Hiroshi Itoh
Papers
8
Total Citations
47
H-Index
4
About
Hiroshi Itoh is a robotics researcher whose work spans bio-inspired locomotion systems, snake-like and lizard-inspired robots, and specialized service robotics. His most significant contributions center on the design and control of biomimetic robots, particularly his pioneering development of the Lizard-Inspired Single-Actuated (LISA) robot — a novel system driven by a single actuator using a four-bar linkage mechanism to eliminate the leg slippage problems that plagued earlier designs. This work, published across a series of papers from 2020 to 2022 and accumulating nearly 25 citations collectively, demonstrates a strong trajectory of influence in energy-efficient legged robotics. Itoh has also made meaningful contributions to snake-like robot research, including generalized singularity analysis and adaptive locomotion control using rotational elastic actuators and observer-based systems for handling variable friction environments. His practical engineering contributions extend to service robotics, with work on glass façade-cleaning robots featuring window shape estimation and geometric foot-placement algorithms. An early paper on preview control from 1989 reveals a career-long commitment to precision trajectory control in robotics and machine tools, underscoring both the breadth and longevity of his contributions to intelligent mechanical systems.
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Top Papers
- 1Design and Implementation of a Lizard-Inspired Robot11 citations · 2021
- 2Modeling and Control of a Lizard-Inspired Single-Actuated Robot9 citations · 2022
- 3Generalized Singularity Analysis of Snake-Like Robot7 citations · 2018
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- 5Window Shape Estimation for Glass Façade-Cleaning Robot4 citations · 2023
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