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Shigeo Hirose

Shigeo Hirose

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
66
Citations
15109
World Ranking
1162
National Ranking
32

Shigeo Hirose publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shigeo Hirose sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 621 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Shigeo Hirose D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Shigeo Hirose sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - IEEE Robotics & Automation Award "For contributions to the design and construction of multiple nonconventional robotic systems such as snakelike, quadruped walking, wall climbing, and swarm robots."

Overview

Shigeo Hirose is affiliated with Hibot Corp. in Japan, focusing primarily on materials science. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, and condensed matter physics.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
  • Multiferroics and related materials
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Dielectric properties of ceramics
  • Microwave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis
  • Dielectric materials and actuators

Hirose has contributed to several publications in renowned scientific venues. Frequent publication platforms include:

  • Science
  • Physical Review Materials
  • Journal of Physics Energy
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Journal of Applied Physics

Their recent papers cover topics mainly in advanced materials and their applications, with notable entries such as:

  • A high-performance solid-state electrocaloric cooling system, 2020, Science
  • Giant temperature span in electrocaloric regenerator, 2020, Science
  • High cooling performance in a double-loop electrocaloric heat pump, 2023, Science
  • Visualization of ferroaxial domains in an order-disorder type ferroaxial crystal, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Large harvested energy with non-linear pyroelectric modules, 2022, Nature

Collaboration is a significant part of Hirose's work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Tomoyasu Usui
  • Àlvar Torelló
  • Emmanuel Defaÿ
  • Youri Nouchokgwe
  • Veronika Kovacova

In recognition of contributions to robotics and automation, Hirose received the IEEE Robotics & Automation Award in 2014 for work related to the design and construction of various nonconventional robotic systems, including snakelike, quadruped walking, wall climbing, and swarm robots.

Best Publications

  • The Development of Soft Gripper for the Versatile Robot Hand

    Shigeo Hirose;Yoji Umetani

  • Shape memory alloy servo actuator system with electric resistance feedback and application for active endoscope

    K. Ikuta;M. Tsukamoto;S. Hirose

  • A Study of Design and Control of a Quadruped Walking Vehicle

    Shigeo Hirose

  • Cooperative positioning with multiple robots

    R. Kurazume;S. Nagata;S. Hirose

  • Design and control of a mobil robot with an articulated body

    Shigeo Hirose;Akio Morishima

  • Mathematical model and experimental verification of shape memory alloy for designing micro actuator

    K. Ikuta;M. Tsukamoto;S. Hirose

  • Expliner - Robot for inspection of transmission lines

    P. Debenest;M. Guarnieri;K. Takita;E.F. Fukushima

  • Design of in-pipe inspection vehicles for /spl phi/25, /spl phi/50, /spl phi/150 pipes

    S. Hirose;H. Ohno;T. Mitsui;K. Suyama

  • Machine that can walk and climb on floors, walls and ceilings

    S. Hirose;A. Nagakubo;R. Toyama

  • Biologically Inspired Snake-like Robots

    S. Hirose;M. Mori

  • Walking and running of the quadruped wall-climbing robot

    A. Nagakubo;S. Hirose

  • Development of “Souryu-IV” and “Souryu-V:” Serially connected crawler vehicles for in-rubble searching operations

    Masayuki Arai;Yoshinori Tanaka;Shigeo Hirose;Hiroyuki Kuwahara

  • Development of quadruped walking robot TITAN-VIII

    Unknown

  • Normalized energy stability margin and its contour of walking vehicles on rough terrain

    S. Hirose;H. Tsukagoshi;K. Yoneda

  • TITAN VII: quadruped walking and manipulating robot on a steep slope

    S. Hirose;K. Yoneda;H. Tsukagoshi

  • An Experimental Study of a Cooperative Positioning System

    Ryo Kurazume;Shigeo Hirose

  • Study on Roller-Walker (multi-mode steering control and self-contained locomotion)

    G. Endo;S. Hirose

  • Three-dimensional serpentine motion and lateral rolling by active cord mechanism ACM-R3

    Unknown

  • Design of slim slime robot and its gait of locomotion

    Unknown

  • Development of “Souryu I & II” -Connected Crawler Vehicle for Inspection of Narrow and Winding Space

    Toshio Takayama;Shigeo Hirose

  • Development of Genbu : Active wheel passive joint articulated mobile robot

    H. Kimura;S. Hirose

  • Feedforward and Feedback Dynamic Trot Gait Control for Quadruped Walking Vehicle

    Ryo Kurazume;Kan Yoneda;Shigeo Hirose

  • Machine Design of Biologically Inspired Robots

    Shigeo Hirose;Hiroya Yamada

Frequent Co-Authors

Gen Endo
Gen Endo Tokyo Institute of Technology
Shugen Ma
Shugen Ma Ritsumeikan University
Koichi Suzumori
Koichi Suzumori Tokyo Institute of Technology
Fumitoshi Matsuno
Fumitoshi Matsuno Kyoto University
Satoshi Tadokoro
Satoshi Tadokoro Tohoku University
William Singhose
William Singhose Georgia Institute of Technology
Kazuya Yoshida
Kazuya Yoshida Tohoku University
Kazuhito Yokoi
Kazuhito Yokoi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Katsuhisa Furuta
Katsuhisa Furuta Tokyo Denki University
Kenji Kawashima
Kenji Kawashima University of Tokyo

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