Teruki Shimomura
FromDepartment of Space Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyutech
Yuichiro Tanaka Lab — Kyushu Institute of Technology
Learning from the brain to create intelligence for robots living with humans.
Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyutech, Japan.
We develop AI systems by integrating multiple functions for the emergence of intelligence,
toward the realization of robots living with humans.
Current AI requires large amounts of training data and struggles to adapt to personal situations from a few experiences. We develop AI that integrates memory-related brain functions to realize learning from a few experiences, and further integrate it with current AI to reproduce the learning paradigm of the human brain.
We focus on reservoir computing, which has low training cost and suits edge AI. We extend its functions to boost performance and also use it as a prefrontal cortex model for brain-inspired AI. We further apply it as an approach to making large-scale AI, such as language models, lightweight.
We explore applications of brain-inspired AI and reservoir computing, especially in the edge domain, using home service robots HSR and Kachaka as experimental platforms. We also develop AI robotics technologies for innovative biophilic design, toward the co-existence of humans, nature, and robots.
PI / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Research Center for Neuromorphic AI Hardware, Kyutech
Young Academy of Engineering, Kyutech
FromDepartment of Space Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyutech
FromThe University of Kitakyushu
FromIndia
FromNIT, Kurume College
FromDepartment of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyutech
FromDepartment of Artificial Intelligence, School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyutech / NIT, Yonago College
Thinking about joining us? Here is what life in our lab looks like.
In collaboration with Hibikino-Musashi@Home, we use home service robots such as TOYOTA HSR and Kachaka as experimental platforms — your AI runs in the real world, not only in simulation.
Interdisciplinary themes spanning brain models, machine learning, and edge implementation, in close collaboration with the Research Center for Neuromorphic AI Hardware.
As a new lab, students work closely with the PI, who carefully supports them from topic design to paper writing.
Members come from other universities, technical colleges, and abroad. Any background is welcome.
A year-by-year look at our lab events and participation in conferences and competitions.
/ Incheon, South Korea
/ Tohoku University
/ Vienna, Austria
/ Institute of Science Tokyo
A weekly seminar covering progress reports, presentation techniques, research ethics education, and more.
There is no core time other than the seminar.
See the career records of the Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering (in Japanese).
TOYOTA HSR (in collaboration with Hibikino-Musashi@Home), Kachaka, and SO-101 robot arms are available as research platforms. A 3D printer is also available for creating robot parts, sensor mounts, and experimental fixtures.
Edge AI implementation environment with FPGA boards such as ZCU102 and KR260.
Every member is provided with a MacBook and an external monitor. For research on deep learning, language models, robot foundation models, and related topics, we use both on-premises and cloud-based HPC resources.
No — you can learn the basics through lectures and research activities after joining.
Through discussion, matching your interests with our themes: brain-inspired AI, reservoir computing, and service robots.
Yes — we encourage active presentation at domestic and international conferences.
Yes. We already have members from other universities, technical colleges, and abroad. See the admissions page (LSSE, Kyutech).
Anytime — please email us with your preferred date and the topics you are interested in.
If you are interested in brain-inspired AI, edge AI, or service robots, lab tours are also welcome.
Please feel free to contact us, telling us what you are interested in.
Representative work in brain-inspired AI, reservoir computing, and edge AI
Explore our publications, researcher profile, and funded research projects.
2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0196, Japan
Office: Room 7260, 7F / Student room: Room 7350, 7F
Email
tanaka-yuichiro[at]brain.kyutech.ac.jp
(replace [at] with @)