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Akihiro Sato's research and projects

Robotic legged locomotion

- Development and control of the SLIP Hopper

- Bipedal walking robots

- Walking control of the Mark I biped

- Construction of the Mark II humanoid

Haptics

- Development and control of the Morpheotron haptic interface

- Analysis on cutaneous mechanics of a variation of tactile illusion

- DC motor control for reduction of friction sensation

IT Education

- Development of hands-on lab sessions

- Vocal sound processing (using sound processing software, binary editor, etc.)

- Circuit for stepping motor control (using a breadboard and electrical components)

Publications

JOURNAL

[6] M. W. A. Wijntjes, A. Sato, A. M. L. Kappers, and V. Hayward, "Local Surface Orientation Dominates Haptic Curvature Discrimination", IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2009. In press. (Published online)

[ Preprint ], [ IEEE Xplore ], [ IEEE CS DL ]

BOOK CHAPTERS

[5] M. W. A. Wijntjes, A. Sato, A. M. L. Kappers, and V. Hayward, "Haptic Perception of Real and Virtual Curvature", M. Ferre (Ed.), Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios (Proc. Eurohaptics 2008), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 5024, pp. 361-366, Springer-Verlag, 2008.

[ Preprint ], [ LNCS Printed version ], [ LNCS 5024 home ]

[4] M. Nakatani, A. Sato, S. Tachi, and V. Hayward, "Tactile Illusion Caused by Tangential Skin Strain and Analysis in Terms of Skin Deformation", M. Ferre (Ed.), Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios (Proc. Eurohaptics 2008), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 5024, pp. 229-237, Springer-Verlag, 2008.

[ Preprint ], [ LNCS Printed version ] , [ LNCS 5024 home ]

REFEREED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

[3] A. Sato, "Simple switching control for hybrid dynamics of a planar hopping robot", Ninth IASTED Int. Conf. on Control and Applications (CA 2007), pp. 63-68, 2007.

[2] A. Sato, "Simulation of a one-legged hopping robot with phase plane stability", 18th IASTED Int. Conf. on Modelling and Simulation (MS 2007), pp. 112-117, 2007.

[1] A. Sato and M. Buehler, "A Planar Hopping Robot with One Actuator: Design, Simulation, and Experimental Results", IEEE/RSJ 17th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2004), pp. 3540-3545, 2004.

[ IEEE Xplore ]

[*] Numbered in chronological order

Copyright (c) 2002-2009 by Akihiro Sato. All rights reserved.

Sayyad, Seth, and Seshu, “Single-legged hopping robotics research — A review”

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?aid=1345088 http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1294826