IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Papers Published by Researchers in Japan

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Since 2016: Masayuki Inaba (31)

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2023

Modality Attention for Prediction-Based Robot Motion Generation: Improving Interpretability and Robustness of Using Multi-Modality

Authors: Hideyuki Ichiwara, Hiroshi Ito, Kenjiro Yamamoto, Hiroki Mori, Tetsuya Ogata

Linear-Time Reconfiguration of Sliding-Only Cubic Modular Robots Under Severe Space Requirements

Author: Hiroshi Kawano

Reinforcement Learning of Action and Query Policies With LTL Instructions Under Uncertain Event Detector

Authors: Wataru Hatanaka, Ryota Yamashina, Takamitsu Matsubara

Active-Bending Six-Bar Tensegrity Modular Robot Driven by Thin Artificial Muscles

Authors: Ryota Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nabae, Koichi Suzumori

ViHOPE: Visuotactile In-Hand Object 6D Pose Estimation With Shape Completion

Authors: Hongyu Li, Snehal Dikhale, Soshi Iba, Nawid Jamali

Translational Disturbance Rejection for Jet-Actuated Flying Continuum Robots on Mobile Bases

Authors: Yukihiro Maezawa, Yuichi Ambe, Yu Yamauchi, Masashi Konyo, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Satoshi Tadokoro

Multi-Agent Visual Coordination Using Optical Wireless Communication

Authors: Haruyuki Nakagawa and Asako Kanezaki

Single-Motor Robotic Gripper With Three Functional Modes for Grasping in Confined Spaces

Authors: Toshihiro Nishimura and Tetsuyou Watanabe

Learning to Shape by Grinding: Cutting-Surface-Aware Model-Based Reinforcement Learning

Authors: Takumi Hachimine, Jun Morimoto, Takamitsu Matsubara

Uncertainty-Aware Haptic Shared Control With Humanoid Robots for Flexible Object Manipulation

Authors: Takumi Hara, Takashi Sato, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiromitsu Awano

A Semi-Automatic Oriental Ink Painting Framework for Robotic Drawing From 3D Models

Authors: Hao Jin, Minghui Lian, Shicheng Qiu, Xuxu Han, Xizhi Zhao, Long Yang, Zhiyi Zhang, Haoran Xie, Kouichi Konno, Shaojun Hu

Reinforcement Learning With Energy-Exchange Dynamics for Spring-Loaded Biped Robot Walking

Authors: Cheng-Yu Kuo, Hirofumi Shin, Takamitsu Matsubara

Subject-Independent Estimation of Continuous Movements Using CNN-LSTM for a Home-Based Upper Limb Rehabilitation System

Authors: He Li, Shuxiang Guo, Dongdong Bu, Hanze Wang, Masahiko Kawanishi

Force Feedback-Based Gamification: Performance Validation of Squat Exergame Using Pneumatic Gel Muscles and Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment

Authors: Priyanka Ramasamy, Gunarajulu Renganathan, Yuichi Kurita

Unsupervised Human Motion Segmentation Based on Characteristic Force Signals of Contact Events

Authors: Keito Sugawara, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji

Online Camera Orientation Calibration Aided by a High-Speed Ground-View Camera

Authors: Junzhe Su, Masahiro Hirano, Yuji Yamakawa

Design of a Fully Pulley-Guided Wire-Driven Prismatic Tensegrity Robot: Friction Impact to Robot Payload Capacity

Authors: Azamat Yeshmukhametov and Koichi Koganezawa

Fast Inverse Kinematics Based on Pseudo-Forward Dynamics Computation: Application to Musculoskeletal Inverse Kinematics

Authors: Ko Ayusawa, Akihiko Murai, Ryusuke Sagawa, Eiichi Yoshida

A Modular Biological Neural Network-Based Neuro-Robotic System via Local Chemical Stimulation and Calcium Imaging

Authors: Zhe Chen, Xie Chen, Shingo Shimoda, Qiang Huang, Qing Shi, Toshio Fukuda, Tao Sun

Graph-Based Scenario-Adaptive Lane-Changing Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Driving

Authors: Qing Dong, Zhanhong Yan, Kimihiko Nakano, Xuewu Ji, Yahui Liu

Human Modeling in Physical Human-Robot Interaction: A Brief Survey

Authors: Cheng Fang, Luka Peternel, Ajay Seth, Massimo Sartori, Katja D. Mombaur, Eiichi Yoshida

Learning to Predict Navigational Patterns From Partial Observations

Authors: Robin Karlsson, Alexander Carballo, Francisco Lepe Salazar, Keisuke Fujii, Kento Ohtani, Kazuya Takeda

A TSP-Based Online Algorithm for Multi-Task Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery

Authors: Fumiya Kudo and Kai Cai

Running Guidance for Visually Impaired People Using Sensory Augmentation Technology Based Robotic System

Authors: Zhenyu Liao, Jose V. Salazar Luces, Ankit A. Ravankar, Yasuhisa Hirata

Learning Adaptive Policies for Autonomous Excavation Under Various Soil Conditions by Adversarial Domain Sampling

Authors: Takayuki Osa, Naoto Osajima, Masanori Aizawa, Tatsuya Harada

Design and Control of a Small Humanoid Equipped With Flight Unit and Wheels for Multimodal Locomotion

Authors: Kazuki Sugihara, Moju Zhao, Takuzumi Nishio, Tasuku Makabe, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Learning Robot Motion in a Cluttered Environment Using Unreliable Human Skeleton Data Collected by a Single RGB Camera

Authors: Ryota Takamido and Jun Ota

Back-Stretchable McKibben Muscles: Expanding the Range of Antagonistic Muscle Driven Joints

Authors: Shoma Tanaka, Hiroyuki Nabae, Koichi Suzumori

Learning Robotic Insertion Tasks From Human Demonstration

Authors: Kaimeng Wang, Yu Zhao, Ichiro Sakuma

Benchmarking Actor-Critic Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Robotics Control With Action Constraints

Authors: Kazumi Kasaura, Shuwa Miura, Tadashi Kozuno, Ryo Yonetani, Kenta Hoshino, Yohei Hosoe

Automated Image Acquisition of Parasternal Long-Axis View With Robotic Echocardiography

Authors: Yuuki Shida, Souto Kumagai, Ryosuke Tsumura, Hiroyasu Iwata

A Vision-Based Autonomous UAV Inspection Framework for Unknown Tunnel Construction Sites With Dynamic Obstacles

Authors: Zhefan Xu, Baihan Chen, Xiaoyang Zhan, Yumeng Xiu, Christopher Suzuki, Kenji Shimada

Learning to Dexterously Pick or Separate Tangled-Prone Objects for Industrial Bin Picking

Authors: Xinyi Zhang, Yukiyasu Domae, Weiwei Wan, Kensuke Harada

Synchronized Human-Humanoid Motion Imitation

Authors: Antonin Dallard, Mehdi Benallegue, Fumio Kanehiro, Abderrahmane Kheddar

Design, Modeling, and Control of a Quadruped Robot SPIDAR: Spherically Vectorable and Distributed Rotors Assisted Air-Ground Quadruped Robot

Authors: Moju Zhao, Tomoki Anzai, Takuzumi Nishio

Outperformance of Mall-Receptionist Android as Inverse Reinforcement Learning is Transitioned to Reinforcement Learning

Authors: Zhichao Chen, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Takeoff of a 2.1 g Fully Untethered Tailless Flapping-Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle With Integrated Battery

Authors: Takashi Ozaki, Norikazu Ohta, Tomohiko Jimbo, Kanae Hamaguchi

Autonomous Navigation System in Pedestrian Scenarios Using a Dreamer-Based Motion Planner

Authors: Wei Zhu and Mitsuhiro Hayashibe

Development of an Earthworm-Type Electrical Wire Installation Assistance Robot Using Artificial Muscles

Authors: Fumio Ito, I. Horiuchi, K. Tsuru, Taro Nakamura

Training Robots Without Robots: Deep Imitation Learning for Master-to-Robot Policy Transfer

Authors: Heecheol Kim, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Akihiko Nagakubo, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Collective Intelligence for 2D Push Manipulations With Mobile Robots

Authors: So Kuroki, Tatsuya Matsushima, Jumpei Arima, Hiroki Furuta, Yutaka Matsuo, Shixiang Shane Gu, Yujin Tang

Mechanical Characterisation of Woven Pneumatic Active Textile

Authors: Ruby Marshall, Jean-Baptiste R. G. Souppez, Mariya Khan, Ignazio Maria Viola, Hiroyuki Nabae, Koichi Suzumori, Adam A. Stokes, Francesco Giorgio Serchi

"RobOstrich" Manipulator: A Novel Mechanical Design and Control Based on the Anatomy and Behavior of an Ostrich Neck

Authors: Kazashi Nakano, Megu Gunji, Masahiro Ikeda, Keung Or, Mitsuhito Ando, Katsuma Inoue, Hiromi Mochiyama, Kohei Nakajima, Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

High-Payload and Self-Adaptive Robotic Hand With 1-Degree-of-Freedom Translation/Rotation Switching Mechanism

Authors: Toshihiro Nishimura, Tsubasa Muryoe, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Flexible and Slim Device Switching Air Blowing and Suction by a Single Airflow Control

Authors: Seita Nojiri, Toshihiro Nishimura, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Dual-Arm Mobile Manipulation Planning of a Long Deformable Object in Industrial Installation

Authors: Yili Qin, Adrien Escande, Fumio Kanehiro, Eiichi Yoshida

Path Planning Method With Constant Bending Angle Constraint for Soft Growing Robot Using Heat Welding Mechanism

Authors: Yuki Satake and Hiroyuki Ishii

Disturbance Injection Under Partial Automation: Robust Imitation Learning for Long-Horizon Tasks

Authors: Hirotaka Tahara, Hikaru Sasaki, Hanbit Oh, Edgar Anarossi, Takamitsu Matsubara

Magnetically-Assisted Microfluidic Printing for the Fabrication of Anisotropic Skeletal Muscle Structure

Authors: Zihou Wei, Xiao Yu, Shuibin Chen, Rong Cong, Huaping Wang, Qing Shi, Toshio Fukuda, Tao Sun

Safe and Efficient Dynamic Window Approach for Differential Mobile Robots With Stochastic Dynamics Using Deterministic Sampling

Authors: Shinya Yasuda, Taichi Kumagai, Hiroshi Yoshida

SonoRotor: An Acoustic Rotational Robotic Platform for Zebrafish Embryos and Larvae

Authors: Zhiyuan Zhang, Leonardo K. Allegrini, Naoki Yanagisawa, Yong Deng, Stephan C. F. Neuhauss, Daniel Ahmed

Towards Long-Term Retrieval-Based Visual Localization in Indoor Environments With Changes

Authors: Julia Kabalar, Shun-Cheng Wu, Johanna Wald, Keisuke Tateno, Nassir Navab, Federico Tombari

Implementation of Basic Reflex Functions on Musculoskeletal Robots Driven by Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

Authors: Ryu Takahashi, Yanlin Wang, Junqi Wang, Yelin Jiang, Koh Hosoda

Athletic Mobile Manipulator System for Robotic Wheelchair Tennis

Authors: Zulfiqar Zaidi, Daniel Martin, Nathaniel Belles, Viacheslav Zakharov, Arjun Krishna, Kin Man Lee, Peter Wagstaff, Sumedh Naik, Matthew Sklar, Sugju Choi, Yoshiki Kakehi, Ruturaj Patil, Divya Mallemadugula, Florian Pesce, Peter Wilson, Wendell Hom, Matan Diamond, Bryan Zhao, Nina Moorman, Rohan R. Paleja, Letian Chen, Esmaeil Seraj, Matthew C. Gombolay

Recognising Affordances in Predicted Futures to Plan With Consideration of Non-Canonical Affordance Effects

Authors: Solvi Arnold, Mami Kuroishi, Rin Karashima, Tadashi Adachi, Kimitoshi Yamazaki

Selective Voltage Application to Connected Loads Using Soft Matter Computer Based on Conductive Droplet Interval Design

Authors: Yuki Hashimoto, Hiroki Ishizuka, Takumi Kawasetsu, Takato Horii, Sei Ikeda, Osamu Oshiro

Large Torsion Thin Artificial Muscles Tensegrity Structure for Twist Manipulation

Authors: Ryota Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nabae, Koichi Suzumori

Control and Morphology Optimization of Passive Asymmetric Structures for Robotic Swimming

Authors: Nana Obayashi, Andrea Vicari, Kai Junge, Kamran Shakir, Josie Hughes

Imitation-Based Motion Planning and Control of a Multi-Section Continuum Robot Interacting With the Environment

Authors: Ibrahim A. Seleem, Haitham El-Hussieny, Hiroyuki Ishii

Visual Spatial Attention and Proprioceptive Data-Driven Reinforcement Learning for Robust Peg-in-Hole Task Under Variable Conditions

Authors: Andr Yuji Yasutomi, Hideyuki Ichiwara, Hiroshi Ito, Hiroki Mori, Tetsuya Ogata

Distributing Collaborative Multi-Robot Planning With Gaussian Belief Propagation

Authors: Aalok Patwardhan, Riku Murai, Andrew J. Davison

Permanent-Magnetically Amplified Robotic Gripper With Less Clamping Width Influence on Compensation Realized by a Stepless Width Adjustment Mechanism

Authors: Tori Shimizu, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Watanabe, Kazuki Abe, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

ViewBirdiformer: Learning to Recover Ground-Plane Crowd Trajectories and Ego-Motion From a Single Ego-Centric View

Authors: Mai Nishimura, Shohei Nobuhara, Ko Nishino

A Palm-Sized Omnidirectional Mobile Robot Driven by 2-DOF Torus Wheels

Authors: Yunosuke Sato, Ayato Kanada, Tomoaki Mashimo

Inflated Bendable Eversion Cantilever Mechanism With Inner Skeleton for Increased Stiffness

Authors: Tomoya Takahashi, Masahiro Watanabe, Kazuki Abe, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Naoto Saiki, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

Learning Efficient Policies for Picking Entangled Wire Harnesses: An Approach to Industrial Bin Picking

Authors: Xinyi Zhang, Yukiyasu Domae, Weiwei Wan, Kensuke Harada

Chance-Constrained Iterative Linear-Quadratic Stochastic Games

Authors: Hai Zhong, Yutaka Shimizu, Jianyu Chen

2022

Frequency-Based Wind Gust Estimation for Quadrotors Using a Nonlinear Disturbance Observer

Authors: Abner Asignacion, Satoshi Suzuki, Ryusuke Noda, Toshiyuki Nakata, Hao Liu

Manipulator Equipped With Differential Wrist Mechanism to Combine the Torque of Two Motors to Increase Fingertip Force and Wrist Torque

Authors: Yuanhao Bao and Takeshi Takaki

Transferable Shape Estimation of Soft Pneumatic Actuators Based on Active Vibroacoustic Sensing

Authors: Kazumi Chandrasiri and Kentaro Takemura

Aerial Grasping and the Velocity Sufficiency Region

Authors: Tony G. Chen, Kenneth A. W. Hoffmann, Jun En Low, Keiko Nagami, David Lentink, Mark R. Cutkosky

