Kenzo NONAMI
Papers
61
Total Citations
1,406
H-Index
18
About
Kenzo Nonami is a pioneering robotics engineer whose work spans autonomous aerial vehicles, legged locomotion, and humanitarian robotics. Best known for his landmark publications *Autonomous Flying Robots* (2010), which together have accumulated over 550 citations, Nonami helped define the foundational principles of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and micro aerial vehicle (MAV) design and control, making these works essential references in the drone research community. His contributions to ground robotics are equally significant, centered on his long-running COMET series of hydraulically driven hexapod robots developed explicitly for humanitarian demining — a globally pioneering effort to deploy robotic systems in life-saving landmine detection. Through this work, he advanced impedance control, force-based compliant walking, and neuro-fuzzy hybrid control strategies that enable robust locomotion over uneven and extremely soft terrain. Nonami has also been forward-looking in the commercial drone space, publishing influential analyses of emerging drone business applications in 2016. With additional contributions in dual-arm manipulation and real-time vision-based robot control, his career reflects a remarkable breadth of impact across both theoretical control engineering and real-world robotic applications.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Autonomous Flying Robots324 citations · 2010
- 2Autonomous Flying Robots: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Micro Aerial Vehicles228 citations · 2010
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- 6Development and Control of Mine Detection Robot COMET-II and COMET-III52 citations · 2003
- 7Drone Technology, Cutting-Edge Drone Business, and Future Prospects52 citations · 2016
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- 9Assembly manipulation of small objects by dual‐arm manipulator35 citations · 2011
- 10Hierarchical processing architecture for an air-hockey robot system33 citations · 2013