EVARL @ UTokyo AI Center

Robots

Each robot is associated with a set of publications.

KLEIYN - Quadruped Robot with an Active Waist

KLEIYN - Quadruped Robot with an Active Waist

KLEIYN : A Quadruped Robot with an Active Waist for Both Locomotion and Wall Climbing

K. Yoneda, K. Kawaharazuka, T. Suzuki, T. Hattori, K. Okada

2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2025), 2025

IEEE RAS Japan Joint Chapter Young Award (2025)
MEVIUS - Open Source Quadruped Robot

MEVIUS - Open Source Quadruped Robot

MEVIUS: A Quadruped Robot Easily Constructed through E-Commerce with Sheet Metal Welding and Machining

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Inoue, T. Suzuki, S. Yuzaki, S. Sawaguchi, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2024), pp. 631--636, 2024

CUBIX - Mobile Wire-Driven Robot

CUBIX - Mobile Wire-Driven Robot

Overcoming Physical Limitations Utilizing the Surrounding Environment with a Wire-Driven Multipurpose Robot

S. Inoue, K. Kawaharazuka, T. Suzuki, S. Yuzaki, K. Okada, M. Inaba

Advanced Robotics Research (ADRR), vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 202400021, 2025

An RGB-D Camera-Based Multi-Small Flying Anchors Control for Wire-Driven Robots Connecting to the Environment

S. Inoue, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Yoneda, S. Yuzaki, Y. Sahara, T. Suzuki, K. Okada

2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2025), 2025

CubiXMusashi: Fusion of Wire-Driven CubiX and Musculoskeletal Humanoid Musashi toward Unlimited Performance

S. Inoue, K. Kawaharazuka, T. Suzuki, S. Yuzaki, Y. Ribayashi, Y. Sahara, K. Okada

2024 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2024), pp. 274--279, 2024

🎉 Mike Stillman Award

CubiX: Portable Wire-Driven Parallel Robot Connecting to and Utilizing the Environment

S. Inoue, K. Kawaharazuka, T. Suzuki, S. Yuzaki, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2024), pp. 1296--1301, 2024

SICE International Young Authors Award (SIYA-IROS2024)IEEE RAS Japan Joint Chapter Young Award (2024)
SAQIEL - Ultra-Light and Safe Manipulator

SAQIEL - Ultra-Light and Safe Manipulator

SAQIEL: Ultra-Light and Safe Manipulator with Passive 3D Wire Alignment Mechanism

T. Suzuki, M. Bando, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 3720--3727, 2024 (presented at IROS2024)

Design Optimization of Wire Arrangement With Variable Relay Points in Numerical Simulation for Tendon-Driven Robots

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Yoshimura, T. Suzuki, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1388--1395, 2024 (presented at IROS2024)

A Universal Wire Testing Machine for Enhancing the Performance of Wire-Driven Robots

T. Suzuki, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada

2025 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2025), 2025

RAMIEL - Monopedal Jumping Robot

RAMIEL - Monopedal Jumping Robot

Continuous Jumping of a Parallel Wire-Driven Monopedal Robot RAMIEL Using Reinforcement Learning

K. Kawaharazuka, T. Suzuki, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2022), pp. 759--764, 2022

RAMIEL: A Parallel-Wire Driven Monopedal Robot for High and Continuous Jumping

T. Suzuki, Y. Toshimitsu, Y. Nagamatsu, K. Kawaharazuka, A. Miki, Y. Ribayashi, M. Bando, K. Kojima, Y. Kakiuchi, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), pp. 5017--5024, 2022

SICE International Young Authors Award (SIYA-IROS2022)
VLimb - High-Power Wearable Fifth Limb

VLimb - High-Power Wearable Fifth Limb

Vlimb: A Wire-Driven Wearable Robot for Bodily Extension, Balancing Powerfulness and Reachability

S. Sawaguchi, T. Suzuki, A. Miki, K. Kawaharazuka, S. Yuzaki, S. Yoshimura, Y. Ribayashi, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2024), pp. 851--857, 2024

Kangaroo - Biomimetic Jumping Robot

Kangaroo - Biomimetic Jumping Robot

Bio-inspired robot that mimics kangaroo jumping mechanics.