On-Chip Automatic Trapping and Rotating for Zebrafish Embryo Injection

Authors: Zhuo Chen, Xiaoming Liu, Xiaoqing Tang, Yuyang Li, Dan Liu, Yuke Li, Qiang Huang, Tatsuo Arai

Uncertainty-Aware Manipulation Planning Using Gravity and Environment Geometry

Authors: Felix von Drigalski, Kazumi Kasaura, Cristian C. Beltran-Hernandez, Masashi Hamaya, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Takamitsu Matsubara

Active Traversability Learning via Risk-Aware Information Gathering for Planetary Exploration Rovers

Authors: Masafumi Endo and Genya Ishigami

PlaneSDF-Based Change Detection for Long-Term Dense Mapping

Authors: Jiahui Fu, Chengyuan Lin, Yuichi Taguchi, Andrea Cohen, Yifu Zhang, Stephen Mylabathula, John J. Leonard

The Wheelbot: A Jumping Reaction Wheel Unicycle

Authors: Andreas Rene Geist, Jonathan Fiene, Naomi Tashiro, Zheng Jia, Sebastian Trimpe

Generalized LOAM: LiDAR Odometry Estimation With Trainable Local Geometric Features

Authors: Kohei Honda, Kenji Koide, Masashi Yokozuka, Shuji Oishi, Atsuhiko Banno

In-Hand Manipulation Inspired by Diabolo Juggling

Authors: Hinano Ichikura and Mitsuru Higashimori

Instantaneous Force Generation Mechanism Based on the Striking Motion of Mantis Shrimp - Design and Control Method of Cavitation by Simulation and Experiment

Authors: Fumio Ito, Yusuke Ishii, Shunichi Kurumaya, Katsushi Kagaya, Taro Nakamura

Playful Recommendation: Sales Promotion That Robots Stimulate Pleasant Feelings Instead of Product Explanation

Authors: Takuya Iwamoto, Jun Baba, Junya Nakanishi, Katsuya Hyodo, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Planar Conformal Deformation of Robotic S-Isothermic Surface

Authors: Noriyasu Iwamoto, Daiki Kusakabe, Takuya Umedachi

Deformation-Driven Closed-Chain Soft Mobile Robot Aimed for Rolling and Climbing Locomotion

Authors: Luka Paul Johnsen and Hideyuki Tsukagoshi

Prioritized Safe Interval Path Planning for Multi-Agent Pathfinding With Continuous Time on 2D Roadmaps

Authors: Kazumi Kasaura, Mai Nishimura, Ryo Yonetani

A Self-Tuning Impedance-Based Interaction Planner for Robotic Haptic Exploration

Authors: Yasuhiro X. Kato, Pietro Balatti, Juan M. Gandarias, Mattia Leonori, Toshiaki Tsuji, Arash Ajoudani

Back-Transition Control With Large Deceleration for a Dual Propulsion VTOL UAV Based on Its Maneuverability

Authors: Chihiro Kikumoto, Takateru Urakubo, Kohtaro Sabe, Yuichi Hazama

Physically Consistent Preferential Bayesian Optimization for Food Arrangement

Authors: Yuhwan Kwon, Yoshihisa Tsurumine, Takeshi Shimmura, Sadao Kawamura, Takamitsu Matsubara

Extrinsic Camera Calibration From a Moving Person

Authors: Sangeun Lee, Keisuke Shibata, Soma Nonaka, Shohei Nobuhara, Ko Nishino

A Modified Rocker-Bogie Mechanism With Fewer Actuators and High Mobility

Authors: Kyeongtae Lim, Sijun Ryu, Jee Ho Won, TaeWon Seo

Robotic Depowdering for Additive Manufacturing Via Pose Tracking

Authors: Zhenwei Liu, Junyi Geng, Xikai Dai, Tomasz Swierzewski, Kenji Shimada

A PZT-Driven 6-DOF High-Speed Micromanipulator for Circular Vibration Simulation and Whirling Flow Generation

Authors: Weikun Luo, Xiaoming Liu, Xiaoqing Tang, Dan Liu, Masaru Kojima, Qiang Huang, Tatsuo Arai

Wire-Storage Pantograph Mechanism for Strain and Force Amplification of a Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fiber

Authors: Ken Masuya, Kentaro Takagi, Kenji Tahara

Single-Fingered Reconfigurable Robotic Gripper With a Folding Mechanism for Narrow Working Spaces

Authors: Toshihiro Nishimura, Tsubasa Muryoe, Yoshitatsu Asama, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Ryo Toshima, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Automated Hammering Inspection System With Multi-Copter Type Mobile Robot for Concrete Structures

Authors: Yuki Nishimura, Shuki Takahashi, Hiromi Mochiyama, Tomoyuki Yamaguchi

Upside-Down Brachiation Robot Using Elastic Energy Stored Through Soft Body Deformation

Authors: Kisuke Nonoyama, Masahiro Shimizu, Takuya Umedachi

ACHORD: Communication-Aware Multi-Robot Coordination With Intermittent Connectivity

Authors: Maira Saboia, Lillian Clark, Vivek Thangavelu, Jeffrey A. Edlund, Kyohei Otsu, Gustavo J. Correa, Vivek Shankar Varadharajan, Angel Santamaria-Navarro, Thomas Touma, Amanda Bouman, Hovhannes Melikyan, Torkom Pailevanian, Sung-Kyun Kim, Avak Archanian, Tiago Stegun Vaquero, Giovanni Beltrame, Nils Napp, Gustavo Pessin, Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi

Analytical Modeling of a Membrane-Based Pneumatic Soft Gripper

Authors: Sachin Sachin, Zhongkui Wang, Takahiro Matsuno, Shinichi Hirai

Experimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of a Spherical Parallel Link Mechanism With Arc Prismatic Pairs

Authors: Naoto Saiki, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Watanabe, Kazuki Abe, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

A Novel Quadrotor With a 3-Axis Deformable Frame Using Tilting Motions of Parallel Link Modules Without Thrust Loss

Authors: Akinori Sakaguchi and Kaoru Yamamoto

Distributed Deployment With Multiple Moving Robots for Long Distance Complex Pipe Inspection

Authors: Hiroto Sato, Kousuke Uchiyama, Fumio Ito, Ryunosuke Sawahashi, Taro Nakamura

An Experimental Validation of the Polynomial Curvature Model: Identification and Optimal Control of a Soft Underwater Tentacle

Authors: Francesco Stella, Nana Obayashi, Cosimo Della Santina, Josie Hughes

Characterization of the Variable Stiffness Actuator Fabricated of SMA/SMP and MWCNT/IL: PDMS Strain-Sensitive Heater Electrode

Authors: Hirotaka Sugiura, Shiro Watanabe, Satoshi Amaya, Masaki Tanaka, Tomoki Takiguchi, Kazusa Otani, Fumihito Arai

Cooperative Towing by Multi-Robot System That Maintains Welding Cable in Optimized Shape

Authors: Ryota Suzuki, Yoshito Okada, Yoshiki Yokota, Tatsuyoshi Saijo, Haruhiko Eto, Yuya Sakai, Kenichi Murano, Kazunori Ohno, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Satoshi Tadokoro

Grasping Strategy for Unknown Objects Based on Real-Time Grasp-Stability Evaluation Using Proximity Sensing

Authors: Yosuke Suzuki, Ryoya Yoshida, Tokuo Tsuji, Toshihiro Nishimura, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Obstacle-Aided Locomotion of a Snake Robot Using Piecewise Helixes

Authors: Takuro Takanashi, Mizuki Nakajima, Tatsuya Takemori, Motoyasu Tanaka

Sensorimotor Control Sharing With Vibrotactile Feedback for Body Integration Through Avatar Robot

Authors: Yoshihiro Tanaka, Takumi Katagiri, Hikari Yukawa, Takumi Nishimura, Ryohei Tanada, Itsuki Ogura, Takayoshi Hagiwara, Kouta Minamizawa

Continuum-Body-Pose Estimation From Partial Sensor Information Using Recurrent Neural Networks

Authors: Kazutoshi Tanaka, Yuna Minami, Yuji Tokudome, Katsuma Inoue, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kohei Nakajima

A Spanning Tree-Based Multi-Resolution Approach for Pose-Graph Optimization

Author: Yuichi Tazaki

Learning Bidirectional Translation Between Descriptions and Actions With Small Paired Data

Authors: Minori Toyoda, Kanata Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hayashi, Tetsuya Ogata

Model-Based Imitation Learning Using Entropy Regularization of Model and Policy

Author: Eiji Uchibe

Sim-to-Real Transfer for Fixed-Wing Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle: Pitch Control by High-Fidelity Modelling and Domain Randomization

Authors: Daichi Wada, Sergio Araujo-Estrada, Shane Windsor

Prediction of Whole-Body Velocity and Direction From Local Leg Joint Movements in Insect Walking via LSTM Neural Networks

Authors: Yuchen Wang, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Dai Owaki

Synergy-Based Analytical Design of Wire-Driven Continuum Manipulators

Authors: Yuyu Watanabe and Mitsuru Higashimori

Randomized-to-Canonical Model Predictive Control for Real-World Visual Robotic Manipulation

Authors: Tomoya Yamanokuchi, Yuhwan Kwon, Yoshihisa Tsurumine, Eiji Uchibe, Jun Morimoto, Takamitsu Matsubara

Bioinspired, Multifunctional, Active Whisker Sensors for Tactile Sensing of Mobile Robots

Authors: Zhiqiang Yu, Yue Guo, Jiaji Su, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda, Changyong Cao, Qing Shi

Prying Grasp for Picking Thin Object Using Thick Fingertips

Authors: Qi Zhang, Zhengtao Hu, Keisuke Koyama, Weiwei Wan, Kensuke Harada

A Bayesian Treatment of Real-to-Sim for Deformable Object Manipulation

Authors: Rika Antonova, Jingyun Yang, Priya Sundaresan, Dieter Fox, Fabio Ramos, Jeannette Bohg

Android as a Receptionist in a Shopping Mall Using Inverse Reinforcement Learning

Authors: Zhichao Chen, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Preemptive Foot Compliance to Lower Impact During Biped Robot Walking Over Unknown Terrain

Authors: J. Rogelio Guadarrama-Olvera, Shuuji Kajita, Gordon Cheng

Deep Active Visual Attention for Real-Time Robot Motion Generation: Emergence of Tool-Body Assimilation and Adaptive Tool-Use

Authors: Hyogo Hiruma, Hiroshi Ito, Hiroki Mori, Tetsuya Ogata

Robot Task Learning With Motor Babbling Using Pseudo Rehearsal

Authors: Kei Kase, Ai Tateishi, Tetsuya Ogata

Self-Supervised Learning of Visual Servoing for Low-Rigidity Robots Considering Temporal Body Changes

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Naoaki Kanazawa, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Caterpillar-Inspired Insect-Scale Climbing Robot Using Dry Adhesives

Authors: Mohamed M. Khalil and Tomoaki Mashimo

F1 Hand: A Versatile Fixed-Finger Gripper for Delicate Teleoperation and Autonomous Grasping

Authors: Guilherme Maeda, Naoki Fukaya, Shin-ichi Maeda

A Wearable Multi-Joint Wrist Contour Measuring Device for Hand Shape Recognition

Authors: Tatsuro Mitani, Shunsuke Okishiba, Naoki Tateyama, Koshi Yamanojo, Shin'ichi Warisawa, Rui Fukui

Centroidal Trajectory Generation and Stabilization Based on Preview Control for Humanoid Multi-Contact Motion

Authors: Masaki Murooka, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Fumio Kanehiro

Turning a Functional Cloth Into an Actuator by Combining Thread-Like Thin Artificial Muscles and Embroidery Techniques

Authors: Koki Nakagawa, Yusuke Sakai, Yuki Funabora, Shinji Doki

1-Degree-of-Freedom Robotic Gripper With Infinite Self-Twist Function

Authors: Toshihiro Nishimura, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Modeling and Control of a Lizard-Inspired Single-Actuated Robot

Authors: Shouhei Noji, Shunsuke Nansai, Norihiro Kamamichi, Hiroshi Itoh

Permanent-Magnetically Amplified Brake Mechanism Compensated and Stroke-Shortened by a Multistage Nonlinear Spring

Authors: Tori Shimizu, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Watanabe, Kazuki Abe, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

Fast Simulation-Based Order Sequence Optimization Assisted by Pre-Trained Bayesian Recurrent Neural Network

Authors: Issei Suemitsu, Hanoz Kaiwan Bhamgara, Kei Utsugi, Jiro Hashizume, Kiyoto Ito

Physics-Informed Recurrent Neural Networks for Soft Pneumatic Actuators

Authors: Wentao Sun, Nozomi Akashi, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Kohei Nakajima

GNSS Odometry: Precise Trajectory Estimation Based on Carrier Phase Cycle Slip Estimation

Author: Taro Suzuki

A Versatile Emulator for Haptic Communication to Alter Human Gait Parameters

Authors: Mengnan Wu, Yingxin Qiu, Jun Ueda, Lena H. Ting

A Motion Generation Strategy of Robotic Rat Using Imitation Learning for Behavioral Interaction

Authors: Hongzhao Xie, Guanglu Jia, Mohamed Al-Khulaqui, Zihang Gao, Xiaowen Guo, Toshio Fukuda, Qing Shi

A Robotic Grasping State Perception Framework With Multi-Phase Tactile Information and Ensemble Learning

Authors: Gang Yan, Alexander Schmitz, Satoshi Funabashi, Sophon Somlor, Tito Pradhono Tomo, Shigeki Sugano

Design and Evaluation of a Robotic Forceps With Flexible Wrist Joint Made of PEEK Plastic

Authors: Dongbo Zhou and Daisuke Haraguchi

Optimization of Spring Constant of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle-Spring Driven Antagonistic Structure

Authors: Zhongchao Zhou, Shota Kokubu, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuxi Lu, Pablo Enrique Torts, Wenwei Yu

Mobile Robot Localization Considering Uncertainty of Depth Regression From Camera Images

Author: Naoki Akai

SUPR-GAN: SUrgical PRediction GAN for Event Anticipation in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery

Authors: Yutong Ban, Guy Rosman, Jennifer A. Eckhoff, Thomas M. Ward, Daniel A. Hashimoto, Taisei Kondo, Hidekazu Iwaki, Ozanan R. Meireles, Daniela Rus

Macro-Mini Linear Actuator Using Electrorheological-Fluid Brake for Impedance Modulation in Physical Human-Robot Interaction

Authors: Ronnapee Chaichaowarat, Satoshi Nishimura, Hermano Igo Krebs

Category-Association Based Similarity Matching for Novel Object Pick-and-Place Task

Authors: Hao Chen, Takuya Kiyokawa, Weiwei Wan, Kensuke Harada

MLNav: Learning to Safely Navigate on Martian Terrains

Authors: Shreyansh Daftry, Neil Abcouwer, Tyler del Sesto, Siddarth Venkatraman, Jialin Song, Lucas Igel, Amos Byon, Ugo Rosolia, Yisong Yue, Masahiro Ono

VisuoTactile 6D Pose Estimation of an In-Hand Object Using Vision and Tactile Sensor Data

Authors: Snehal Dikhale, Karankumar Patel, Daksh Dhingra, Itoshi Naramura, Akinobu Hayashi, Soshi Iba, Nawid Jamali

