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Shigeki Sugano

Shigeki Sugano

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
41
Citations
7966
World Ranking
1900
National Ranking
41

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
41
Citations
7888
World Ranking
4254
National Ranking
163

Shigeki Sugano publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shigeki Sugano sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 757 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Shigeki Sugano D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shigeki Sugano sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to design, control and system integration of human symbiotic robots

Overview

Shigeki Sugano is a researcher affiliated with Waseda University in Japan. The primary field of study for Sugano is Engineering, with a total of 166 publications. This broad field is further broken down into several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Cognitive Neuroscience, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The main research topics covered in Sugano's work include:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety

Sugano has published research in a variety of venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) with 38 publications
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters with 10 publications
  • IEEE Access with 6 publications
  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 4 publications
  • IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics with 3 publications

Some recent papers by Sugano include:

  • "Trajectory Tracking of Wheeled Mobile Robots Using Z-Number Based Fuzzy Logic," published in 2020 in IEEE Access
  • "Multi-Fingered In-Hand Manipulation With Various Object Properties Using Graph Convolutional Networks and Distributed Tactile Sensors," published in 2022 in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • "A Wheeled Robot Chain Control System for Underground Facilities Inspection Using Visible Light Communication and Solar Panel Receivers," published in 2021 in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "Detection of Slip from Vision and Touch," published in 2022 at the 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  • "Reactive, Proactive, and Inducible Proximal Crowd Robot Navigation Method Based on Inducible Social Force Model," published in 2022 in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

Frequent co-authors of Sugano include:

  • Mitsuhiro Kamezaki, with 59 joint publications
  • Satoshi Funabashi, with 18 joint publications
  • Alexander Schmitz, with 18 joint publications
  • Tamon Miyake, with 15 joint publications
  • Tetsuya Ogata, with 14 joint publications

Sugano received the IEEE Fellow award in 2007 for contributions to design, control, and system integration of human symbiotic robots.

Best Publications

  • Design of human symbiotic robot TWENDY-ONE

    Hiroyasu Iwata;Shigeki Sugano

  • Repeatable Folding Task by Humanoid Robot Worker Using Deep Learning

    Pin-Chu Yang;Kazuma Sasaki;Kanata Suzuki;Kei Kase

  • Design and development of a new robot joint using a mechanical impedance adjuster

    T. Morita;S. Sugano

  • Stability criteria in controlling mobile robotic systems

    S. Sugano;Q. Huang;I. Kato

  • Humanoid Robots in Waseda University—Hadaly-2 and WABIAN

    S. Hashimoto;S. Narita;H. Kasahara;K. Shirai

  • Covering a Robot Fingertip With uSkin: A Soft Electronic Skin With Distributed 3-Axis Force Sensitive Elements for Robot Hands

    Tito Pradhono Tomo;Alexander Schmitz;Wai Keat Wong;Harris Kristanto

  • Coordinated Motion Planning for a Mobile Manipulator considering Stability and Manipulation

    Qiang Huang;Kazuo Tanie;Shigeki Sugano

  • A novel mechanism design for gravity compensation in three dimensional space

    T. Morita;F. Kuribara;Y. Shiozawa;S. Sugano

  • WABOT-2: Autonomous robot with dexterous finger-arm--Finger-arm coordination control in keyboard performance

    S. Sugano;I. Kato

  • A New Silicone Structure for uSkin - A Soft, Distributed, Digital 3-Axis Skin Sensor and Its Integration on the Humanoid Robot iCub

    Tito Pradhono Tomo;Massimo Regoli;Alexander Schmitz;Lorenzo Natale

  • Human-robot-contact-state identification based on tactile recognition

    H. Iwata;S. Sugano

  • Stability control for a mobile manipulator using a potential method

    Q. Huang;S. Sugano;I. Kato

  • Tactile object recognition using deep learning and dropout

    Alexander Schmitz;Yusuke Bansho;Kuniaki Noda;Hiroyasu Iwata

  • Development of human symbiotic robot: WENDY

    T. Morita;H. Iwata;S. Sugano

  • Design and Characterization of a Three-Axis Hall Effect-Based Soft Skin Sensor

    Tito Pradhono Tomo;Sophon Somlor;Alexander Schmitz;Lorenzo Jamone

  • Development and evaluation of seven DOF MIA ARM

    T. Morita;S. Sugano

  • Learning to Reproduce Fluctuating Time Series by Inferring Their Time-Dependent Stochastic Properties: Application in Robot Learning Via Tutoring

    Shingo Murata;Jun Namikawa;Hiroaki Arie;Shigeki Sugano

  • Force Control Of The Robot Finger Joint Equipped With Mechanical Compliance Adjuster

    S. Sugano;S. Tsuto;I. Kato

  • Emotional Communication Robot: WAMOEBA-2R - Emotion Model and Evaluation Experiments -

    Tetsuya Ogata;Shigeki Sugano

  • Emergence of mind in robots for human interface - research methodology and robot model

    S. Sugano;T. Ogata

  • Whole-body covering tactile interface for human robot coordination

    H. Iwata;S. Sugano

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuya Ogata
Tetsuya Ogata Waseda University
Jun Tani
Jun Tani Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Qiang Huang
Qiang Huang Beijing Institute of Technology
Shinji Takeoka
Shinji Takeoka Waseda University

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