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About
Yotaro Motegi is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of biomechanics, humanoid robotics, and biologically inspired design. He is best known for his pivotal contributions to the development of "Kenshiro," a detailed musculoskeletal humanoid robot modeled after the anatomy of an average 14-year-old Japanese boy, designed to serve as a real human body simulator. His research meticulously addresses the engineering challenges of replicating human musculoskeletal architecture — including redundant muscle arrangements, tendon-driven actuation, nonlinear spring ligaments, and complex bone structures — in a functional robotic system. Motegi's most-cited works (accumulating over 70 and 63 citations respectively) establish foundational design methodologies for biologically inspired humanoids, demonstrating how faithful anatomical mimicry can yield more natural and dynamic motion. Beyond humanoids, he has expanded into aerial robotics, developing an innovative dual-connected Bi-Copter capable of flying at arbitrary tilt angles, earning over 50 citations. His contributions to motion control, muscle-tendon complex modeling, and wearable direct-mapping interfaces further reflect a broad and technically rigorous research vision. Motegi's body of work offers researchers and students a compelling blueprint for building robots that genuinely close the gap between machine and human movement.
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- 2Design Approach of Biologically-Inspired Musculoskeletal Humanoids63 citations · 2013
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