Masayuki Murata

Masayuki Murata is a Staff Research Scientist at IBM Research - Tokyo.

He is working on robotics and smartphone-based indoor navigation for improving accessibility of people with visual impairments.

Research Area and Interests

• Accessibility
• Robotics
• Mobile Computing
• Indoor Localization

Projects

• AI Suitcase
  • The AI Suitcase is a suitcase-shaped autonomous navigation robot that guides people with visual impairments.
  • Links
    • AI Suitcase Consortium (CAAMP)
• NavCog
  • NavCog is a smartphone-based turn-by-turn navigation assistant system for people with visual impairments.
  • Links
    • Cognitive Assistance Lab. at CMU
    • Human-scale Localization Platform (HULOP)

Awards

• The 71st Electrical Science and Technology Promotion Award / 第71回電気科学技術奨励賞 (link), The Promotion Foundation for Electrical Science and Engineering, 2023
• Best Technical Paper Award, The 14th International Web for All Conference (W4A), 2017

Education

• 2013, Graduated from Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• 2011, Graduated from Department of Mechano-Aerospace Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology