Yuji Hosoda
Papers
6
Total Citations
87
H-Index
3
About
Yuji Hosoda is a pioneering roboticist whose career has been defined by the vision of creating truly human-symbiotic robots—machines designed to coexist with people and actively support them in daily life. His most significant contribution is the development of the EMIEW robot series, a human-symbiotic platform that combines a self-balancing, two-wheeled inverted pendulum mobile system with sophisticated collision-avoidance algorithms. Hosoda’s work addresses the core challenges of safe human-robot interaction: his real-time collision-avoidance algorithm, which predicts collision likelihood based on relative velocities between the robot and multiple pedestrians, has been foundational for robots operating in crowded, dynamic environments. His most-cited paper, “Basic Design of Human-Symbiotic Robot EMIEW” (2006, 53 citations), lays out the design concept and system construction for this groundbreaking platform. Beyond hardware, Hosoda has advanced control methods for inverted pendulum mobility, ensuring nimble and compliant movement. His research has directly shaped the field of service robotics, providing a blueprint for robots that are not only functional but also safe and intuitive to be around.
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Top Papers
- 1Basic Design of Human-Symbiotic Robot EMIEW53 citations · 2006
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- 3Collision-avoidance algorithm for human-symbiotic robot12 citations · 2010
- 4Collision Avoidance Control of Human-Symbiotic Robot3 citations · 2011
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