Multi-Fingered In-Hand Manipulation With Various Object Properties Using Graph Convolutional Networks and Distributed Tactile Sensors

Authors: Satoshi Funabashi, Tomoki Isobe, Fei Hongyi, Atsumu Hiramoto, Alexander Schmitz, Shigeki Sugano, Tetsuya Ogata

Selective Assist Strategy by Using Lightweight Carbon Frame Exoskeleton Robot

Authors: Jun-ichiro Furukawa, Shotaro Okajima, Qi An, Yuichi Nakamura, Jun Morimoto

STL2vec: Signal Temporal Logic Embeddings for Control Synthesis With Recurrent Neural Networks

Authors: Wataru Hashimoto, Kazumune Hashimoto, Shigemasa Takai

High Dynamic Range Force Sensing of a Robot Hand Combining Signals on Tip and Wrist

Authors: Tomoki Horikoshi, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji

Learning Sparse Interaction Graphs of Partially Detected Pedestrians for Trajectory Prediction

Authors: Zhe Huang, Ruohua Li, Kazuki Shin, Katherine Rose Driggs-Campbell

Omnidirectional Panoramic Video System With Frame-by-Frame Ultrafast Viewpoint Control

Authors: Shaopeng Hu, Hongyu Dong, Kohei Shimasaki, Mingjun Jiang, Taku Senoo, Idaku Ishii

SHARP: Shielding-Aware Robust Planning for Safe and Efficient Human-Robot Interaction

Authors: Haimin Hu, Kensuke Nakamura, Jaime F. Fisac

Diverse Behaviors of a Single-Motor-Driven Soft-Bodied Robot Utilizing the Resonant Vibration of 2D Repetitive Slit Patterns

Authors: Satoshi Iyobe, Masahiro Shimizu, Takuya Umedachi

Reactive, Proactive, and Inducible Proximal Crowd Robot Navigation Method Based on Inducible Social Force Model

Authors: Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, Yusuke Tsuburaya, Taichi Kanada, Michiaki Hirayama, Shigeki Sugano

Adaptive Body Schema Learning System Considering Additional Muscles for Musculoskeletal Humanoids

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Akihiro Miki, Yasunori Toshimitsu, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Automated Microhand System for Measuring Cell Stiffness By Using Two Plate End-Effectors

Authors: Masahiro Kawakami, Masaru Kojima, Yuma Masuda, Yasushi Mae, Takato Horii, Takayuki Nagai, Masaki Nakahata, Shinji Sakai, Tatsuo Arai

2-Dimensional Dynamic Analysis of Inverted Pendulum Robot With Transformable Wheel for Overcoming Steps

Authors: SangGyun Kim, Sijun Ryu, Jee Ho Won, Hwa Soo Kim, TaeWon Seo

Soft Tensegrity Robot Driven by Thin Artificial Muscles for the Exploration of Unknown Spatial Configurations

Authors: Ryota Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori

A Compact and Agile Angled-Spoke Wheel-Based Mobile Robot for Uneven and Granular Terrains

Authors: Kyungwook Lee, Sijun Ryu, Chaewon Kim, TaeWon Seo

Modular Two-Degree-of-Freedom Transformable Wheels Capable of Overcoming Obstacle

Authors: Yunhyuk Lee, Sijun Ryu, Jee Ho Won, SangGyun Kim, Hwa Soo Kim, TaeWon Seo

Model Predictive Path-Planning Controller With Potential Function for Emergency Collision Avoidance on Highway Driving

Authors: Pengfei Lin and Manabu Tsukada

Combining Learning-Based Locomotion Policy With Model-Based Manipulation for Legged Mobile Manipulators

Authors: Yuntao Ma, Farbod Farshidian, Takahiro Miki, Joonho Lee, Marco Hutter

Elastic Vibration Suppression Control for Multilinked Aerial Robot Using Redundant Degrees-of-Freedom of Thrust Force

Authors: Toshiya Maki, Moju Zhao, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Posture Control of the Passenger Based on Caregiver's Wrist Motion for a Step-Climbing Stroller

Authors: Ririka Masuda, Kai Sasaki, Masakazu Hirokawa, Taku Hachisu, Kenji Suzuki

A Woodpecker's Tongue-Inspired, Bendable and Extendable Robot Manipulator With Structural Stiffness

Authors: Ryota Matsuda, Ujjal Krishnanand Mavinkurve, Ayato Kanada, Koki Honda, Yasutaka Nakashima, Motoji Yamamoto

Highly Dynamic 2-DOF Cable-Driven Robotic Wrist Based on a Novel Topology

Authors: Takeru Nemoto, Jonas Walter, Christian Bachmann, Matthias Gerlich, Sebastian Reitelshfer, Jrg Franke

Giraffe Neck Robot: First Step Toward a Powerful and Flexible Robot Prototyping Based on Giraffe Anatomy

Authors: Atsuhiko Niikura, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Megu Gunji, Kent Mori, Ryuma Niiyama, Koichi Suzumori

Soft Robotic Hand With Finger-Bending/Friction-Reduction Switching Mechanism Through 1-Degree-of-Freedom Flow Control

Authors: Toshihiro Nishimura, Kensuke Shimizu, Seita Nojiri, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Force Control of Grinding Process Based on Frequency Analysis

Authors: Yuya Nogi, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji

MORI-A: Soft Vacuum-Actuated Module With 3D-Printable Deformation Structure

Authors: Jun Ogawa, Tomoharu Mori, Yosuke Watanabe, Masaru Kawakami, MD Nahin Islam Shiblee, Hidemitsu Furukawa

Electrocardiogram Measurement and Emotion Estimation of Working Dogs

Authors: Kazunori Ohno, Kotaro Sato, Ryunosuke Hamada, Takatomi Kubo, Kazushi Ikeda, Miho Nagasawa, Takefumi Kikusui, Sandeep Kumar Nayak, Shotaro Kojima, Satoshi Tadokoro

Highly Articulated Tube Mechanism With Variable Stiffness and Shape Restoration Using a Pneumatic Actuator

Authors: Issei Onda, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Watanabe, Kazuki Abe, Tetsuyou Watanabe, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

TIDE: Temporally Incremental Disparity Estimation via Pattern Flow in Structured Light System

Authors: Rukun Qiao, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Hongbin Zha

Utilization of Image/Force/Tactile Sensor Data for Object-Shape-Oriented Manipulation: Wiping Objects With Turning Back Motions and Occlusion

Authors: Namiko Saito, Takumi Shimizu, Tetsuya Ogata, Shigeki Sugano

Pitch-Up Motion Mechanism With Heat Welding by Soft Inflatable Growing Robot

Authors: Yuki Satake and Hiroyuki Ishii

From Scene Flow to Visual Odometry Through Local and Global Regularisation in Markov Random Fields

Authors: Raluca Scona, Hidenobu Matsuki, Andrew J. Davison

Automatic Radar-Camera Dataset Generation for Sensor-Fusion Applications

Authors: Arindam Sengupta, Atsushi Yoshizawa, Siyang Cao

Dual CC-Closure Region for Checking Two-Finger Object Caging in a Plane

Authors: Koki Shirota and Zhidong Wang

Reconstructing Occluded Elevation Information in Terrain Maps With Self-Supervised Learning

Authors: Maximilian Stlzle, Takahiro Miki, Levin Gerdes, Martin Azkarate, Marco Hutter

Offline Reference Trajectory Shaping for a Cable-Driven Earthquake Simulator Based on a Viscoelastic Cable Model

Authors: Yusuke Sugahara, Taishu Ueki, Daisuke Matsuura, Yukio Takeda, Minoru Yoshida

Target-Mass Grasping of Entangled Food Using Pre-Grasping Post-Grasping

Authors: Kuniyuki Takahashi, Naoki Fukaya, Avinash Ummadisingu

Double-Nozzle Capillary Force Gripper for Cubical, Triangular Prismatic, and Helical 1-mm-Sized-Objects

Authors: Kenta Tanaka, Takatoshi Ito, Yuki Nishiyama, Eri Fukuchi, Ohmi Fuchiwaki

Behavioral Diversity Generated From Body-Environment Interactions in a Simulated Tensegrity Robot

Authors: Ryo Terajima, Katsuma Inoue, Shogo Yonekura, Kohei Nakajima, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Learn to Predict How Humans Manipulate Large-Sized Objects From Interactive Motions

Authors: Weilin Wan, Lei Yang, Lingjie Liu, Zhuoying Zhang, Ruixing Jia, Yi-King Choi, Jia Pan, Christian Theobalt, Taku Komura, Wenping Wang

Stiffness Measurement of Organoids Using a Wide-Range Force Sensor Probe Fabricated Using a Quartz Crystal Resonator

Authors: Shiro Watanabe, Hirotaka Sugiura, Fumihito Arai

Forceful Valve Manipulation With Arbitrary Direction by Articulated Aerial Robot Equipped With Thrust Vectoring Apparatus

Authors: Moju Zhao, Keisuke Nagato, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba, Masayuki Nakao

Benchmarking Structured Policies and Policy Optimization for Real-World Dexterous Object Manipulation

Authors: Niklas Funk, Charles B. Schaff, Rishabh Madan, Takuma Yoneda, Julen Urain De Jesus, Joe Watson, Ethan K. Gordon, Felix Widmaier, Stefan Bauer, Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee, Matthew R. Walter, Jan Peters

Sample-Efficient Learning of Deformable Linear Object Manipulation in the Real World Through Self-Supervision

Authors: Robert Lee, Masashi Hamaya, Takayuki Murooka, Yoshihisa Ijiri, Peter Corke

Effect of Robot Embodiment on Satisfaction With Recommendations in Shopping Malls

Authors: Kazuki Sakai, Yutaka Nakamura, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro

2021

A Robot That Encourages Self-Disclosure to Reduce Anger Mood

Authors: Takuto Akiyoshi, Junya Nakanishi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi

Tactile Scanning for Detecting Micro Bump by Strain-Sensitive Artificial Skin

Authors: Mitsuhito Ando, Ryusuke Tokumine, Toshinobu Takei, Hiromi Mochiyama

Advocating Attitudinal Change Through Android Robot's Intention-Based Expressive Behaviors: Toward WHO COVID-19 Guidelines Adherence

Authors: Ajibo Chinenye Augustine, Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Visual-Tactile Cross-Modal Data Generation Using Residue-Fusion GAN With Feature-Matching and Perceptual Losses

Authors: Shaoyu Cai, Kening Zhu, Yuki Ban, Takuji Narumi

Wireless Powered Dielectric Elastomer Actuator

Authors: Lai Chen, Takuya Sasatani, Keung Or, Satoshi Nishikawa, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Using an Android Robot to Improve Social Connectedness by Sharing Recent Experiences of Group Members in Human-Robot Conversations

Authors: Changzeng Fu, Chaoran Liu, Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Takamasa Iio, Hiroshi Ishiguro

A Millimeter-Scale Rolling Microrobot Driven by a Micro-Geared Ultrasonic Motor

Authors: Rudolf Yoga Hutama, Mohamed M. Khalil, Tomoaki Mashimo

Fast Computation of Volumet6 Thickness of 3D Objects Using GPU

Authors: Masatomo Inui, Sinnosuke Naganuma, Nao Oki, Nobuyuki Umezu

Target-Dependent UNITER: A Transformer-Based Multimodal Language Comprehension Model for Domestic Service Robots

Authors: Shintaro Ishikawa and Komei Sugiura

Instantaneous Force Generation Mechanism Based on the Striking Motion of Mantis Shrimp-Analytical and Experimental Verification of the Increase in Instantaneous Force Using Exoskeleton Spring Mechanism

Authors: Fumio Ito, Shunichi Kurumaya, Riki Ono, Katsushi Kagaya, Taro Nakamura

Binarized P-Network: Deep Reinforcement Learning of Robot Control from Raw Images on FPGA

Authors: Yuki Kadokawa, Yoshihisa Tsurumine, Takamitsu Matsubara

Case Relation Transformer: A Crossmodal Language Generation Model for Fetching Instructions

Authors: Motonari Kambara and Komei Sugiura

Self-Sensing McKibben Artificial Muscles Embedded With Dielectric Elastomer Sensor

Authors: Ryo Kanno, Shuya Watanabe, Keita Shimizu, Jun Shintake

Miniature Tangible Cube: Concept and Design of Target-Object-Oriented User Interface for Dual-Arm Telemanipulation

Authors: Shingo Kitagawa, Shun Hasegawa, Naoya Yamaguchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Self-Body Image Acquisition and Posture Generation With Redundancy Using Musculoskeletal Humanoid Shoulder Complex for Object Manipulation

Authors: Yuya Koga, Kento Kawaharazuka, Yasunori Toshimitsu, Manabu Nishiura, Yusuke Omura, Yuki Asano, Kei Okada, Koji Kawasaki, Masayuki Inaba

Globally Consistent 3D LiDAR Mapping With GPU-Accelerated GICP Matching Cost Factors

Authors: Kenji Koide, Masashi Yokozuka, Shuji Oishi, Atsuhiko Banno

Multi-Contact Locomotion Planning With Bilateral Contact Forces Considering Kinematics and Statics During Contact Transition

Authors: Iori Kumagai, Masaki Murooka, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Fumio Kanehiro

Shape Recognition of a Tensegrity With Soft Sensor Threads and Artificial Muscles Using a Recurrent Neural Network

Authors: Wen-Yung Li, Atsushi Takata, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori

Enabling Robots to Distinguish Between Aggressive and Joking Attitudes

Authors: Kota Maehama, Jani Even, Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Takayuki Kanda

CrossMap Transformer: A Crossmodal Masked Path Transformer Using Double Back-Translation for Vision-and-Language Navigation

Authors: Aly Magassouba, Komei Sugiura, Hisashi Kawai

CodeMapping: Real-Time Dense Mapping for Sparse SLAM using Compact Scene Representations

Authors: Hidenobu Matsuki, Raluca Scona, Jan Czarnowski, Andrew J. Davison

Dynamic Fall Recovery Motion Generation on Biped Robot With Shell Protector

Authors: Kim-Ngoc-Khanh Nguyen, Yuta Kojio, Shintaro Noda, Fumihito Sugai, Kunio Kojima, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

4D Attention: Comprehensive Framework for Spatio-Temporal Gaze Mapping

Authors: Shuji Oishi, Kenji Koide, Masashi Yokozuka, Atsuhiko Banno

Vertical Jumping by a Legged Robot With Upper and Lower Leg Bi-Articular Muscle-Tendon Complexes

Authors: Ryuki Sato, Shuma Hiasa, Lei Wang, Huaxin Liu, Fei Meng, Qiang Huang, Aiguo Ming

Two-Sheet Type Rotary-Driven Thin Bending Mechanism Realizing High Stiffness

Authors: Tomoya Takahashi, Masahiro Watanabe, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Eri Takane, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

Tension Control Method Utilizing Antagonistic Tension to Enlarge the Workspace of Coupled Tendon-Driven Articulated Manipulator

Authors: Atsushi Takata, Hiroyuki Nabae, Koichi Suzumori, Gen Endo

High Dynamic Range 6-Axis Force Sensor Employing a Semiconductor-Metallic Foil Strain Gauge Combination

Authors: Ryuya Tamura, Tomoki Horikoshi, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji

