Papers
37
Total Citations
600
H-Index
13
About
Morio Yoshida is a distinguished robotics researcher whose work spans dexterous robotic manipulation, soft-fingered grasping systems, and assistive healthcare robotics. His research has made foundational contributions to the theoretical and practical understanding of how robotic hands can stably grasp and manipulate objects without relying on external sensing — a paradigm he helped pioneer through his influential work on "blind grasping." His 2010 paper on dynamic object manipulation using a triple soft-fingered robotic hand (94 citations) exemplifies his ability to bridge rigorous mathematical modeling with real-world manipulation challenges, while his 2003 stability theory for robot finger pairs under rolling contact constraints (80 citations) established key theoretical foundations still referenced by the field today. Beyond manipulation theory, Yoshida has made a meaningful societal impact through his contributions to nursing-care robotics. His work on RIBA — a whole-body contact robot designed to assist with physically demanding patient transfers — earned substantial attention (52 and 42 citations respectively), reflecting growing demand for robotics in aging societies. Across his career, Yoshida has employed advanced mathematical frameworks including Riemannian geometry and Lagrangian dynamics to solve complex constraint problems in robotic control, cementing his reputation as a rigorous and versatile contributor to intelligent robotics research.
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- 3Tactile-based motion adjustment for the nursing-care assistant robot RIBA52 citations · 2011
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- 5Two-Dimensional Stable Blind Grasping under the Gravity Effect35 citations · 2006
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- 10Stable "blind grasping" of a 3-D object under non-holonomic constraints16 citations · 2006