Papers
40
Total Citations
910
H-Index
17
About
Yasushi Hada is a versatile robotics and rehabilitation engineering researcher whose work spans two compelling domains: disaster response robotics and assistive exoskeleton technology. His landmark contribution to rescue robotics came through the redesign of the mobile robot Quince, deployed for surveillance missions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station following Japan's devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami — a paper that has garnered over 225 citations and stands as a defining achievement in real-world disaster robotics. His earlier foundational work on autonomous mobile robots, including long-term activity benchmarking and wireless sensor network deployment in post-disaster environments, established him as a pioneer in autonomous robot navigation and resilience. Hada's research evolved significantly into medical rehabilitation robotics, particularly involving the Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) exoskeleton. His clinical studies demonstrate meaningful advances in gait recovery for patients with spinal cord injury, stroke-induced hemiplegia, and cervical myelopathy, with several papers accumulating tens of citations across the rehabilitation community. His innovative application of inter-limb locomotor synergies to exoskeleton control represents a sophisticated bridge between neuroscience and engineering. Collectively, Hada's body of work reflects a rare ability to translate robotics research into life-changing practical applications.
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Top Papers
- 1Redesign of rescue mobile robot Quince225 citations · 2011
- 2Feasibility of Synergy-Based Exoskeleton Robot Control in Hemiplegia69 citations · 2018
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- 4Autonomous Deployment and Restoration of Sensor Network using Mobile Robots37 citations · 2010
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