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Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Yasuo Kuniyoshi

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Computer Science
Japan
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
58
Citations
13686
World Ranking
3627
National Ranking
33

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Japan Leader Award
  • 1935 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Yasuo Kuniyoshi is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, specializing in the fields of Engineering and Computer Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their research contributions focus on topics such as Robot Manipulation and Learning, Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing, Neural dynamics and brain function, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Neural Networks and Applications, Soft Robotics and Applications, and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics.

Kuniyoshi's recent papers include:

  • Physical deep learning with biologically inspired training method: gradient-free approach for physical hardware (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Physics-Informed Recurrent Neural Networks for Soft Pneumatic Actuators (2022, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)
  • Transformer-based deep imitation learning for dual-arm robot manipulation (2021, 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS))
  • Designing spontaneous behavioral switching via chaotic itinerancy (2020, Science Advances)
  • Gaze-Based Dual Resolution Deep Imitation Learning for High-Precision Dexterous Robot Manipulation (2021, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kuniyoshi include:

  • Kohei Nakajima
  • Yoshiyuki Ohmura
  • Katsuma Inoue
  • Ryuma Niiyama
  • Shogo Yonekura

Kuniyoshi publishes frequently in the following venues:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan

Among the awards received, Kuniyoshi was named Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1935.

Best Publications

  • RoboCup: The Robot World Cup Initiative

    Hiroaki Kitano;Minoru Asada;Yasuo Kuniyoshi;Itsuki Noda

  • Learning by watching: extracting reusable task knowledge from visual observation of human performance

    Y. Kuniyoshi;M. Inaba;H. Inoue

  • RoboCup: A Challenge Problem for AI

    Hiroaki Kitano;Minoru Asada;Yasuo Kuniyoshi;Itsuki Noda

  • Cognitive Developmental Robotics: A Survey

    M. Asada;K. Hosoda;Y. Kuniyoshi;H. Ishiguro

  • Cognitive Developmental Robotics As a New Paradigm for the Design of Humanoid Robots

    Minoru Asada;Karl F. MacDorman;Hiroshi Ishiguro;Yasuo Kuniyoshi

  • Conformable and scalable tactile sensor skin for curved surfaces

    Y. Ohmura;Y. Kuniyoshi;A. Nagakubo

  • Online generation of humanoid walking motion based on a fast generation method of motion pattern that follows desired ZMP

    K. Nishiwaki;S. Kagami;Y. Kuniyoshi;M. Inaba

  • Three Dimensional Bipedal Stepping Motion using Neural Oscillators

    Seiichi Miyakoshi;Gentaro Taga;Yasuo Kuniyoshi;Akihiko Nagakubo

  • Toe joints that enhance bipedal and fullbody motion of humanoid robots

    K. Nishiwaki;S. Kagami;Y. Kuniyoshi;M. Inaba

  • Three dimensional bipedal stepping motion using neural oscillators-towards humanoid motion in the real world

    S. Miyakoshi;G. Taga;Y. Kuniyoshi;A. Nagakubo

  • METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING THE CAUSAL STRUCTURE OF BIVARIATE TIME SERIES

    Max Lungarella;Katsuhiko Ishiguro;Yasuo Kuniyoshi;Nobuyuki Otsu;Nobuyuki Otsu

  • RoboCup: A Challenge Problem for AI and Robotics

    Hiroaki Kitano;Minoru Asada;Yasuo Kuniyoshi;Itsuki Noda

  • The design and control of the flexible spine of a fully tendon-driven humanoid "Kenta"

    I. Mizuuchi;R. Tajima;T. Yoshikai;D. Sato

  • Early motor development from partially ordered neural-body dynamics: experiments with a cortico-spinal-musculo-skeletal model

    Yasuo Kuniyoshi;Shinji Sangawa

  • Athlete Robot with applied human muscle activation patterns for bipedal running

    Ryuma Niiyama;Satoshi Nishikawa;Yasuo Kuniyoshi

  • Self-collision detection and prevention for humanoid robots

    J. Kuffner;K. Nishiwaki;S. Kagami;Y. Kuniyoshi

  • Humanoid robot which can lift a 30kg box by whole body contact and tactile feedback

    Y. Ohmura;Y. Kuniyoshi

  • A deformable and deformation sensitive tactile distribution sensor

    A. Nagakubo;H. Alirezaei;Y. Kuniyoshi

  • Qualitative Recognition of Ongoing Human Action Sequences.

    Yasuo Kuniyoshi;Hirochika Inoue

  • Embedded neural networks: exploiting constraints

    Christian Scheier;Rolf Pfeifer;Yasuo Kunyioshi

  • Embodied Artificial Intelligence

    Fumiya Iida;Rolf Pfeifer;Luc Steels;Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsuya Harada
Tatsuya Harada University of Tokyo
Masayuki Inaba
Masayuki Inaba University of Tokyo
Minoru Asada
Minoru Asada Osaka University
Gordon Cheng
Gordon Cheng Technical University of Munich
Hirochika Inoue
Hirochika Inoue National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Satoshi Kagami
Satoshi Kagami National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Koichi Nishiwaki
Koichi Nishiwaki National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
James J. Kuffner
James J. Kuffner Toyota Motor Corporation (United States)
Hiroaki Kitano
Hiroaki Kitano Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Hiroshi Ishiguro
Hiroshi Ishiguro Osaka University

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