Gentiane VENTURE
Roboticist
Professor, the University of Tokyo, Japan
A French Roboticist working in academia in Tokyo for more than 15 years. Her research is grounded in human motion science and robot control to design system and create technological ecosystems.
Her work is highly interdisciplinary and she collaborates with philosophers, artists, designers, psychologists and athletes…
★ Research
> March 2022 - now
Professor with the University of Tokyo (Tokyo - Japan).
> April 2018 - now
Joint appointed fellow with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science & Technology (AIST), Intelligent systems research institute (Tsukuba - Japan).
> May 2016 - March 2018
Scientific advisor for the company "solution", Tokyo, Japan.
> July 2016 - February 2022
Distinguished Professor with the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Tokyo - Japan).
> October 2012 - March 2018
Visiting Researcher with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science & Technology (AIST), Humanoid group (Tsukuba - Japan).
> October 2013 - October 2015
Research collaborator with the National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with disabilities (Tokorozawa - Japan)
> March 2009 - June 2016
Associate Professor with the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Tokyo - Japan).
> November 2006 - March 2009
Project Assistant Professor in Nakamura & Yamane Lab. (YNL), The University of Tokyo (Tokyo - Japan), on the IRT project to support Man and Aging Society.
> December 2004 - October 2006
Researcher in Nakamura & Yamane Lab., The University of Tokyo (Tokyo - Japan), supported by the JSPS: Dynamic modelling and control of a musculo-skeletal animal-like (or human) robot.
> January 2004 - December 2004
Researcher with the French Nuclear Agency CEA (Paris - France), department of Robotics and Intelligent Systems: Force feed-back teleoperation of the micromanipulator robot Mu-mad. Work in collaboration with the laboratoire de robotique de Paris.
> November 2000 - November 2003
PhD fellow with the car manufacturer PSA-Peugeot Citroen: Identification of the dynamic parameters of a car using robotics formalism.
★ Current services apointments (look here for detailed services activities)
> Elected representative (term 2023~2027) for the Robotics Society of Japan.
> Senior Editor IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
> Associate Editor Interaction Studies.
> Associate Editor Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics.
> Nomination Committee Member, International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science.
> Committee Member, IEEE RAS CARES (Committee to Aid Reporting on Misconduct Concerns).
> Ethic board member, ERC project EMTHEC Emotional Machines: the technological transformation of intimacy in Japan.
★ Visiting Invited Professor
> 2021-4-1~now
Academia in Residence, Landing Pad Tokyo, Japan.
> 2020-4-1~now
Invited professor Robotics by design, Strate, France.
> 2018-3-14~2018-3-25
Visiting professor Adaptative systems laboratory, Waterloo University, Canada.
> 2016-8-1~2016-8-14
Visiting professor Adaptative systems laboratory, Waterloo University, Canada.
> 2013-6-1~2013-6-15
Visiting researcher Laboratoire de Physiologie et Perception de l'action, College de France, France.
★ Education
> 2003
PhD degree in robotics from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Robotics lab of the IRCCyN (France)
> 2000
+ French DEA (M.Sc.), graduate degree in applied robotics (with honours): Movement generation for a non-holonomic car like robot. Robotics lab of the IRCCyN (France)
+ Engineer diploma from the Ecole Centrale de Nantes (France): general higher education in engineering. Special skills in Automation and Robotics.
> 1997
Bachelor degree in mathematics (with honours)
★ Extra
> Curator for the exhibition "Human and robot: shaping the future", Nature & Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan. 5-27-2017~9-9-2017
> Cooking teacher, cooking blogger @In Gentiane's kitchen
Bronze medal for the Cooking and story contest 2016 of the Japanese soya sauce association
★ GV's activities in the press & Consulting for media
+ A mention of our work on Yokobo published in .able, "".able Journal Publishes Research Through Images", Hyperallergic, April 5th 2023.
+ An other short article about Yokobo in "RT Flash", 2023-01-24.
+ A short article about Yokobo in French economy magazine "Les echos", 2022-12-20.
+ An article about Yokobo on the French website of the Institut Carnot Telecom et societe numerique 2022-11-25.