Learning-based Robust Motion Planning With Guaranteed Stability: A Contraction Theory Approach

Authors: Hiroyasu Tsukamoto and Soon-Jo Chung

Designing Soft Pneumatic Actuators for Thumb Movements

Authors: Yuanyuan Wang, Shota Kokubu, Zhongchao Zhou, Xinyao Guo, Ya-Hsin Hsueh, Wenwei Yu

Leveraging Metadata in Representation Learning With Georeferenced Seafloor Imagery

Authors: Takaki Yamada, Miquel Massot-Campos, Adam Prgel-Bennett, Stefan B. Williams, Oscar Pizarro, Blair Thornton

Double Helical Soft Pneumatic Actuator Capable of Generating Complex 3D Torsional Motions

Authors: Peizheng Yuan and Hideyuki Tsukagoshi

EPM-MRE: Electropermanent Magnet-Magnetorheological Elastomer for Soft Actuation System and Its Application to Robotic Grasping

Authors: Peizhi Zhang, Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, Zhuoyi He, Hiroyuki Sakamoto, Shigeki Sugano

Control and Evaluation of Body Weight Support Walker for Overground Gait Training

Authors: Zonghao Dong, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Yasuhisa Hirata

CHORD: Distributed Data-Sharing via Hybrid ROS 1 and 2 for Multi-Robot Exploration of Large-Scale Complex Environments

Authors: Muhammad Fadhil Ginting, Kyohei Otsu, Jeffrey A. Edlund, Jay Gao, Ali-Akbar Agha-Mohammadi

Comparison of Three Feedback Modalities for Haptics Sensation in Remote Machine Manipulation

Authors: Masaki Haruna, Noboru Kawaguchi, Masaki Ogino, Toshiaki Koike-Akino

Micro Elastic Pouch Motors: Elastically Deformable and Miniaturized Soft Actuators Using Liquid-to-Gas Phase Change

Authors: Seiya Hirai, Tatsuho Nagatomo, Takefumi Hiraki, Hiroki Ishizuka, Yoshihiro Kawahara, Norihisa Miki

Classifier-Aided Maximization of Feasible- Error-Region for Robust Manipulation Learning

Authors: Hirokazu Ishida, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Imitation Learning With Additional Constraints on Motion Style Using Parametric Bias

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Yoichiro Kawamura, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Adaptive Robotic Tool-Tip Control Learning Considering Online Changes in Grasping State

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Tactile Perception Based on Injected Vibration in Soft Sensor

Authors: Naoto Komeno and Takamitsu Matsubara

Novel Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fiber Actuator Fabricated From Polymer-Coated Optical Fiber

Authors: Ken Masuya and Kenji Tahara

Reducing the Influence of the Contact Area on a Soft Capacitive Force Sensor

Authors: Takahiro Matsuno and Shinichi Hirai

A Soft Robotic Sleeve for Safer Colonoscopy Procedures

Authors: Max McCandless, Arincheyan Gerald, Ashlyn Carroll, Hiroyuki Aihara, Sheila Russo

Humanoid Loco-Manipulations Pattern Generation and Stabilization Control

Authors: Masaki Murooka, Kevin Chappellet, Arnaud Tanguy, Mehdi Benallegue, Iori Kumagai, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Fumio Kanehiro, Abderrahmane Kheddar

Passive Flow Control for Series Inflatable Actuators: Application on a Wearable Soft-Robot for Posture Assistance

Authors: Diego Paez-Granados, Takehiro Yamamoto, Hideki Kadone, Kenji Suzuki

2-DOF Spherical Parallel Mechanism Capable of Biaxial Swing Motion with Active Arc Sliders

Authors: Naoto Saiki, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Watanabe, Eri Takane, Masashi Nobutoki, Shintaro Suzuki, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

Internally-Balanced Displacement-Force Converter for Stepless Control of Spring Deformation Compensated by Cam With Variable Pressure Angle

Authors: Tori Shimizu, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Watanabe, Eri Takane, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

A Motion Estimation Filter for Inertial Measurement Unit With On-Board Ferromagnetic Materials

Authors: Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Mikhail M. Svinin, Motoji Yamamoto

Eversion Robotic Mechanism With Hydraulic Skeletonto Realize Steering Function

Authors: Tomoya Takahashi, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Watanabe, Eri Takane, Natsumi Hookabe, Hiroshi Kajiahara, Takeshi Yamasaki, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

Immediate Generation of Jump-and-Hit Motions by a Pneumatic Humanoid Robot Using a Lookup Table of Learned Dynamics

Authors: Kazutoshi Tanaka, Satoshi Nishikawa, Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Contact Feature Recognition Based on MFCC of Force Signals

Authors: Toshiaki Tsuji, Koyo Sato, Sho Sakaino

Tele-Operative Low-Cost Robotic Lung Ultrasound Scanning Platform for Triage of COVID-19 Patients

Authors: Ryosuke Tsumura, John W. Hardin, Keshav Bimbraw, Anne V. Grossestreuer, Olushola S. Odusanya, Yihao Zheng, Jeffrey C. Hill, Beatrice Hoffmann, Winston Soboyejo, Haichong K. Zhang

Variable-Grasping-Mode Gripper With Different Finger Structures For Grasping Small-Sized Items

Authors: Tetsuyou Watanabe, Kota Morino, Yoshitatsu Asama, Seiji Nishitani, Ryo Toshima

Leading or Following? Dyadic Robot Imitative Interaction Using the Active Inference Framework

Authors: Nadine Wirkuttis and Jun Tani

Passive Orientation Control of Nozzle Unit With Multiple Water Jets to Expand the Net Force Direction Range for Aerial Hose-Type Robots

Authors: Yu Yamauchi, Yuichi Ambe, Masashi Konyo, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Satoshi Tadokoro

Snap Pump: A Snap-Through Mechanism for a Pulsatile Pump

Authors: Kazuki Arakawa, Francesco Giorgio Serchi, Hiromi Mochiyama

Microinjection System to Enable Real-Time 3D Image Presentation Through Focal Position Adjustment

Authors: Toshiki Fujishiro, Tadayoshi Aoyama, Kazuki Hano, Masaki Takasu, Masaru Takeuchi, Yasuhisa Hasegawa

Composing an Assistive Control Strategy Based on Linear Bellman Combination From Estimated User's Motor Goal

Authors: Jun-ichiro Furukawa and Jun Morimoto

Robotic Learning From Advisory and Adversarial Interactions Using a Soft Wrist

Authors: Masashi Hamaya, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Yoshiya Shibata, Felix von Drigalski, Chisato Nakashima, Yoshihisa Ijiri

Long-Term Pedestrian Trajectory Prediction Using Mutable Intention Filter and Warp LSTM

Authors: Zhe Huang, Aamir Hasan, Kazuki Shin, Ruohua Li, Katherine Rose Driggs-Campbell

Air-Hydraulic Servo Booster Toward Submersible Water-Driven Robots

Authors: Sang-Ho Hyon and Kazuto Akama

A 500-Fps Pan-Tilt Tracking System With Deep-Learning-Based Object Detection

Authors: Mingjun Jiang, Kohei Shimasaki, Shaopeng Hu, Taku Senoo, Idaku Ishii

Automatic Grouping of Redundant Sensors and Actuators Using Functional and Spatial Connections: Application to Muscle Grouping for Musculoskeletal Humanoids

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Manabu Nishiura, Yuya Koga, Yusuke Omura, Yasunori Toshimitsu, Yuki Asano, Kei Okada, Koji Kawasaki, Masayuki Inaba

Gaze-Based Dual Resolution Deep Imitation Learning for High-Precision Dexterous Robot Manipulation

Authors: Heecheol Kim, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Uncertainty-Aware Contact-Safe Model-Based Reinforcement Learning

Authors: Cheng-Yu Kuo, Andreas Schaarschmidt, Yunduan Cui, Tamim Asfour, Takamitsu Matsubara

Approximate Simulation for Template-Based Whole-Body Control

Authors: Vince Kurtz, Patrick M. Wensing, Hai Lin

In-Situ Bonding of Multi-Layer Microfluidic Devices Assisted by an Automated Alignment System

Authors: Pengyun Li, Xiaoming Liu, Dan Liu, Xiaoqing Tang, Masaru Kojima, Qiang Huang, Tatsuo Arai

Generation of Efficient Rectilinear Gait Based on Dynamic Morphological Computation and Its Theoretical Analysis

Authors: Longchuan Li, Shugen Ma, Isao T. Tokuda, Fumihiko Asano, Makoto Nokata, Yang Tian, Liang Du

Automated Fabrication of the High-Fidelity Cellular Micro-Scaffold Through Proportion-Corrective Control of the Photocuring Process

Authors: Xin Li, Huaping Wang, Qing Shi, Jiaxin Liu, Zhanhua Xin, Xinyi Dong, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda

Development of a Humanoid Shoulder Based on 3-Motor 3 Degrees-of-Freedom Coupled Tendon-Driven Joint Module

Authors: Wenyang Li, Yiwei Wang, Shunta Togo, Hiroshi Yokoi, Yinlai Jiang

Minimal Exposure Dubins Orienteering Problem

Authors: Douglas G. Macharet, Armando Alves Neto, Daigo Shishika

VIODE: A Simulated Dataset to Address the Challenges of Visual-Inertial Odometry in Dynamic Environments

Authors: Koji Minoda, Fabian Schilling, Valentin West, Dario Floreano, Takehisa Yairi

Active Bending Mechanism Employing Granular Jamming and Vacuum-Controlled Adaptable Gripper

Authors: Takashi Mitsuda and Shinsaku Otsuka

Humanoid Loco-Manipulation Planning Based on Graph Search and Reachability Maps

Authors: Masaki Murooka, Iori Kumagai, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Fumio Kanehiro, Abderrahmane Kheddar

Policy Blending and Recombination for Multimodal Contact-Rich Tasks

Authors: Tetsuya Narita and Oliver Kroemer

RAT iLQR: A Risk Auto-Tuning Controller to Optimally Account for Stochastic Model Mismatch

Authors: Haruki Nishimura, Negar Mehr, Adrien Gaidon, Mac Schwager

Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Assembly Using Non-Diagonal Stiffness Matrix

Authors: Masahide Oikawa, Tsukasa Kusakabe, Kyo Kutsuzawa, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji

Data-Efficient Learning for Complex and Real-Time Physical Problem Solving Using Augmented Simulation

Authors: Kei Ota, Devesh K. Jha, Diego Romeres, Jeroen van Baar, Kevin A. Smith, Takayuki Semitsu, Tomoaki Oiki, Alan Sullivan, Daniel Nikovski, Joshua B. Tenenbaum

EKF-Based Real-Time Self-Attitude Estimation With Camera DNN Learning Landscape Regularities

Authors: Ryota Ozaki and Yoji Kuroda

R-Track: Separable Modular Climbing Robot Design for Wall-to-Wall Transition

Authors: Changmin Park, JangHo Bae, Sijun Ryu, Jiseok Lee, TaeWon Seo

Maximum Spectral Flatness Control of a Manipulandum for Human Motor System Identification

Authors: Yingxin Qiu, Mengnan Wu, Lena H. Ting, Jun Ueda

Stiffness Modulation in a Humanoid Robotic Leg and Knee

Authors: Felix Russell, Yukio Takeda, Petar Kormushev, Ravi Vaidyanathan, Peter Ellison

How to Select and Use Tools? : Active Perception of Target Objects Using Multimodal Deep Learning

Authors: Namiko Saito, Tetsuya Ogata, Satoshi Funabashi, Hiroki Mori, Shigeki Sugano

Compensation for Undefined Behaviors During Robot Task Execution by Switching Controllers Depending on Embedded Dynamics in RNN

Authors: Kanata Suzuki, Hiroki Mori, Tetsuya Ogata

Disruption-Resistant Deformable Object Manipulation on Basis of Online Shape Estimation and Prediction-Driven Trajectory Correction

Authors: Daisuke Tanaka, Solvi Arnold, Kimitoshi Yamazaki

Efficient Single-Cell Mechanical Measurement by Integrating a Cell Arraying Microfluidic Device With Magnetic Tweezer

Authors: Xiaoqing Tang, Xiaoming Liu, Pengyun Li, Dan Liu, Masaru Kojima, Qiang Huang, Tatsuo Arai

Embodying Pre-Trained Word Embeddings Through Robot Actions

Authors: Minori Toyoda, Kanata Suzuki, Hiroki Mori, Yoshihiko Hayashi, Tetsuya Ogata

Online Object Searching by a Humanoid Robot in an Unknown Environment

Authors: Masato Tsuru, Adrien Escande, Arnaud Tanguy, Kevin Chappellet, Kensuke Harada

A Soft Robotic Hand Based on Bellows Actuators for Dishwashing Automation

Authors: Zhongkui Wang, Takao Hirata, Takanori Sato, Tomoharu Mori, Masaru Kawakami, Hidemitsu Furukawa, Sadao Kawamura

Elevation Angle Estimation in 2D Acoustic Images Using Pseudo Front View

Authors: Yusheng Wang, Yonghoon Ji, Dingyu Liu, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama

Semantic Mapping of Construction Site From Multiple Daily Airborne LiDAR Data

Authors: Thomas Westfechtel, Kazunori Ohno, Tetsu Akegawa, Kento Yamada, Ranulfo Plutarco Bezerra Neto, Shotaro Kojima, Taro Suzuki, Tomohiro Komatsu, Yukinori Shibata, Kimitaka Asano, Keiji Nagatani, Naoto Miyamoto, Takahiro Suzuki, Tatsuya Harada, Satoshi Tadokoro

Autonomous UAV Exploration of Dynamic Environments Via Incremental Sampling and Probabilistic Roadmap

Authors: Zhefan Xu, Di Deng, Kenji Shimada

Feasibility Study on Botanical Robotics: Ophiocordyceps-like Biodegradable Laminated Foam-Based Soft Actuators With Germination Ability

Author: Yasuyuki Yamada

A Versatile End-Effector for Pick-and-Release of Fabric Parts

Authors: Kimitoshi Yamazaki and Taiki Abe

Singularity-Free Aerial Deformation by Two-Dimensional Multilinked Aerial Robot With 1-DoF Vectorable Propeller

Authors: Moju Zhao, Tomoki Anzai, Kei Okada, Koji Kawasaki, Masayuki Inaba

HRP-4 Walks on Soft Feet

Authors: Manuel G. Catalano, Irene Frizza, Cecilia Morandi, Giorgio Grioli, Ko Ayusawa, Takahiro Ito, Gentiane Venture

Range-Aided Pose-Graph-Based SLAM: Applications of Deployable Ranging Beacons for Unknown Environment Exploration

Authors: Nobuhiro Funabiki, Benjamin Morrell, Jeremy Nash, Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi

Interactive 3D Graph SLAM for Map Correction

Authors: Kenji Koide, Jun Miura, Masashi Yokozuka, Shuji Oishi, Atsuhiko Banno

Crowd Density Forecasting by Modeling Patch-Based Dynamics

Authors: Hiroaki Minoura, Ryo Yonetani, Mai Nishimura, Yoshitaka Ushiku

Task-Oriented Motion Mapping on Robots of Various Configuration Using Body Role Division

