In the medical and welfare field, fingers and hands are used for palpation, surgery, and rehabilitation assistance, and play an important role. In order to acquire the exquisite skills using the fingers and hands, they need a lot of training and experience in clinical practice. Therefore, in order to learn the technique more effectively, quantification of fingers and hands motion during procedure is required.

In our laboratory, we have been studying on human sensing systems and analysis methods of human motion by using the advanced mechatronics and information processing technology. The quantified motion information is utilized not only to educate novices, but also to develop medical welfare sensor such as palpation sensors. In addition, based on human sensing technology, we have been developing a measurement system for muscle activity and a monitoring system for scratching behavior caused by skin diseases.