Masamiki Kawase
Papers
13
Total Citations
295
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About
Masamiki Kawase is a robotics researcher whose work has fundamentally advanced the field of biped locomotion, with a particular focus on human-carrying biped robots capable of navigating real-world environments. His research spans parallel mechanism-based locomotion systems, adaptive foot design, and terrain-responsive walking control — areas in which he has made enduring contributions. Kawase's most influential work, cited 79 times, demonstrated that a Stewart platform-based biped robot could reliably carry a human passenger up and down stairs through carefully tuned walking parameters, including waist yaw and ZMP trajectories. This breakthrough helped establish the viability of biped locomotors for practical human transport. His 2006 paper introducing a leg-wheeled hybrid robot (63 citations) offered an elegant solution to the classic trade-off between terrain adaptability and energy efficiency, allowing the robot to switch dynamically between walking and wheeled modes. Beyond locomotion strategies, Kawase made significant advances in adaptive foot systems capable of maintaining four-point ground contact on uneven surfaces, and developed landing pattern modification methods using nonlinear compliance and predictive attitude control. These innovations enabled stable outdoor biped walking on public roads and gravel paths — environments that had previously challenged researchers. Collectively, his work represents a sustained and impactful effort to bridge laboratory robotics and real-world human-carrying applications.
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- 3Biped landing pattern modification method with nonlinear compliance control31 citations · 2006
- 4New Foot System Adaptable to Convex and Concave Surface21 citations · 2007
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