Kakeru Yamasaki
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10
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About
Kakeru Yamasaki is a pioneering robotics researcher focused on assistive and social robotics, with a particular emphasis on enhancing activities of daily living (ADLs) for aging populations and individuals with disabilities. His major contributions lie in developing "assist-as-needed" robotic dressing support systems that intelligently leverage users' residual motor abilities. Yamasaki's 2023 paper on this topic, which has garnered 6 citations, introduces a novel control method that analyzes natural arm swinging motions during dressing, allowing robots to provide passive, personalized assistance without imposing rigid movements. His 2024 work further advances this concept by employing a Rowat-Selverston central pattern generator (CPG) controller to achieve personalized assistance without explicit human modeling, addressing critical privacy concerns in care settings. Yamasaki has also explored social robotics, investigating how CPG-controlled handshake robots can physically and socially adapt to individual users, bridging the gap between physical human-robot interaction and social adaptation. His research on active object recognition for home service robots, including identifying closely hung hangers with cloth, demonstrates his commitment to practical, real-world applications. With a growing citation impact and a focus on dignity-preserving, adaptive robotic assistance, Yamasaki is shaping the future of compassionate, intelligent care technology.
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