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Total Citations
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About
Ui Yamaguchi is a pioneering researcher in the integration of MEMS and CMOS technologies for tactile sensor systems, with a primary focus on enabling whole-body sensing for human-support and social robots. His major contributions include developing novel packaging methods—such as using thick BCB isolation layers and backside-grooved electrical connections—to create robust, chip-size-integrated capacitive tactile sensors that can be surface-mounted on flexible and stretchable bus lines. Yamaguchi also designed specialized LSIs and network architectures that allow decentralized, interrupt-driven data transmission, enabling high-density sensor arrays to operate efficiently across a robot’s entire body. His work has been cited over 80 times, with his 2012 paper on MEMS-on-CMOS integration and packaging for robot applications receiving 31 citations. Notably, his research contributed to Toyota’s Human Support Robot (HSR) platform, a domestic robot designed for safe, functional human interaction. By advancing tactile sensor systems that combine high sensitivity, scalability, and durability, Yamaguchi has helped bridge the gap between microelectronics and robotics, paving the way for more responsive and capable social robots.
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- 2HSR, Human Support Robot as Research and Development Platform15 citations · 2015
- 3Development of an LSI for Tactile Sensor Systems on the Whole-Body of Robots10 citations · 2011
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