Mitsuhiro Kamezaki

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Mitsuhiro Kamezaki is a leading roboticist whose research focuses on human-aware robot navigation, soft actuation, and disaster response robotics. His major contributions include developing novel methods for robots to communicate directional intent to humans using light and screen indicators—a critical advancement for smooth human-robot interaction in shared spaces. His work on the Inducible Social Force Model (2022, 30 citations) enables robots to proactively and reactively navigate crowded environments, while his interactive navigation framework (2019, 30 citations) adapts multimodal inducement strategies for pass-by scenarios. Kamezaki also pioneered the Electropermanent Magnet–Magnetorheological Elastomer (EPM–MRE) for soft robotic grasping (2021, 29 citations), offering a more independent and stable alternative to conventional pneumatic actuators. In disaster response, he designed the four-arm four-crawler robot OCTOPUS (2016, 27 citations), which excels in both mobility over rough terrain and complex debris manipulation. His work on wheeled robot chain systems using visible light communication (2021, 34 citations) addresses critical inspection challenges in underground facilities. With over 279 citations across his top ten papers, Kamezaki’s research is foundational for creating robots that are not only functionally capable but also socially intelligent and physically adaptive.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Communicating Directional Intent in Robot Navigation using Projection Indicators

   37 citations · 2018
2. 2
   A Wheeled Robot Chain Control System for Underground Facilities Inspection Using Visible Light Communication and Solar Panel Receivers

   34 citations · 2021
3. 3
   A Preliminary Study of Interactive Navigation Framework with Situation-Adaptive Multimodal Inducement: Pass-By Scenario

   30 citations · 2019
4. 4
   Reactive, Proactive, and Inducible Proximal Crowd Robot Navigation Method Based on Inducible Social Force Model

   30 citations · 2022
5. 5
   EPM–MRE: Electropermanent Magnet–Magnetorheological Elastomer for Soft Actuation System and Its Application to Robotic Grasping

   29 citations · 2021
6. 6
   Intent communication in navigation through the use of light and screen indicators

   29 citations · 2016
7. 7
   Design of four-arm four-crawler disaster response robot OCTOPUS

   27 citations · 2016
8. 8
   Development of a dual robotic arm system to evaluate intelligent system for advanced construction machinery

   25 citations · 2010
9. 9
   Exploring the use of light and display indicators for communicating directional intent

   21 citations · 2016
10. 10
    A Coordinated Wheeled Gas Pipeline Robot Chain System Based on Visible Light Relay Communication and Illuminance Assessment

    17 citations · 2019

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