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Total Citations
214
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About
Takashi Ozaki is a leading innovator in bioinspired robotics and soft actuation systems, with a research portfolio that bridges micro-aerial vehicles, electronic skin resilience, and hydrodynamic analysis. His most impactful work centers on flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles (FW-MAVs) driven by direct piezoelectric actuation—a paradigm shift that eliminates bulky transmission mechanisms for structural simplicity. His 2018 paper on a bioinspired flapping-wing robot with direct-driven piezoelectric actuation (73 citations) demonstrated the first takeoff of such a lightweight design, while subsequent studies improved lift force by suppressing wing–body and wing–wing vibration coupling. Ozaki also pioneered fault-tolerant electronic skin architectures, proposing a self-rerouting sensor network (2025, 13 citations) that enables robots to maintain perception even under severe damage—a critical step toward safe human-robot interaction. His work extends to unsteady hydrodynamics, where he characterized forces on robotic arms and hands during crawl strokes (47 and 32 citations), informing prosthetic and swimming robot design. With contributions spanning power-efficient driver circuits for piezoelectric actuators (12 citations) and topology-optimized accelerometers for autonomous driving, Ozaki’s research is distinguished by its cross-domain impact, from insect-scale flight control to resilient sensing networks.
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- 3Unsteady hydrodynamic forces acting on a robotic hand and its flow field32 citations · 2013
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- 5Self-rerouting sensor network for electronic skin resilient to severe damage13 citations · 2025
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