Papers
17
Total Citations
96
H-Index
6
About
Takahiro Inoue is a robotics researcher whose work spans soft-fingered manipulation, novel actuator design, visual servoing, and autonomous mobile robotics. He is perhaps best known for his foundational contributions to soft-fingered robotic manipulation, where his analytical derivations of elastic force and potential energy equations for hemispherical soft fingertips provided a rigorous mechanical framework for understanding how compliant fingers achieve secure grasping — work that has accumulated over 20 citations and spawned follow-on research into two-phased object orientation control. A recurring theme in his career is the pursuit of elegant, mechanically efficient solutions: his development of the Twist-drive Actuator system, which exploits antagonistically arranged small-diameter round belts to enable smooth, controlled joint rotation, represents a notable contribution to lightweight robotic joint design, earning over 25 collective citations across multiple publications. His earlier work on visual servoing incorporating nonlinear robot dynamics and on intelligent integrated circuits for agricultural robotics demonstrates a broad interdisciplinary range. More recently, Inoue has addressed societal challenges through human-following omnidirectional mobile robots tailored for Japan's rapidly aging population, reflecting a consistent commitment to translating fundamental robotics research into practical, human-centered applications.
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- 4A two-phased object orientation controller on soft finger operations9 citations · 2007
- 5Force control on antagonistic Twist-drive Actuator robot8 citations · 2016
- 6Antagonistically Twisted Round Belt Actuator System for Robotic Joints7 citations · 2016
- 7Visual Servoing-Nonlinear Control Approach.5 citations · 1995
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- 9Robotic manipulation with large time delay on visual feedback systems4 citations · 2010
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