Take Ohkawa

Research @airoa_org / ex. PhD @UTokyo_IIS @Meta @ETH @CMU_Robotics @GoogleAI PhD fellow

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

Excited to contribute and release the YUBI ecosystem at #ICRA2026 !!
This includes a UMI-inspired handheld gripper, the software stack, and the world's largest human-driven dataset using the UMI-based system:
8,434 hours, 1.20M episodes, and 119 tasks.

[AI Robot Association (AIRoA) @airoa_org]

We have released our YUBI project site, which features an UMI-variant data collection device for VLAs.

YUBI is on display at AIRoA's Booth 073 during #ICRA2026.

Project Page: https://t.co/KUmb5RlMdn
YouTube: https://t.co/yJKTC3hJrj

We look forward to seeing you there!

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

Project: https://t.co/Hu3wD91qFQ
Paper: https://t.co/wGTfKRPYu4

Congrats to the first-author Naru Suzuki on his hard work and thanks to co-authors Tatsu Banno, Jihyun Lee, Ryosuke Furuta, and Yoichi Sato!! (5/N)

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

2nd announcement of the day! Thrilled to share that our paper, “Affordance-Guided Diffusion Prior for 3D Hand Reconstruction” has been accepted to #ECCV2026 !! (1/N)

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

This diffusion-based prior model enables the refinement of functionally consistent hand poses even under severe occlusion. (4/N)

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

Lastly thanks to amazing collaborators: Masatoshi Tateno, Kengo Ikeuchi, @ohtake_i, Yoichi Sato!! (5/N)

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

Honored to share that "EgoYUBIs" received the Best Poster Award at Meta’s Research Summit for Egocentric Intelligence 2026!! It was a pleasure to present the work both orally and as a poster!! (1/N)

[AI Robot Association (AIRoA) @airoa_org]

🏆 Best Poster Award at RSEI 2026

On July 20, Take Ohkawa (@tkhkaeio) of AIRoA presented the following work in both an oral presentation and a poster session at the Research Summit for Egocentric Intelligence 2026, held at Meta’s Redmond campus, and received the Best Poster Award.

“EgoYUBIs: Portable Robot Data Collection with Bimanual Handheld Grippers via Egocentric Perception”

The research proposes a portable robot data-collection approach combining egocentric perception with YUBI, a bimanual data-collection device, and evaluates the effectiveness of the collected data for robot learning.

Congratulations to Take and the entire development team!

#AIRoA #YUBI #Robotics #RobotLearning #EgocentricAI

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

Egocentric perception, SLAM, and hand-object interaction are central CV techniques for accelerating YUBI and robot learning.
This principle provides a scalable pathway to the data needed for VLAs! (4/N)
Look for collaborators on these topics:
https://t.co/GXtgEzCIAs

[AI Robot Association (AIRoA) @airoa_org]

🏆 Best Poster Award at RSEI 2026

On July 20, Take Ohkawa (@tkhkaeio) of AIRoA presented the following work in both an oral presentation and a poster session at the Research Summit for Egocentric Intelligence 2026, held at Meta’s Redmond campus, and received the Best Poster Award.

“EgoYUBIs: Portable Robot Data Collection with Bimanual Handheld Grippers via Egocentric Perception”

The research proposes a portable robot data-collection approach combining egocentric perception with YUBI, a bimanual data-collection device, and evaluates the effectiveness of the collected data for robot learning.

Congratulations to Take and the entire development team!

#AIRoA #YUBI #Robotics #RobotLearning #EgocentricAI

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

本日，Physical AI 基礎編 知能ロボティクス講座の「スケーリングとアーキテクチャ」の講義を担当します．よろしくお願いします！

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

第5回講師担当します！
VLA研究・開発の最前線をお伝えできると思います！！

[東京大学 松尾・岩澤研究室 @Matsuo_Lab]

【ID登録締切まであと3日】

Physical AI 基礎編 知能ロボティクス講座のID登録締切まで、あと3日（講座募集締切はあと5日）となりました。

AI×ロボットや、現実世界で動くAIに関心がある方におすすめの講座です。

本講座では、データ収集、ロボット基盤モデルの学習、シミュレーターなど、
Physical AI領域を支える技術を体系的に学びます。

また、強化学習やロボット学習、実運用時の課題など、
最新研究から実践的な知識まで幅広く扱います。
※機械学習・深層学習の基礎知識を前提としております。

🗓️ID登録締切　6/15（月）13:00
🗓️募集締切　　6/17（水）13:00

▼講座詳細・ID登録はこちら
https://t.co/lQJU6MHQEx

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

@PgChiyo 是非ともYUBIファミリーへ！！
https://t.co/aWrl0Z7xVd

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

🙋‍♂️

[Shu @NGO275]

元々VRやってた人が、ロボットのデータ収集（エゴセントリックデータ）で活躍してるケースを何度か目撃した。

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

@airoa_org @TOYOTA_FRC Come to the booth 73 to touch YUBI!! I’m here

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

Excited to contribute and release the YUBI ecosystem at #ICRA2026 !!
This includes a UMI-inspired handheld gripper, the software stack, and the world's largest human-driven dataset using the UMI-based system:
8,434 hours, 1.20M episodes, and 119 tasks.

[AI Robot Association (AIRoA) @airoa_org]

We have released our YUBI project site, which features an UMI-variant data collection device for VLAs.

YUBI is on display at AIRoA's Booth 073 during #ICRA2026.

Project Page: https://t.co/KUmb5RlMdn
YouTube: https://t.co/yJKTC3hJrj

We look forward to seeing you there!

[Take Ohkawa @tkhkaeio]

4) Thanks to YUBI contributors: Jumpei Arima, Yuki Noguchi, Masatoshi Tateno, Makoto Sugiura, Takuya Okubo, Kengo Ikeuchi, Yuma Shin, Hiroki Nishizawa, Naoaki Kanazawa, Yuki WAKAYAMA, Daiki Fukunaga, Tatsuya Matsushima, Yoshihiro Okumatsu, and Kei Ota
@airoa_org & @TOYOTA_FRC