Faculty Introduction

OSADA, Junichi

Associate Professor
Research Fields
Social Robot Ddesign, Co-Creation Design, Informsation Design, Survice Dsign
Academic Background
Tōhoku University of Art & Design

Message for Students

Working on something new and unprecedented can be daunting, with no precedent to help, but at the same time it's the most appealing. It is the most creative work that requires maximum creativity, such as applying reference things and things from other things.

Research Contents

  • Research on UI / UX design and social adaptation process of social robots
  • Future vision design by co-creation

Attractive Factors of My Research

Both social robots and future vision design by co-creation are developing areas. The biggest attraction is to open up this new design area.

Achievements

Interaction design, Sound design, etc. at NEC Design Co., Ltd. Since 1997, he has been leading the research and development of the communication robot PaPeRo at NEC Central Research Laboratories in terms of design.Since 2014, he has been leading NEC’s new businesses and UX design, such as solving social issues through ICT and co-creating value with customers.In charge of UIUX design education at Tohoku University of Art and Design from 2019.2022 Public Hakodate Future University appointed

Display Design Research Excellence Award / Association Special Award (1998)
Good Design Award (2018,2021)
IF DESIGN AWARD 2019 (2019)

Major Books and Papers

Guest Editor
[1] Interactive Play and Learning for Children, Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2007-2008.

International Conference
[1] Junichi Osada, Keiji Suzuki, Hitoshi Matsubara: 「Role and value of character design of social robots」, International Conference on Entertainment Computing(ICEC)2020, 2020.
[2] Junichi Osada, Tomoharu Yamaguchi, et al.: Interaction Design of Encouraging Daily Healthcare Habit with Communication Robots, 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2011), 2011.
[3] Tomoharu Yamaguchi, Junichi Osada, et al.: Encouraging Daily Healthcare Habit with Communication Robots, 14th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2011), 2011.
[4] Junichi Osada, et al.: Do you like “Kawaii” Robots ?, In Proceedings of the Conference on ACE2010 (2010).
[5] Junichi Osada, et al.: Scenario and Design Process of Childcare Robot PaPeRo, In Proceedings of the Conference on ACE2006 (2006).

Keynote Speech
[1] Takanori Komatsu, Junichi Osada, et al.: Reconfigurable robot with intuitive authoring system−“Dress-Up Robot”−, In Proceedings of the 36th International symposium on Robotics (ISR2005), 2005.
[2] Junichi Osada, Zenjiro: Humorous Interaction with a Robot2, 9th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2010), 2010.
[3] Junichi Osada, Zenjiro: Humorous Interaction with a Robot, 8th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC2009), 2009.
[4] Junichi Osada, Zenjiro: Special Noh Theatre Performance of Research Collaboration for “Humorous Interaction” 2-Man Stand-Up Comedy (Manzai) with a Robot, International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)2007.
[5] Junichi Osada, Zenjiro: Humorous Interaction with a Robot, International Conference on Advances in Computer Engineering (ACE)2007.
[6] Junichi Osada, Zenjiro: Humorous Interaction with a Robot, Digital Interactive Media Entertainment
and Arts Conference (DIMEA)2007.
[7] Junichi Osada: Scenario Design for Childcare Robot, PaPeRo, IRDF (International Robot Design Forum) 2005, Dae-Jon, Korea, 2005.
[8] Junichi Osada: New Approach Adopted to the Designing of Personal robot PaPeRo -Theme Music and Characterization of Robot’s Personality-, IIREX (International Intelligent Robot Exhibition) 2002, Dae-Jon, Korea,2002.