+ An interview in "the curious podcast, listen to women in Science and Tech share their insights", about robots, education, and career path 1/2022. Listen here
+ "Yōkobo, le robjet récompensé par le prix « Kawaii Kansei Design Award »", Veille scientifique et technologique, Japon, 11/2021
+ "Yōkobo: Finding a Discreet Place for Robots in Connected Homes", Cyril Pasteau, Hello Future Orange, 10/2021
+ “50 women in robotics you need to know about”, 2021/10/12
+ Interview GV talks on IROS TV about living with robots, 2019-11-6, view on Youtube (in English)
+ 【解説】人類とロボットをつなぐ「ソフトロボティクス」最前線", Newspick, 2019/8/29 read in Japanese
+ टोक्यो विवि. में एनआइटी के प्रोफेसर के शोध की प्रशंसा, Dainik Jagran, 2019-5-7 read in Hindi
+ "Professor Anup Nandy’s research gives a solution to support healthy aging", India Education Diary, 2019-5-7 read in English
+ "La place de la robotique au Japon", HUB Institute, August 2018. watch on youtube
+ "Chatty robots in Japan begin to make all the right moves", Nikkei Asian review, April 6th, 2018.
+ 日経産業新聞 「感情表現ロボット開発急ぐ」 , by Sayuka Nakajima, March 27th, 2018.
+ "Le 1", "Les japonais rêvent-ils d’amis robotiques ?", by Rafaele Brillaud, January 31st, 2018.
+ Online news, November 2017.
+ Online news, November 2017.
+ "Les nouvelles frontières de la robotique japonaise" in "Swissquote", by Jonas Pulver, pp. 58, No. 4, September 2015.
+ The Daily Beast, Japan's Robots Are Reading Your Emotion, by Angela Kubo & Jake Adelstein, August 6th, 2014.
+ 産経ニユース, 2014.7.20
+ 日刊工業新聞, July 2014,
+ My Navy news
+ Yahoo news Japan
+ Interview for Les dossiers de La Recherche, Humanoïde je t’aime, moi non plus, Rafaele Brillaud, pp. 59-65, No 8, février 2014. Download the pdf
+ Interview for France Culture, Le magazine de la redaction: Robot ergo sum: vivre avec les robots , Septembre 6th 2013. (in French)
+ Interview for a special issue on Robotics in Japan "Les Cahiers Science & Vie", Rafaele Brillaud, No135, p98-103, Feb. 2013. Download the pdf (in French).
+ Interview for the「日経産業新聞」2011年10月6日, on our research on "biometrics from gait", Download the pdf (in Japanse).
+ Mix et Remix the famous cartoonist for the Swiss journal L'Hebdo visited us in August 2011. He made a cartoon of his visit published in "L'Hebdo: Numero special anniversaire" No 39, September 2011. Read the cartoon in pdf here (in French).
+ Interview for the journal 「向学新聞」of the International Foreign Students Association publication. Download the pdf (bad scan - in Japanese)
+ Based on "Les Echos" article, an other publication, on Themavision, a French organization for innovation and industries. Read the article here (in French).
+ Interview for the French business magazine "Les Echos" here (in French)
+ Consulting for Paris Science Museum (Cite des Sciences La Villette) journalist, February 2010.
+ Interview for the "Radio Suisse Romande", for the program "Urbanites": the role of robotics nowadays and in the future, Octobre 30th 2009. listen to it now
+ Interview for TSR (Swiss TV), February 2009. see it now
+ Advisor for French journalists in the making of an article about Robotics in Japan (Sciences et Vie, special issue on Robotics) Outline here (select No.247)
+ Advisor for French journalists in the making of a reportage for the TV show "Science on tourne" about commercial robotics in Japan, August 2007.
+ Advisor for French journalists in the making of a reportage for the TV show "Un oeil sur la planete" about Robotics in Japan, March 2008.
+ Interview for Radio-France International and France Inter "Et pourtant elle tourne" broadcast, January 2008.
+ Interview for France Inter "Interception" broadcast, June 2008.