Hiroaki Kuwahara
Papers
8
Total Citations
56
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3
About
Hiroaki Kuwahara is a researcher specializing in haptics, robotics, and human-machine interaction, with a focus on haptic bilateral control, motion reproduction, and skill transfer. His work centers on abstracting and transmitting human action components through haptic information, enabling robots to replicate dexterous motions for applications in teleoperation, skill education, and inspection. His most cited paper, "Abstraction of Action Components Unconstrained by Alignment of Haptic Sensing Points" (2011, 26 citations), introduces a method to extract independent action components from haptic data using a bilateral haptic device, advancing haptic skill preservation. He also contributed to the development of tendon-driven rotary actuators for haptics (2010, 13 citations), addressing demands for multi-degree-of-freedom and miniaturization in robotic systems. Kuwahara’s work on pushing control mechanisms for generator inspection robots (2020) demonstrates practical applications in industrial maintenance. His research on force-dependent velocity bilateral control and motion reproduction systems (2010–2011) further explores time scaling and robot dynamics for skill transfer. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 50, Kuwahara’s contributions are foundational to haptic skill education and robotic teleoperation, bridging human sensation and robotic action.
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- 3Development of Pushing Control Mechanisms for Generator Inspection Robot4 citations · 2020
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- 6Modal-Power-Based Haptic Motion Recognition3 citations · 2010
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