.1145/2582051.2582055

確率共鳴現象に基づく指先知覚感度を増強させるウェアラブルデバイス

（日本語での研究紹介）（英語での研究紹介＠Georgia Tech.）

栗田雄一，末田大和，上田淳，辻敏夫，確率共鳴現象を利用した触覚知覚感度の向上効果に関する考察，電子情報通信学会技術報告, Vol.113, No.272, WIT2013-45, pp.13-16, 2013.10.26-27
Yuichi Kurita, Minoru Shinohara, and Jun Ueda, Wearable Sensorimotor Enhancer for Fingertip using Stochastic Resonance Effect, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Vol. 43, Issue 3, pp. 333-337, May 2013

関連文献情報

Swagata Das and Yuichi Kurita, ForceArm: A wearable pneumatic gel muscle (PGM) based assistive suit for the upper limb, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, Vol.2, Issue 2, pp. 269-281, May 2020.
Masataka Yamamoto, Yusuke Kishishita, Koji Shimatani, and Yuichi Kurita, Development of New Soft Wearable Balance Exercise Device Using Pneumatic Gel Muscles, Applied Sciences, Vol.9, No.15, Article #3108, August 2019.
Kazunori Ogawa, Akito Kadowaki, Koji Shimatani, Masaya Hasegawa, Keita Takahashi, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, Supporting effects on muscles of a motion assistive wear depending on the fixture position, Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 729-739, October 2018
Chetan Thakur, Kazunori Ogawa, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, Soft Wearable Augmented Walking Suit with Pneumatic Gel Muscles and Stance Phase Detection System to Assist Gait, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol.3, Issue 4, pp.4257-4264, October 2018
Swagata Das, Cassie Lowell, Yusuke Kishishita, Kazunori Ogawa, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, ForceHand glove: a wearable force-feedback glove with pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs), IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp.2416-2423, July 2018
Kazunori Ogawa, Chetan Thakur, Tomohiro Ikeda, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, Development of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Driven by Low Pressure and Its Application to the Unplugged Powered Suit, Advanced Robotics, Vol.31, Issue 21, pp.1135-1143, November 2017
栗田雄一，小川和徳，低圧駆動型空気圧人工筋を利用したアンプラグド・パワード・スーツの開発，第一回超人スポーツ学術研究会，pp.7-8, 2015.12.10
小川和徳，池田智浩，栗田雄一，低圧駆動型空気圧人工筋の開発とそれを利用した無外部動力歩行支援装置，第33回日本ロボット学会学術講演会，RSJ2015AC2C1-06, 2015.9.4
Wataru Sakoda, Toshio Tsuji, and Yuichi Kurita, VR training system of step timing for baseball batter using force stimulus, AsiaHaptics2018, Songdo, Korea, November 14-16, 2018
Kazunori Ogawa, Tomohiro Ikeda, and Yuichi Kurita, Unplugged Powered Suit for Superhuman Tennis, 12th France – Japan Congress, 10th Europe – Asia Congress on Mecatronics, pp.355-358, Mie, Japan, September 10-12, 2018
Yusuke Kishishita, Antonio Vega Ramirez, Swagata Das, Chetan Thakur, Yohei Yanase, and Yuichi Kurita, Muscleblazer : A wearable laser tag module powered by PAM-induced force-feedback, First International Symposium on Amplifying Capabilities, Competing in Mixed Realities (Superhuman Sports Design Challenge), Delft, Netherlands, July 2-5, 2018
栗田雄一，佐藤純平，田中孝之，篠原稔，辻敏夫，感覚運動機能を向上させるウェアラブルスーツ:SEnS，第32回日本ロボット学会学術講演会，RSJ2014AC2Q2-04，2014.9.5
Yuichi Kurita, Jumpei Sato, Takayuki Tanaka, Minoru Shinohara, and Tosho Tsuji, Unloading muscle activation enhances force perception, Augmented Human 2014, March 7-9, 2014. DOI:10.1145/2582051.2582055
Wataru Sakoda, Antonio Vega, Kazunori Ogawa, Toshio Tsuji and Yuichi Kurita, Reinforced suit using low pressure driven artificial muscles for baseball bat swing, Augmented Human 2018, Article No.30, Seoul, Korea, Februrary 7-9, 2018
小川和徳，池田智浩，栗田雄一，低圧駆動型人工筋を用いたテニス用アンプラグド・パワード・スーツの開発，超人スポーツ学術研究会， 2016.12.18
栗田雄一，末田大和，上田淳，辻敏夫，確率共鳴現象を利用した触覚知覚感度の向上効果に関する考察，電子情報通信学会技術報告, Vol.113, No.272, WIT2013-45, pp.13-16, 2013.10.26-27
Yuichi Kurita, Minoru Shinohara, and Jun Ueda, Wearable Sensorimotor Enhancer for Fingertip using Stochastic Resonance Effect, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, Vol. 43, Issue 3, pp. 333-337, May 2013

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