Kotaro Yasui, Atsushi Ohno, Takeshi Kano, Akio Ishiguro. Decentralized control law for load-adaptive gaits of multi-legged robots inspired by millipedes. Advanced Robotics. 2024
Michael Mangan, Dario Floreano, Kotaro Yasui, Barry A Trimmer, Nick Gravish, Sabine Hauert, Barbara Webb, Poramate Manoonpong, Nicholas Szczecinski. A virtuous cycle between invertebrate and robotics research: perspective on a decade of Living Machines research. Bioinspiration & biomimetics. 2023. 18. 3
Kotaro Yasui, Shunsuke Takano, Takeshi Kano, Akio Ishiguro. Adaptive Centipede Walking via Synergetic Coupling Between Decentralized Control and Flexible Body Dynamics. Frontiers in robotics and AI. 2022. 9. 797566-797566
Kotaro Yasui, Shunsuke Takano, Takeshi Kano, Akio Ishiguro. Simple Reactive Head Motion Control Enhances Adaptability to Rough Terrain in Centipede Walking. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 2022. 13548 LNAI. 262-266
Kotaro Yasui, Takeru Kanno, Takeshi Kano, Akio Ishiguro. Decentralized Control of Pedundulatory and Peristaltic Locomotion Inspired by Polycheates. 2021 60th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan, SICE 2021. 2021. 60-65
Kano Takeshi, Yasui Kotaro, Ishiguro Akio. Designing Novel Decentralized Control Scheme of Snake-like Robot by Understanding Essential Mechanism of Snake Locomotion. Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan. 2022. 40. 4. 283-287
Lectures and oral presentations (56):
動物の生き生きとした振る舞いに内在する制御のカラクリを探る
(第306回三崎談話会 2024)
From Locomotion to Navigation: Decoding the Adaptive Motor Control System in Centipedes
(SWARM2024 in September 2024)
Modeling the interplay between active sensing and locomotor control during exploratory navigation behavior of centipedes
(XXVII International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024) 2024)
Axial kinematics and muscle activity during walking and swimming of the centipede Scolopendra subspinipes
(15th International Congress of Neuroethology (ICN2024) 2024)
Exploring Design Principles for Life-like Locomotor Intelligence
(2024)
2022 - 2023/06 The 11th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2023) Organizing committee, Financial chair
2022/01 - 第34回自律分散システム・シンポジウム 実行委員
Awards (9):
2022/07 - The 11th international conference on biomimetic and biohybrid systems (Living Machines 2022) 2nd Best Short Talk Simple reactive head motion control enhances adaptability to rough terrain in centipede walking
2021/07 - 東北大学 プロミネントリサーチフェロー
2021/06 - The 9.5th international symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2021) Best Poster Prize (Second Place) Self-tunable Tegotae-based Control for Snake Locomotion
2021/06 - The 9.5th international symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2021) Best Poster Prize (Honorable Mentions) On the Determinant of Gait Patterns in Myriapod Locomotion
2020/11 - The Award for the Best Article presented in the 42th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Towards understanding adaptive motor control mechanisms underlying walking and swimming in centipedes