Papers
15
Total Citations
199
H-Index
8
About
Masanori Sakaguchi is a leading researcher in bio-inspired robotics, specializing in the development of dynamic, agile locomotion for humanoid and quadruped robots. His work focuses on translating the biomechanics of human and animal running—particularly joint elasticity, pelvic rotation, and angular momentum control—into functional robotic mechanisms. Sakaguchi’s foundational paper on realizing a bounce gait in a quadruped robot (80 citations) established a framework for dynamic walking in articular-joint-type legs. He later advanced humanoid running by modeling the leg as a spring-loaded inverted pendulum and designing joint mechanisms that mimic the elastic characteristics of human tendons and muscles, as seen in his works on knee and ankle mechanisms (12 and 10 citations, respectively). His research on upper-body control to compensate for yaw-direction angular momentum (22 citations) and the effective use of arm swing in jumping (9 citations) has been pivotal for whole-body coordination in humanoids. Sakaguchi’s contributions are widely cited for bridging human motion analysis with practical robotic design, enabling more energy-efficient and stable running, jumping, and kicking in legged robots.
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- 3Utilization of Human-Like Pelvic Rotation for Running Robot16 citations · 2015
- 4Joint Mechanism That Mimics Elastic Characteristics in Human Running12 citations · 2016
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- 7Development of horse-type quadruped robot9 citations · 2003
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