Kazutoshi Tanaka
Papers
35
Total Citations
578
H-Index
15
About
Kazutoshi Tanaka is a versatile robotics researcher whose work spans surgical robotics, humanoid systems, soft robotics, and AI-driven robot planning. His early contributions include pioneering minimally invasive surgical systems with augmented force feedback, demonstrated through multiple remote pig surgeries and earning 61 citations. Tanaka gained further recognition through his development of high-speed humanoid robot arms designed for badminton, leveraging pneumatic-electric hybrid actuators to achieve human-like dynamic performance — work that collectively garnered nearly 90 citations across two landmark papers. His research has also advanced aerial robotics, with a notable study demonstrating how flapping-wing dynamics can naturally detect wind direction (39 citations). In the domain of industrial manipulation, Tanaka has made substantial contributions to in-hand pose estimation, soft wrist design, and assembly learning through physical compliance and environmental constraints. More recently, he has explored the frontier of language-guided robot planning, proposing vision-language interpreters that bridge large language models with symbolic planners (35 citations). Across these diverse domains, Tanaka's cumulative impact — exceeding 350 citations — reflects a research philosophy that consistently integrates physical innovation with intelligent, adaptive control.
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Top Papers
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- 2High-Speed and Lightweight Humanoid Robot Arm for a Skillful Badminton Robot45 citations · 2018
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- 4Flapping‐Wing Dynamics as a Natural Detector of Wind Direction39 citations · 2020
- 5Vision-Language Interpreter for Robot Task Planning35 citations · 2024
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