| 2025 | CHI | A Multimodal System for Empathy Expression: Impact of Haptic and Auditory Stimuli. | Jingru Guo, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Hidenobu Sumioka |
| 2025 | HRI | Implementation of Obtaining User's Biometric Information for Huggable Robot. | Takuto Akiyoshi, Yuya Onishi, Hidenobu Sumioka, Junya Nakanishi, Hirokazu Kato, Masahiro Shiomi |
| 2025 | HRI | Semantic Babbling: Interactive Baby Robot System Using Large Language Models. | Serina Miyake, Ryuki Matsuoka, Kohei Okuoka, Takuto Akiyoshi, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi, Michita Imai |
| 2025 | RO-MAN | Don't Throw Me, I Will Cry: Developing a Robot That Responds Emotionally to Rough Handling. | Hayata Goto, Takamasa Iio, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi |
| 2024 | HAI | Effect of Emotional Expression on the Impression of Older People Towards Baby-like Robots: Effect of Emotional Expression of Baby-like Robots on Older People. | Shi Feng, Nobuo Yamato, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Masahiro Shiomi, Hidenobu Sumioka |
| 2024 | HAI | Noise Reduction-Based Auditory Notification Encourages Independently Noticing of Human Presence in a Multitasking Environment. | Atsushi Toyoda, Tomo Funayama, Kurima Sakai, Ryusuke Mikata, Takashi Minato, Hidenobu Sumioka, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2024 | RO-MAN | Analysis of heart-to-heart communication with robot using transfer entropy. | Moe Sato, Takashi Minato, Tomo Funayama, Hidenobu Sumioka, Kurima Sakai, Ryusuke Mikata, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Kazuya Horibe, Akane Kikuchi, Kaito Sakuma |
| 2023 | HRI | Practical Development of a Robot to Assist Cognitive Reconstruction in Psychiatric Day Care. | Takuto Akiyoshi, Hidenobu Sumioka, Hirokazu Kumazaki, Junya Nakanishi, Hirokazu Kato, Masahiro Shiomi |
| 2023 | HRI | Designing a Robot which Touches the User's Head with Intra-Hug Gestures. | Yuya Onishi, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi |
| 2023 | SMC | A Physiological Approach of Presence and VR Sickness in Simulated Teleoperated Social Tasks. | David Achanccaray, Hidenobu Sumioka |
| 2023 | RO-MAN | Touch Me Right: Lateral Preferences During Touch in Human-Robot-Interactions. | Arne Hitzmann, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi |
| 2022 | HRI | Does Encouraging Self-touching Behaviors with Supportive Voices Increase Stress-buffering Effects? | Ayumi Hayashi, Emi Anzai, Naoki Saiwaki, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi |
| 2022 | SMC | Understanding Humanitude Care for Sit-to-stand Motion by Wearable Sensors. | Qi An, Akito Tanaka, Kazuto Nakashima, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi, Ryo Kurazume |
| 2021 | IROS | Wearable Tactile Sensor Suit for Natural Body Dynamics Extraction: Case Study on Posture Prediction Based on Physical Reservoir Computing. | Hidenobu Sumioka, Kohei Nakajima, Kurima Sakai, Takashi Minato, Masahiro Shiomi |
| 2020 | HRI | SŌTO: An Android Platform with a Masculine Appearance for Social Touch Interaction. | Masahiro Shiomi, Hidenobu Sumioka, Kurima Sakai, Tomo Funayama, Takashi Minato |
| 2020 | RO-MAN | Acceptance of a minimal design of a human infant for facilitating affective interaction with older adults: A case study toward interactive doll therapy. | Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi, Nobuo Yamato, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2018 | HAI | Virtual Hug Induces Modulated Impression on Hearsay Information. | Junya Nakanishi, Hidenobu Sumioka, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2018 | IROS | Classification of EEG signals for a hypnotrack BCI system. | Maryam Alimardani, Soheil Keshmiri, Hidenobu Sumioka, Kazuo Hiraki |
| 2018 | IROS | Similarity of the Impact of Humanoid and In-Person Communications on Frontal Brain Activity of Older People. | Soheil Keshmiri, Hidenobu Sumioka, Ryuji Yamazaki, Masataka Okubo, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2018 | SMC | Potential Health Benefit of Physical Embodiment in Elderly Counselling: A Longitudinal Case Study. | Soheil Keshmiri, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masataka Okubo, Ryuji Yamazaki, Aya Nakae, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2018 | RO-MAN | Intimate Touch Conversation through Teleoperated Android: Toward Enhancement of Interpersonal Closeness in Elderly People. | Masataka Okubo, Hidenobu Sumioka, Soheil Keshmiri, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2017 | HAI | Endocrinological Responses to a New Interactive HMI for a Straddle-type Vehicle: A Pilot Study. | Takashi Suegami, Hidenobu Sumioka, Fuminao Obayashi, Kyonosuke Ichii, Yoshinori Harada, Hiroshi Daimoto, Aya Nakae, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2017 | IJCNN | Emotional state estimation using a modified gradient-based neural architecture with weighted estimates. | Soheil Keshmiri, Hidenobu Sumioka, Junya Nakanishi, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2016 | HAI | Can Children Anthropomorphize Human-shaped Communication Media?: A Pilot Study on Co-sleeping with a Huggable Communication Medium. | Junya Nakanishi, Hidenobu Sumioka, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2014 | HAI | Huggable communication medium encourages listening to others. | Junya Nakanishi, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi, Daisuke Nakamichi, Kurima Sakai, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2013 | HRI | Design of human likeness in HRI from uncanny valley to minimal design. | Hidenobu Sumioka, Takashi Minato, Yoshio Matsumoto, Pericle Salvini, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2013 | IROS | Spine dynamics as a computational resource in spine-driven quadruped locomotion. | Qian Zhao, Kohei Nakajima, Hidenobu Sumioka, Helmut Hauser, Rolf Pfeifer |
| 2013 | RO-MAN | Effect of social interaction on Body Ownership Transfer to teleoperated android. | Shuichi Nishio, Koichi Taura, Hidenobu Sumioka, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2013 | RO-MAN | Revisiting ancient design of human form for communication avatar: Design considerations from chronological development of Dogū. | Hidenobu Sumioka, Kensuke Koda, Shuichi Nishio, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2012 | CogSci | Doppel Teleoperation System: Isolation of physical traits and intelligence for personality study. | Hidenobu Sumioka, Shuichi Nishio, Erina Okamoto, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2012 | IROS | Embodiment enables the spinal engine in quadruped robot locomotion. | Qian Zhao, Kohei Nakajima, Hidenobu Sumioka, Xiaoxiang Yu, Rolf Pfeifer |
| 2012 | RO-MAN | Isolation of physical traits and conversational content for personality design. | Hidenobu Sumioka, Shuichi Nishio, Erina Okamoto, Hiroshi Ishiguro |
| 2011 | IROS | Computation with mechanically coupled springs for compliant robots. | Hidenobu Sumioka, Helmut Hauser, Rolf Pfeifer |
| 2008 | HRI | Spiral response-cascade hypothesis: intrapersonal responding-cascade in gaze interaction. | Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Shunsuke Yamamoto, Hidenobu Sumioka, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Minoru Asada |
| 2004 | IROS | Acquisition of human-robot joint attention through real-time natural interaction. | Koh Hosoda, Hidenobu Sumioka, Akio Morita, Minoru Asada |