Kentaro Hattori
Papers
8
Total Citations
126
H-Index
7
About
Kentaro Hattori is a leading researcher in bipedal robotics, specializing in humanoid locomotion, terrain-adaptive control, and human-carrying biped vehicles. His most influential work, "A study of function of foot's medial longitudinal arch using biped humanoid robot" (59 citations), introduced a novel foot mechanism for the WABIAN-2R robot that mimics the human foot arch, enabling human-like walking with knee-stretched, heel contact, and toe-off motions. Hattori has made major contributions to disturbance compensation and landing impact reduction, developing control algorithms that allow biped robots to adapt to uneven terrain and unknown external forces—critical for safe human-robot interaction. His papers on static and dynamic disturbance compensation (12 citations) and unknown disturbance compensation (11 citations) for biped walking vehicles demonstrate innovative use of force/torque sensors to maintain stability under passenger motion. Hattori’s work on foot placement modification for narrow-footed humanoids (7 citations) further advances robot agility. With over 120 total citations, his research bridges biomechanics and control theory, laying the groundwork for practical bipedal vehicles and humanoid assistants.
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- 4Unknown disturbance compensation control for a biped walking vehicle11 citations · 2007
- 5Terrain-adaptive control with small landing impact force for biped vehicle10 citations · 2009
- 6Foot Placement Modification for a Biped Humanoid Robot with Narrow Feet7 citations · 2014
- 7Avoidance behavior from external forces for biped vehicle7 citations · 2010
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