Yoshiki Mori
Papers
19
Total Citations
319
H-Index
9
About
Yoshiki Mori is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of soft robotics, advanced manufacturing, and intelligent grasping systems. His research has made significant contributions to the design and fabrication of soft robotic grippers, particularly through the innovative application of multi-material three-dimensional printing and variable stiffness mechanisms. His most influential work, "A Fully Multi-Material Three-Dimensional Printed Soft Gripper with Variable Stiffness for Robust Grasping" (2019), has accumulated 157 citations and demonstrated how complex, high-functionality soft actuators could be fabricated efficiently — a landmark contribution to the field. Mori has consistently advanced gripper adaptability, exploring layer jamming techniques, soft bellows actuators, and two-degree-of-freedom robotic fingers. Beyond manipulation hardware, he has contributed to tactile and cutaneous sensing, including slip detection systems with closed-loop feedback and photoelastic polyurethane-based sensors for robot hands. His applied work extends to real-world automation challenges, including logistics robots and dishwashing automation systems addressing labor shortages in Japan's aging society. With a publication record spanning over a decade — from agricultural pruning robots in 2011 to empirical actuator modeling in 2024 — Mori represents a sustained and versatile voice in practical soft robotics research.
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Top Papers
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- 2A Variable Stiffness Soft Gripper Based on Rotational Layer Jamming30 citations · 2023
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- 6Development and experimental study of a novel pruning robot13 citations · 2011
- 7A 3D printed Two DoF Soft Robotic Finger With Variable Stiffness12 citations · 2018
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- 10An empirical model of soft bellows actuator6 citations · 2024