Authors: Kazuhiro Sasabuchi, Naoki Wake, Katsushi Ikeuchi

Enhanced Modeling and Control for Multilinked Aerial Robot With Two DoF Force Vectoring Apparatus

Authors: Moju Zhao, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Modeling the Timing and Duration of Grip Behavior to Express Emotions for a Social Robot

Authors: Xiqian Zheng, Masahiro Shiomi, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro

2020

Learning Force Control for Contact-Rich Manipulation Tasks With Rigid Position-Controlled Robots

Authors: Cristian Camilo Beltran-Hernandez, Damien Petit, Ixchel Georgina Ramirez-Alpizar, Takayuki Nishi, Shinichi Kikuchi, Takamitsu Matsubara, Kensuke Harada

Lyapunov-Stable Orientation Estimator for Humanoid Robots

Authors: Mehdi Benallegue, Rafael Cisneros, Abdelaziz Benallegue, Yacine Chitour, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Fumio Kanehiro

Shift-Adaptive Estimation of Joint Angle Using Instrumented Brace With Two Stretch Sensors Based on Gaussian Mixture Models

Authors: Ryo Eguchi, Brendan Michael, Matthew Howard, Masaki Takahashi

Corretion to "Shift-Adaptive Estimation of Joint Angle Using Instrumented Brace With Two Stretch Sensors Based on Gaussian Mixture Models"

Authors: Ryo Eguchi, Brendan Michael, Matthew Howard, Masaki Takahashi

End-to-End Tactile Feedback Loop: From Soft Sensor Skin Over Deep GRU-Autoencoders to Tactile Stimulation

Authors: Andreas Geier, Rawleigh Tucker, Sophon Somlor, Hideyuki Sawada, Shigeki Sugano

Defensive Escort Teams for Navigation in Crowds via Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning

Authors: Yazied A. Hasan, Arpit Garg, Satomi Sugaya, Lydia Tapia

Online Acquisition of Close-Range Proximity Sensor Models for Precise Object Grasping and Verification

Authors: Shun Hasegawa, Naoya Yamaguchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Interact With Me: An Exploratory Study on Interaction Factors for Active Physical Human-Robot Interaction

Authors: Yue Hu, Mehdi Benallegue, Gentiane Venture, Eiichi Yoshida

Bilateral Humanoid Teleoperation System Using Whole-Body Exoskeleton Cockpit TABLIS

Authors: Yasuhiro Ishiguro, Tasuku Makabe, Yuya Nagamatsu, Yuta Kojio, Kunio Kojima, Fumihito Sugai, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Person-Directed Pointing Gestures and Inter-Personal Relationship: Expression of Politeness to Friendliness by Android Robots

Authors: Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Ryusuke Mikata, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Virtual IR Sensing for Planetary Rovers: Improved Terrain Classification and Thermal Inertia Estimation

Authors: Yumi Iwashita, Kazuto Nakashima, Joseph Gatto, Shoya Higa, Adrian Stoica, Norris Khoo, Ryo Kurazume

Perceptive Locomotion in Rough Terrain - Online Foothold Optimization

Authors: Fabian Jenelten, Takahiro Miki, Aravind Elanjimattathil Vijayan, Marko Bjelonic, Marco Hutter

q-VAE for Disentangled Representation Learning and Latent Dynamical Systems

Author: Taisuke Kobayashi

Stable Autonomous Spiral Stair Climbing of Tracked Vehicles Using Wall Reaction Force

Authors: Shotaro Kojima, Kazunori Ohno, Takahiro Suzuki, Yoshito Okada, Thomas Westfechtel, Satoshi Tadokoro

Multi-Contact Locomotion Planning for Humanoid Robot Based on Sustainable Contact Graph With Local Contact Modification

Authors: Iori Kumagai, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Shizuko Hattori, Mehdi Benallegue, Fumio Kanehiro

Human Navigation Using Phantom Tactile Sensation Based Vibrotactile Feedback

Authors: Zhenyu Liao, Jose V. Salazar Luces, Yasuhisa Hirata

Wide Area Exploration System Using Passive-Follower Robots Towed by Multiple Winches

Authors: Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Manami Hoshi, Yasuhisa Hirata

RoVaLL: Design and Development of a Multi-Terrain Towed Robot With Variable Lug-Length Wheels

Authors: Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Shin Matsuzaki, Yasuhisa Hirata

Low-Cost Coil-Shaped Optical Fiber Displacement Sensor for a Twisted and Coiled Polymer Fiber Actuator Unit

Author: Ken Masuya

Improvement in Measurement Area of 3D LiDAR for a Mobile Robot Using a Mirror Mounted on a Manipulator

Authors: Kazuki Matsubara, Keiji Nagatani, Yasuhisa Hirata

Exploiting Visual-Outer Shape for Tactile-Inner Shape Estimation of Objects Covered with Soft Materials

Authors: Tomoya Miyamoto, Hikaru Sasaki, Takamitsu Matsubara

Radial-Layer Jamming Mechanism for String Configuration

Authors: Rio Mukaide, Masahiro Watanabe, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Yu Ozawa, Tomoya Takahashi, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

Alleviating the Burden of Labeling: Sentence Generation by Attention Branch Encoder-Decoder Network

Authors: Tadashi Ogura, Aly Magassouba, Komei Sugiura, Tsubasa Hirakawa, Takayoshi Yamashita, Hironobu Fujiyoshi, Hisashi Kawai

C*: Cross-Modal Simultaneous Tracking and Rendering for 6-DoF Monocular Camera Localization Beyond Modalities

Authors: Shuji Oishi, Yasunori Kawamata, Masashi Yokozuka, Kenji Koide, Atsuhiko Banno, Jun Miura

Self-Propelled Colonoscopy Robot Using Flexible Paddles

Authors: Keisuke Osawa, Ryu Nakadate, Jumpei Arata, Yoshihiro Nagao, Tomohiko Akahoshi, Masatoshi Eto, Makoto Hashizume

A Routing Framework for Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teams in Exploration Tasks

Authors: Takuma Sakamoto, Stphane Bonardi, Takashi Kubota

Imitation Learning Based on Bilateral Control for Human-Robot Cooperation

Authors: Ayumu Sasagawa, Kazuki Fujimoto, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji

Self-Sensing and Feedback Control for a Twin Coil Spring-Based Flexible Ultrasonic Motor

Authors: Yunosuke Sato, Ayato Kanada, Tomoaki Mashimo

The ARCHES Space-Analogue Demonstration Mission: Towards Heterogeneous Teams of Autonomous Robots for Collaborative Scientific Sampling in Planetary Exploration

Authors: Martin J. Schuster, Marcus Gerhard Mller, Sebastian G. Brunner, Hannah Lehner, Peter Lehner, Ryo Sakagami, Andreas Dmel, Lukas Meyer, Bernhard Vodermayer, Riccardo Giubilato, Mallikarjuna Vayugundla, Josef Reill, Florian Steidle, Ingo von Bargen, Kristin Bussmann, Rico Belder, Philipp Lutz, Wolfgang Strzl, Michal Smsek, Moritz Maier, Samantha Stoneman, Andre Fonseca Prince, Bernhard Rebele, Maximilian Durner, Emanuel Staudinger, Siwei Zhang, Robert Phlmann, Esther Bischoff, Christian Braun, Susanne Schrder, Enrico Dietz, Sven Frohmann, Anko Brner, Heinz-Wilhelm Hbers, Bernard Foing, Rudolph Triebel, Alin Olimpiu Albu-Schffer, Armin Wedler

Risk-Aware Motion Planning for a Limbed Robot with Stochastic Gripping Forces Using Nonlinear Programming

Authors: Yuki Shirai, Xuan Lin, Yusuke Tanaka, Ankur Mehta, Dennis W. Hong

Retraction Mechanism of Soft Torus Robot With a Hydrostatic Skeleton

Authors: Tomoya Takahashi, Masahiro Watanabe, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

Quaternion-Based Trajectory Optimization of Human Postures for Inducing Target Muscle Activation Patterns

Authors: Tatsuya Teramae, Takamitsu Matsubara, Tomoyuki Noda, Jun Morimoto

Detection and Control of Air Liquid Interface With an Open-Channel Microfluidic Chip for Circulating Tumor Cells Isolation From Human Whole Blood

Authors: Bilal Turan, Yusuke Tomori, Taisuke Masuda, Ruixuan Weng, Larina Tzu-Wei Shen, Satoshi Matsusaka, Fumihito Arai

Wireless Soft Actuator Based on Liquid-Gas Phase Transition Controlled by Millimeter-Wave Irradiation

Authors: Soichiro Ueno and Yasuaki Monnai

Evaluation of the Response Characteristics of On-Chip Gel Actuators for Various Single Cell Manipulations

Authors: Hiroki Wada, Yuha Koike, Yoshiyuki Yokoyama, Takeshi Hayakawa

ACMarker: Acoustic Camera-Based Fiducial Marker System in Underwater Environment

Authors: Yusheng Wang, Yonghoon Ji, Dingyu Liu, Yusuke Tamura, Hiroshi Tsuchiya, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama

Bundled Rotary Helix Drive Mechanism Capable of Smooth Peristaltic Movement

Authors: Masahiro Watanabe, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

Pneumatic Duplex-Chambered Inchworm Mechanism for Narrow Pipes Driven by Only Two Air Supply Lines

Authors: Tomonari Yamamoto, Sayako Sakama, Akiya Kamimura

Discontinuous and Smooth Depth Completion With Binary Anisotropic Diffusion Tensor

Authors: Yasuhiro Yao, Menandro Roxas, Ryoichi Ishikawa, Shingo Ando, Jun Shimamura, Takeshi Oishi

Development of a Δ-Type Mobile Robot Driven by Three Standing-Wave-Type Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors

Authors: Juntian Zhou, Masaki Suzuki, Ryoma Takahashi, Kengo Tanabe, Yuki Nishiyama, Hajime Sugiuchi, Yusuke Maeda, Ohmi Fuchiwaki

Semantic Localization Considering Uncertainty of Object Recognition

Authors: Naoki Akai, Takatsugu Hirayama, Hiroshi Murase

Soft Inductive Tactile Sensor Using Flow-Channel Enclosing Liquid Metal

Authors: Shota Hamaguchi, Takumi Kawasetsu, Takato Horii, Hisashi Ishihara, Ryuma Niiyama, Koh Hosoda, Minoru Asada

Laser Pouch Motors: Selective and Wireless Activation of Soft Actuators by Laser-Powered Liquid-to-Gas Phase Change

Authors: Takefumi Hiraki, Kenichi Nakahara, Koya Narumi, Ryuma Niiyama, Noriaki Kida, Naoki Takamura, Hiroshi Okamoto, Yoshihiro Kawahara

PF-IPMC: Paper/Fabric Assisted IPMC Actuators for 3D Crafts

Authors: Asuka Ishiki, Hiroyuki Nabae, Akio Kodaira, Koichi Suzumori

Estimation and Control of Motor Core Temperature With Online Learning of Thermal Model Parameters: Application to Musculoskeletal Humanoids

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Naoki Hiraoka, Kei Tsuzuki, Moritaka Onitsuka, Yuki Asano, Kei Okada, Koji Kawasaki, Masayuki Inaba

Object Recognition, Dynamic Contact Simulation, Detection, and Control of the Flexible Musculoskeletal Hand Using a Recurrent Neural Network With Parametric Bias

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Tsuzuki, Moritaka Onitsuka, Yuki Asano, Kei Okada, Koji Kawasaki, Masayuki Inaba

Using Human Gaze to Improve Robustness Against Irrelevant Objects in Robot Manipulation Tasks

Authors: Heecheol Kim, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Footstep Modification Including Step Time and Angular Momentum Under Disturbances on Sparse Footholds

Authors: Yuta Kojio, Yuki Omori, Kunio Kojima, Fumihito Sugai, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

CorsNet: 3D Point Cloud Registration by Deep Neural Network

Authors: Akiyoshi Kurobe, Yusuke Sekikawa, Kohta Ishikawa, Hideo Saito

New Soft Robot Hand Configuration With Combined Biotensegrity and Thin Artificial Muscle

Authors: Wen-Yung Li, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori

Energy-Efficient Locomotion Generation and Theoretical Analysis of a Quasi-Passive Dynamic Walker

Authors: Longchuan Li, Isao T. Tokuda, Fumihiko Asano

Contact Point Estimation along Air Tube Based on Acoustic Sensing of Pneumatic System Noise

Authors: Shinichi Mikogai, B. D. C. Kazumi, Kentaro Takemura

Self-Excited Vibration Valve That Induces Traveling Waves in Pneumatic Soft Mobile Robots

Authors: Yuji Miyaki and Hideyuki Tsukagoshi

Deep Learning of Neuromuscular and Visuomotor Control of a Biomimetic Simulated Humanoid

Authors: Masaki Nakada, Tao Zhou, Honglin Chen, Arjun Lakshmipathy, Demetri Terzopoulos

Liquid Pouch Motors: Printable Planar Actuators Driven by Liquid-to-Gas Phase Change for Shape-Changing Interfaces

Authors: Koya Narumi, Hiroki Sato, Kenichi Nakahara, Young Ah Seong, Kunihiko Morinaga, Yasuaki Kakehi, Ryuma Niiyama, Yoshihiro Kawahara

Ramus: A Frequency-Multiplexed Power Bus for Powering, Sensing and Controlling Robots

Authors: Yuki Nishizawa, Takuya Sasatani, Matthew Ishige, Yoshiaki Narusue, Takuya Umedachi, Yoshihiro Kawahara

3D-Aware Scene Change Captioning From Multiview Images

Authors: Yue Qiu, Yutaka Satoh, Ryota Suzuki, Kenji Iwata, Hirokatsu Kataoka

Bayesian Policy Optimization for Waste Crane With Garbage Inhomogeneity

Authors: Hikaru Sasaki, Terushi Hirabayashi, Kaoru Kawabata, Yukio Onuki, Takamitsu Matsubara

Time-Relative RTK-GNSS: GNSS Loop Closure in Pose Graph Optimization

Author: Taro Suzuki

Pneumatic Soft Actuator Using Self-Excitation Based on Automatic-Jet-Switching-Structure

Authors: Kosuke Tani, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori

Development and Examination of Fog Computing-Based Encrypted Control System

Authors: Kaoru Teranishi, Naoki Shimada, Kiminao Kogiso

Development of Hiryu-II: A Long-Reach Articulated Modular Manipulator Driven by Thrusters

Authors: Yusuke Ueno, Tetsuo Hagiwara, Hiroyuki Nabae, Koichi Suzumori, Gen Endo

Dynamic Response of Swimming Paramecium Induced by Local Stimulation Using a Threadlike-Microtool

Authors: Belal Ahmad, Hironobu Maeda, Tomohiro Kawahara

Motor Synergy Development in High-Performing Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms

Authors: Jiazheng Chai and Mitsuhiro Hayashibe

Discovering Interpretable Dynamics by Sparsity Promotion on Energy and the Lagrangian

Authors: Hoang K. Chu and Mitsuhiro Hayashibe

Segmentation and Averaging of sEMG Muscle Activations Prior to Synergy Extraction

Authors: lvaro Costa-Garca, Eduardo Iez, Moeka Sonoo, Shotaro Okajima, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Sayako Ueda, Shingo Shimoda

