Eri TAKANE
Papers
19
Total Citations
233
H-Index
8
About
Eri Takane is a leading researcher in disaster robotics, specializing in soft grippers, jamming mechanisms, and eversion robotic systems. Her most impactful work includes the development of a jamming layered membrane gripper (48 citations) that can grasp collapsible, soft, and fragile objects without excessive force—critical for search and rescue missions. She also pioneered a fire-resistant deformable soft gripper using wire jamming (35 citations), addressing the flammability limitations of conventional silicone-based grippers in hazardous environments. Takane’s eversion robotic mechanism with a hydraulic skeleton (33 citations) enables steering in confined spaces, advancing snake-like robots for rescue and endoscopic applications. Her active scope camera was deployed in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake to investigate collapsed houses (15 citations), demonstrating real-world impact. Additional contributions include variable inner volume grippers for large-object gripping and planar omnidirectional crawler mechanisms for navigating narrow, fragile terrain. With over 195 total citations across her top papers, Takane’s work bridges soft robotics and practical deployment, earning recognition for enhancing robot mobility and safety in disaster zones. Her innovations continue to inspire new approaches to grasping, locomotion, and exploration in unstructured environments.
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- 2Fire-Resistant Deformable Soft Gripper Based on Wire Jamming Mechanism35 citations · 2020
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