Papers
14
Total Citations
234
H-Index
9
About
Hideki Kajima is a robotics researcher whose work spans bio-inspired locomotion control, personal mobility systems, and assistive robotics. He is perhaps best known for his foundational contributions to brachiation — the swinging, arm-over-arm locomotion style observed in primates — which he translated into sophisticated control strategies for robotic systems. Working extensively on the "Gorilla Robot II," a multi-locomotion platform capable of biped, quadruped, and brachiation movement, Kajima developed energy-based swing-back controllers and parameter adjustment methods that enabled smooth, continuous brachiation in real robotic hardware, work that has collectively attracted over 150 citations. His research demonstrated how kinetic and potential energy exchanges, analogous to pendulum dynamics, could be harnessed to produce stable, efficient robotic movement. Beyond bio-inspired locomotion, Kajima extended his expertise to personal mobility robots, introducing novel initial value compensation strategies for standing-up control in wheeled inverted pendulum devices. More recently, he contributed to the development of the Human Support Robot (HSR), a mobile manipulator designed to improve quality of life for aging populations. Together, his body of work reflects a sustained commitment to creating intelligent, physically capable robots that can operate meaningfully alongside humans in real-world environments.
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Top Papers
- 1Human support robot (HSR)37 citations · 2018
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- 4Multi-Locomotion Control of Biped Locomotion and Brachiation Robot22 citations · 2007
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- 6Energy Based Swing Control of a Brachiating Robot18 citations · 2006
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- 9Learning Algorithm for a Brachiating Robot9 citations · 2003
- 10Intelligent robots as artificial living creatures8 citations · 2004