Visual Object Search by Learning Spatial Context

Authors: Raphael Druon, Yusuke Yoshiyasu, Asako Kanezaki, Alassane Watt

mROBerTO 2.0 - An Autonomous Millirobot With Enhanced Locomotion for Swarm Robotics

Authors: Kasra Eshaghi, Yuchen Li, Zendai Kashino, Goldie Nejat, Beno Benhabib

Stretchable Kirigami Components for Composite Meso-Scale Robots

Authors: Amir Firouzeh, Tatsuya Higashisaka, Keisuke Nagato, Kyu-Jin Cho, Jamie Paik

Benchmarking Bimanual Cloth Manipulation

Authors: Irene Garcia-Camacho, Guillem Aleny, Danica Kragic, Martina Lippi, Michael C. Welle, Hang Yin, Rika Antonova, Anastasiia Varava, Jlia Borrs Sol, Carme Torras, Alessandro Marino

Optimization-Based Distributed Flocking Control for Multiple Rigid Bodies

Authors: Tatsuya Ibuki, Sean Wilson, Junya Yamauchi, Masayuki Fujita, Magnus Egerstedt

Robust Path Planning for Slope Traversing Under Uncertainty in Slip Prediction

Authors: Hiroaki Inotsume, Takashi Kubota, David Wettergreen

Simultaneous Control Framework for Humanoid Tracking Human Movement With Interacting Wearable Assistive Device

Authors: Takahiro Ito, Ko Ayusawa, Eiichi Yoshida, Hiroshi Kobayashi

Detachable Body: The Impact of Binocular Disparity and Vibrotactile Feedback in Co-Presence Tasks

Authors: Yukiko Iwasaki, Kozo Ando, Shuhei Iizuka, Michiteru Kitazaki, Hiroyasu Iwata

Autonomous and Reversible Adhesion Using Elastomeric Suction Cups for In-Vivo Medical Treatments

Authors: Haruna Iwasaki, Flavien Lefevre, Dana D. Damian, Eiji Iwase, Shuhei Miyashita

Hierarchical Stochastic Optimization With Application to Parameter Tuning for Electronically Controlled Transmissions

Authors: Hiroyuki Karasawa, Tomohiro Kanemaki, Kei Oomae, Rui Fukui, Masayuki Nakao, Takayuki Osa

Musculoskeletal AutoEncoder: A Unified Online Acquisition Method of Intersensory Networks for State Estimation, Control, and Simulation of Musculoskeletal Humanoids

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Tsuzuki, Moritaka Onitsuka, Yuki Asano, Kei Okada, Koji Kawasaki, Masayuki Inaba

Benchmarking Protocols for Evaluating Small Parts Robotic Assembly Systems

Authors: Kenneth Kimble, Karl Van Wyk, Joe Falco, Elena Messina, Yu Sun, Mizuho Shibata, Wataru Uemura, Yasuyoshi Yokokohji

Wall Deadlock Evasion Control Based on Rotation Radius Adjustment

Authors: Shotaro Kojima, Kazunori Ohno, Takahiro Suzuki, Yoshito Okada, Thomas Westfechtel, Satoshi Tadokoro

A Multimodal Target-Source Classifier With Attention Branches to Understand Ambiguous Instructions for Fetching Daily Objects

Authors: Aly Magassouba, Komei Sugiura, Hisashi Kawai

Virtual Fixture Assistance for Suturing in Robot-Aided Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery

Authors: Murilo M. Marinho, Hisashi Ishida, Kanako Harada, Kyoichi Deie, Mamoru Mitsuishi

Design of a Novel Mutliple-DOF Extendable Arm With Rigid Components Inspired by a Deployable Origami Structure

Authors: Hiroshi Matsuo, H. Harry Asada, Yukio Takeda

Object-Centric Task and Motion Planning in Dynamic Environments

Authors: Toki Migimatsu and Jeannette Bohg

Improving Visual Feature Extraction in Glacial Environments

Authors: Steven D. Morad, Jeremy Nash, Shoya Higa, Russell Smith, Aaron Parness, Kobus Barnard

Sheet-Based Gripper Featuring Passive Pull-In Functionality for Bin Picking and for Picking Up Thin Flexible Objects

Authors: Kota Morino, Shiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Chikagawa, Masakazu Izumi, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Plucking Motions for Tea Harvesting Robots Using Probabilistic Movement Primitives

Authors: Kurena Motokura, Masaki Takahashi, Marco Ewerton, Jan Peters

Optimization-Based Posture Generation for Whole-Body Contact Motion by Contact Point Search on the Body Surface

Authors: Masaki Murooka, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Variational Fisheye Stereo

Authors: Menandro Roxas and Takeshi Oishi

Shape-Morphing Wheel Design and Analysis for Step Climbing in High Speed Locomotion

Authors: Sijun Ryu, Youngjoo Lee, TaeWon Seo

Tethered Tool Manipulation Planning With Cable Maneuvering

Authors: Daniel Snchez, Weiwei Wan, Kensuke Harada

Where to Map? Iterative Rover-Copter Path Planning for Mars Exploration

Authors: Takahiro Sasaki, Kyohei Otsu, Rohan Thakker, Sofie Haesaert, Ali-akbar Agha-mohammadi

Cooperative Team Strategies for Multi-Player Perimeter-Defense Games

Authors: Daigo Shishika, James Paulos, Vijay Kumar

Action Description From 2D Human Postures in Care Facilities

Authors: Wataru Takano and Haeyeon Lee

Proposal and Prototyping of Self-Excited Pneumatic Actuator Using Automatic-Flow-Path-Switching-Mechanism

Authors: Kosuke Tani, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori

Strategy for Roller Chain Assembly With Parallel Jaw Gripper

Authors: Keiki Tatemura and Hiroki Dobashi

A Compact McKibben Muscle Based Bending Actuator for Close-to-Body Application in Assistive Wearable Robots

Authors: Martin Tschiersky, Edsko E. G. Hekman, Dannis M. Brouwer, Just L. Herder, Koichi Suzumori

Multiple Sound Source Position Estimation by Drone Audition Based on Data Association Between Sound Source Localization and Identification

Authors: Mizuho Wakabayashi, Hiroshi G. Okuno, Makoto Kumon

Smartphone Zombie Detection From LiDAR Point Cloud for Mobile Robot Safety

Authors: Jiaxu Wu, Yusuke Tamura, Yusheng Wang, Hanwool Woo, Alessandro Moro, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama

High Speed Three Dimensional Tracking of Swimming Cell by Synchronous Modulation Between TeCE Camera and TAG Lens

Authors: Kazuki Yamato, Hiroyuki Chiba, Hiromasa Oku

Temporal Muscle Synergy Features Estimate Effects of Short-Term Rehabilitation in Sit-to-Stand of Post-Stroke Patients

Authors: Ningjia Yang, Matti Itkonen, Fady Shibata-Alnajjar, Noriaki Hattori, Makoto Kinomoto, Kouji Takahashi, Takanori Fujii, Hironori Otomune, Ichiro Miyai, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama, Qi An, Hiroki Kogami, Kazunori Yoshida, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Yusuke Tamura, Shingo Shimoda, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Moeka Sonoo

Learning Natural Locomotion Behaviors for Humanoid Robots Using Human Bias

Authors: Chuanyu Yang, Kai Yuan, Shuai Heng, Taku Komura, Zhibin Li

Localization of Inspection Device Along Belt Conveyors With Multiple Branches Using Deep Neural Networks

Authors: Andr Yuji Yasutomi and Hideo Enoki

Online Motion Planning for Deforming Maneuvering and Manipulation by Multilinked Aerial Robot Based on Differential Kinematics

Authors: Moju Zhao, Fan Shi, Tomoki Anzai, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Enhancing the Transparency by Onomatopoeia for Passivity-Based Time-Delayed Teleoperation

Authors: Yaonan Zhu, Tadayoshi Aoyama, Yasuhisa Hasegawa

Walking With Hand Motion/Force Control and CoM/VRP and Trunk Compliance for Disturbance Accommodation

Authors: Ryo Iizuka, Sho Miyahara, Dragomir N. Nenchev

Full-Body Optimal Control Toward Versatile and Agile Behaviors in a Humanoid Robot

Authors: Koji Ishihara, Takeshi D. Itoh, Jun Morimoto

Walking With Arm Swinging and Pelvis Rotation Generated With the Relative Angular Acceleration

Authors: Akinori Miyata, Sho Miyahara, Dragomir N. Nenchev

Simultaneous Control of Two Points for Snake Robot and Its Application to Transportation

Authors: Mizuki Nakajima, Motoyasu Tanaka, Kazuo Tanaka

Soft Tactile Fingertip to Estimate Orientation and the Contact State of Thin Rectangular Objects

Authors: Muhammad Hisyam Rosle, Ryo Kojima, Keung Or, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai

What Kinds of Robot's Touch Will Match Expressed Emotions?

Authors: Xiqian Zheng, Masahiro Shiomi, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro

2019

Misalignment Recognition Using Markov Random Fields With Fully Connected Latent Variables for Detecting Localization Failures

Authors: Naoki Akai, Luis Yoichi Morales, Takatsugu Hirayama, Hiroshi Murase

How Can Robot's Gaze Ratio and Body Direction Show an Awareness of Priority to the People With Whom it is Interacting?

Authors: Honoka Arai, Mitsuhiko Kimoto, Takamasa Iio, Katsunori Shimohara, Reo Matsumura, Masahiro Shiomi

Capillary Force Gripper for Complex-Shaped Micro-Objects With Fast Droplet Forming by On-Off Control of a Piston Slider

Authors: Wataru Hagiwara, Takatoshi Ito, Kenta Tanaka, Ryota Tokui, Ohmi Fuchiwaki

Vision-Based Estimation of Driving Energy for Planetary Rovers Using Deep Learning and Terramechanics

Authors: Shoya Higa, Yumi Iwashita, Kyohei Otsu, Masahiro Ono, Olivier Lamarre, Annie Didier, Mark Hoffmann

Real-Time Dense Depth Estimation Using Semantically-Guided LIDAR Data Propagation and Motion Stereo

Authors: Atsuki Hirata, Ryoichi Ishikawa, Menandro Roxas, Takeshi Oishi

Deep Visual MPC-Policy Learning for Navigation

Authors: Noriaki Hirose, Fei Xia, Roberto Martn-Martn, Amir Sadeghian, Silvio Savarese

Whole-Body Locomotion and Posture Control on a Torque-Controlled Hydraulic Rover

Authors: Sang-Ho Hyon, Yusuke Ida, Junichi Ishikawa, Minoru Hiraoka

Predictive Optimization of Assistive Force in Admittance Control-Based Physical Interaction for Robotic Gait Assistance

Authors: Shunki Itadera, Emmanuel C. Dean-Leon, Jun Nakanishi, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Gordon Cheng

Edge-Preserving Camera Trajectories for Improved Optical Character Recognition on Static Scenes With Text

Authors: Rohan Katoch and Jun Ueda

Decoding the Perceived Difficulty of Communicated Contents by Older People: Toward Conversational Robot-Assistive Elderly Care

Authors: Soheil Keshmiri, Hidenobu Sumioka, Ryuji Yamazaki, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Older People Prefrontal Cortex Activation Estimates Their Perceived Difficulty of a Humanoid-Mediated Conversation

Authors: Soheil Keshmiri, Hidenobu Sumioka, Ryuji Yamazaki, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Understanding Natural Language Instructions for Fetching Daily Objects Using GAN-Based Multimodal Target-Source Classification

Authors: Aly Magassouba, Komei Sugiura, Anh Trinh Quoc, Hisashi Kawai

High-Speed Humanoid Robot Arm for Badminton Using Pneumatic-Electric Hybrid Actuators

Authors: Shotaro Mori, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Satoshi Nishikawa, Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

The VRP Generalized Inverse and Its Application in DCM/VRP-Based Walking Control

Authors: Dragomir N. Nenchev, Akinori Miyata, Sho Miyahara, Takehide Hamano

Evaluation of Hopping Robot Performance With Novel Foot Pad Design on Natural Terrain for Hopper Development

Authors: Kosuke Sakamoto, Masatsugu Otsuki, Takao Maeda, Kent Yoshikawa, Takashi Kubota

Computational Design of Statically Balanced Planar Spring Mechanisms

Authors: Takuto Takahashi, Jonas Zehnder, Hiroshi G. Okuno, Shigeki Sugano, Stelian Coros, Bernhard Thomaszewski

Acoustic Length Sensor for Soft Extensible Pneumatic Actuators With a Frequency Characteristics Model

Authors: Ken Takaki, Yoshitaka Taguchi, Satoshi Nishikawa, Ryuma Niiyama, Yoshihiro Kawahara

Theoretical Foundation for Design of Friction-Tunable Soft Finger With Wrinkle's Morphology

Authors: Hiep Xuan Trinh, Van Anh Ho, Koji Shibuya

Autonomous 3-D Reconstruction, Mapping, and Exploration of Indoor Environments With a Robotic Arm

Authors: Yiming Wang, Stuart James, Elisavet Konstantina Stathopoulou, Carlos Beltrn-Gonzlez, Yoshinori Konishi, Alessio Del Bue

A Mechanical Approach to Suppress the Oscillation of a Long Continuum Robot Flying With Water Jets

Authors: Tomoka Yamaguchi, Yuichi Ambe, Hisato Ando, Masashi Konyo, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Shigenao Maruyama, Satoshi Tadokoro

Fabrication of "18 Weave" Muscles and Their Application to Soft Power Support Suit for Upper Limbs Using Thin McKibben Muscle

Authors: Tomoki Abe, Shoichiro Koizumi, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori, Nao Sato, Michiko Adachi, Fumi Takamizawa

Rotational Angle Trajectory Tracking of a Twisted Polymeric Fiber Actuator by the Combination of a Model-Based Feed-Forward and Estimated Temperature Feedback

Authors: Ryo Hayashi, Ken Masuya, Kentaro Takagi, Toshihira Irisawa, Rui Fujino, Takuma Yamauchi, Eitaro Tanaka, Kenji Tahara

Designing a Mechanical Tool for Robots With Two-Finger Parallel Grippers

Authors: Zhengtao Hu, Weiwei Wan, Kensuke Harada

High-Speed On-Chip Mixing by Microvortex Generated by Controlling Local Jet Flow Using Dual Membrane Pumps

Authors: Yusuke Kasai, Shinya Sakuma, Fumihito Arai

Long-Time Self-Body Image Acquisition and Its Application to the Control of Musculoskeletal Structures

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Tsuzuki, Shogo Makino, Moritaka Onitsuka, Yuki Asano, Kei Okada, Koji Kawasaki, Masayuki Inaba

Straight-Fiber-Type Artificial Muscle Deformation Under Pressurization

Authors: Akihiro Kojima, Manabu Okui, Itsuki Hisamichi, Tomoaki Tsuji, Taro Nakamura

High-Speed Sliding Locomotion Generation on Slippery Surface of an Indirectly Controlled Robot With Viscoelastic Body

Authors: Longchuan Li, Fumihiko Asano, Isao T. Tokuda

Accurate and Efficient Seafloor Observations With Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: Theory and Experiments in a Hydrothermal Vent Field

