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Giambattista Vico (1688-1744)
A scientist of robotics
Hello! I'm Naoto Yoshida.
I am interested in the emergence of autonomous behavior in robots with motivation grounded in their own bodies. And also in symbiosis between humans and such robots.
I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at Kyoto University. I am a researcher in JSPS Transformative Area (A) Qualia-Structure Project (PI: prof. Nao Tsuchiya, ATR, Monash University) with prof. Tadahiro Taniguchi, and I am studying the emergence of communication in artificial agents from the desire to survive.
Key words: embodied intelligence, homeostasis, deep reinforcement learning, computational neuroscience, cognitive developmental robotics
Research summary
Selected Publications
Yoshida, Naoto. "Homeostatic agent for general environment." Journal of Artificial General Intelligence 8.1 (2017): 1-22.
Yoshida, Naoto, et al. "Production of character animation in a home robot: A case study of lovot." International Journal of Social Robotics 14.1 (2022): 39-54.
Yoshida, Naoto, et al. "Emergence of integrated behaviors through direct optimization for homeostasis." Neural Networks 177 (2024): 106379.
Yoshida, Naoto, Hoshinori Kanazawa, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. "Synthesising integrated robot behaviour through reinforcement learning for homeostasis." bioRxiv (2024): 2024-06.
Education
2012 MSc in Information Science, NAIST
2024 PhD in Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Appointments held
2006-2010 Tohoku University, School of Engineering, B.S. (prof. Yamaguchi & prof. Ishikawa)
2010-2012 Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Graduate School of Information Science, M.E. (prof. Ikeda & prof. Doya)
2012-2013 NAIST, Graduate School of Information Science, Ph.D. Student (prof. Ikeda & prof. Doya)
2011-2013 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), Graduate Student (prof. Doya)
2013-2016 Tohoku University, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Ph.D. Student (prof. Ishikawa)
2016-2024 GROOVE X, Research Engineer, Behavior Designer (CEO Kaname Hayashi)
2020-2024 University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Information and Technology, Mechano-Informatics, Ph.D. Student (prof. Kuniyoshi)
2022-2024 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)
2024- Kyoto University, Program-Specific Researcher (Qualia Structure) (prof. Taniguchi)
2024- University of Tokyo, Visiting Researcher (prof. Kuniyoshi)