Fumihito Sugai
Papers
40
Total Citations
665
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14
About
Fumihito Sugai is a leading roboticist whose work spans the development of life-sized, high-power humanoid robots and advanced teleoperation systems for disaster response. His most significant contribution is the creation of the JAXON humanoid robot (124 citations), a platform designed for real-world disaster relief that achieves human-level physical performance. Sugai’s research is defined by two major thrusts: enabling dynamic, whole-body bilateral teleoperation through the TABLIS exoskeleton cockpit (56 citations) and pioneering contactless space debris mitigation using eddy current brakes (55 citations). He has made critical advances in bipedal balance control, including unified strategies for footstep modification and angular momentum management (29 citations), and developed high-speed master-slave systems that allow humanoid robots to perform dynamic motions in real time (34 citations). His work on the JAXON3-P platform demonstrated weight-saving design principles for achieving jumping motions (25 citations). As a core member of Team NEDO-JSK in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals (26 citations), Sugai has proven his systems’ effectiveness in high-stakes environments. With over 400 total citations, his research is essential reading for anyone interested in humanoid robotics, teleoperation, and space robotics.
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- 1Development of life-sized high-power humanoid robot JAXON for real-world use124 citations · 2015
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