Seita Kayukawa

Title

Research Scientist

Bio

Seita Kayukawa is a Research Scientist of the Accessibility Research team at IBM Research – Tokyo.

He is working on robotics and smartphone-based assistive systems for people with visual impairments.

Research Area and Interests:

Human-Computer Interaction
Accessibility

Education:

2022, Ph.D. of Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University
2020, Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University

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Publications

Robot-Assisted Group Tours for Blind People
- - Yaxin Hu
  - Masaki Kuribayashi
  - et al.
- 2026
- CHI 2026
Conference paper
Field Trials of Autonomous Navigation Robot for Visually Impaired People
- - Hironobu Takagi
  - Kakuya Naito
  - et al.
- 2025
- CHI 2025
Short paper
Snap&Nav: Smartphone-based Indoor Navigation System For Blind People via Floor Map Analysis and Intersection Detection
- - Masaya Kubota
  - Masaki Kuribayashi
  - et al.
- 2024
- MobileHCI 2024
Conference paper
ChitChatGuide: How Can A Guidance System with Large Language Models Impact Shopping Mall Experiences for People with Visual Impairments?
- - Yuka Kaniwa
  - Masaki Kuribayashi
  - et al.
- 2024
- MobileHCI 2024
Conference paper
Guiding Blind Pedestrians in Public Spaces by Understanding Walking Behavior of Nearby Pedestrians
- - Seita Kayukawa
  - Tatsuya Ishihara
  - et al.
- 2020
- ACM IMWUT
Paper

Projects

AI Suitcase
Helping visually-impaired users to independently walk around and self-navigate

Top collaborators

HT

Hironobu Takagi

Hironobu Takagi

Accessibility Research, STSM, IBM Research - Tokyo

CA

Chieko Asakawa

Chieko Asakawa

IBM Fellow

TI

Tatsuya Ishihara

Tatsuya Ishihara

Researcher

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Masayuki Murata

Masayuki Murata

Staff Research Scientist, Accessibility Research, IBM Research - Tokyo