Design Optimization of Wire Arrangement With Variable Relay Points in Numerical Simulation for Tendon-Driven Robots

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Yoshimura, T. Suzuki, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1388--1395, 2024 (presented at IROS2024)

Design Method of a Kangaroo Robot with High Power Legs and an Articulated Soft Tail

S. Yoshimura, T. Suzuki, M. Bando, S. Yuzaki, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2023), pp. 6631--6638, 2023

Musashi – Component Modularized Musculoskeletal Humanoid

Musashi – Component Modularized Musculoskeletal Humanoid

Modulaized musculoskeletal humanoid for body schema and control research.

PIMBS: Efficient Body Schema Learning for Musculoskeletal Humanoids with Physics-Informed Neural Networks

K. Kawaharazuka, T. Hattori, K. Yoneda, K. Okada

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 7611--7618, 2025 (presented at ICRA2026)

GeMuCo: Generalized Multisensory Correlational Model for Body Schema Learning

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 80--98, 2024 (presented at ICRA2025)

Deep Predictive Model Learning with Parametric Bias: Handling Modeling Difficulties and Temporal Model Changes

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 81--99, 2023 (presented at ICRA2023)

Human-mimetic binaural ear design and sound source direction estimation for task realization of musculoskeletal humanoids

Y. Omura, K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Nagamatsu, Y. Koga, M. Nishiura, Y. Toshimitsu, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

Robomech Journal, vol. 9, no. 17, pp. 1--15, 2022

Robust Continuous Motion Strategy Against Muscle Rupture using Online Learning of Redundant Intersensory Networks for Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, M. Nishiura, Y. Toshimitsu, Y. Omura, Y. Koga, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), vol. 152, pp. 1--14, 2022

Automatic Grouping of Redundant Sensors and Actuators Using Functional and Spatial Connections: Application to Muscle Grouping for Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, M. Nishiura, Y. Koga, Y. Omura, Y. Toshimitsu, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1981--1988, 2021 (presented at ICRA2021)

Toward Autonomous Driving by Musculoskeletal Humanoids: Study of Developed Hardware and Learning-Based Software

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, Y. Koga, Y. Omura, T. Makabe, K. Shinjo, M. Onitsuka, Y. Nagamatsu, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 84--96, 2020 (presented at ICRA2021)

Object Recognition, Dynamic Contact Simulation, Detection, and Control of the Flexible Musculoskeletal Hand Using a Recurrent Neural Network With Parametric Bias

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, M. Onitsuka, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 4580--4587, 2020 (presented at IROS2020)

Estimation and Control of Motor Core Temperature with Online Learning of Thermal Model Parameters: Application to Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, N. Hiraoka, K. Tsuzuki, M. Onitsuka, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 4273--4280, 2020 (presented at IROS2020)

Musculoskeletal AutoEncoder: A Unified Online Acquisition Method of Intersensory Networks for State Estimation, Control, and Simulation of Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, M. Onitsuka, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 2411--2418, 2020 (presented at ICRA2020)

Long-time Self-body Image Acquisition and its Application to the Control of Musculoskeletal Structures

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, S. Makino, M. Onitsuka, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 2965--2972, 2019 (presented at IROS2019)

Design Optimization of Three-Dimensional Wire Arrangement Considering Wire Crossings for Tendon-driven Robots

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Inoue, Y. Sahara, K. Yoneda, T. Suzuki, K. Okada

2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2025), 2025

Design of Robot Foot with Outer Edge Measurement Structure and Chair Rotation Motion by Friction Control

Y. Ribayashi, K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Toshimitsu, D. Kusuyama, A. Miki, K. Shinjo, M. Bando, T. Suzuki, Y. Kojio, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2022), pp. 314--321, 2022 (Top 7 Best Oral Paper Presentation)

Online Learning Feedback Control Considering Hysteresis for Musculoskeletal Structures

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), pp. 5767--5773, 2022

Learning of Balance Controller Considering Changes in Body State for Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Ribayashi, A. Miki, Y. Toshimitsu, T. Suzuki, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), pp. 5809--5816, 2022

DIJE: Dense Image Jacobian Estimation for Robust Robotic Self-Recognition and Visual Servoing

Y. Toshimitsu, K. Kawaharazuka, A. Miki, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), pp. 2219--2226, 2022

Imitation Behavior of the Outer Edge of the Foot by Humanoids Using a Simplified Contact State Representation

Y. Ribayashi, K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Toshimitsu, D. Kusuyama, A. Miki, K. Shinjo, M. Bando, T. Suzuki, Y. Kojio, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), pp. 4243--4249, 2022

Design Optimization of Musculoskeletal Humanoids with Maximization of Redundancy to Compensate for Muscle Rupture

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Toshimitsu, M. Nishiura, Y. Koga, Y. Omura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2021), pp. 3204--3210, 2021

