Shunsuke Kudoh

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Shunsuke Kudoh is a robotics researcher whose work spans humanoid locomotion, dexterous manipulation, and robot learning, with a particular focus on enabling robots to perform complex, human-like tasks with intelligence and adaptability. His most impactful contribution — a feedback controller allowing biped humanoids to counteract large perturbations during gait (96 citations) — addressed a fundamental challenge in bipedal stability by leveraging angular momentum compensation, a critical step toward robust real-world humanoid deployment. Alongside this, his work on motion generation with physical constraints (35 citations) demonstrated how human-recorded motion could be intelligently adapted for robotic execution. Kudoh has also made notable strides in robot dexterity, pioneering in-air rope knotting with dual-arm multi-finger systems and developing food peeling and precision pouring methods that push service robots toward practical domestic applications. His learning-from-observation paradigm, formalized through Labanotation-based motion description (33 citations), offers a principled framework for robots to acquire skills by watching humans. Perhaps most creatively, his work on music-responsive dancing robots demonstrates an impressive integration of perception, motion planning, and real-time adaptability. Collectively, his research reflects a sustained commitment to bridging human capability and robotic performance across diverse, everyday scenarios.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   A Feedback Controller for Biped Humanoids that Can Counteract Large Perturbations During Gait

   96 citations · 2006
2. 2
   Painting robot with multi-fingered hands and stereo vision

   43 citations · 2008
3. 3
   Humanoid robot motion generation with sequential physical constraints

   35 citations · 2006
4. 4
   Describing Upper-Body Motions Based on Labanotation for Learning-from-Observation Robots

   33 citations · 2018
5. 5
   Toward a Dancing Robot With Listening Capability: Keypose-Based Integration of Lower-, Middle-, and Upper-Body Motions for Varying Music Tempos

   28 citations · 2014
6. 6
   In-air Knotting of Rope by a Dual-arm Multi-finger Robot

   23 citations · 2015
7. 7
   A new strategy for making a knot with a general-purpose arm

   21 citations · 2012
8. 8
   Development of an Intelligent Senior-Car in a Pedestrian Walkway

   19 citations · 2012
9. 9
   Precision Pouring into Unknown Containers by Service Robots

   15 citations · 2019
10. 10
    Food Peeling Method for Dual-arm Cooking Robot

    15 citations · 2021

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