Masatoshi Seki
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Total Citations
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About
Masatoshi Seki is a robotics and biomedical engineering researcher whose work spans assistive medical robotics, disaster response systems, and human-robot interaction. He is perhaps best known for his sustained research into exoskeletal robotic systems for patients with essential tremor, a condition causing debilitating involuntary movements that severely impair daily activities. Through a series of influential studies, Seki advanced myoelectric-controlled exoskeletons capable of distinguishing voluntary movement from tremor signals using sophisticated techniques including short-time Fourier transforms (STFTs), time-delay neural networks, and EMG signal analysis — work that collectively has garnered over 100 citations. Beyond assistive technology, Seki made notable contributions to disaster robotics through the development of OCTOPUS, a four-arm, four-crawler robot designed to navigate hazardous and unstructured environments, alongside a virtual reality simulator to ease its complex teleoperation. His research also extends to Parkinson's disease gait assistance using wearable tactile stimulation devices, and to evaluating surgical robot operability through brain activity measurement. Across these diverse domains, Seki consistently bridges engineering innovation with real-world human need, making his body of work particularly valuable to researchers in rehabilitation robotics, emergency response systems, and human-machine interface design.
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- 1Design of four-arm four-crawler disaster response robot OCTOPUS27 citations · 2016
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