He is at work on development of minimally invasive surgical robotic system collaborated with engineers and basic researchers. He is a principal investigator of the national project on Multidisciplinary Computational Anatomy which is funded by MEXT grand-in-aid for scientific research on innovative areas. He received an official commendation for innovative technology from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2006. He also won “the special prize of this year’s robot 2007” for MR compatible surgical robotic system.