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About
Mitsunori Uemura is a robotics researcher whose work spans robotic actuation, energy-efficient motion control, and rehabilitation engineering. He has made significant contributions to the development of novel actuator systems, most notably pioneering rubber gas actuators driven by hydrogen storage alloys for in-pipe inspection robots — work that has garnered over 113 citations and demonstrated the feasibility of flexible robotic systems operating in constrained environments as narrow as two-inch pipelines. A central theme of Uemura's research is resonance-based motion control, where he has developed adaptive stiffness optimization methods that allow multi-joint robots to minimize energy consumption during periodic and complex tasks. His iterative learning control frameworks (58 citations) and stiffness adaptation strategies have been applied to SCARA robots, biped walking systems, and agonist-antagonist pneumatic muscle configurations, collectively advancing the field of energy-aware robotics. His exploration of muscle synergies extracted from human EMG signals further bridges biological motor control with robotic implementation. More recently, Uemura has extended his expertise into rehabilitation robotics, investigating partial body-weight support combined with functional electrical stimulation for gait training. With a body of work totaling over 300 citations, his research consistently connects fundamental control theory with practical, human-centered robotic applications.
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