Hiroki Sato is a researcher / designer / programmer.
With a background in architecture and programming, he works on various project concepts and prototypes which cross the realms of art and science. he has a wide interest in cultural history in Japan and overseas as well as the latest technology, and his strength is integrating those into projects and bringing new perspective to people. Recent work includes digital installation inspired by Japanese local performing arts, “BAKERU” (JAPAN HOUSE, Los Angeles), new mobility using soft robotics, “poimo,” etc.
Working Experience
2022 –
Associate Professor
Miyagi University, Sendai, Japan
2021
Project Manager
ZOZO NEXT (ZOZO Technologies), Tokyo, Japan
2017 – 2022
Researcher
The University of Tokyo (JST ERATO Kawahara Universal Information Network Project, RIISE), Tokyo, Japan
2012 – 2021
Technical Director / Programmer / Creative Director
WOW inc., Tokyo/Sendai, Japan
Awards
Innovative Technologies 2021 Special Prize – Future Mobility-
ACM SIGGRAPH Award
DCAJ Chairman’s Award
東京大学情報理工学系研究科新山研究室, 工学系研究科川原研究室, mercari R4D, “poimo （ポイモ）：空気でふくらむ人にやさしい電動モビリティ,” デジタルコンテンツ EXPO(DCEXPO)2021, November 17, 2021
Best Demo Award
R. Niiyama*, H. Sato*, K. Tsujimura, K. Narumi, Y. A. Seong, R. Yamamura, Y. Kakehi, and Y. Kawahara, “poimo: Portable and Inflatable Mobility Devices Customizable for Personal Physical Characteristics,” Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST’20), pp. 912–923, Virtual (previously Minneapolis, US), Oct. 2020 (* Authors contributed equally).
Best Paper Award Runner Up
K. Narumi, H. Sato, K. Nakahara, Y. Seong, K. Morinaga, Y. Kakehi, R. Niiyama, and Y. Kawahara, “Liquid Pouch Motors: Printable Planar Actuators Driven by Liquid-to-gas Phase Change for Shape-changing Interfaces,” IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), July 30, 2020.
グランプリ
林寛将，川原圭博，山村亮介，佐藤宏樹，對尾健二，新山龍馬，笹谷拓也，坂井珠麗亜, “無線給電で支援するパーソナルモビリティのシェアリングサービス”, ヨコスカ x スマートモビリティ・チャレンジ、ビジネスアイデアコンテスト 2019, Jan. 2019
最優秀論文賞 & 発表賞
鳴海紘也，中原健一，佐藤宏樹，新山龍馬，川原圭博，”Liquid Pouch Motors: 紙のインタフェースのための薄く軽く柔軟なアクチュエータ，” 第26回インタラクティブシステムとソフトウェアに関するワークショップ（WISS2018）, Sept. 28, 2018.
GOOD DESIGN AWARD 2018
BAKERU, 2018
Education
MAS (Interdisciplinary Information Studies), The University of Tokyo, Japan, 2011.
BArch (Architecture), Waseda University, Japan, 2009.