Authors: Takumi Matsuda, Toshihiro Maki, Takashi Sakamaki

Long-Reach Aerial Manipulation Employing Wire-Suspended Hand With Swing-Suppression Device

Authors: Ryo Miyazaki, Rui Jiang, Hannibal Paul, Yanzhao Huang, Kazuhiro Shimonomura

Optimal Stochastic Vehicle Path Planning Using Covariance Steering

Authors: Kazuhide Okamoto and Panagiotis Tsiotras

Identification of Time-Varying and Time-Scalable Synergies From Continuous Electromyographic Patterns

Authors: Felipe Moreira Ramos, Andrea d'Avella, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe

Continuous Mechanical Indexing of Single-Cell Spheroids Using a Robot-Integrated Microfluidic Chip

Authors: Shinya Sakuma, Kou Nakahara, Fumihito Arai

Development and Experimental Validation of Aerial Vehicle With Passive Rotating Shell on Each Rotor

Authors: Carl John Salaan, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Yoshito Okada, Yusuke Sakai, Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Tadokoro

Experimental Analysis of the Influence of Olfactory Property on Chemical Plume Tracing Performance

Authors: Shunsuke Shigaki, Kei Okajima, Kazushi Sanada, Daisuke Kurabayashi

Rotational Angle Control of a Twisted Polymeric Fiber Actuator by an Estimated Temperature Feedback

Authors: Kenji Tahara, Ryo Hayashi, Ken Masuya, Kentaro Takagi, Toshihira Irisawa, Takuma Yamauchi, Eitaro Tanaka

Super Dragon: A 10-m-Long-Coupled Tendon-Driven Articulated Manipulator

Authors: Gen Endo, Atsushi Horigome, Atsushi Takata

Bundled Wire Drive: Proposal and Feasibility Study of a Novel Tendon-Driven Mechanism Using Synthetic Fiber Ropes

Authors: Gen Endo, Youki Wakabayashi, Hiroyuki Nabae, Koichi Suzumori

Capacitive Sensing for a Gripper With Gecko-Inspired Adhesive Film

Authors: Jiro Hashizume, Tae Myung Huh, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Mark R. Cutkosky

A Wearable Skin-Stretching Tactile Interface for Human-Robot and Human-Human Communication

Authors: Alice Haynes, Melanie Florine Simons, Tim Helps, Yuichi Nakamura, Jonathan Rossiter

VUNet: Dynamic Scene View Synthesis for Traversability Estimation Using an RGB Camera

Authors: Noriaki Hirose, Amir Sadeghian, Fei Xia, Roberto Martn-Martn, Silvio Savarese

Overpressure Compensation for Hydraulic Hybrid Servo Booster Applied to Hydraulic Manipulator

Authors: Sang-Ho Hyon, Yuuki Taniai, Kazuyuki Hiranuma, Kazutoshi Yasunaga

Humanoid Robot HRP-5P: An Electrically Actuated Humanoid Robot With High-Power and Wide-Range Joints

Authors: Kenji Kaneko, Hiroshi Kaminaga, Takeshi Sakaguchi, Shuuji Kajita, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Iori Kumagai, Fumio Kanehiro

Two-View Monocular Depth Estimation by Optic-Flow-Weighted Fusion

Authors: Alex Masuo Kaneko and Kenjiro Yamamoto

Fully Automated Annotation With Noise-Masked Visual Markers for Deep-Learning-Based Object Detection

Authors: Takuya Kiyokawa, Keita Tomochika, Jun Takamatsu, Tsukasa Ogasawara

IPMC Monolithic Thin Film Robots Fabricated Using a Multi-Layer Casting Process

Authors: Akio Kodaira, Kinji Asaka, Tetsuya Horiuchi, Gen Endo, Hiroyuki Nabae, Koichi Suzumori

General Hand-Eye Calibration Based on Reprojection Error Minimization

Authors: Kenji Koide and Emanuele Menegatti

High-Speed, Small-Deformation Catching of Soft Objects Based on Active Vision and Proximity Sensing

Authors: Keisuke Koyama, Kenichi Murakami, Taku Senoo, Makoto Shimojo, Masatoshi Ishikawa

Development of Performance System With Musical Dynamics Expression on Humanoid Saxophonist Robot

Authors: Jia-Yeu Lin, Mao Kawai, Yuya Nishio, Sarah Cosentino, Atsuo Takanishi

Adaptive Update of Reference Capacitances in Conductive Fabric Based Robotic Skin

Authors: Takahiro Matsuno, Zhongkui Wang, Kaspar Althoefer, Shinichi Hirai

Data Information Fusion From Multiple Access Points for WiFi-Based Self-localization

Authors: Renato Miyagusuku, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama

Low-Cost, Continuously Variable, Strain Wave Transmission Using Gecko-Inspired Adhesives

Authors: Nicholas D. Naclerio, Capella F. Kerst, David A. Haggerty, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Sonali Singh, Kenichi Ogawa, Susumu Miyazaki, Mark R. Cutkosky, Elliot Wright Hawkes

A Hand Combining Two Simple Grippers to Pick Up and Arrange Objects for Assembly

Authors: Kaidi Nie, Weiwei Wan, Kensuke Harada

Deep Reinforcement Learning Robot for Search and Rescue Applications: Exploration in Unknown Cluttered Environments

Authors: Farzad Niroui, Kaicheng Zhang, Zendai Kashino, Goldie Nejat

Effects of Different Hand-Grounding Locations on Haptic Performance With a Wearable Kinesthetic Haptic Device

Authors: Sajid Nisar, Melisa Orta Martinez, Takahiro Endo, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Allison M. Okamura

Wrinkled Soft Sensor With Variable Afferent Morphology

Authors: Qiukai Qi, Shinichi Hirai, Van Anh Ho

Caterpillar-Inspired Crawling Robot Using Both Compression and Bending Deformations

Authors: Takuya Umedachi, Masahiro Shimizu, Yoshihiro Kawahara

New Automated Guided Vehicle System Using Real-Time Holonic Scheduling for Warehouse Picking

Authors: Hiroshi Yoshitake, Ryota Kamoshida, Yoshikazu Nagashima

Three-Dimensional Manipulation of a Spherical Object Using Ultrasound Plane Waves

Authors: Takuro Furumoto, Keisuke Hasegawa, Yasutoshi Makino, Hiroyuki Shinoda

Extended Three-Dimensional Walking and Skating Motion Generation for Multiple Noncoplanar Contacts With Anisotropic Friction: Application to Walk and Skateboard and Roller Skate

Authors: Noriaki Takasugi, Kunio Kojima, Shunichi Nozawa, Fumihito Sugai, Youhei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

2018

Longitudinal Rollover Strategy as Effective Intervention to Reduce Wrist Injuries During Forward Fall

Authors: Saeed Abdolshah, Nader Rajaei, Yasuhiro Akiyama, Yoji Yamada, Shogo Okamoto

Frequency-Based Temperature Compensation for a Tactile Sensor Using Acoustic Reflection

Authors: Shun Akita, Tomohiro Fukuda, Yoshihiro Tanaka, Michitaka Fujiwara, Akihito Sano

Learning to Segment Generic Handheld Objects Using Class-Agnostic Deep Comparison and Segmentation Network

Authors: Krishneel Chaudhary, Kentaro Wada, Xiangyu Chen, Kohei Kimura, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Reliable Planar Object Pose Estimation in Light Fields From Best Subaperture Camera Pairs

Authors: Nathan Crombez, Guillaume Caron, Takuya Funatomi, Yasuhiro Mukaigawa

Development of New Terminal Fixation Method for Synthetic Fiber Ropes

Authors: Atsushi Horigome, Gen Endo, Atsushi Takata, Youki Wakabayashi

Active Sensing for Measuring Contact of Thin Film Gecko-Inspired Adhesives

Authors: Tae Myung Huh, Cheng Liu, Jiro Hashizume, Tony G. Chen, Srinivasan A. Suresh, Fu-Kuo Chang, Mark R. Cutkosky

A Speech-Driven Hand Gesture Generation Method and Evaluation in Android Robots

Authors: Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Daichi Machiyashiki, Ryusuke Mikata, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Body Flexibility Effects on Foot Loading in Quadruped Bounding Based on a Simple Analytical Model

Authors: Tomoya Kamimura, Shinya Aoi, Kazuo Tsuchiya, Fumitoshi Matsuno

Braiding Thin McKibben Muscles to Enhance Their Contracting Abilities

Authors: Shoichiro Koizumi, Shunichi Kurumaya, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori

High-Speed High-Precision Proximity Sensor for Detection of Tilt, Distance, and Contact

Authors: Keisuke Koyama, Makoto Shimojo, Taku Senoo, Masatoshi Ishikawa

A Wearable Three-Axis Tactile Sensor for Human Fingertips

Authors: Harris Kristanto, Prathamesh Sathe, Alexander Schmitz, Tito Pradhono Tomo, Sophon Somlor, Shigeki Sugano

Sequence-to-Sequence Model for Trajectory Planning of Nonprehensile Manipulation Including Contact Model

Authors: Kyo Kutsuzawa, Sho Sakaino, Toshiaki Tsuji

A Multimodal Classifier Generative Adversarial Network for Carry and Place Tasks From Ambiguous Language Instructions

Authors: Aly Magassouba, Komei Sugiura, Hisashi Kawai

Omnidirectional DSO: Direct Sparse Odometry With Fisheye Cameras

Authors: Hidenobu Matsuki, Lukas von Stumberg, Vladyslav Usenko, Jrg Stckler, Daniel Cremers

Automation of Train Cab Front Cleaning With a Robot Manipulator

Authors: Joo Moura, William McColl, Gerard Taykaldiranian, Tetsuo Tomiyama, Mustafa Suphi Erden

Bioinspired Flapping-Wing Robot With Direct-Driven Piezoelectric Actuation and Its Takeoff Demonstration

Authors: Takashi Ozaki and Kanae Hamaguchi

The Seednoid Robot Platform: Designing a Multipurpose Compact Robot From Continuous Evaluation and Lessons From Competitions

Authors: Kazuhiro Sasabuchi, Hiroaki Yaguchi, Kotaro Nagahama, Shintaro Hori, Hiroto Mizohana, Masayuki Inaba

How Should a Robot React Before People's Touch?: Modeling a Pre-Touch Reaction Distance for a Robot's Face

Authors: Masahiro Shiomi, Kodai Shatani, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro

SuMo-SS: Submodular Optimization Sensor Scattering for Deploying Sensor Networks by Drones

Author: Komei Sugiura

Motion Modeling and Localization of Skid-Steering Wheeled Rover on Loose Terrain

Authors: Masataku Sutoh, Yutaro Iijima, Yuta Sakakieda, Sachiko Wakabayashi

Development and Testing of Force-Sensing Forceps Using FBG for Bilateral Micro-Operation System

Authors: Hiroyuki Suzuki, Hiromasa Masuda, Kazuo Hongo, Ryuta Horie, Shunsuke Yajima, Yuki Itotani, Masahiro Fujita, Ken'ichiro Nagasaka

Motion Switching With Sensory and Instruction Signals by Designing Dynamical Systems Using Deep Neural Network

Authors: Kanata Suzuki, Hiroki Mori, Tetsuya Ogata

State Estimation Using the CoG Candidates for Sit-to-Stand Support System User

Authors: Mizuki Takeda, Yasuhisa Hirata, Takahiro Katayama, Yasuhide Mizuta, Atsushi Koujina

Soft Wearable Augmented Walking Suit With Pneumatic Gel Muscles and Stance Phase Detection System to Assist Gait

Authors: Chetan Thakur, Kazunori Ogawa, Toshio Tsuji, Yuichi Kurita

An Automated Liquid Manipulation by Using a Ferrofluid-Based Robotic Sheet

Authors: Tadayuki Tone and Kenji Suzuki

Real-Time Fully Incremental Scene Understanding on Mobile Platforms

Authors: Johanna Wald, Keisuke Tateno, Jrgen Sturm, Nassir Navab, Federico Tombari

Parking Spot Estimation and Mapping Method for Mobile Robots

Authors: Thomas Westfechtel, Kazunori Ohno, Naoki Mizuno, Ryunosuke Hamada, Shotaro Kojima, Satoshi Tadokoro

Paired Recurrent Autoencoders for Bidirectional Translation Between Robot Actions and Linguistic Descriptions

Authors: Tatsuro Yamada, Hiroyuki Matsunaga, Tetsuya Ogata

A Novel Approach to the Segmentation of sEMG Data Based on the Activation and Deactivation of Muscle Synergies During Movement

Authors: lvaro Costa-Garca, Matti Itkonen, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Fady Shibata-Alnajjar, Shingo Shimoda

ForceHand Glove: A Wearable Force-Feedback Glove With Pneumatic Artificial Muscles (PAMs)

Authors: Swagata Das, Yusuke Kishishita, Toshio Tsuji, Cassie Lowell, Kazunori Ogawa, Yuichi Kurita

Investigation of Repetitive Bending Durability of Synthetic Fiber Ropes

Authors: Atsushi Horigome and Gen Endo

Comparison Between Force-Controlled Skin Deformation Feedback and Hand-Grounded Kinesthetic Force Feedback for Sensory Substitution

Authors: Yasuhisa Kamikawa and Allison M. Okamura

Fuzzy Clustering of Spatially Relevant Acoustic Data for Defect Detection

Authors: Jun Younes Louhi Kasahara, Hiromitsu Fujii, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama

Effect of Physical Therapy on Muscle Synergy Structure During Standing-Up Motion of Hemiplegic Patients

Authors: Hiroki Kogami, Qi An, Ningjia Yang, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Yusuke Tamura, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama, Shingo Shimoda, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Matti Itkonen, Fady Shibata-Alnajjar, Noriaki Hattori, Makoto Kinomoto, Kouji Takahashi, Takanori Fujii, Hironori Otomune, Ichiro Miyai

Feedforward Control of Twisted and Coiled Polymer Actuator Based on a Macroscopic Nonlinear Model Focusing on Energy

Authors: Ken Masuya, Shu Ono, Kentaro Takagi, Kenji Tahara

High-Speed and Lightweight Humanoid Robot Arm for a Skillful Badminton Robot

Authors: Shotaro Mori, Kazutoshi Tanaka, Satoshi Nishikawa, Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Standard Performance Test of Wearable Robots for Lumbar Support

Authors: Cota Nabeshima, Ko Ayusawa, Conrad Hochberg, Eiichi Yoshida

Passive Spine Gripper for Free-Climbing Robot in Extreme Terrain

Authors: Kenji Nagaoka, Hayato Minote, Kyohei Maruya, Yuki Shirai, Kazuya Yoshida, Takeshi Hakamada, Hirotaka Sawada, Takashi Kubota

Path-Following Guidance Using Phantom Sensation Based Vibrotactile CuAround the Wrist

Authors: Jos Salazar, Keisuke Okabe, Yasuhisa Hirata

Active Rotary-Legs Mechanism for Stair-Climbing Mobility Vehicle

Authors: Kai Sasaki and Kenji Suzuki

Modeling of Synthetic Fiber Ropes and Frequency Response of Long-Distance Cable-Pulley System

Authors: Atsushi Takata, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori, Hiroyuki Nabae, Yoshihiro Mizutani, Yoshiro Suzuki

