Hideaki Minakata
Papers
8
Total Citations
68
H-Index
4
About
Hideaki Minakata is a robotics researcher whose work centers on energy-efficient bipedal locomotion and humanoid soccer robotics. His most significant contributions lie in the development of innovative "energy-saving shoes" for biped robots, a concept he has refined across multiple papers (2004–2008). These flexible shoe systems, designed to deform in both the sagittal and lateral planes, absorb kinetic energy and reduce ankle torque, enabling more natural, passive walking patterns. His 2008 study on lateral plane motion optimization has garnered 31 citations, underscoring its impact on efficient robot design. Minakata also advanced real-time biped walking control through a virtual inverted pendulum method (2002, 6 citations) and contributed to single-camera localization for RoboCup humanoid robots (2008, 13 citations). As a key developer of the CIT Brains team, he helped build the "Dynamo2012" humanoid and led the team to win the RoboCup 2014 Best Humanoid Award. His work bridges fundamental biomechanics-inspired hardware with competitive autonomous soccer, demonstrating practical energy savings and robust control in real-world robots.
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Top Papers
- 1A Study of Energy-Saving Shoes for Robot Considering Lateral Plane Motion31 citations · 2008
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- 3A study of flexible shoe system for biped robot10 citations · 2004
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- 6CIT Brains KidSize Robot: RoboCup 2014 Best Humanoid Award Winner2 citations · 2015
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- 8A study of energy-saving shoes for robot considering 3D motion2 citations · 2006