2026 Kenji Kaneko: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	68	432	391	3	3	188	19725
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	68	1010	963	25	24	187	19724

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
2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Japan Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Kenji Kaneko is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines, notably in engineering and environmental science, with a focus on human-computer interaction, social psychology, mechanical engineering, control and systems engineering, and environmental chemistry.

Kaneko's recent papers cover diverse topics in robotics and environmental changes. These include:

A Cybernetic Avatar System to Embody Human Telepresence for Connectivity, Exploration, and Skill Transfer (2024) published in the International Journal of Social Robotics
Enhanced Visual Feedback with Decoupled Viewpoint Control in Immersive Humanoid Robot Teleoperation using SLAM (2022) presented at the 2022 IEEE-RAS 21st International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)
Humanoid Robot RHP Friends: Seamless Combination of Autonomous and Teleoperated Tasks in a Nursing Context (2025) appearing in IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
Analysis of environmental and microbiological changes in Onagawa Bay immediately after the tsunami of the Great East Japan Earthquake based on sediment cores (2020) published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
Ⅰ-2. The outbreak of phytoplankton causing shellfish poisoning induced by the Tsunami (2021) featured in NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Rafael Cisneros, Mehdi Benallegue, Guillaume Caron, Fumio Kanehiro, and Abderrahmane Kheddar. Each of these coauthors has contributed to multiple publications together with Kaneko.

Kaneko's work addresses key topics such as:

Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
Social Robot Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
Robot Manipulation and Learning
Radioactive contamination and transfer
Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
Radioactivity and Radon Measurements

Their publications are frequently found in venues including the International Journal of Social Robotics, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, Marine Pollution Bulletin, the NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI journal, and leading robotics conferences like the IEEE-RAS Humanoids conference.

Best Publications

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

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

2768
Citations
Humanoid robot HRP-3

K. Kaneko;K. Harada;F. Kanehiro;G. Miyamori

1459
Citations
The 3D linear inverted pendulum mode: a simple modeling for a biped walking pattern generation

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

1383
Citations
Planning walking patterns for a biped robot

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

1368
Citations
Humanoid robot HRP-2

K. Kaneko;F. Kanehiro;S. Kajita;H. Hirukawa

1169
Citations
Resolved momentum control: humanoid motion planning based on the linear and angular momentum

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

608
Citations
A realtime pattern generator for biped walking

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

496
Citations
Biped walking stabilization based on linear inverted pendulum tracking

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

488
Citations
Design of prototype humanoid robotics platform for HRP

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

475
Citations
Cybernetic human HRP-4C

Kenji Kaneko;Fumio Kanehiro;Mitsuharu Morisawa;Kanako Miura

300
Citations
AN ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR REAL-TIME GAIT PLANNING FOR HUMANOID ROBOTS

Kensuke Harada;Shuuji Kajita;Kenji Kaneko;Hirohisa Hirukawa

297
Citations
A high stability, smooth walking pattern for a biped robot

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

296
Citations
Biped Walking Pattern Generator allowing Auxiliary ZMP Control

S. Kajita;M. Morisawa;K. Harada;K. Kaneko

259
Citations
A universal stability criterion of the foot contact of legged robots - adios ZMP

H. Hirukawa;S. Hattori;K. Harada;S. Kajita

252
Citations
Biped walking pattern generation by a simple three-dimensional inverted pendulum model

Shuuji Kajita;Fumio Kanehiro;Kenji Kaneko;Kiyoshi Fujiwara

225
Citations
Development of humanoid robot HRP-3P

K. Akachi;K. Kaneko;N. Kanehira;S. Ota

222
Citations
Humanoid robotics platforms developed in HRP

Hirohisa Hirukawa;Fumio Kanehiro;Kenji Kaneko;Shuuji Kajita

218
Citations
Cooperative works by a human and a humanoid robot

K. Yokoyama;H. Handa;T. Isozumi;Y. Fukase

196
Citations
Real-Time Planning of Humanoid Robot's Gait for Force-Controlled Manipulation

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

194
Citations
Humanoid robot HRP-4 - Humanoid robotics platform with lightweight and slim body

Kenji Kaneko;Fumio Kanehiro;Mitsuharu Morisawa;Kazuhiko Akachi

189
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumio Kanehiro National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Shuuji Kajita National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Mitsuharu Morisawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Hirohisa Hirukawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Kensuke Harada Osaka University

Kazuhito Yokoi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Kazuo Tanie Tokyo Metropolitan University

Eiichi Yoshida Tokyo University of Science

Jean-Paul Laumond École Normale Supérieure

Yoshihiko Nakamura Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

External Links

Personal website of Kenji Kaneko Google Scholar page

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