Kahori Kita
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About
Kahori Kita is a leading researcher in assistive robotics and rehabilitation engineering, with a focus on developing innovative technologies to enhance the quality of life for individuals with motor impairments. Her work spans soft robotics, prosthetic design, and human-robot interaction, with notable contributions in creating fiber-reinforced elastomer-actuator-based systems for thumb rehabilitation and hybrid actuators for lightweight shoulder prostheses. Kita’s research on bimanual coordination modeling using neural networks has advanced rehabilitation programs for hemiplegia patients, while her development of spatial attention models for mobile robots has improved autonomous monitoring in home environments. Her most cited paper, "Enhanced Kapandji test evaluation of a soft robotic thumb rehabilitation device" (2018, 35 citations), demonstrates the clinical impact of her work. Additionally, her studies on active sensing for human activity recognition and top-down spatial attention for visual search (2014, 5 citations) have contributed to the growing field of home bio-monitoring robots. Kita’s interdisciplinary approach, combining soft actuation, machine learning, and biomechanics, positions her as a key innovator in assistive technology, with her work directly influencing rehabilitation practices and prosthetic usability.
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