EMD Net: An Encode-Manipulate-Decode Network for Cloth Manipulation

Authors: Daisuke Tanaka, Solvi Arnold, Kimitoshi Yamazaki

A New Silicone Structure for uSkin - A Soft, Distributed, Digital 3-Axis Skin Sensor and Its Integration on the Humanoid Robot iCub

Authors: Tito Pradhono Tomo, Massimo Regoli, Alexander Schmitz, Lorenzo Natale, Harris Kristanto, Sophon Somlor, Lorenzo Jamone, Giorgio Metta, Shigeki Sugano

Preoperative Needle Insertion Path Planning for Minimizing Deflection in Multilayered Tissues

Authors: Ryosuke Tsumura, Jin Seob Kim, Hiroyasu Iwata, Iulian Iordachita

Self-Propelled Swimming Microrobot Using Electroosmotic Propulsion and Biofuel Cell

Authors: Toshiro Yamanaka and Fumihito Arai

1-ms Three-Dimensional Feedback Microscope With 69-kHz Synchronous Modulation of Focal Position and Illumination

Authors: Kazuki Yamato, Hiroyuki Chiba, Toshihiko Yamashita, Hiromasa Oku

Aerial Hose Type Robot by Water Jet for Fire Fighting

Authors: Hisato Ando, Yuichi Ambe, Akihiro Ishii, Masashi Konyo, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Shigenao Maruyama, Satoshi Tadokoro

The Exchange of Knowledge Using Cloud Robotics

Authors: Asil Kaan Bozcuoglu, Gayane Kazhoyan, Yuki Furuta, Simon Stelter, Michael Beetz, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Stiffness Design of a Resonance-Based Planar Snake Robot With Parallel Elastic Actuators

Authors: Atsushi Kakogawa, Soo Jeon, Shugen Ma

GOSELO: Goal-Directed Obstacle and Self-Location Map for Robot Navigation Using Reactive Neural Networks

Authors: Asako Kanezaki, Jirou Nitta, Yoko Sasaki

Online Learning of Joint-Muscle Mapping Using Vision in Tendon-Driven Musculoskeletal Humanoids

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Shogo Makino, Masaya Kawamura, Yuki Asano, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Coordinated Use of Structure-Integrated Bistable Actuation Modules for Agile Locomotion

Authors: Satoshi Nishikawa, Yusuke Arai, Ryuma Niiyama, Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Lightweight, High-Force Gripper Inspired by Chuck Clamping Devices

Authors: Toshihiro Nishimura, Masanari Tennomi, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Hybrid Pneumatic Source Based on Evaluation of Air Compression Methods for Portability

Authors: Manabu Okui, Yuki Nagura, Yasuyuki Yamada, Taro Nakamura

Where to Look? Predictive Perception With Applications to Planetary Exploration

Authors: Kyohei Otsu, Ali-Akbar Agha-Mohammadi, Michael Paton

A Multimodal Anomaly Detector for Robot-Assisted Feeding Using an LSTM-Based Variational Autoencoder

Authors: Daehyung Park, Yuuna Hoshi, Charles C. Kemp

Human Joint Impedance Estimation With a New Wearable Device Utilizing Snap-Through Buckling of Closed-Elastica

Authors: Keisuke Yagi, Kenji Suzuki, Hiromi Mochiyama

A Loop-Shaped Flexible Mechanism for Robotic Needle Steering

Authors: Atsushi Yamada, Shigeyuki Naka, Norihisa Nitta, Shigehiro Morikawa, Tohru Tani

Design, Modeling, and Control of an Aerial Robot DRAGON: A Dual-Rotor-Embedded Multilink Robot With the Ability of Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Aerial Transformation

Authors: Moju Zhao, Tomoki Anzai, Fan Shi, Xiangyu Chen, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Long-Legged Hexapod Giacometti Robot Using Thin Soft McKibben Actuator

Authors: Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi, Gen Endo, Shunichi Kurumaya, Koichi Suzumori

Index Finger of a Human-Like Robotic Hand Using Thin Soft Muscles

Authors: Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi, Jun'ichiro Ooga, Tatsuhiko Goto, Masashi Takeichi, Koichi Suzumori

Distal Proprioceptive Sensor for Motion Feedback in Endoscope-Based Modular Robotic Systems

Authors: Joshua B. Gafford, Hiroyuki Aihara, Christopher Thompson, Robert J. Wood, Conor J. Walsh

Low-Profile Two-Degree-of-Freedom Wrist Exoskeleton Device Using Multiple Spring Blades

Authors: Tomohito Higuma, Kazuo Kiguchi, Jumpei Arata

Motion Control of Cycling Wheelchair With Continuously Variable Transmission and Clutch

Authors: Yasuhisa Hirata and Yuto Tanaka

A Phantom-Sensation Based Paradigm for Continuous Vibrotactile Wrist Guidance in Two-Dimensional Space

Authors: Jose V. Salazar Luces, Keisuke Okabe, Yoshiki Murao, Yasuhisa Hirata

Eliminating Scale Drift in Monocular SLAM Using Depth From Defocus

Authors: Tomoyuki Shiozaki and Gamini Dissanayake

Time-Varying Moth-Inspired Algorithm for Chemical Plume Tracing in Turbulent Environment

Authors: Shigaki Shunsuke, Takeshi Sakurai, Noriyasu Ando, Daisuke Kurabayashi, Ryohei Kanzaki

Landing Behavior Analysis of Lunar Probe Based on Drop Tests and RFT in a Vacuum

Authors: Masataku Sutoh, Sachiko Wakabayashi, Takeshi Hoshino

Planar Omnidirectional Crawler Mobile Mechanism - Development of Actual Mechanical Prototype and Basic Experiments

Authors: Kenjiro Tadakuma, Eri Takane, Masahiro Fujita, Akito Nomura, Hirone Komatsu, Masashi Konyo, Satoshi Tadokoro

EMG-Based Model Predictive Control for Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Application for Assist-As-Needed Control

Authors: Tatsuya Teramae, Tomoyuki Noda, Jun Morimoto

Covering a Robot Fingertip With uSkin: A Soft Electronic Skin With Distributed 3-Axis Force Sensitive Elements for Robot Hands

Authors: Tito Pradhono Tomo, Alexander Schmitz, Wai Keat Wong, Harris Kristanto, Sophon Somlor, Jinsun Hwang, Lorenzo Jamone, Shigeki Sugano

Evaluation of Series Clutch Actuators With a High Torque-to-Weight Ratio for Open-Loop Torque Control and Collision Safety

Authors: Yushi Wang, Alexander Schmitz, Kento Kobayashi, Javier Alejandro Alvarez Lopez, Wei Wang, Yuki Matsuo, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Shigeki Sugano

Large Range Impedance Shaping for Physical Human Robot Interaction Through Light Quantity Measurement Based Torque Regulation

Authors: Wei Wang, Chang Wei, Yuki Suga, Chiahao Kuo, Alexander Schmitz, Shigeki Sugano

Resolved Multiple Viscoelasticity Control for a Humanoid

Author: Ko Yamamoto

2017

Antagonist Inhibition Control in Redundant Tendon-Driven Structures Based on Human Reciprocal Innervation for Wide Range Limb Motion of Musculoskeletal Humanoids

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Masaya Kawamura, Shogo Makino, Yuki Asano, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Rotational Sliding Motion Generation for Humanoid Robot by Force Distribution in Each Contact Face

Authors: Kunio Kojima, Yasuhiro Ishiguro, Fumihito Sugai, Shunichi Nozawa, Yohei Kakiuchi, Kei Okada, Masayuki Inaba

Step Sequence and Direction Detection of Four Square Step Test

Authors: Weisheng Kong, Lauren Wanning, Salvatore Sessa, Massimiliano Zecca, Daniele Magistro, Hikaru Takeuchi, Ryuta Kawashima, Atsuo Takanishi

Surface Texture of Deformable Robotic Fingertips for a Stable Grasp Under Both Dry and Wet Conditions

Authors: Kaori Mizushima, Toshihiro Nishimura, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Strategy Optimization for Energy Efficient Extraterrestrial Drilling Using Combined Power Map

Authors: Siyi Pan and Genya Ishigami

Force-Sensorless Fault Tolerant Detection and Switching Control of Tendon-Driven Mechanisms With Redundant Tendons

Authors: Kiichi Suehiro, Ryuta Ozawa, Kirill Van Heerden

Large Indentation Method to Measure Elasticity of Cell in Robot-Integrated Microfluidic Chip

Authors: Hirotaka Sugiura, Shinya Sakuma, Makoto Kaneko, Fumihito Arai

Multilayered Center-of-Pressure Sensors for Robot Fingertips and Adaptive Feedback Control

Author: Yosuke Suzuki

A Prestressed Soft Gripper: Design, Modeling, Fabrication, and Tests for Food Handling

Authors: Zhongkui Wang, Yuuki Torigoe, Shinichi Hirai

Spatio-Temporal Video Completion in Spherical Image Sequences

Authors: Binbin Xu, Sarthak Pathak, Hiromitsu Fujii, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama

Optimization of the Reconfiguration Planning of Handling Systems Based on Parallel Manipulators With Delta-Like Architecture

Authors: Jan Brinker, Marco E. Lbbecke, Yukio Takeda, Burkhard Corves

Dance Teaching by a Robot: Combining Cognitive and Physical Human-Robot Interaction for Supporting the Skill Learning Process

Authors: Diego Felipe Paez Granados, Breno A. Yamamoto, Hiroko Kamide, Jun Kinugawa, Kazuhiro Kosuge

Utilizing Elasticity of Cable-Driven Surgical Robot to Estimate Cable Tension and External Force

Authors: Mohammad Haghighipanah, Muneaki Miyasaka, Blake Hannaford

Motion Analysis in Vocalized Surprise Expressions and Motion Generation in Android Robots

Authors: Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Takashi Minato, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Comparative Study of Serial-Parallel Delta Robots With Full Orientation Capabilities

Authors: Jan Brinker, Nils Funk, Philipp Ingenlath, Yukio Takeda, Burkhard Corves

Design and Analysis of a Soft-Fingered Hand With Contact Feedback

Authors: Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai

Adaptive Task Scheduling for an Assembly Task Coworker Robot Based on Incremental Learning of Human's Motion Patterns

Authors: Jun Kinugawa, Akira Kanazawa, Shogo Arai, Kazuhiro Kosuge

Decentralized Navigation for Heterogeneous Swarm Robots With Limited Field of View

Authors: Ryuma Maeda, Takahiro Endo, Fumitoshi Matsuno

Variable-Grasping-Mode Underactuated Soft Gripper With Environmental Contact-Based Operation

Authors: Toshihiro Nishimura, Kaori Mizushima, Yosuke Suzuki, Tokuo Tsuji, Tetsuyou Watanabe

Guiding Trajectory Optimization by Demonstrated Distributions

Authors: Takayuki Osa, Amir Masoud Ghalamzan Esfahani, Rustam Stolkin, Rudolf Lioutikov, Jan Peters, Gerhard Neumann

Predicting Task Intent From Surface Electromyography Using Layered Hidden Markov Models

Authors: Yosef Razin, Kevin Pluckter, Jun Ueda, Karen M. Feigh

Printed Paper Robot Driven by Electrostatic Actuator

Authors: Hiroki Shigemune, Shingo Maeda, Vito Cacucciolo, Yoshitaka Iwata, Eiji Iwase, Shuji Hashimoto, Shigeki Sugano

Development of Giacometti Arm With Balloon Body

Authors: Masashi Takeichi, Koichi Suzumori, Gen Endo, Hiroyuki Nabae

Multi-Layered Channel Patterning by Local Heating of Hydrogels

Authors: Masaru Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Oya, Akihiko Ichikawa, Akiyuki Hasegawa, Masahiro Nakajima, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Toshio Fukuda

Trajectory Planning for Abdominal Fine Needle Insertion Based on Insertion Angles

Authors: Ryosuke Tsumura and Hiroyasu Iwata

Soft Gripper Dynamics Using a Line-Segment Model With an Optimization-Based Parameter Identification Method

Authors: Zhongkui Wang and Shinichi Hirai

Lane-Change Detection Based on Vehicle-Trajectory Prediction

Authors: Hanwool Woo, Yonghoon Ji, Hitoshi Kono, Yusuke Tamura, Yasuhide Kuroda, Takashi Sugano, Yasunori Yamamoto, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama

Repeatable Folding Task by Humanoid Robot Worker Using Deep Learning

Authors: Pin-Chu Yang, Kazuma Sasaki, Kanata Suzuki, Kei Kase, Shigeki Sugano, Tetsuya Ogata

Impedance Control Design Based on Plastic Deformation for a Robotic Arm

Authors: Taku Senoo, Masanori Koike, Kenichi Murakami, Masatoshi Ishikawa

Motion Behaviors of Landing Gear for Lunar Probes in Atmosphere and Vacuum Tests

Authors: Masataku Sutoh, Sachiko Wakabayashi, Takeshi Hoshino

2016

Timing Analysis of Robotic Neuromodulatory Rehabilitation System for Paired Associative Stimulation

Authors: Euisun Kim, Ilya Kovalenko, Lauren Lacey, Minoru Shinohara, Jun Ueda

Development of a Humorous Humanoid Robot Capable of Quick-and-Wide Arm Motion

Authors: Tatsuhiro Kishi, Soichiro Shimomura, Hajime Futaki, Hiroshi Yanagino, Masaaki Yahara, Sarah Cosentino, Takashi Nozawa, Kenji Hashimoto, Atsuo Takanishi

Design Principles of a High-Speed Omni-Scannable Gaze Controller

Authors: Koseki J. Kobayashi-Kirschvink and Hiromasa Oku

Stiffness Display by Muscle Contraction Via Electric Muscle Stimulation

Authors: Yuichi Kurita, Takaaki Ishikawa, Toshio Tsuji

Microbubbles for High-Speed Assembly of Cell-Laden Vascular-Like Microtube

Authors: Xiaoming Liu, Qing Shi, Huaping Wang, Tao Sun, Ning Yu, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda

Anatomographic Volumetric Skin-Musculoskeletal Model and Its Kinematic Deformation With Surface-Based SSD

Authors: Akihiko Murai, Yui Endo, Mitsunori Tada

Design and Characterization of a Lightweight and Fully Portable Remote Actuation System for Use With a Hand Exoskeleton

Authors: Christopher J. Nycz, Tobias L. Btzer, Olivier Lambercy, Jumpei Arata, Gregory S. Fischer, Roger Gassert

Autonomous Terrain Classification With Co- and Self-Training Approach

Authors: Kyohei Otsu, Masahiro Ono, Thomas J. Fuchs, Ian Baldwin, Takashi Kubota

Micromanipulation for Coiling Microfluidic Spun Alginate Microfibers by Magnetically Guided System

Authors: Tao Sun, Huaping Wang, Qing Shi, Masaru Takeuchi, Masahiro Nakajima, Qiang Huang, Toshio Fukuda

High-Speed Bioassembly of Cellular Microstructures With Force Characterization for Repeating Single-Step Contact Manipulation

Authors: Huaping Wang, Qing Shi, Tao Sun, Xiaoming Liu, Masahiro Nakajima, Qiang Huang, Paolo Dario, Toshio Fukuda