Publications

This page lists papers and talks published as outcomes of the JST CREST project "Self-Mirroring Twins (SeMT)".

Peer-Reviewed International Conference Papers

  • Tetsunari Inamura: “Active Inference Model of Learned Helplessness: Overcoming Inference Freezing in Body Schema Acquisition via Joint Action,” Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL 2026), Kyoto, Japan, Sep. 2026.
  • Tetsunari Inamura: “Self-Efficacy under the Free Energy Principle: A Mathematical Model for Adaptive Coaching AI,” Proc. of the 35th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2026), Kitakyushu, Japan, Aug. 2026.
  • Tetsunari Inamura: “Self Mirroring Twins: Empowering Proactive Behavior Transformation with Your Digital Self,” Proc. of the 21st International Conference on Persuasive Technology (Persuasive 2026), Hakodate, Japan, Mar. 2026.

Invited and Keynote Talks

  • Tetsunari Inamura: "Self-Mirroring Twins: Human-Robot Interaction that Designs the Space Between Self and Others," Keynote Talk, Organized Session OS26 "Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)," 44th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ 2026), Kanazawa University, Japan, Sep. 2, 2026. Related article
  • Tetsunari Inamura: “Self Mirroring Twins: Metacognition and Behavior Change Elicited by Twin Agents that Edit the Self-Other Boundary,” The 24th K-Forum, Kayamori Foundation of Informational Science Advancement, Hakone, Japan, Aug. 7, 2026. (Invited talk)
  • Tetsunari Inamura: "Twenty Years of Real-Life Intelligence and the Next Decade: From RoboCup@Home to Self-Mirroring Twins," Organized Session KS-32 "Real-Life Intelligence," 40th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI 2026), G-Messe Gunma, Japan, Jun. 10, 2026. (Invited talk) Related article
  • Tetsunari Inamura: "Creating a Proactive Society through Behavior Change by Living with Self-Mirroring Twins," Organized Session KS-9 "From Trustworthy AI to Symbiotic AI," 40th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence (JSAI 2026), G-Messe Gunma, Japan, Jun. 9, 2026. (Invited talk) Related article
  • Tetsunari Inamura: “Engineering Human Agency and Self-Efficacy: The Next Frontier of Human-Robot Symbiosis,” Keynote Talk, Keynote Session “Human-Robot Interaction,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2026), Hall A1, Vienna, Austria, Jun. 4, 2026. Related article
  • Tetsunari Inamura: “Designing AI for Learning When Values Conflict: From Cost-Performance to Self-Efficacy and Agency,” Invited Talk, Session 3 “Education in the Age of AI,” Frontiers Symposium “Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Crossroads of Impact, Sustainability, and Responsibility,” Royal Academy of Engineering and JST, Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 5, 2026. Related article

Journal papers, review articles and media coverage will be added as they become available.