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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
4617
World Ranking
5829
National Ranking
246

Overview

Gen Endo is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a focus on biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, and control and systems engineering. Their research spans over multiple subfields, including civil and structural engineering and computer vision and pattern recognition.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics related to robotics and advanced materials, with specific emphasis on soft robotics and applications, modular robots and swarm intelligence, robotic locomotion and control, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, robot manipulation and learning, robotic mechanisms and dynamics, and advanced materials and mechanics.

Frequent publication venues for Gen Endo include:

  • The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) with 61 publications
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters with 12 publications
  • ROBOMECH Journal with 7 publications
  • 2023 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII) with 4 publications
  • Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics with 3 publications

Collaborations have been common in their work, with frequent co-authors including Hiroyuki Nabae, Koichi Suzumori, Hiroshige Kikura, Hideharu Takahashi, and Atsushi Takata. These collaborations highlight a network of professionals active in similar research areas.

Recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • New Soft Robot Hand Configuration With Combined Biotensegrity and Thin Artificial Muscle, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Soft Tensegrity Robot Driven by Thin Artificial Muscles for the Exploration of Unknown Spatial Configurations, 2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Giraffe Neck Robot: First Step Toward a Powerful and Flexible Robot Prototyping Based on Giraffe Anatomy, 2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Design of knee support device based on four-bar linkage and hydraulic artificial muscle, 2020, ROBOMECH Journal
  • Analysis of the multi-balloon dielectric elastomer actuator for traveling wave motion, 2021, Sensors and Actuators A Physical

Best Publications

  • Learning from demonstration and adaptation of biped locomotion

    Jun Nakanishi;Jun Morimoto;Gen Endo;Gordon Cheng

  • Learning CPG-based Biped Locomotion with a Policy Gradient Method: Application to a Humanoid Robot

    Gen Endo;Jun Morimoto;Takamitsu Matsubara;Jun Nakanishi

  • ROBOT APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE POSTURE OF A ROBOT FOR STABILIZING THE POSTURE OF THE ROBOT ACCORDING TO PERIODICAL MOTION

    Cheng Gordon;Endo Gen;Kawato Mitsuo;Morimoto Jun

  • Experimental Studies of a Neural Oscillator for Biped Locomotion with QRIO

    Gen Endo;Jun Nakanishi;Jun Morimoto;G. Cheng

  • A Biologically Inspired Biped Locomotion Strategy for Humanoid Robots: Modulation of Sinusoidal Patterns by a Coupled Oscillator Model

    J. Morimoto;G. Endo;J. Nakanishi;G. Cheng

  • Design of thin McKibben muscle and multifilament structure

    Shunichi Kurumaya;Hiroyuki Nabae;Gen Endo;Koichi Suzumori

  • An empirical exploration of a neural oscillator for biped locomotion control

    G. Endo;J. Morimoto;J. Nakanishi;G. Cheng

  • Study on Roller-Walker (multi-mode steering control and self-contained locomotion)

    G. Endo;S. Hirose

  • A passive weight compensation mechanism with a non-circular pulley and a spring

    Gen Endo;Hiroya Yamada;Akira Yajima;Masaru Ogata

  • Modulation of simple sinusoidal patterns by a coupled oscillator model for biped walking

    J. Morimoto;G. Endo;J. Nakanishi;S.H. Hyon

  • Quadruped walking robots at Tokyo Institute of Technology

    S. Hirose;Y. Fukuda;K. Yoneda;A. Nagakubo

  • Study on Roller-Walker (system integration and basic experiments)

    G. Endo;S. Hirose

  • Poincaré-Map-Based Reinforcement Learning For Biped Walking

    Jun Morimoto;Jun Nakanishi;Gen Endo;G. Cheng

  • TITAN-XIII: sprawling-type quadruped robot with ability of fast and energy-efficient walking

    Satoshi Kitano;Shigeo Hirose;Atsushi Horigome;Gen Endo

  • Study on Self-Contained and Terrain Adaptive Active Cord Mechanism

    Gen Endo;Keiji Togawa;Shigeo Hirose

  • Fabrication of “18 Weave” Muscles and Their Application to Soft Power Support Suit for Upper Limbs Using Thin McKibben Muscle

    Tomoki Abe;Shoichiro Koizumi;Hiroyuki Nabae;Gen Endo

  • Study on self-contained and terrain adaptive active cord mechanism

    G. Endo;K. Togawa;S. Hirose

  • Super Dragon: A 10-m-Long-Coupled Tendon-Driven Articulated Manipulator

    Gen Endo;Atsushi Horigome;Atsushi Takata

  • New Soft Robot Hand Configuration With Combined Biotensegrity and Thin Artificial Muscle

    Wen-Yung Li;Hiroyuki Nabae;Gen Endo;Koichi Suzumori

  • Development of a 20-m-long Giacometti arm with balloon body based on kinematic model with air resistance

    Masashi Takeichi;Koichi Suzumori;Gen Endo;Hiroyuki Nabae

  • Development of lightweight sprawling-type quadruped robot TITAN-XIII and its dynamic walking

    Satoshi Kitano;Shigeo Hirose;Gen Endo;Edwardo F. Fukushima

  • Development of Giacometti Arm With Balloon Body

    Masashi Takeichi;Koichi Suzumori;Gen Endo;Hiroyuki Nabae

  • Learning CPG sensory feedback with policy gradient for biped locomotion for a full-body humanoid

    Gen Endo;Jun Morimoto;Takamitsu Matsubara;Jun Nakanishi

  • A framework for learning biped locomotion with dynamical movement primitives

    Jun Nakanishi;Jun Morimoto;G. Endo;G. Cheng

  • Study on Roller-Walker

    Gen Endo;Shigeo Hirose

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeo Hirose
Shigeo Hirose Hibot Corp.
Gordon Cheng
Gordon Cheng Technical University of Munich
Kinji Asaka
Kinji Asaka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kenji Kawashima
Kenji Kawashima University of Tokyo
Christopher G. Atkeson
Christopher G. Atkeson Carnegie Mellon University
Stefan Schaal
Stefan Schaal Google (United States)

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