Papers
51
Total Citations
729
H-Index
13
About
Masafumi Okada is a prominent robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of humanoid robot design, biomechanical mechanism engineering, and intelligent motion control. His research has made substantial contributions to the field of human-robot interaction, particularly through the development of compliant, biologically inspired robotic systems. Okada's pioneering work on programmable passive compliance shoulder mechanisms (57 citations) and the cybernetic shoulder — a three-degree-of-freedom mechanism that faithfully replicates human shoulder kinematics without a fixed center of rotation (34 citations) — has significantly advanced the design principles for safe, human-like robotic motion. His proposal for reducing whole-body motion complexity using singular value decomposition and brain-like information processing (108 citations) represents a landmark contribution to intelligent robot control. Okada has also explored nonlinear spring optimization and non-circular gear design for dynamic robotic tasks such as jumping, demonstrating a sophisticated understanding of energy efficiency in mechanical systems. His involvement in the IEEE RO-MAN 2016 symposium (89 citations) underscores his broader influence on the human-robot interaction research community. Collectively, his work bridges theoretical elegance with practical mechanical innovation in humanoid robotics.
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- 3Design of programmable passive compliance shoulder mechanism57 citations · 2002
- 4Small Occupancy Robotic Mechanisms for Endoscopic Surgery50 citations · 2002
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- 6Skill of compliance with controlled charging/discharging of kinetic energy29 citations · 2003
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- 9Double spherical joint and backlash clutch for lower limbs of humanoids22 citations · 2004
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