招待講演歴：
- Advances in Tactile Sensors for Robots, 6th Sensor Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, June, 1986 (Plenary Talk).
- Control of Multi-Fingered Hands, IEEE International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, Keio University, March, 1992 (Keynote Speech)
- Dextrous Multifingered Hand Control, 3rd French-Japan Congress on Mechatronics, Bozancon, France, August, 1996 (Keynote Speech).
- VR Technology in Robotics, IEEE 1998 Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, Sheraton Colony Square, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 16, 1998(Keynote Address)
- Force Display and Its Application in Telerobotics, The Forth ECPD International Conference on Advanced robotics, Intelligent Automation and Active Systems, Moscow, Russia, August 25, 1998(Plenary Speech)
- ロボット技術の新動向−人間共存型ロボット技術をめざして−，日本機械学会中国・四国支部インテリジェント制御技術研究会，広島、１９９９年５月２８日（講演）
- 人間共存型ロボット技術の現状と展望，第４回知能メカトロニクスワークショップ，高知工科大学、１９９９年９月３日.（特別講演）
- Mechatronics-Past, Present and Future, 1999 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics(AIM99), Renaissance Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta, USA, September 19-23, 1999 (Plenary Talk)
- Human Friendly Robotics-A Challenge to New Robot Applications, 1999 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS99), Hyundai Hotel, Kyongju, Korea, October 17-21, 1999 (Plenary Talk).
- 人間共存型ロボット技術の動向、２１世紀技術研究会、（財）岐阜県研究開発財団、岐阜グランドホテル、１９９９年１１月４日（講演）
- What is Mechatronics Engineers and Education of Mechatronics, Panel Discussions "Education", 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, April 27, 2000 (Invited Panelist)
- Safety Issue and Application Possibility of Personal Robots to Education, Workshop on Personal Robotics in Education, 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, April 28, 2000 (Invited Speaker)
- 人間協調共存型ロボットの現状と将来、講演会「ニューミレニアムにおけるテクノロジーと社会」、マイクロメカトロニクス研究会、名古屋大学、2000.3.2（講演）
- パネルディスカッション「次世代のメカトロニクス技術と地域における科学技術振興」、香川大学工学部キャンパス開設記念科学技術フォーラム2000、、香川大学工学部、2000年10月31日（コーディネータ）
