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Sotaro Yokoi

Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Master's Year 2

Sotaro Yokoi is a researcher at Kuzuoka-Narumi-Tanikawa Lab ↗︎. He conducts research in Human-Computer Interaction, Robotics, and Accessibility.

Education

April 2024 - Present

Master's Program, Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Kuzuoka-Narumi-Tanikawa Lab

April 2020 - March 2024

Bachelor's Program, Department of Mechano-Informatics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Kuzuoka-Narumi Lab

April 2014 - March 2020

Kaisei High School

Research Interest

Human Computer Interaction, Robotics, Accessibility.

Here, you can view my publications.

Skills

Design (Illustrator, Photoshop, Figma)

Web dev (HTML, CSS, TypeScript, GCP)

VR (Unity, C#)

CAD (Fusion360, SolidWorks)

Robotics (ROS, Microcomputer)

Movie (AfterEffects, vvvv, Resolume)

Here, you can view my projects.

Awards

Best Presentation Award, IEEE VR Workshop VR-HSA 2025 (Jan 2025)

WISS2024 Demo Presentation Award (program committie nomination)

Civic tech challenge 2022 1st Prize (150 participants)

Yahoo Digital Hackday 2022 Pretia Award (77 Teams)

Yahoo Digital Hackday 2021 MONET Technologies Award (71 Teams)

Experience

May 2024 - Present

Sony Computer Science Laboratories Kyoto. Conducting research and development as a research assistant under Professor Rekimoto.

Accomplishment

2025

Selected for IPA MITOU Program 2025 (acceptance rate 9.2%): 'A development platform for modular social robots for self-expression' (Co-creators: Naoki Shitanda, Kento Matsuo)

2025

Murata Science Foundation Research Grant, Interdisciplinary Field 2025 (acceptance rate 7%): 'Designing and Evaluating Human-AI Teaming' — sole Master's-level recipient

2025

Selected for The University of Tokyo SPRING GX (Green Transformation Overseas Dispatch Program)

May 2024 - Present

Selected as a program member of the IIW: International Graduate Program of Innovation for Intelligent World.

June 2023

Keyence Foundation 2023 'Ganbare! Japanese University Students' scholarship recipient