Daisuke Jodoi

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

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Daisuke Jodoi is a pioneering researcher in space structures and wireless power transfer, whose work bridges aerospace engineering and robotics. His most influential contribution, the 2006 paper "Concept of Inflatable Tensegrity for Large Space Structures" (16 citations), introduced a novel structural concept combining inflatable tubes with tensegrity principles. This innovation enables automatic assembly and maintenance by space manipulator robots, offering a practical pathway to constructing massive orbital structures like solar power satellites—a critical step toward sustainable space infrastructure. Jodoi's approach addresses key challenges in space construction: reducing launch mass, enabling self-deployment, and facilitating robotic maintenance. In a more recent study (2018, 5 citations), he explores wireless power transfer to pipeline inspection robots using microwave transmission through gas pipelines, treating them as circular waveguides. By calculating cutoff frequencies and attenuation coefficients for various propagation modes, he demonstrates how existing infrastructure can double as power conduits for autonomous inspection systems. This work has implications for energy-efficient robotics in hazardous environments. Jodoi's research consistently tackles real-world engineering constraints, from the vacuum of space to the confines of pipelines, making him a notable figure in applied structural mechanics and robotic power systems.