小池（こいけ）栄美（えいみー） 🌮
I am a Ph.D. student at the People and Robots Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am passionate about exploring embodied expressions for robots.
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Amy Koike is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on robotic expressivity, with a special interest in how the physical aspects of robots enhance their expressive capabilities. With a diverse background in graphic and mechanical design and human-robot interaction, Amy has led pioneering work on using embodied, physical social cues in robotics. Her recent project, Sprout—a soft, flexible robot designed to "stretch and squash" beyond the limits of rigid robotics—earned the Best Design Paper award at the ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction. Outside of research, Amy is passionate about art, creating illustrations, abstract paintings, and photography.
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, US. [Sept’21 - Present] Ph.D. program in Computer Science. Doctoral Minor in Art. People and Robots Laboratory Advisor: Bilge Mutlu
University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. [Apr’17 - March’19] Master of Science in Informatics Thesis: Relationship between Perceived Emotion & Facial Expression of Animated Characters Laboratory for Sound and People with Computing Advisor: Hiroko Terasawa
University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. [Apr’13 - March’17] Bachelor of Arts in Library and Information Science Thesis: Computational Fabrication and Stabilization Method for Cartesian Diver Digital Nature Group Advisor: Yoichi Ochiai
CyberAgent AI Lab, Tokyo, Japan. [Jul’24 – Current]
Part-time Researcher | Human-Robot Interaction
**WHILL, Inc.,** Tokyo, Japan. [Jun’20 – Aug’21]
Mechanical Engineer | Development of wheelchair-style autonomous mobility [video]
**DENTSU, Inc.,** Tokyo, Japan. [Apr’19 - Sept’20]