Online Learning of Danger Avoidance for Complex Structures of Musculoskeletal Humanoids and Its Applications

K. Kawaharazuka, N. Hiraoka, Y. Koga, M. Nishiura, Y. Omura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2020 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2020), pp. 349--355, 2021

Motion Modification Method of Musculoskeletal Humanoids by Human Teaching Using Muscle-Based Compensation Control

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Koga, M. Nishiura, Y. Omura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2020 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2020), pp. 83--89, 2021

Stability Recognition with Active Vibration for Bracing Behaviors and Motion Extensions Using Environment in Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, M. Nishiura, S. Nakashima, Y. Toshimitsu, Y. Omura, Y. Koga, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2021 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (ROBOSOFT2021), pp. 126--133, 2021

Exceeding the Maximum Speed Limit of the Joint Angle for the Redundant Tendon-driven Structures of Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Koga, K. Tsuzuki, M. Onitsuka, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2020), pp. 3585--3590, 2020

Applications of Stretch Reflex for the Upper Limb of Musculoskeletal Humanoids: Protective Behavior, Postural Stability, and Active Induction

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Koga, K. Tsuzuki, M. Onitsuka, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2020), pp. 3598--3603, 2020

Stable Tool-Use with Flexible Musculoskeletal Hands by Learning the Predictive Model of Sensor State Transition

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, M. Onitsuka, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2020), pp. 4572--4578, 2020

Component Modularized Design of Musculoskeletal Humanoid Platform Musashi to Investigate Learning Control Systems

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Makino, K. Tsuzuki, M. Onitsuka, Y. Nagamatsu, K. Shinjo, T. Makabe, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2019), pp. 7294--7301, 2019

Task-specific Self-body Controller Acquisition by Musculoskeletal Humanoids: Application to Pedal Control in Autonomous Driving

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, S. Makino, M. Onitsuka, K. Shinjo, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2019), pp. 813--818, 2019

Foot with a Core-shell Structural Six-axis Force Sensor for Pedal Depressing and Recovering from Foot Slipping during Pedal Pushing Toward Autonomous Driving by Humanoids

K. Shinjo, K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Asano, S. Nakashima, S. Makino, M. Onitsuka, K. Tsuzuki, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2019), pp. 3049--3054, 2019

Reflex-based Motion Strategy of Musculoskeletal Humanoids under Environmental Contact Using Muscle Relaxation Control

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, M. Onitsuka, Y. Koga, Y. Omura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2019 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2019), pp. 114--119, 2019

Five-Fingered Hand with Wide Range of Thumb Using Combination of Machined Springs and Variable Stiffness Joints

S. Makino, K. Kawaharazuka, M. Kawamura, A. Fujii, T. Makabe, M. Onitsuka, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2018), pp. 4562--4567, 2018

🎉 IROS ICROS Best Application Paper Award 2018 Finalists
IEEE RAS Japan Joint Chapter Young Award (2018)
MusashiWheeled – Wheeled Musculoskeletal Humanoid

MusashiWheeled – Wheeled Musculoskeletal Humanoid

Deep Predictive Model Learning with Parametric Bias: Handling Modeling Difficulties and Temporal Model Changes

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 81--99, 2023 (presented at ICRA2023)

Dynamic Cloth Manipulation Considering Variable Stiffness and Material Change Using Deep Predictive Model With Parametric Bias

K. Kawaharazuka, A. Miki, M. Bando, K. Okada, M. Inaba

Frontiers in Neurorobotics, vol. 16, pp. 1--16, 2022

Adaptive Body Schema Learning System Considering Additional Muscles for Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, A. Miki, Y. Toshimitsu, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 3459--3466, 2022 (presented at ICRA2022)

Fusion of Body and Environment with Movable Carabiners for Wire-Driven Robots Toward Expansion of Physical Capabilities

S. Yuzaki, A. Miki, M. Bando, S. Yoshimura, T. Suzuki, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2023 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2023), pp. 679--685, 2023

System Architecture and Real-World Task Realization of Musculoskeletal Wheeled Robot Musashi-W with Various Hardware Components

A. Miki, K. Kawaharazuka, M. Bando, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

18th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS2023), pp. 109--122, 2023

Hardware Design and Learning-Based Software Architecture of Musculoskeletal Wheeled Robot Musashi-W for Real-World Applications

K. Kawaharazuka, A. Miki, M. Bando, T. Suzuki, Y. Ribayashi, Y. Toshimitsu, Y. Nagamatsu, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2022), pp. 413--419, 2022

