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Koh Hosoda

Koh Hosoda

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
40
Citations
7722
World Ranking
7227
National Ranking
150

Overview

Koh Hosoda is a researcher affiliated with Osaka University in Japan, specializing in engineering with a focus on biomedical engineering and related subfields. Their academic work encompasses significant contributions to areas such as insect science, cellular and molecular neuroscience, mechanical engineering, and genetics.

The primary topics of research for Koh Hosoda include robotic locomotion and control, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, insect pheromone research and control, neurobiology and insect physiology research, muscle activation and electromyography studies, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and soft robotics and applications.

Their publication record includes articles in various scientific journals and conference proceedings. Notable recent papers include:

  • Soft Inductive Tactile Sensor Using Flow-Channel Enclosing Liquid Metal (2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • Very Wide Sensing Range and Hysteresis Behaviors of Tactile Sensor Developed by Embedding Soft Ionic Gels in Soft Silicone Elastomers (2020, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology)
  • Bioinspired Legged Robot Design via Blended Physical and Virtual Impedance Control (2022, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems)
  • Robust Moth-Inspired Algorithm for Odor Source Localization Using Multimodal Information (2023, Sensors)
  • Dynamic Turning of a Soft Quadruped Robot by Changing Phase Difference (2021, Frontiers in Robotics and AI)

Koh Hosoda collaborates frequently with a number of researchers, including Shunsuke Shigaki, Takumi Kawasetsu, Hirono Ohashi, Daisuke Kurabayashi, and Masahiro Shimizu.

The researcher's work is often published in prominent venues such as Advanced Robotics, The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), Frontiers in Robotics and AI, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, and Royal Society Open Science.

Best Publications

  • Cognitive Developmental Robotics: A Survey

    M. Asada;K. Hosoda;Y. Kuniyoshi;H. Ishiguro

  • Versatile visual servoing without knowledge of true Jacobian

    K. Hosoda;M. Asada

  • Purposive behavior acquisition for a real robot by vision-based reinforcement learning

    Minoru Asada;Shoichi Noda;Sukoya Tawaratsumida;Koh Hosoda

  • Anthropomorphic robotic soft fingertip with randomly distributed receptors

    Koh Hosoda;Yasunori Tada;Minoru Asada

  • Designing minimal and scalable insect-inspired multi-locomotion millirobots

    Zhenishbek Zhakypov;Kazuaki Mori;Koh Hosoda;Jamie Paik

  • A constructive model for the development of joint attention

    Yukie Nagai;Koh Hosoda;Akio Morita;Minoru Asada

  • Cooperative behavior acquisition for mobile robots in dynamically changing real worlds via vision-based reinforcement learning and development

    Minoru Asada;Eiji Uchibe;Koh Hosoda

  • Trajectory Generation for Obstacle Avoidance of Uncalibrated Stereo Visual Servoing without 3D Reconstruction

    Koh Hosoda;Kenji Sakamoto;Minoru Asada

  • Biped robot design powered by antagonistic pneumatic actuators for multi-modal locomotion

    Koh Hosoda;Takashi Takuma;Atsushi Nakamoto;Shinji Hayashi

  • Pneumatic-driven jumping robot with anthropomorphic muscular skeleton structure

    Koh Hosoda;Yuki Sakaguchi;Hitoshi Takayama;Takashi Takuma

  • Behavior coordination for a mobile robot using modular reinforcement learning

    E. Uchibe;M. Asada;K. Hosoda

  • Adaptive hybrid control for visual and force servoing in an unknown environment

    K. Hosoda;K. Igarashi;M. Asada

  • Reasonable performance in less learning time by real robot based on incremental state space segmentation

    Y. Takahashi;M. Asada;K. Hosoda

  • Modeling of flexible manipulators using virtual rigid links and passive joints

    Tsuneo Yoshikawa;Koh Hosoda

  • Action-based sensor space categorization for robot learning

    M. Asada;S. Noda;K. Hosoda

  • Vision-based reinforcement learning for purposive behavior acquisition

    M. Asada;S. Noda;S. Tawaratsumida;K. Hosoda

  • Learning for joint attention helped by functional development

    Yukie Nagai;Minoru Asada;Koh Hosoda

  • A constructivist approach to infants' vowel acquisition through mother–infant interaction

    Yuichiro Yoshikawa;Minoru Asada;Koh Hosoda;Junpei Koga

  • Coordination of multiple behaviors acquired by a vision-based reinforcement learning

    M. Asada;E. Uchibe;S. Noda;S. Tawaratsumida

  • Controlling the Walking Period of a Pneumatic Muscle Walker

    Takashi Takuma;Koh Hosoda

  • Robot Finger Design for Developmental Tactile Interaction: Anthropomorphic Robotic Soft Fingertip with Randomly Distributed Receptors.

    Koh Hosoda

Frequent Co-Authors

Minoru Asada
Minoru Asada Osaka University
Jianru Xue
Jianru Xue Xi'an Jiaotong University
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University
Tsuneo Yoshikawa
Tsuneo Yoshikawa Ritsumeikan University
Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Yasuo Kuniyoshi University of Tokyo
Kensuke Harada
Kensuke Harada Osaka University
Auke Jan Ijspeert
Auke Jan Ijspeert École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Hidemitsu Furukawa
Hidemitsu Furukawa Yamagata University
Jan Peters
Jan Peters Technical University of Darmstadt
Kentaro Inui
Kentaro Inui Tohoku University

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