Career
Academic Appointments
Apr. 2025 - Present
Assistant Professor
Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025
Project Researcher
Aug. 2024 - Mar. 2025
Collaborative Researcher
Feb. 2021 - Mar. 2021
Technical Research Assistant
Education
Education
Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2024
Doctoral Program, Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021
Master's Program
Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2019
Bachelor's Program
Selected Works
Selected Publications and Book
- Taiki Ishigaki, Ko Ayusawa, Ko Yamamoto, and Eiichi Yoshida, "Expanded Motion Computation Theory: Higher-Order Differential Kinematics from Rigid-Link Systems to Continuous Flexible Rods", Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 2026. [in Japanese]
- Taiki Ishigaki, Teresa Vidal-Calleja, Ko Ayusawa, and Eiichi Yoshida, "Implicit Null-space Manifold Generation for Redundant Robotic Systems," RSS 2026, accepted.
- Sunghee Kim, Yuta Shimane, Taiki Ishigaki, and Ko Yamamoto, "Dynamics computation of soft-rigid hybrid-link system and its application to motion analysis of an athlete wearing sport prosthesis", Advanced Robotics, 2026.
- Taiki Ishigaki, Ko Ayusawa, and Ko Yamamoto, "Unified Framework of Gradient Computation for Hybrid-Link System and Its Dynamical Simulation by Implicit Method", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.
- Taiki Ishigaki, Ko Ayusawa, and Ko Yamamoto, "Comprehensive Gradient Computation Framework of PCS Model for Soft Robot Simulation", IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024.
- Ko Yamamoto, Taiki Ishigaki, and Yoshihiko Nakamura, "Humanoid Motion Control by Compliance Optimization Explicitly Considering its Positive Definiteness", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022.
- Taiki Ishigaki and Ko Yamamoto, "Dynamics Computation of a Hybrid Multi-link Humanoid Robot Integrating Rigid and Soft Bodies", IROS 2021.
- Ko Yamamoto, Ko Ayusawa, and Taiki Ishigaki, Robot Motion Computation Theory, Corona Publishing, Apr. 2026. Textbook contribution on motion computation for robotic systems. [in Japanese]
Recognition
Awards and Honors
- 2026: Excellent Paper Award, 31st Robotics Symposia, for higher-order differential kinematics and optimization of multi-link systems.
- 2024: ROBOMECH Award, Academic Research Category, for high-speed forward dynamics simulation of hybrid rigid-soft link systems.
- 2023: Outstanding Research and Technology Award, Robotics Society of Japan, for PCS-model-based deformation analysis and viscosity estimation of sports prostheses.
Funding
Grants and Fellowships
- 2025-2028: JSPS KAKENHI Early-Career Scientists, supporting differential motion computation theory for dynamic identification of hybrid-link systems.
- 2025-2026: Foundation for the Fusion of Science and Technology, supporting data assimilation methods for simulation of flexible sports tools.
- 2024-2025: Daiichi-Sankyo "Habataku" Support Program, supporting differentiable hybrid-link simulation for humans and soft-rigid robots.
- 2021-2024: International Graduate Program of Excellence for an Intelligent Society Fellowship, supporting doctoral research at The University of Tokyo.
Community
Academic Service
- Associate Editor: Humanoids 2025; Organizing Committee Member: HVAC2026.
- Reviewer: ICRA, IROS, Humanoids, ISRR, SII, RA-L, T-RO, and Advanced Robotics.
- Professional memberships: Robotics Society of Japan, Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, and IEEE.