Our laboratory has been conducting researches mainly in Robot Audition and Environment Understanding since we started as Nakadai Laboratory in 2006.

In July 2017, we launched the next-generation AI robotics research alliance laboratory with Honda Research Institute Japan Co., Ltd. (HRI-JP), and to create a novel research field that integrates AI/machine learning, robotics, and signal/speech processing, in addition to our core research in robot audition and auditory scene analysis. In April 2021, the name of the laboratory was changed to the “next-generation Intelligent Communication and Social Interaction (ICSI) Research Alliance Laboratory”, and in April 2024, it was changed to "Robotics and AI laboratory" to make the target more clear, and it is working intensively on research on AI and robotics that can contribute to human society, from sensing to communication.