Yoshihiko Nomura

About

Yoshihiko Nomura is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on assistive and autonomous systems for healthcare and mobility. His key research areas include autonomous navigation, rehabilitation robotics, and human-robot interaction. Nomura’s most significant contribution is the development of a path-planning algorithm for autonomous mobile robots that leverages geographical features, a paper that has garnered 20 citations and laid groundwork for terrain-aware navigation. He has also made notable strides in assistive technology for crutch users, designing an attending and observing robot that monitors body motions during crutch walking to prevent falls—a study with 7 citations that addresses a critical safety gap in rehabilitation. Additionally, Nomura explored robot-assisted kinesitherapy, creating a manipulator to reduce therapist burden during arm exercises (4 citations), and investigated dynamic locomotion with a jumping one-leg robot. His work on a master-slave system for magnetic levitation further demonstrates his versatility in control systems. While his citation counts are modest, Nomura’s research directly impacts practical rehabilitation and autonomous navigation, offering tangible solutions for improving quality of life and safety in clinical and mobile settings.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Path planning based on geographical features information for an autonomous mobile robot

   20 citations · 2006
2. 2
   Attending and Observing Robot for Crutch Users

   7 citations · 2018
3. 3
   Study on Assistive Robot Manipulator for Arm Kinesitherapeutic Exercise

   4 citations · 2004
4. 4
   A study of a jumping one-leg robot with two degrees of freedom

   2 citations · 2009
5. 5
   Development of Measuring and Guiding Robot for Crutch Walk Training

   2 citations · 2016
6. 6
   Development of Master-Slave System for Magnetic Levitation

   2 citations · 2001

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