Hirokazu Matsui
Papers
8
Total Citations
56
H-Index
4
About
Hirokazu Matsui is a robotics and control systems researcher whose work spans autonomous mobile robotics, robotic vehicle testing, and assistive rehabilitation technology. He is perhaps best known for his sustained contributions to the development of robotic driver systems — automated controllers designed to replicate human driving in standardized vehicle performance evaluations. His research in this domain addresses critical challenges such as compensating for gear-change force loss in manual transmissions, managing time delays and parametric variations in speed control, and optimizing reference speed waveforms to minimize fuel consumption. These contributions, which have collectively garnered dozens of citations, directly support the automotive industry's need for reproducible and accurate emissions and efficiency testing across diverse vehicle platforms. Matsui's earlier work demonstrated notable breadth, encompassing path planning for autonomous mobile robots using geographical feature information — his most cited work with 20 citations — as well as an assistive robotic manipulator designed to reduce therapist workload during arm rehabilitation exercises. His foray into magnetic levitation master-slave systems further reflects a versatile foundation in mechatronics and control engineering. Across more than fifteen years of research, Matsui has built a coherent body of work bridging precision vehicle control, autonomous navigation, and human-centered robotics.
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- 5Study on Assistive Robot Manipulator for Arm Kinesitherapeutic Exercise4 citations · 2004
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- 8Development of Master-Slave System for Magnetic Levitation2 citations · 2001