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Katsu Yamane is a researcher affiliated with Robert Bosch in the United States. Their academic contributions span primarily the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a total of 24 publications in Engineering and 7 in Computer Science. Yamane's work is notably focused on specialized subfields including Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics, reflecting a broad engagement with robotics and related technologies. These include Robot Manipulation and Learning, Advanced Vision and Imaging, Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Optical measurement and interference techniques, Teleoperation and Haptic Systems, and Muscle activation and electromyography studies.

Yamane's recent published papers include:

  • VisuoSpatial Foresight for physical sequential fabric manipulation, 2021, Autonomous Robots
  • VisuoSpatial Foresight for Multi-Step, Multi-Task Fabric Manipulation, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Learning Dense Visual Correspondences in Simulation to Smooth and Fold Real Fabrics, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Admittance Control With Unknown Location of Interaction, 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • A Large-Area Wearable Soft Haptic Device Using Stacked Pneumatic Pouch Actuation, 2022, 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Yamane frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, which includes Soshi Iba, Ryan Hoque, Daniel Seita, Ashwin Balakrishna, and Aditya Ganapathi. These collaborations have resulted in multiple joint publications, particularly with some authors contributing to four or five shared works.

In terms of publication venues, Yamane's research appears predominantly in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with five publications
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters with two publications
  • Autonomous Robots
  • 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)
  • 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Best Publications

  • Dynamics Filter - concept and implementation of online motion Generator for human figures

    K. Yamane;Y. Nakamura

  • Synthesizing animations of human manipulation tasks

    Katsu Yamane;James J. Kuffner;Jessica K. Hodgins

  • Natural motion animation through constraining and deconstraining at will

    K. Yamane;Y. Nakamura

  • Somatosensory computation for man-machine interface from motion-capture data and musculoskeletal human model

    Y. Nakamura;K. Yamane;Y. Fujita;I. Suzuki

  • Kinetic chain of overarm throwing in terms of joint rotations revealed by induced acceleration analysis.

    Masaya Hirashima;Masaya Hirashima;Katsu Yamane;Yoshihiko Nakamura;Tatsuyuki Ohtsuki

  • Dynamics computation of structure-varying kinematic chains and its application to human figures

    Y. Nakamura;K. Yamane

  • Open architecture humanoid robotics platform

    F. Kanehiro;K. Fujiwara;S. Kajita;K. Yokoi

  • Optical motion capture system with pan-tilt camera tracking and real time data processing

    K. Kurihara;S. Hoshino;K. Yamane;Y. Nakamura

  • Animating non-humanoid characters with human motion data

    Katsu Yamane;Yuka Ariki;Jessica Hodgins

  • Simultaneous tracking and balancing of humanoid robots for imitating human motion capture data

    Katsu Yamane;Jessica Hodgins

  • Virtual humanoid robot platform to develop controllers of real humanoid robots without porting

    F. Kanehiro;N. Miyata;S. Kajita;K. Fujiwara

  • Deep Imitation Learning of Sequential Fabric Smoothing From an Algorithmic Supervisor

    Daniel Seita;Aditya Ganapathi;Ryan Hoque;Minho Hwang

  • Motion generating method for man-shape link system

    Yoshihiko Nakamura;Katsu Yamane;Manabu Tange

  • 3D printed soft skin for safe human-robot interaction

    Joohyung Kim;Alexander Alspach;Katsu Yamane

  • Planning motion patterns of human figures using a multi-layered grid and the dynamics filter

    Z. Shiller;K. Yamane;Y. Nakamura

  • Computational co-optimization of design parameters and motion trajectories for robotic systems

    Sehoon Ha;Stelian Coros;Alexander Alspach;Joohyung Kim

  • Musculoskeletal-see-through mirror: Computational modeling and algorithm for whole-body muscle activity visualization in real time

    Akihiko Murai;Kosuke Kurosaki;Katsu Yamane;Yoshihiko Nakamura

  • Stable penalty-based model of frictional contacts

    K. Yamane;Y. Nakamura

  • VisuoSpatial Foresight for Multi-Step, Multi-Task Fabric Manipulation

    Ryan Hoque;Daniel Seita;Ashwin Balakrishna;Aditya Ganapathi

  • Primitive communication based on motion recognition and generation with hierarchical mimesis model

    W. Takano;K. Yamane;T. Sugihara;Kou Yamamoto

  • Joint Optimization of Robot Design and Motion Parameters using the Implicit Function Theorem

    Sehoon Ha;Stelian Coros;Alexander Alspach;Joohyung Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshihiko Nakamura
Yoshihiko Nakamura Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Jessica K. Hodgins
Jessica K. Hodgins Carnegie Mellon University
Ken Goldberg
Ken Goldberg University of California, Berkeley
Hirohisa Hirukawa
Hirohisa Hirukawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Fumio Kanehiro
Fumio Kanehiro National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Shuuji Kajita
Shuuji Kajita National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Stelian Coros
Stelian Coros ETH Zurich
Kazuhito Yokoi
Kazuhito Yokoi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
John Canny
John Canny University of California, Berkeley
Joseph E. Gonzalez
Joseph E. Gonzalez University of California, Berkeley

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