Shuuji Kajita
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki University, Tsukuba University of Technology, Ibaraki National College of Technology, Building Research Institute, Springer Nature (Germany), Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, Systems Research Institute, General Electric (Germany), Chubu University, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Yokohama National University, Waseda University
Papers
177
Total Citations
15,339
H-Index
60
About
Shuuji Kajita is a pioneering roboticist whose foundational contributions to humanoid locomotion and biped walking control have fundamentally shaped the field of humanoid robotics. His research centers on dynamic walking pattern generation, balance control, and full-body motion planning for bipedal systems. Kajita is perhaps best known for developing the Linear Inverted Pendulum Mode (LIPM), a elegantly simple yet powerful framework for modeling biped dynamics that remains a cornerstone of walking robot research to this day, accumulating over 1,400 citations across key publications from 1992 to 2002. His 2004 work introducing preview control of the Zero-Moment Point — now cited over 2,000 times — established one of the most widely adopted approaches to real-time walking pattern generation. Kajita also played a central role in developing HRP-2, Japan's landmark humanoid robotics platform, and advanced whole-body motion planning through his resolved momentum control framework. His textbook *Introduction to Humanoid Robotics* (2014) further demonstrates his commitment to education and knowledge dissemination. With a career spanning three decades and tens of thousands of citations, Kajita's work remains indispensable reading for anyone entering humanoid robotics research.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Biped walking pattern generation by using preview control of zero-moment point2,083 citations · 2004
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- 3Planning walking patterns for a biped robot852 citations · 2001
- 4Humanoid robot HRP-2750 citations · 2004
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- 6Biped walking stabilization based on linear inverted pendulum tracking433 citations · 2010
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- 8Introduction to Humanoid Robotics393 citations · 2014
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- 10Design of prototype humanoid robotics platform for HRP312 citations · 2003