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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Japan
2026

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
55
Citations
15807
World Ranking
880
National Ranking
11

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
55
Citations
15837
World Ranking
2139
National Ranking
73

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kazuhito Yokoi is a researcher affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their work primarily lies within the domain of engineering, focusing on subfields including control and systems engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

Their research encompasses a variety of topics related to robotics and manufacturing, notably:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Educational Robotics and Engineering
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • Augmented Reality Applications
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Yokoi include:

  • Reflection of radiation source distribution on a 3D environmental map through multiple robots coordination, 2024, The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
  • World robot summit 2020 assembly challenge - summary of the competition and its outcomes, 2022, Advanced Robotics
  • Task board for the World Robot Summit 2020, 2022, Advanced Robotics
  • Task-board task for assembling a belt drive unit, 2020, Advanced Robotics

The venues where Yokoi most frequently publishes include Advanced Robotics and The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec).

Collaboration plays a significant role in their research, with several frequent co-authors such as Yasuyoshi Yokokohji, Yoshihiro Kawai, Mizuho Shibata, Yasumichi Aiyama, and Shinya Kotosaka, each associated with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Biped walking pattern generation by using preview control of zero-moment point

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

  • The 3D linear inverted pendulum mode: a simple modeling for a biped walking pattern generation

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

  • Planning walking patterns for a biped robot

    Qiang Huang;K. Yokoi;S. Kajita;K. Kaneko

  • Resolved momentum control: humanoid motion planning based on the linear and angular momentum

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

  • A realtime pattern generator for biped walking

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

  • Biped walking stabilization based on linear inverted pendulum tracking

    Shuuji Kajita;Mitsuharu Morisawa;Kanako Miura;Shin'ichiro Nakaoka

  • Introduction to Humanoid Robotics

    Shuuji Kajita;Hirohisa Hirukawa;Kensuke Harada;Kazuhito Yokoi

  • Coordination and decentralized cooperation of multiple mobile manipulators

    Oussama Khatib;Kazu Yokoi;Kyong-Sok Chang;Diego C. Ruspini

  • Generating whole body motions for a biped humanoid robot from captured human dances

    S. Nakaoka;A. Nakazawa;K. Yokoi;H. Hirukawa

  • A high stability, smooth walking pattern for a biped robot

    Qiang Huang;S. Kajita;N. Koyachi;K. Kaneko

  • Vehicle/arm coordination and multiple mobile manipulator decentralized cooperation

    O. Khatib;K. Yokoi;K. Chang;D. Ruspini

  • Robots in Human Environments: Basic Autonomous Capabilities

    Oussama Khatib;Kazu Yokoi;Oliver Brock;Kyong-Sok Chang

  • Biped walking pattern generation by a simple three-dimensional inverted pendulum model

    Shuuji Kajita;Fumio Kanehiro;Kenji Kaneko;Kiyoshi Fujiwara

  • Real-Time Planning of Humanoid Robot's Gait for Force-Controlled Manipulation

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

  • Imitating human dance motions through motion structure analysis

    A. Nakazawa;S. Nakaoka;K. Ikeuchi;K. Yokoi

  • A Running Controller of Humanoid Biped HRP-2LR

    S. Kajita;T. Nagasaki;K. Kaneko;K. Yokoi

  • Force Strategies for Cooperative Tasks in Multiple Mobile Manipulation Systems

    O. Khatib;K. Yokoi;K. Chang;D. Ruspini

  • A hop towards running humanoid biped

    S. Kajita;T. Nagasaki;K. Kaneko;K. Yokoi

  • Balance control of a piped robot combining off-line pattern with real-time modification

    Qiang Huang;K. Kaneko;K. Yokoi;S. Kajita

  • Open architecture humanoid robotics platform

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Shuuji Kajita
Shuuji Kajita National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Fumio Kanehiro
Fumio Kanehiro National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hirohisa Hirukawa
Hirohisa Hirukawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Eiichi Yoshida
Eiichi Yoshida Tokyo University of Science
Kazuo Tanie
Kazuo Tanie Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kensuke Harada
Kensuke Harada Osaka University
Makoto Kaneko
Makoto Kaneko Osaka University
Mitsuharu Morisawa
Mitsuharu Morisawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Abderrahmane Kheddar
Abderrahmane Kheddar Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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