Akifumi Takahashi
(Difficult to pronounce? Me too! Just call me Aki)

  • Assistant professor at Tohoku University
  • Project assistant professor at the university of Tokyo

Pronouns: he/him/his

As of July 2025, I have joined Embodied Intelligence and Robotics Laboratory led by professor Konyo. I am also collaborating with Amemiya's lab.

Between June 2024 - June 2025, I had joined in Amemiya's lab led by professor Amemiya.

Previously I used to be a postdoc in Human-Computer Integration lab led by Pedro Lopes for two years between June 2022 - May 2024. I was supported by JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship.

I received my Ph.D. in Engineering at The University of Electro-Communications (the department of informatics), UEC, Japan, in 2022. My supervisor was prof. Hiroyuki Kajimoto, who leads Kajimoto-lab.

I focus on haptic interfaces that modulate human haptic sensation, including touch and proprioception, by applying mechanical / electrical / electromagnetic stimulation to the skin / muscle / tendon.