Fumitoshi Matsuno
Kyoto University, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo Institute of Technology, International Rescue System, The University of Osaka, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, Kyoto University of Education, Okayama University, Tokyo Denki University, Hosei University, Osaka Institute of Technology, New York City Fire Department, Kobe University
Papers
233
Total Citations
5,030
H-Index
39
About
Fumitoshi Matsuno is a pioneering robotics researcher whose work spans rescue robotics, snake robot locomotion, human-machine interfaces, and intelligent control systems. He is perhaps best known for his foundational contributions to disaster response robotics, having played a key role in the RoboCup-Rescue project and developing the landmark snake-like rescue robot "Kohga" — a multi-unit crawler platform designed to navigate the narrow, treacherous environments encountered in disaster scenarios. These works, cited 127 and 190 times respectively, helped establish rescue robotics as a serious discipline in Japan, particularly in the wake of the devastating 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. Matsuno's sustained focus on snake robot dynamics has yielded influential advances in gait design, trajectory tracking control, and comparative locomotion analysis, collectively accumulating hundreds of citations. Beyond hardware, he has made significant contributions to intelligent control, including fuzzy logic approaches for flexible robotic arms, and to brain-computer interaction through a highly cited hybrid EOG/EEG human-machine interface (206 citations) enabling robot control via eye movements and neural signals. With over 1,100 citations across his most impactful works, Matsuno's research has profoundly shaped both the theory and practice of modern rescue and bio-inspired robotics.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 2Development of the snake-like rescue robot "kohga"190 citations · 2004
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- 6Rescue Robots and Systems in Japan115 citations · 2005
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- 8Trajectory Tracking Control of Snake Robots Based on Dynamic Model108 citations · 2006
- 9Dynamic Analysis of Three Snake Robot Gaits93 citations · 2017
- 10Snake robots to the rescue!88 citations · 2002