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Kensuke Harada

Kensuke Harada

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
52
Citations
14798
World Ranking
2476
National Ranking
87

Overview

Kensuke Harada is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their research focuses on various aspects of robotics, with a strong emphasis on robot manipulation, learning, and control.

Their recent scholarly contributions include several papers published between 2020 and 2022. Notable works include:

  • Challenges and Outlook in Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects (2022, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine)
  • Learning Force Control for Contact-Rich Manipulation Tasks With Rigid Position-Controlled Robots (2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • Human-in-the-Loop Robotic Manipulation Planning for Collaborative Assembly (2020, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering)
  • Planning Grasps With Suction Cups and Parallel Grippers Using Superimposed Segmentation of Object Meshes (2020, IEEE Transactions on Robotics)
  • Learning Efficient Policies for Picking Entangled Wire Harnesses: An Approach to Industrial Bin Picking (2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)

Coauthorship patterns indicate close collaboration with several researchers, including:

  • Weiwei Wan
  • Keisuke Koyama
  • Yukiyasu Domae
  • Takuya Kiyokawa
  • Natsuki Yamanobe

Harada has published extensively across multiple venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
  • Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • IEEE Access

Their contributions also include book publications, notably through Springer International Publishing, including the title Robotic Bin Picking for Potentially Tangled Objects (2024).

Harada's research spans two primary fields of study:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science

Within these fields, their work covers several subfields, particularly:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

Key topics addressed in their research include:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
  • Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics
  • Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization

Best Publications

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

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

  • Humanoid robot HRP-3

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

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

    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

  • AN ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR REAL-TIME GAIT PLANNING FOR HUMANOID ROBOTS

    Kensuke Harada;Shuuji Kajita;Kenji Kaneko;Hirohisa Hirukawa

  • Variable Compliance Control for Robotic Peg-in-Hole Assembly: A Deep-Reinforcement-Learning Approach

    Cristian Camilo Beltran-Hernandez;Damien Petit;Ixchel Georgina Ramirez-Alpizar;Kensuke Harada

  • Biped Walking Pattern Generator allowing Auxiliary ZMP Control

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

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

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

  • Motion Planning for Legged Robots on Varied Terrain

    Kris K. Hauser;Timothy Bretl;Jean-Claude Latombe;Kensuke Harada

  • Challenges and Outlook in Robotic Manipulation of Deformable Objects.

    Jihong Zhu;Andrea Cherubini;Claire Dune;David Navarro-Alarcon

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

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

  • Using Motion Primitives in Probabilistic Sample-Based Planning for Humanoid Robots

    Kris Hauser;Timothy Wolfe Bretl;Kensuke Harada;Jean Claude Latombe

  • An analytical method on real-time gait planning for a humanoid robot

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

  • A Humanoid Robot Carrying a Heavy Object

    K. Harada;S. Kajita;H. Saito;M. Morisawa

  • ZMP analysis for arm/leg coordination

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

  • Biped walking on a low friction floor

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

  • Hybrid position/force control of flexible-macro/rigid-micro manipulator systems

    T. Yoshikawa;K. Harada;A. Matsumoto

  • Dynamics and balance of a humanoid robot during manipulation tasks

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

  • Learning Force Control for Contact-Rich Manipulation Tasks With Rigid Position-Controlled Robots

    Cristian Camilo Beltran-Hernandez;Damien Petit;Ixchel Georgina Ramirez-Alpizar;Takayuki Nishi

  • The first human-size humanoid that can fall over safely and stand-up again

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumio Kanehiro
Fumio Kanehiro National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Shuuji Kajita
Shuuji Kajita National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hirohisa Hirukawa
Hirohisa Hirukawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Mitsuharu Morisawa
Mitsuharu Morisawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko Kyushu University
Makoto Kaneko
Makoto Kaneko Osaka University
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Eiichi Yoshida
Eiichi Yoshida Tokyo University of Science
Kazuhito Yokoi
Kazuhito Yokoi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tsuneo Yoshikawa
Tsuneo Yoshikawa Ritsumeikan University

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