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Makoto Kaneko

Makoto Kaneko

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
7947
World Ranking
1805
National Ranking
40

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
42
Citations
7965
World Ranking
4074
National Ranking
159

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to design, sensing, and manipulation schemes for robotic hands.

Overview

Makoto Kaneko is affiliated with Meijo University in Japan and has a research focus primarily in the field of Engineering, with notable contributions to Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Their academic work spans various subfields including Surgery, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomaterials.

Their research extensively covers topics related to Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications, and Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies. Other areas of interest include Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, as well as Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency and Railway Engineering and Dynamics.

Among Kaneko's recent publications are:

  • Challenges and Possibilities of Cell-Based Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts (2021, Cyborg and Bionic Systems)
  • Hydrostatic pressure under hypoxia facilitates fabrication of tissue-engineered vascular grafts derived from human vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro (2023, Acta Biomaterialia)
  • On-Chip Micro Mixer Driven by Elastic Wall with Virtual Actuator (2021, Micromachines)
  • Multilayered Human Skeletal Muscle Myoblast Sheets Promote the Healing Process After Colonic Anastomosis in Rats (2021, Cell Transplantation)
  • Modeling and Analysis of a High-Speed Adjustable Grasping Robot Controlled by a Pneumatic Actuator (2022, Robotics)

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Toshio Takayama, Utako Yokoyama, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Yuya Omori, and Mitsuhide Sato.

Notable publication venues where Kaneko has contributed multiple works include:

  • The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
  • Micromachines
  • Default Digital Object Group
  • Journal of the Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics
  • IEEJ Transactions on Industry Applications

Kaneko's distinctions include receiving the IEEE Fellow award in 2006 for contributions to design, sensing, and manipulation schemes for robotic hands.

Best Publications

  • A human-assisting manipulator teleoperated by EMG signals and arm motions

    O. Fukuda;T. Tsuji;M. Kaneko;A. Otsuka

  • Development of a high-speed multifingered hand system and its application to catching

    A. Namiki;Y. Imai;M. Ishikawa;M. Kaneko

  • Active antenna for contact sensing

    M. Kaneko;N. Kanayama;T. Tsuji

  • Development of a finger-shaped tactile sensor and its evaluation by active touch

    H. Maekawa;K. Tanie;K. Komoriya;M. Kaneko

  • A log-linearized Gaussian mixture network and its application to EEG pattern classification

    T. Tsuji;O. Fukuda;H. Ichinobe;M. Kaneko

  • Basic considerations on transmission characteristics for tendon drive robots

    M. Kaneko;T. Yamashita;K. Tanie

  • Red blood cell fatigue evaluation based on the close-encountering point between extensibility and recoverability

    Shinya Sakuma;Keisuke Kuroda;Chia Hung Dylan Tsai;Wataru Fukui

  • A new consideration on tendon-tension control system of robot hands

    M. Kaneko;M. Wada;H. Maekawa;K. Tanie

  • EMG-based human-robot interface for rehabilitation aid

    O. Fukuda;T. Tsuji;A. Ohtsuka;M. Kaneko

  • Contact point detection for grasping of an unknown object using self-posture changeability (SPC)

    M. Kaneko;K. Tanie

  • Input-dependent stability of joint torque control of tendon-driven robot hands

    M. Kaneko;W. Paetsch;H. Tolle

  • Mechanical design of the Wheel-Leg hybrid mobile robot to realize a large wheel diameter

    Kenjiro Tadakuma;Riichiro Tadakuma;Akira Maruyama;Eric Rohmer

  • The 100 G capturing robot - too fast to see

    M. Kaneko;M. Higashimori;R. Takenaka;A. Namiki

  • Tele-existence (I): Design and Evaluation of a Visual Display with Sensation of Presence

    S. Tachi;K. Tanie;K. Komoriya;M. Kaneko

  • Rolling based manipulation for multiple objects

    K. Harada;M. Kaneko;T. Tsujii

  • Bio-mimetic trajectory generation of robots via artificial potential field with time base generator

    T. Tsuji;Y. Tanaka;P.G. Morasso;V. Sanguineti

  • A recurrent log-linearized Gaussian mixture network

    T. Tsuji;Nan Bu;O. Fukuda;M. Kaneko

  • Dynamic contact sensing by flexible beam

    N. Ueno;M.M. Svinin;M. Kaneko

  • Pattern classification of time-series EMG signals using neural networks

    Toshio Tsuji;Osamu Fukuda;Makoto Kaneko;Koji Ito

  • Robot Hands

    Unknown

  • Combustion control apparatus for engine

    Koji Morikawa;Makoto Kaneko;Jin Itoh;Youhei Saishu

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Tsuji
Toshio Tsuji Hiroshima University
Fumihito Arai
Fumihito Arai University of Tokyo
Kazuo Tanie
Kazuo Tanie Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kensuke Harada
Kensuke Harada Osaka University
Kazuhito Yokoi
Kazuhito Yokoi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masatoshi Ishikawa
Masatoshi Ishikawa Tokyo University of Science
Pietro Morasso
Pietro Morasso Italian Institute of Technology
Motomu Tanaka
Motomu Tanaka Heidelberg University
Susumu Tachi
Susumu Tachi University of Tokyo
Shinji Tanaka
Shinji Tanaka Hiroshima University

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