Papers
147
Total Citations
13,502
H-Index
58
About
Kenji Kaneko is a pioneering roboticist whose work has fundamentally shaped the field of humanoid robot locomotion and control. His research centers on biped walking pattern generation, balance control, and the mechanical design of full-scale humanoid platforms. Kaneko's most celebrated contribution is the development of preview control for zero-moment point (ZMP)-based walking generation, a landmark 2004 paper that has accumulated over 2,000 citations and remains a cornerstone reference in legged robotics. Equally influential is his formulation of the Three-Dimensional Linear Inverted Pendulum Mode (3D-LIPM), introduced in 2002 with over 1,000 citations, which provided the field with an elegantly simple yet powerful framework for real-time biped motion planning. Beyond theoretical contributions, Kaneko played a central role in the design and development of Japan's HRP humanoid robot series — HRP-2, HRP-3, and the lifelike HRP-4C — platforms that became internationally recognized benchmarks for humanoid research. His work on resolved momentum control further extended whole-body motion planning capabilities. With cumulative citations exceeding 6,700, Kaneko's contributions represent some of the most practically impactful advances in modern humanoid robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1Biped walking pattern generation by using preview control of zero-moment point2,083 citations · 2004
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- 3Planning walking patterns for a biped robot852 citations · 2001
- 4Humanoid robot HRP-2750 citations · 2004
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- 6Biped walking stabilization based on linear inverted pendulum tracking433 citations · 2010
- 7Design of prototype humanoid robotics platform for HRP312 citations · 2003
- 8A realtime pattern generator for biped walking305 citations · 2003
- 9Humanoid robot HRP-3294 citations · 2008
- 10Cybernetic human HRP-4C215 citations · 2009