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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
70
Citations
21855
World Ranking
382
National Ranking
4

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
70
Citations
22238
World Ranking
907
National Ranking
7

Yoshihiko Nakamura 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 Yoshihiko Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 633 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yoshihiko Nakamura 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 Yoshihiko Nakamura sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in United Arab Emirates Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Japan Leader Award
  • 2011 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to robotics

Overview

Yoshihiko Nakamura is affiliated with Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in the United Arab Emirates. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with specific attention to biomedical engineering, control and systems engineering, and computer vision and pattern recognition. Other areas of involvement include mechanical engineering and civil and structural engineering.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
  • Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
  • Robotic Locomotion and Control
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Human Pose and Action Recognition
  • Video Analysis and Summarization

Yoshihiko Nakamura has published research in various venues, often contributing to:

  • The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
  • Advanced Robotics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Image and Vision Computing
  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine

Recent publications include:

  • "Synergetic reconstruction from 2D pose and 3D motion for wide-space multi-person video motion capture in the wild," 2020, Image and Vision Computing
  • "Kinematic Differences Between the Dominant and Nondominant Legs During a Single-Leg Drop Vertical Jump in Female Soccer Players," 2022, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Sex-Based Differences in the Drop Vertical Jump as Revealed by Video Motion Capture Analysis Using Artificial Intelligence," 2021, Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Whole-Body Compliant Motion by Sensor Integration of an EHA-Driven Humanoid Hydra," 2021, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics
  • "Development of 3-DOF wrist mechanism for electro-hydrostatically driven robot arm," 2020, Advanced Robotics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ko Yamamoto
  • Yosuke Ikegami
  • Mitsuo Komagata
  • Emiko Uchiyama
  • Tianyi Ko

Among their recognitions, Yoshihiko Nakamura was named an IEEE Fellow in 2011 for contributions to robotics.

Best Publications

  • Advanced Robotics: Redundancy and Optimization

    Yoshihiko Nakamura

  • Inverse kinematic solutions with singularity robustness for robot manipulator control

    Yoshihiko Nakamura;Hideo Hanafusa

  • Real-time humanoid motion generation through ZMP manipulation based on inverted pendulum control

    T. Sugihara;Y. Nakamura;H. Inoue

  • Nonholonomic path planning of space robots via a bidirectional approach

    Y. Nakamura;R. Mukherjee

  • Control of mechanical systems with second-order nonholonomic constraints: underactuated manipulators

    G. Oriolo;Y. Nakamura

  • Dynamics and stability in coordination of multiple robotic mechanisms

    Yoshihiko Nakamura;Kiyoshi Nagai;Tsuneo Yoshikawa

  • Embodied Symbol Emergence Based on Mimesis Theory

    Tetsunari Inamura;Iwaki Toshima;Hiroaki Tanie;Yoshihiko Nakamura

  • Dynamics computation of closed-link robot mechanisms with nonredundant and redundant actuators

    Y. Nakamura;M. Ghodoussi

  • Dynamics Filter - concept and implementation of online motion Generator for human figures

    K. Yamane;Y. Nakamura

  • Unified Impedance and Admittance Control

    Christian Ott;Ranjan Mukherjee;Yoshihiko Nakamura

  • Mechanics of Coordinative Manipulation by Multiple Robotic Mechanisms

    Yoshihiko Nakamura;Kiyoshi Nagai;Tsuneo Yoshikawa

  • Optimal redundancy control of robot manipulators

    Y. Nakamura;H. Hanafusa

  • Making feasible walking motion of humanoid robots from human motion capture data

    A. Dasgupta;Y. Nakamura

  • Mechanics of coordinative manipulation by multiple robotic mechanisms

    Y. Nakamura;K. Nagai;T. Yoshikawa

  • Heartbeat synchronization for robotic cardiac surgery

    Y. Nakamura;K. Kishi;H. Kawakami

  • Incremental learning of full body motion primitives and their sequencing through human motion observation

    Dana Kulić;Christian Ott;Dongheui Lee;Junichi Ishikawa

  • Analysis and Control of Articulated Robot Arms with Redundancy

    H. Hanafusa;T. Yoshikawa;Y. Nakamura

  • Incremental Learning, Clustering and Hierarchy Formation of Whole Body Motion Patterns using Adaptive Hidden Markov Chains

    Dana Kulić;Wataru Takano;Yoshihiko Nakamura

  • Natural motion animation through constraining and deconstraining at will

    K. Yamane;Y. Nakamura

  • Somatosensory computation for man-machine interface from motion-capture data and musculoskeletal human model

    Y. Nakamura;K. Yamane;Y. Fujita;I. Suzuki

  • Nonholonomic path planning of space robots via a bidirectional approach

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Katsu Yamane
Katsu Yamane Robert Bosch (United States)
Dana Kulic
Dana Kulic Monash University
Dongheui Lee
Dongheui Lee Technical University of Munich
Tsuneo Yoshikawa
Tsuneo Yoshikawa Ritsumeikan University
Ranjan Mukherjee
Ranjan Mukherjee Michigan State University
Hirohisa Hirukawa
Hirohisa Hirukawa National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Sandra Hirche
Sandra Hirche Technical University of Munich
Fumio Kanehiro
Fumio Kanehiro National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Shuuji Kajita
Shuuji Kajita National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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