Welcome to the JLab

We are a motion recognition group at the The University of Aizu. Our ultimate goal is to seamlessly connect human activities with the ubiquitous network.

To this end, we focus on the new motion sensing devices, motion measurement and recognition methods.

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So far, we have developed several motion sensing devices including schoolbag, ring, toothbrush, pen, wristband, insole, and gloves. All these artifacts are designed to keep their original form factors and interaction method to achieve good affordance.

In the process of developing the different motion sensing devices, we notice that many common issues could be found across the different motion sensing applications. Therefore, we started to work on a wearable motion sensing platform named WonderEngine, which encapsulates the necessary hardware and software for human motion measurement, record, and analysis. The WonderEngine platform has been applied into several hands-on curriculums of motion capture and recognition. In addition, WonderEngine is also applied into the R&D of the motion sensing products.

JLab is located at Aizu-wakamatsu, a historical city (more than 600 years) of Japan. In Japanese, Aizu “会津” means meeting here. We are open mind to the world, and welcome the world-wide people with similar vision to meet up at our lab.

We are looking for highly motivated students with interest in electronics engineering, control theory, machine learning, and cyber-physical systems. (more info) !

Our current research activities are supported by The University of Aizu, JSPS, NEDO, and JKA.