Kentaro Uno
Papers
23
Total Citations
184
H-Index
8
About
Kentaro Uno is a robotics researcher whose work bridges two frontiers of modern robotics: climbing and legged locomotion for extreme terrestrial environments, and mobile robotic systems designed for planetary exploration. His research portfolio reflects a consistent drive to expand where robots can go and how reliably they can operate once there. Uno's most recognized contribution is HubRobo, a lightweight multi-limbed climbing robot capable of navigating steep and irregular surfaces through sophisticated gait planning and compliant spine grippers — a system that has attracted 30 citations since its 2021 publication. His earlier work on tumble-stability-based gait planning and dynamic equilibrium analysis for climbing robots laid important theoretical groundwork for safe locomotion in low-gravity and hazardous settings. On the planetary side, Uno has contributed to faster rover suspension design, lunar soil traction characterization, and OmniLRS, a photorealistic lunar simulation environment now used to benchmark exploration algorithms. His more recent work on tightly-coupled LiDAR-IMU-wheel odometry — incorporating neural kinematic models — demonstrates a growing interest in robust state estimation for robots navigating geometrically degenerate environments. Collectively, his publications signal an emerging voice in space robotics and field-deployable autonomous systems.
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- 2Gait Planning for a Free-Climbing Robot Based on Tumble Stability16 citations · 2019
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- 4OmniLRS: A Photorealistic Simulator for Lunar Robotics13 citations · 2024
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- 9Simulation-Based Climbing Capability Analysis for Quadrupedal Robots8 citations · 2021
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