The aim and editorial policy of “History of Robotics Research and Development of Japan”
OPENCommittee of Robotics Research and Development Archive
The Chair: Prof. Atsuo Takanishi
“History of Robotics Research and Development of Japan” is an archive that integrates typical and historical results of Japanese robotics research and development. Items contained in this archive have been selected from prize winning works of RSJ awards or valuable and useful works for our society. You will be able to overlook transition of robotics researches and developments in Japan.
The Uncanny Valley
- 1970
- Masahiro Mori
Intelligent Robot
- 1972
- Masakazu EjiriTakeshi UnoHaruo YodaTatsuo GotoKiyoo Takeyasu
A Study of a Memory Structure and Its Application to a Route- Finding Problem for an Intelligent Robot
- 1973
- M.KakikuraT.MishimaT.Nagata
Guiding a Robot by Visual Feedback in Assembling Tasks
- 1973
- Y. ShiraiH. Inoue
INFORMATION-POWER MACHINE WITH SENSES AND LIMBS
- 1973
- I. KatoS. OhteruH. KobayashiK. shiraiA. Uchiyama
Automatic Bolting Robot
- 1976
- Takeshi UnoMasakazu EjiriTakeshi Tokunaga
An Interactive System for Modeling and Monitoring a Manipulation Environment
- 1981
- Tsutomu Hasegawa
COSMOS: A Total Programming System for Integrated Intelligent Robot
- 1984
- Tsukasa OGASAWARAHitochika INOUE
Language Directed Master-Slave Manipulation Method
- 1984
- Shigeoki HIRAITomomasa Sato
Hand Eye Coordination in Rope Handling
- 1987
- Masayuki INABAHirochika INOUE
Self-contained mobile robot in campus road (A mobile robot strategy and its application to Harunobu-4)
- 1987
- Hideo MORIShinji KOTANI
The Robot Musician ‘WABOT-2’ (WAseda roBOT-2)
- 1987
- I. KatoS. OhteruK. ShiraiS. NaritaS. SuganoT. MatsushimaT. KobayashiE. Fujisawa
Fast Interference Check Method Using Octree Representation
- 1987
- H.NoborioS.FukudaS.Arimoto
Realization of high-speed and high-precision robot motion using iterative learning control
- 1988
- Sadao KawamuraFumio MiyazakiSuguru Arimoto
Development of a High-Speed Coordinate Transformation LSI for Manipulators
- 1989
- Michiataka KameyamaTatsuo HiguchiTakao MatsumotoHideki Egami
A Telerobot System Featuring Man-robot Cooperative Task Execution
- 1991
- Tomomasa SATOToshihiro MATSUIShigeoki HIRAI
An Integrated Robot System with a Geometric Environment Model and Manipulation Skills
- 1991
- Tsutomu HASEGAWATakashi SUEHIROKunikatsu TAKASE
A General Algorithm for Deriving Constraint of Contact between Polyhedra from Geometric Model
- 1991
- Hirohisa HIRUKAWAToshihiro MATSUIKunikatsu TAKASE
Teaching by Showing : Generating Robot Command Sequences Based on Real Time Visual Recognition of Human Pick and Place Actions
- 1991
- Yasuo KUNIYOSHIHirochika INOUEMasayuki INABA
Motion Planning Based on Local Sensor Information for Two Mobile Robots Amidst Unknown Environments
- 1992
- Yun-Hui LiuSuguru Arimoto
Task Model for Assembly Plan from Observation System
- 1993
- Katsushi IKEUCHITakashi SUEHIRO
New 3-DOF Parallel Mechanism and Application to Space-Born Smart End-Effector
- 1994
- Kazuo MachidaYoshitsugu TodaToshiaki IwataShoichi IikuraTadashi Komatsu
Active Understanding of Human Intention by a Robot through Monitoring of Human Behavior
- 1995
- Tomomasa SatoYoshifumi NishidaJunri IchikawaYotaro HatamuraHiroshi Mizoguchi
Study on the Face Robot for Active Human Interface
- 1995
- Hiroshi Kobayashi
Task-Oriented Generation of Visual Sensing Strategies
- 1996
- Jun MiuraKatsuhi Ikeuchi
Purposive Behavior Acquisition for a Real Robot by Vision-Based Reinforcement Learning
- 1996
