IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Papers Published by Researchers in Japan

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Highly contributed researchers

In recent 10 years: Satoshi Tadokoro (10)

Kenji Suzuki (3) / Kensuke Harada (3) / Yasuhisa Hirata (2) / Toshio Fukuda (2) / Shuuji Kajita (2) / Fumio Kanehiro (2)

Since 1994: Satoshi Tadokoro (14)

Toshio Fukuda (4) / Kazuo Tanie (4) / Shuuji Kajita (4)

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2024

Fully Autonomous Brick Pick and Place in Fields by Articulated Aerial Robot: Results in Various Outdoor Environments

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

Uncertainty-Aware Trajectory Planning: Using Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Traversability Prediction of Planetary Rovers

Authors: Reiya Takemura and Genya Ishigami

Multirobot Multimodal Deep Sea Surveys: Use in Detailed Estimation of Manganese Crust Distribution

Authors: Umesh Neettiyath, Harumi Sugimatsu, Tetsu Koike, Kazunori Nagano, Tamaki Ura, Blair Thornton

2023

The Present and the Future of Cognitive Robotics [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Alessandra Sciutti, Michael Beetz, Tetsunari Inamura, Ayorkor Korsah, Jean Oh, Giulio Sandini, Shingo Shimoda, David Vernon

A Method for a Compliant Robot Arm to Perform a Bandaging Task on a Swaying Arm: A Proposed Approach

Authors: Juncheng Li, Weiping Sun, Xieping Gu, Jing Guo, Jun Ota, Zhifeng Huang, Yun Zhang

CARE: Cooperation of ai Robot Enablers to Create a Vibrant Society

Authors: Ankit A. Ravankar, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Jose V. Salazar Luces, Fumi Seto, Yasuhisa Hirata

Enabling Homecare With Robotic Technologies [From the Guest Editors]

Authors: Weihua Sheng, Hesheng Wang, Yingzi Lin, Yasuhisa Hirata, Stefano Mazzoleni

2022

Controlling Maneuverability of a Bio-Inspired Swimming Robot Through Morphological Transformation: Morphology Driven Control of a Swimming Robot

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

A Small-Scale, Rat-Inspired Whisker Sensor for the Perception of a Biomimetic Robot: Design, Fabrication, Modeling, and Experimental Characterization

Authors: Yulai Zhang, Shurui Yan, Zihou Wei, Xuechao Chen, Toshio Fukuda, Qing Shi

Challenges and Outlook in Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects

Authors: Jihong Zhu, Andrea Cherubini, Claire Dune, David Navarro-Alarcon, Farshid Alambeigi, Dmitry Berenson, Fanny Ficuciello, Kensuke Harada, Jens Kober, Xiang Li, Jia Pan, Wenzhen Yuan, Michael Gienger

The Role of Robotics in Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - The Experts' Meeting at the 2021 IEEE/RSJ IROS Workshop [Industry Activities]

Authors: Vincent Mai, Bram Vanderborght, Tams Haidegger, Alaa M. Khamis, Niraj Bhargava, Dominik B. O. Boesl, Katleen Gabriels, An Jacobs, AJung Moon, Robin R. Murphy, Yasushi Nakauchi, Edson Prestes, Rao R. Bhavani, Ricardo Vinuesa, Carl-Maria Mrch

2021

The Italy-Japan Workshop: A History of Bilateral Cooperation, Pushing the Boundaries of Robotics

Authors: Gabriele Trovato, Leonardo Ricotti, Cecilia Laschi, Massimiliano Zecca, Sarah Cosentino, Luca Bartolomeo, Shuji Hashimoto, Atsuo Takanishi, Paolo Dario

Emerging Paradigms for Robotic Manipulation: From the Lab to the Productive World [From the Guest Editors]

Authors: Maria Pozzi, Virginia Ruiz Garate, Arash Ajoudani, Kensuke Harada, Monica Malvezzi, Leonel Dario Rozo, Mximo A. Roa

Robotics Responds to the COVID-19 Outbreak [From the Guest Editors]

Authors: Lino Marques, Robin Roberson Murphy, Kaspar Althoefer, Satoshi Tadokoro, Cecilia Laschi

2020

Sewing up the Wounds: A Robotic Suturing System for Flexible Endoscopy

Authors: Lin Cao, Xiaoguo Li, Phuoc Thien Phan, Anthony Meng Huat Tiong, Hung Leng Kaan, Jiajun Liu, Wenjie Lai, Yanpei Huang, Huu Minh Le, Muneaki Miyasaka, Khek Yu Ho, Philip Wai Yan Chiu, Soo Jay Phee

Toward Autonomous Driving by Musculoskeletal Humanoids: A Study of Developed Hardware and Learning-Based Software

Authors: Kento Kawaharazuka, Kei Tsuzuki, Yuya Koga, Yusuke Omura, Tasuku Makabe, Koki Shinjo, Moritaka Onitsuka, Yuya Nagamatsu, Yuki Asano, Kei Okada, Koji Kawasaki, Masayuki Inaba

