Shinji Doki
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21
Total Citations
153
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About
Shinji Doki is a robotics researcher whose work spans haptic interfaces, soft robotics, wearable assistive systems, and human-robot interaction. He is perhaps best known for his development of the Funabot-Sleeve, a wearable haptic device leveraging McKibben artificial muscles to deliver rich, multi-degree-of-freedom tactile sensations to the forearm — a paper that has already accumulated 37 citations since its 2025 publication, signaling significant community interest. His contributions to soft robotics modeling are equally noteworthy; his 2022 work on using deep learning with point clouds to model fabric-type actuators (31 citations) addresses the longstanding challenge of capturing the viscoelastic, nonlinear behavior of flexible robotic components. Doki has also made sustained contributions to wearable power assist robotics, developing pressure-distribution-based impedance and safety control frameworks that prioritize user well-being during physical human-robot contact. Earlier in his career, he explored expressive robot motion, investigating how adjectival descriptions could drive emotion-driven movement generation. More recently, he has advanced mobile robot teleoperation through augmented reality and LiDAR-enhanced interfaces. Across more than two decades of research, Doki's body of work reflects a coherent commitment to making robots safer, more perceptive, and more naturally interactive with humans.
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- 2Modeling Fabric-Type Actuator Using Point Clouds by Deep Learning31 citations · 2022
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