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Satoshi Tadokoro

Satoshi Tadokoro

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Computer Science
Japan
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
47
Citations
11071
World Ranking
6397
National Ranking
88

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
51
Citations
12142
World Ranking
2617
National Ranking
90

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Satoshi Tadokoro is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan and has a significant presence in the field of engineering, with a specialized focus on areas such as biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, control and systems engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, and aerospace engineering.

Their research contributions span multiple topics, with notable publications on soft robotics and applications, modular robots and swarm intelligence, robotic path planning algorithms, robotic locomotion and control, robot manipulation and learning, tactile and sensory interactions, and robotics and sensor-based localization.

Selected recent papers by Satoshi Tadokoro include:

  • Tactile feedback system of high-frequency vibration signals for supporting delicate teleoperation of construction robots, 2020, Advanced Robotics
  • Development of a continuum robot enhanced with distributed sensors for search and rescue, 2022, ROBOMECH Journal
  • Eversion Robotic Mechanism With Hydraulic Skeleton to Realize Steering Function, 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Radial-Layer Jamming Mechanism for String Configuration, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Passive Orientation Control of Nozzle Unit With Multiple Water Jets to Expand the Net Force Direction Range for Aerial Hose-Type Robots, 2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Their frequent co-authors include Masashi Konyo, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Kazunori Ohno, Masahiro Watanabe, and Shotaro Kojima.

Satoshi Tadokoro has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

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

Best Publications

  • Emergency response to the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants using mobile rescue robots

    Keiji Nagatani;Seiga Kiribayashi;Yoshito Okada;Kazuki Otake

  • RoboCup Rescue: search and rescue in large-scale disasters as a domain for autonomous agents research

    H. Kitano;S. Tadokoro;I. Noda;H. Matsubara

  • Collaborative Mapping of an Earthquake Damaged Building via Ground and Aerial Robots.

    Nathan Michael;Shaojie Shen;Kartik Mohta;Vijay Kumar

  • Collaborative mapping of an earthquake-damaged building via ground and aerial robots

    Nathan Michael;Shaojie Shen;Kartik Mohta;Yash Mulgaonkar

  • Search and Rescue Robotics

    Robin R. Murphy;Satoshi Tadokoro;Daniele Nardi;Adam Jacoff

  • RoboCup rescue: A grand challenge for multiagent and intelligent systems

    Hiroaki Kitano;Satoshi Tadokoro

  • Redesign of rescue mobile robot Quince

    Keiji Nagatani;Seiga Kiribayashi;Yoshito Okada;Satoshi Tadokoro

  • On design of a redundant wire-driven parallel robot WARP manipulator

    K. Maeda;S. Tadokoro;T. Takamori;M. Hiller

  • Workspace, Stiffness, Singularities and Classification of Tendon-Driven Stewart Platforms

    R. Verhoeven;M. Hiller;S. Tadokoro

  • Linear approximate dynamic model of ICPF (ionic conducting polymer gel film) actuator

    R. Kanno;S. Tadokoro;T. Takamori;M. Hattori

  • Test arenas and performance metrics for urban search and rescue robots

    A. Jacoff;E. Messina;B.A. Weiss;S. Tadokoro

  • The RoboCup-Rescue project: a robotic approach to the disaster mitigation problem

    S. Tadokoro;H. Kitano;T. Takahashi;I. Noda

  • An actuator model of ICPF for robotic applications on the basis of physicochemical hypotheses

    S. Tadokoro;S. Yamagami;T. Takamori;K. Oguro

  • Rescue Robots and Systems in Japan

    F. Matsuno;S. Tadokoro

  • A tactile synthesis method using multiple frequency vibrations for representing virtual touch

    M. Konyo;S. Tadokoro;A. Yoshida;N. Saiwaki

  • Modeling of Nafion-Pt composite actuators (ICPF) by ionic motion

    Satoshi Tadokoro;Shinji Yamagami;Toshi Takamori;Keisuke Oguro

  • Artificial tactile feel display using soft gel actuators

    M. Konyo;S. Tadokoro;T. Takamori

  • Rescue Robotics: DDT Project on Robots and Systems for Urban Search and Rescue

    Satoshi Tadokoro

  • Challenges to the application of IPMC as actuators of planetary mechanisms

    Yoseph Bar-Cohen;Sean P. Leary;Andre Yavrouian;Keisuke Oguro

  • Real-Time Robot Trajectory Estimation and 3D Map Construction using 3D Camera

    K. Ohno;T. Nomura;S. Tadokoro

Frequent Co-Authors

Fumitoshi Matsuno
Fumitoshi Matsuno Kyoto University
Masahiro Fujita
Masahiro Fujita Sony (Japan)
Takashi Maeno
Takashi Maeno Keio University
Hiroshi G. Okuno
Hiroshi G. Okuno Waseda University
Kazuya Yoshida
Kazuya Yoshida Tohoku University
Kazuhiro Nakadai
Kazuhiro Nakadai Tokyo Institute of Technology
Robin R. Murphy
Robin R. Murphy Texas A&M University
Hajime Asama
Hajime Asama University of Tokyo
Hiroaki Kitano
Hiroaki Kitano Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Minoru Asada
Minoru Asada Osaka University

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