An Experimental Evaluation of the Proto-MATE: A Novel Ergonomic Upper-Limb Exoskeleton to Reduce Workers' Physical Strain

Authors: Ilaria Pacifico, Franco Molteni, Francesco Giovacchini, Nicola Vitiello, Simona Crea, Alessandro Scano, Eleonora Guanziroli, Matteo Moise, Luca Morelli, Andrea Chiavenna, Duane Romo, Stefania Spada, Giuseppe Colombina

Robots Connecting People: IROS 2019 in Macau, China [Society News]

Authors: Dong Sun and Fumihito Arai

2019

Humanoid Robots in Aircraft Manufacturing: The Airbus Use Cases

Authors: Abderrahmane Kheddar, Mximo A. Roa, Pierre-Brice Wieber, Franois Chaumette, Fabien Spindler, Giuseppe Oriolo, Leonardo Lanari, Adrien Escande, Kevin Chappellet, Fumio Kanehiro, Patrice Rabat, Stphane Caron, Pierre Gergondet, Andrew I. Comport, Arnaud Tanguy, Christian Ott, Bernd Henze, George Mesesan, Johannes Englsberger

Toward Industrialization of Humanoid Robots: Autonomous Plasterboard Installation to Improve Safety and Efficiency

Authors: Iori Kumagai, Fumio Kanehiro, Mitsuharu Morisawa, Takeshi Sakaguchi, Shinichiro Nakaoka, Kenji Kaneko, Hiroshi Kaminaga, Shuuji Kajita, Mehdi Benallegue, Rafael Cisneros

Growing the Humanoid Robotics Community [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Ludovic Righetti, Tomomichi Sugihara, Giorgio Metta, Katsu Yamane

The Experimental Humanoid Robot E2-DR: A Design for Inspection and Disaster Response in Industrial Environments

Authors: Takahide Yoshiike, Takeshi Koshiishi, Mitsuhide Kuroda, Ryuma Ujino, Yoshiki Kanemoto, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Hirofumi Higuchi, Satoshi Komura, Shingo Iwasaki, Minami Asatani

RoboCup: A Treasure Trove of Rich Diversity for Research Issues and Interdisciplinary Connections [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Minoru Asada, Peter Stone, Manuela Veloso, Daniel D. Lee, Daniele Nardi

Socially Assistive Robots [From the Guest Editors]

Authors: Ayanna M. Howard, Adriana Tapus, Isamu Kajitani

2018

A Standard for Map Data Representation: IEEE 1873-2015 Facilitates Interoperability Between Robots

Authors: Francesco Amigoni, Wonpil Yu, Torsten Andre, Dirk Holz, Martin Magnusson, Matteo Matteucci, Hyungpil Moon, Masashi Yokotsuka, Geoffrey Biggs, Raj Madhavan

Wearable Robotics for Motion Assistance and Rehabilitation [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Samer Mohammed, Juan C. Moreno, Thomas Sugar, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Nicola Vitiello, Qining Wang, Conor J. Walsh

The PAN-Robots Project: Advanced Automated Guided Vehicle Systems for Industrial Logistics

Authors: Lorenzo Sabattini, Mika Aikio, Patric Beinschob, Markus Boehning, Elena Cardarelli, Valerio Digani, Annette Krengel, Massimiliano Magnani, Szilard Mandici, Fabio Oleari, Christoph Reinke, Davide Ronzoni, Christian Stimming, Robert Varga, Andrei Vatavu, Sergi Castells Lopez, Cesare Fantuzzi, Aki Mayra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Cristian Secchi, Kay Fuerstenberg

2017

A Report on RoboCup 2017 [Competitions]

Author: Minora Asada

Cyborg and Bionic Systems [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Toshio Fukuda, Alois C. Knoll, H. Harry Asada, Qiang Huang, Qing Shi

A New Personal Mobility Vehicle for Daily Life: Improvements on a New RT-Mover that Enable Greater Mobility are Showcased at the Cybathlon

Author: Shuro Nakajima

Whole-Body Control [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Federico L. Moro, Luis Sentis, Jaeheung Park, Christopher G. Atkeson, Michael Gienger, Ambarish Goswami, Shuuji Kajita, Oussama Khatib, James Kuffner, David E. Orin, Christian Ott, Jerry E. Pratt, Ludovic Righetti, Bruno Siciliano, Russ Tedrake, Eiichi Yoshida

Robot Choreography: The Use of the Kinetography Laban System to Notate Robot Action and Motion

Authors: Paolo Salaris, Naoko Abe, Jean-Paul Laumond

Diversity: The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Culture [President's Message]

Author: Satoshi Tadokoro

IEEE Society Review Committee Listed 18 Best Practices [President's Message]

Author: Satoshi Tadokoro

Robotics Leads Social Innovation Without Border for the Future of Humanity [President's Message]

Author: Satoshi Tadokoro

2016

Regions Bustle with Workshops, Courses, Robothon, and a Society Inauguration [Chapter News]

