Yukiyasu Domae

Yukiyasu Domae is the Team Leader of the Embodied AI Research Team at the Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIST) in Japan, and a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University. His research focuses on machine vision, robot manipulation, multimodal robot learning, and embodied AI, with emphasis on integrating vision, force, tactile sensing, language, and bodily motion for robots operating in the physical world. He is best known for his work on the embodiment gap in robot foundation models, defining the challenges of transferring reusable models and data to execution on target robots. He previously spent ten years in industry at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation working on industrial 3D vision systems and robotic automation technologies.