September 13, 2026
AAGI will be exhibited at:
Communication Matters 2026, 13–15 September 2026, University of Leeds
At the exhibition, we will provide live demonstrations of AAGI as well as an oral presentation.
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AIST
AAGI: Augmentative and Alternative Gesture Interface
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This time, we plan to focus mainly on introducing the full-scale public release version, AAGI Ver.2.

July 15, 2026
We will give the following research presentation at the:
Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2026)
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Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
July 15–17, 2026
Science & Research
Analysis of Conversations in a Robot Café Customer Service Utilizing a Gesture Interface
Ikushi Yoda, Miche Kawashima

AAGI was exhibited at the following event:
ISAAC Danmark Conference 2026
March 23–24, 2026
Alternative and Augmentative Communication
Vingsted – Vingsted Skovvej 2, Bredsten
Following last year’s participation, AAGI was again exhibited at this domestic conference in Denmark.
This year, we did not attend from Japan. Instead, Mr. Kataoka, who serves as our coordinator, managed the exhibition as he did last year.
In addition to the exhibition and live demonstrations, two oral presentations for exhibitors were also given in Danish by Mr. Kataoka.

AAGI was exhibited at the following event:
Sillalla-seminaari 2026
Held on March 12–13, 2026, at Paasitorni in Helsinki, Finland.
Date: March 12–13, 2026
Venue: Paasitorni, Helsinki (also streamed online)
Theme: A two-day seminar focusing on current topics in communication support and developmental disability services
Organizer: Kehitysvammaliitto
This was the first time we exhibited AAGI at the Sillalla Seminar, a domestic conference in Finland.
The seminar focused on communication support for people with disabilities and featured lectures by well-known experts from Finland and abroad, along with exhibitions of assistive technologies.
Due to scheduling conflicts, the coordinator was unable to attend, so I managed the exhibition alone as the only Japanese exhibitor.
I did my best to give explanations in English!
Some of the presentations were also delivered in English, which made them easier to follow.

We have released the largest major upgrade to AAGI this year.
The main updates in this release include:

• Enhanced indicator functionality
• Improvements to the Front and Tongue modules, among others

The indicator functionality has been improved so that when using the smallest indicator, the focus is no longer unintentionally captured by the AAGI main window.
In addition, the algorithms for the Front module, Tongue module, and others have been refined and improved.

We gave the following research presentation at:
The 18th International Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe
AAATE 2025, September 10–12, 2025
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10 Sep. 2025
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
We.T5.A1: TA on Human–AT Interface | STS on Designing Non-Visual Interactions with Haptic and Multimodal Interactive Displays
Location: Track 5 Room 103
Gesture Interface for Providing Interaction to a Child with Cerebral Palsy
Ikushi Yoda
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Many of the questions focused on the impact on children and issues related to their growth and development.

AAGI was exhibited at the following event:
Communication Matters 2025, 7–9 September 2025, University of Leeds
At the exhibition, we demonstrated AAGI and also gave the following oral presentation:
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EXHIBITOR SESSION 7
Tuesday 11:55 – 12:40
7.2 Exhibitor Presentation #124
AIST
AAGI: Augmentative and Alternative Gesture Interface
Ikushi Yoda
Room: Michael Sadler, LG15
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This marked our fifth time exhibiting and presenting at the event.
During the oral presentation, we mainly introduced new features, including support for dual-camera operation.

This time, we upgraded AAGI to support dual-camera configurations.
The following four setup combinations are now available:

• 1 RealSense camera + 1 UVC camera
• 2 UVC cameras
• 1 RealSense camera
• 1 UVC camera

In particular, for users whose voluntary motor control is divided between the upper and lower body,
using two cameras increases the possibility of enabling more switch inputs.

Note: UVC cameras are supported only with the Slight module.

For more details, please contact us by email!

ISAAC Danmark Konference 2025
24. og 25. marts 2025
Alternativ og Supplerende Kommunikation
Vingsted – Vingsted Skovvej 2, Bredsten
We exhibited AAGI at ISAAC conference in Denmark for the first time!
Although this is the first conference held in Denmark for us, we not only exhibited or demonstrated AAGI but also gave a presentation twice in English.
Representatives of 7-8 cities who certify Assistive Technologies listened to our presentation.
We appreciate the support of Mr.Kataoka who helped us as a coordinator.

We exhibited AAGI at Communication Matters 2023 in Leeds University, UK.
8-10 September 2024, University of Leeds
We demonstrated AAGI in the exhibition and presented our research below.
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EXHIBITOR SESSION 4
Monday 15.00 – 15.45
4.4 Exhibitor Presentation #124
AIST
AAGI: Augmentative and Alternative Gesture Interface
Ikushi Yoda
Room: Clothworkers South, G11a&b
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SESSION 5
Monday 16.25 – 17.10
5.8 Clinical and Professional Service Delivery #38
Enhancing Normalization and Participation: A Non-contact Switch System for Patients with Severe Motor Dysfunction – Social Implementation Phase
Daisuke Nishida
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This is the fourth time exhibiting and presenting, and we actually felt that we had gained confidence.
Also, the introduction of new examples, the use of Steam of FIFA and the application to children having cerebral palsy, was interactively viewed with interest.