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H. Harry Asada

H. Harry Asada

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
74
Citations
21901
World Ranking
297
National Ranking
144

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
77
Citations
23181
World Ranking
609
National Ranking
272

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Rufus Oldenburger Medal, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

H. Harry Asada is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, particularly focusing on biomedical engineering, control and systems engineering, and mechanical engineering. Their research spans interdisciplinary areas, integrating aspects of soft robotics, prosthetics, and rehabilitation robotics.

Their publication record includes a significant number of papers in notable venues, with a frequent presence in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, where they have published 17 papers. Other common publication forums include arXiv (Cornell University) with 11 publications, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, IEEE Access, and Advanced Intelligent Systems.

Asada's research topics predominantly cover:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies
  • Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics

Recent publications highlight advances in supernumerary robotic limbs and autonomous excavator control. Selected works include:

  • "Otariidae-Inspired Soft-Robotic Supernumerary Flippers by Fabric Kirigami and Origami" (2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics)
  • "Supernumerary Robotic Limbs to Assist Human Walking With Load Carriage" (2020, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics)
  • "A Data-Driven Approach to Prediction and Optimal Bucket-Filling Control for Autonomous Excavators" (2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • "Leveraging the Human Operator in the Design and Control of Supernumerary Robotic Limbs" (2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • "Modeling and Balance Control of Supernumerary Robotic Limb for Overhead Tasks" (2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)

Frequent collaborators include Chaoyang Song, Jerry Ng, Chenglong Fu, Roger D. Kamm, and Emily Kamienski. These collaborations have helped advance research in robotic systems and their applications to enhance human capabilities and autonomy.

The scientist has been recognized by professional organizations, receiving the Rufus Oldenburger Medal from The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2011 and being named a Fellow of the same society in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Robot analysis and control

    Jean-Jacques E. Slotine;H. Asada

  • Mobile monitoring with wearable photoplethysmographic biosensors

    H.H. Asada;P. Shaltis;A. Reisner;Sokwoo Rhee

  • Kinematic analysis of workpart fixturing for flexible assembly with automatically reconfigurable fixtures

    H. Asada;A. By

  • A Geometrical Representation of Manipulator Dynamics and Its Application to Arm Design

    Haruhiko Asada

  • Artifact-resistant power-efficient design of finger-ring plethysmographic sensors

    Sokwoo Rhee;Boo-Ho Yang;H.H. Asada

  • Stable Prehension of Objects by the Robot Hand with Elastic Fingers

    Hideo Hanafusa;Haruhiko Asada

  • Patient monitoring finger ring sensor

    Haruhiko H. Asada;Boo-Ho Yang;Sunny Siu Kai-Yeung;Kuo Wei Chang

  • Direct-Drive Robots: Theory and Practice

    Haruhiko Asada;Kamal Youcef-Toumi

  • A New Method for Identifying Orders of Input-Output Models for Nonlinear Dynamic Systems

    Xiangdong He;Haruhiko Asada

  • Formation and optogenetic control of engineered 3D skeletal muscle bioactuators

    Mahmut Selman Sakar;Devin Neal;Thomas Boudou;Michael A. Borochin

  • Wearable Pulse Wave Velocity Blood Pressure Sensor and Methods of Calibration Thereof

    Devin B. McCombie;Andrew T. Reisner;Haruhiko H. Asada;Phillip Shaltis

  • Photoplethysmograph fingernail sensors for measuring finger forces without haptic obstruction

    S.A. Mascaro;H.H. Asada

  • Analysis and Design of a Direct-Drive Arm With a Five-Bar-Link Parallel Drive Mechanism

    Haruhiko Asada;Kamal Youcef-Toumi

  • Inter-finger coordination and postural synergies in robot hands via mechanical implementation of principal components analysis

    C.Y. Brown;H.H. Asada

  • Multivariable control of vapor compression systems

    Xiang-Dong He;Sheng Liu;Harry H. Asada;Hiroyuki Itoh

  • Modeling of Vapor Compression Cycles for Multivariable Feedback Control of HVAC Systems

    Xiang-Dong He;Sheng Liu;Haruhiko H. Asada

  • Inverse Dynamics of Flexible Robot Arms: Modeling and Computation for Trajectory Control

    H. Asada;Z.-D. Ma;H. Tokumaru

  • Kinematic and static characterization of wrist joints and their optimal design

    H. Asada;J. Granito

  • Wearable Conductive Fiber Sensors for Multi-Axis Human Joint Angle Measurements

    Peter T Gibbs;H Harry Asada

  • The ring sensor: a new ambulatory wearable sensor for twenty-four hour patient monitoring

    Sokwoo Rhee;Boo-Ho Yang;Kuowei Chang;H.H. Asada

  • Kinematic Analysis of Workpart Fixturing for Flexible Assembly with Automatically

    H. Asada

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyu-Jin Cho
Kyu-Jin Cho Seoul National University
Justin Dauwels
Justin Dauwels Nanyang Technological University
Shinichi Hirai
Shinichi Hirai Ritsumeikan University
Dong-An Wang
Dong-An Wang City University of Hong Kong
Rashid Bashir
Rashid Bashir University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marcelo H. Ang
Marcelo H. Ang National University of Singapore
Takeo Kanade
Takeo Kanade Carnegie Mellon University
Kin Liao
Kin Liao Khalifa University

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