Authors: Kenji Suzuki and Xiaorui Zhu

Redefining the Values of Robotics and Automation [President's Message]

Author: Satoshi Tadokoro

Adaptive Whole-Body Dynamics: An Actuator Network System for Orchestrating Multijoint Movements

Authors: Hideyuki Ryu, Yoshihiro Nakata, Yutaka Nakamura, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Robot Competitions [President's Message]

Author: Satoshi Tadokoro

Young Professionals Take Leadership Roles in Robotics and Automation [President's Message]

Author: Satoshi Takodoro

Trial and Error: Using Previous Experiences as Simulation Models in Humanoid Motor Learning

Authors: Norikazu Sugimoto, Voot Tangkaratt, Thijs Wensveen, Tingting Zhao, Masashi Sugiyama, Jun Morimoto

QOLO Technology Changes Life for Wheelchair Users [Industrial Activities]

Author: Kenji Suzuki

Robotics and Automation for Social Innovation [President's Message]

Author: Satoshi Tadokoro

2015

Human Movement Understanding [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Emel Demircan, Dana Kulic, Denny Oetomo, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe

Networked Robots [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Volkan Isler, Brian M. Sadler, Libor Preuchil, Shuichi Nishio

UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction [Society News]

Author: Satoshi Tadokoro

RAS Strategic Planning Meeting [Society News]

Author: Satoshi Tadokoro

The Right Path: Comprehensive Path Planning for Lunar Exploration Rovers

Authors: Masataku Sutoh, Masatsugu Otsuki, Sachiko Wakabayashi, Takeshi Hoshino, Tatsuaki Hashimoto

2014

Model-Based Optimization for Robotics [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Katja D. Mombaur, Abderrahmane Kheddar, Kensuke Harada, Thomas Buschmann, Christopher G. Atkeson

IROS 2013 - New Horizon [Society News]

Author: Kenji Suzuki

Smart Building Technology [TC Spotlight]

Author: Satoshi Tadokoro

Robotics for Health and Well-Being [Women in Engineering]

Author: Mihoko Otake

2013

Service robotics (the rise and bloom of service robots) [tc spotlight]

Authors: Hadi Moradi, Kazuhiko Kawamura, Erwin Prassler, Giovanni Muscato, Paolo Fiorini, Tomomasa Sato, Radu Rusu

Special Issue on Assistive Robotics [From the Guest Editors]

Authors: Loredana Zollo, Kazuyoshi Wada, H. F. Machiel Van der Loos

2012

Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Mutual Learning and Adaptation

Authors: Shuhei Ikemoto, Heni Ben Amor, Takashi Minato, Bernhard Jung, Hiroshi Ishiguro

The Uncanny Valley [From the Field]

Authors: Masahiro Mori, Karl F. MacDorman, Norri Kageki

Humanoid Robotics [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Tamim Asfour, Kazuhito Yokoi, C. S. George Lee, James Kuffner

Propose an RAS Summer School [Education]

Authors: Andreas Birk, Stefano Stramigioli, Satoshi Tadokoro

2011

Benefits of Human-Robot Interaction [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Pericle Salvini, Monica N. Nicolescu, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Performance Metrics for Response Robots [Industrial Activities]

Authors: Satoshi Tadokoro and Adam Jacoff

A Special Issue Toward a WWW for Robots [From the Guest Editors]

Authors: Ren van de Molengraft, Michael Beetz, Toshio Fukuda

2010

Human-Robot Interaction

Authors: Robin R. Murphy, Tatsuya Nomura, Aude Billard, Jennifer L. Burke

2009

Predictable mobility

Authors: Genya Ishigami, Gaurav Kewlani, Karl Iagnemma

Achievements in space robotics

Author: Kazuya Yoshida

Robot learning [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Jan Peters, Jun Morimoto, Russ Tedrake, Nicholas Roy

Quadruped walking robots at Tokyo Institute of Technology

Authors: Shigeo Hirose, Yasushi Fukuda, Kan Yoneda, Akihiko Nagakubo, Hideyuki Tsukagoshi, Keisuke Arikawa, Gen Endo, Takahiro Doi, Ryuichi Hodoshima

Algorithms for planning and control of robot motions [TC Spotlight]

Authors: Oliver Brook, Tsutomu Hasegawa, Steven M. LaValle, Thierry Simon

Snake-like robots [Tutorial]

Authors: Shigeo Hirose and Hiroya Yamada

2008

Capturing an Evader in a Building - Randomized and Deterministic Algorithms for Mobile Robots

Authors: Ichiro Suzuki and Pawel Zylinski

2007

Toward a scalable modular robotic system

Authors: Satoshi Murata, Kiyoharu Kakomura, Haruhisa Kurokawa

Field and service appkications - Dinosaur robotics for entertainment applications - Design, Configurations, Controt, and Exhibition at the World Exposition

Authors: Hirohisa Hirukawa, Fumio Kanehiro, Kenji Kaneko, Shuuji Kajita, Mitsuharu Morisawa