- Minoru AsadaShoichi NodaSukoya TawaratsumidaKoh Hosoda
Construction and Implementation of Software Platform in Remote-Brained Robot Approach
- 1997
- Satoshi KAGAMIMasayuki INABAHirochika INOUE
Mobile Robot Navigation by a Distributed Vision System
- 1999
- Takushi Sogo Katsumi KimotoHiroshi IshiguroToru Ishida
Precise Task Execution and Tele-Sensing in Space by Sensor-Fused Telerobotics
- 2000
- Kazuo MachidaYoshitsugu TodaTatsuo MikamiSatoru Komada
Optimal Grasping Using Visual and Tactile Feedback
- 2000
- Akio NamikiMasatoshi Ishikawa
Telexistence Cockpit for Humanoid Biped Robot
- 2000
- Susumu TachiKiyoshi KomoriyaKazuya SawadaTakashi NishiyamaToshiyuki ItokoMasami KobayashiKozo Inoue
Robot Audition: Research Issues and Current Status
- 2000
- Kazuhiro NakadaiTino LourensHiroshi G. OkunoHiroaki KitanoKen-ichi Hidai
Internet oriented Robot services and RSi(Robot Service initiative)'s activities
- 2004
- Masahiko NaritaYoshihiko MurakawaRyota HIURADaisuke YAMOTOYuka KATO
TELEsarPhone: Mutual Telexistence Communication System transmitting both presence and existence
- 2005
- Susumu TachiNaoki KawakamiHiroyuki KajimotoKouichi WatanabeKouta Minamizawa
Natural resolution of ill-posedness of inverse kinematics for redundant robots
- 2005
- Suguru ArimotoMasahiro SekimotoHiroe HashiguchiRyuta Ozawa
Reproducing Human Dance Motions by a Biped Humanoid Robot
- 2005
- Shin'ichiro NakaokaAtsushi NakazawaFumio KanehiroKenji KanekoMitsuharu MorisawaHirohisa HirukawaKatsushi Ikeuchi
Modeling, Recognition and Supporting Trajectory Generation of Daily Object-handling based on Acquired Motion Models
- 2006
- Tomomasa Sato Hideyuki KuboteraTatsuya HaradaTaketoshi Mori
Robot Town Project
- 2007
- Tsutomu HasegawaRyo KurazumeKouji MurakamiYoshihiko KimuroTakashi IenagaDaisaku AritaYousuke SendaMasaru AdachiKazuhiko Yokoyama
Feeling a Rigid Virtual World through an Impulsive Haptic Display
- 2007
- Emmanuel B. Vander PoortenYasuyoshi Yokokohji
Development and Deployment of Open Source Robot Audition Software HARK (Honda Research Institute Japan Audition for Robots with Kyoto University)
- 2008
- Kazuhiro NakadaiShun'ichi YamamotoHiroshi G. OkunoJean-Marc ValinHirofumi NakajimaRyu TakedaKeisuke NakamuraTakami YoshidaTakeshi MizumotoTakuma Otsuka
Thrwoing & Batting Robot
- 2009
- Masatoshi IshikawaAkio NamikiTaku Senoo
Motion-Copying System
- 2009
- Seiichiro Katsura
Human centered information transfer robot
- 2011
- Joo-Ho Lee
Self-Regulation Mechanism: A Principle for Continual Autonomous Learning in Open-Ended Environments
- 2011
- Yukiko HoshinoKenta KawamotoKuniaki NodaKohtaro Sabe
Realization of fully autonomous brain-machine hybrid system using an insect brain
- 2011
- Atsushi TakashimaRyo MinegishiDaisuke KurabayashiRyohei Kanzaki
Co-player robot that plays the music with humans in an ensemble
- 2011
- Takeshi MizumotoLim AngelicaTakuma OtsukaTatsuhiko ItoharaKazumasa MurataKazuhiro NakadaiHiroshi G. OkunoGökhan InceJoão Lobato OliveiraKazuyoshi Yoshii
Robots that learn concepts and words through interaction
- 2012
- Takayuki NagaiTomoaki NakamuraTakaya Araki
EMG-to-Motion Classification for Prosthetic Applications - A Self-Organizing Approach with Level of Proficiency -
- 2012
- Kahori KitaRyu KatoHiroshi Yokoi
Real-world Robust Microphone Array Processing for Robot Audition
- 2013
- Keisuke NakamuraHiroki MiuraTakami YoshidaYoshiaki BandoTakeshi MizumotoKazuhiro NakadaiHiroshi G. Okuno
Autonomous guide-less delivery robot with direct teaching function
- 2014
- Tadashi OdashimaHidenori YabushitaTakemitsu MoriAkinobu FujiiMinoru Tanaka