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Mitsuharu Morisawa is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions in biomedical engineering, control and systems engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, social psychology, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within robotics and automation. Key research areas include robotic locomotion and control, robot manipulation and learning, prosthetics and rehabilitation robotics, robotic mechanisms and dynamics, robotic path planning algorithms, social robot interaction and human-robot interaction (HRI), and reinforcement learning in robotics.

Morisawa has published extensively in prominent venues within the robotics research community. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Robotics
  • The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
  • 2022 IEEE-RAS 21st International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)

Their recent papers span topics related to humanoid robotics and motion control. Notable publications include:

  • A survey: dynamics of humanoid robots (2020, Advanced Robotics)
  • Humanoid Loco-Manipulation Planning Based on Graph Search and Reachability Maps (2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • Centroidal Trajectory Generation and Stabilization Based on Preview Control for Humanoid Multi-Contact Motion (2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • Humanoid Loco-Manipulations Pattern Generation and Stabilization Control (2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • Learning Bipedal Walking On Planned Footsteps For Humanoid Robots (2022, 2022 IEEE-RAS 21st International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids))

Morisawa collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Fumio Kanehiro
  • Masaki Murooka
  • Iori Kumagai
  • Mehdi Benallegue
  • Rafael Cisneros

Best Publications

  • Biped walking stabilization based on linear inverted pendulum tracking

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

  • Cybernetic human HRP-4C

    Kenji Kaneko;Fumio Kanehiro;Mitsuharu Morisawa;Kanako Miura

  • 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

  • Learning from Observation Paradigm: Leg Task Models for Enabling a Biped Humanoid Robot to Imitate Human Dances

    Shin'Ichiro Nakaoka;Atsushi Nakazawa;Fumio Kanehiro;Kenji Kaneko

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

    Kenji Kaneko;Fumio Kanehiro;Mitsuharu Morisawa;Kazuhiko Akachi

  • Humanoid Robot HRP-5P: An Electrically Actuated Humanoid Robot With High-Power and Wide-Range Joints

    Kenji Kaneko;Hiroshi Kaminaga;Takeshi Sakaguchi;Shuuji Kajita

  • A Humanoid Robot Carrying a Heavy Object

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

  • Task model of lower body motion for a biped humanoid robot to imitate human dances

    S. Nakaoka;A. Nakazawa;F. Kanehiro;K. Kaneko

  • ZMP-based Biped Running Enhanced by Toe Springs

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

  • Multi-contact vertical ladder climbing with an HRP-2 humanoid

    Joris Vaillant;Abderrahmane Kheddar;Hervé Audren;François Keith

  • Slip observer for walking on a low friction floor

    K. Kaneko;F. Kanehiro;S. Kajita;M. Morisawa

  • Balance control based on Capture Point error compensation for biped walking on uneven terrain

    Mitsuharu Morisawa;Shuuji Kajita;Fumio Kanehiro;Kenji Kaneko

  • A Pattern Generator of Humanoid Robots Walking on a Rough Terrain

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

  • Human-like walking with toe supporting for humanoids

    Kanako Miura;Mitsuharu Morisawa;Fumio Kanehiro;Shuuji Kajita

  • Pattern Generation of Biped Walking Constrained on Parametric Surface

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

  • Experimentation of Humanoid Walking Allowing Immediate Modification of Foot Place Based on Analytical Solution

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

  • Humanoid robot HRP-2Kai — Improvement of HRP-2 towards disaster response tasks

    Kenji Kaneko;Mitsuharu Morisawa;Shuuji Kajita;Shin'ichiro Nakaoka

  • Motion Control Taking Environmental Information into Account

    Mitsuharu Morisawa;Kouhei Ohnishi

  • Robot motion remix based on motion capture data towards human-like locomotion of humanoid robots

    Kanako Miura;Mitsuharu Morisawa;Shin'ichiro Nakaoka;Fumio Kanehiro

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
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Kensuke Harada
Kensuke Harada Osaka University
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko Kyushu University
Hirohisa Hirukawa
Hirohisa Hirukawa 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
Jean-Paul Laumond
Jean-Paul Laumond École Normale Supérieure

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