Human Augmentation – Sony CSL

This research area explores ways to enhance human capabilities through sensory augmentation and robotics. By offering new experiences in vision and touch or developing technologies that complement and extend physical functions, we seek to broaden human potential while also exploring the redefinition of humanity itself.

Worldviews

Human Augmentation

I want to take humanity to a more natural world - Jun Rekimoto

Reseach Areas	Human Augmentation Augmented Societies
Researchers

Realizing the Creativity and Sustainability of Musicians

Shinichi Furuya

Reseach Areas	Creativity Human Augmentation
Researchers

Cybernetic Humanity

Exploring the new humanity emerging from the harmony between humans and computers - Shunichi Kasahara

Reseach Areas	Human Augmentation
Researchers

Projects

Reciprocity in hybrid systems of humans and machines

Global Biotic Interactions data with two types of centralities

Open Data Release

EMAS: ElectroMagnetic Actuation System for Low-Latency Motion Transfer

JackIn Space

Supporting the Seamless Transition Between First and Third Person View for Effective Telepresence Collaborations

News & Articles

[MEDIA] Shinichi Furuya, Research Director, will appear on the science program Science View, broadcast by NHK WORLD-JAPAN.

2025年6月12日

"Worldview" by Jun Rekimoto is now available.

Human Augmentation

2025年5月13日

[AWARD] Jun Rekimoto has been awarded membership in the IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Academy

2025年4月9日

［PRESS RELEASE］Pianist Discovers Method for Body to Learn Skills that Surpass Human Limits

2025年1月16日

'WORLD' by Yuichiro Takeuchi is now available.

Wikitopia: A Future City Built by "Everyone"

2024年11月26日

【Conference 12/3 - 6】SIGGRAPH Asia 2024

Two presentations were accepted for the demonstration exhibition and two for the poster exhibition.

2024年11月25日

'WORLD' by Shigeru Owada is now available.

Childcare Technology (Hoikutech)　~Support for fulfilling childcare practices~

2024年10月9日

[Article]A paper by Dr. S. Furuya et al has been published in iScience.

Robustness and adaptability of sensorimotor skills in expert piano performance

2024年9月24日

Publications

Suzuki, Hiroyuki and Hattori, Kaoru and Iwasaki, Kiyotaka

An investigation of post-market early-stage research designs between two generations of da Vinci and versius : Focus on prospective studies and adverse event analysis

RS学会誌 | pages 95--106, 2025

Galletti, Martina and Blin, In{\`e}s and Ilkou, Eleni

Automated concept map extraction from text

2025

Deruty, Emmanuel

An introduction to pitch strength in contemporary popularmusic analysis and production

2025