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Yasuto Kimura is a robotics researcher whose work centers on biologically inspired robot manipulators, with a particular focus on biarticular actuation systems that mirror the musculoskeletal architecture of humans and animals. His research has made significant contributions to understanding how actuators spanning two joints—biarticular actuators—can overcome fundamental limitations of conventional robotic systems, including improvements in stability, force output, and disturbance rejection. Among his most influential contributions is his development of the BiWi robot arm, a wire-driven, biarticularly actuated manipulator that replicates antagonistic muscle pair arrangements found in biological systems. His widely cited work on force maximization using the infinity norm approach (37 citations) and actuator redundancy resolution (36 citations) established rigorous mathematical frameworks for optimizing the unique redundancy properties that biarticular actuation introduces. He further advanced reaction force control strategies inspired by human muscle viscoelasticity, offering novel alternatives to traditional force control paradigms. With a body of work accumulating nearly 175 citations, Kimura has helped shape a growing research community interested in biomechanically inspired robotics. His findings have broad implications for prosthetics, exoskeletons, and next-generation robotic arms designed to more faithfully replicate human motor capabilities.