🎉 Best Interactive Paper Award Finalist
MusashiOLegs - Highly-Biomimetic Modularized Legs

MusashiOLegs - Highly-Biomimetic Modularized Legs

Realization of Seated Walk by a Musculoskeletal Humanoid with Buttock-Contact Sensors From Human Constrained Teaching

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2022), pp. 5774--5780, 2022

Development of Musculoskeletal Legs with Planar Interskeletal Structures to Realize Human Comparable Moving Function

M. Onitsuka, M. Nishiura, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, Y. Toshimitsu, Y. Omura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2020 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2020), pp. 17--24, 2021

🎉 Best Oral Paper Award🎉 Finalists of Mike Stilman Paper Award
MusashiLarm - Left Arm of Musashi

MusashiLarm - Left Arm of Musashi

Deep Predictive Model Learning with Parametric Bias: Handling Modeling Difficulties and Temporal Model Changes

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 81--99, 2023 (presented at ICRA2023)

Adaptive Robotic Tool-Tip Control Learning Considering Online Changes in Grasping State

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 5992--5999, 2021 (presented at IROS2021)

Imitation Learning with Additional Constraints on Motion Style using Parametric Bias

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Kawamura, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 5897--5904, 2021 (presented at IROS2021)

Biomimetic Operational Space Control for Musculoskeletal Humanoid Optimizing across Muscle Activation and Joint Nullspace

Y. Toshimitsu, K. Kawaharazuka, M. Nishiura, Y. Koga, Y. Omura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2021), pp. 1184--1190, 2021

TWIMP - Two-Wheeled Inverted Musculoskeletal Pendulum

TWIMP - Two-Wheeled Inverted Musculoskeletal Pendulum

TWIMP: Two-Wheel Inverted Musculoskeletal Pendulum as a Learning Control Platform in the Real World with Environmental Physical Contact

K. Kawaharazuka, T. Makabe, S. Makino, K. Tsuzuki, Y. Nagamatsu, Y. Asano, T. Shirai, F. Sugai, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2018 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2018), pp. 784--790, 2018 (The first two authors contributed equally to this work)

Kengoro - Highly-Biomimetic Musculoskeletal Humanoid

Kengoro - Highly-Biomimetic Musculoskeletal Humanoid

Self-Body Image Acquisition and Posture Generation with Redundancy using Musculoskeletal Humanoid Shoulder Complex for Object Manipulation

Y. Koga, K. Kawaharazuka, Y, Toshimitsu, M. Nishiura, Y. Omura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 6686-6692, 2021 (presented at IROS2021)

Automatic Grouping of Redundant Sensors and Actuators Using Functional and Spatial Connections: Application to Muscle Grouping for Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, M. Nishiura, Y. Koga, Y. Omura, Y. Toshimitsu, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1981--1988, 2021 (presented at ICRA2021)

Human Mimetic Forearm and Hand Design with a Radioulnar Joint and Flexible Machined Spring Finger for Human Skillful Motions

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Makino, M. Kawamura, S. Nakashima, Y. Asano, K. Okada, M. Inaba

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics (JRM), vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 445--458, 2020 (The first two authors contributed equally to this work)

Online Learning of Joint-Muscle Mapping using Vision in Tendon-driven Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Makino, M. Kawamura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 772--779, 2018 (presented at ICRA2018)

Antagonist Inhibition Control in Redundant Tendon-driven Structures Based on Human Reciprocal Innervation for Wide Range Limb Motion of Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, M. Kawamura, S. Makino, Y. Asano, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 2119--2126, 2017 (presented at IROS2017)

Biomimetic Control Scheme for Musculoskeletal Humanoids Based on Motor Directional Tuning in the Brain

Y. Toshimitsu, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, M. Onitsuka M. Nishiura, Y. Koga, Y. Omura, M. Tomita, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2020), pp. 7784--7791, 2020

Modification of Muscle Antagonistic Relations and Hand Trajectory on the Dynamic Motion of Musculoskeletal Humanoid

Y. Koga, K. Kawaharazuka, M. Onitsuka, T. Makabe, K. Tsuzuki, Y. Omura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2019 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2019), pp. 632--637, 2019

Ankle-Hip-Stepping Stabilizer on Tendon-Driven Humanoid Kengoro by Integration of Muscle-Joint-Work Space Controllers for Knee-Stretched Humanoid Balance

Y. Asano, S. Nakashima, I. Yanokura, M. Onitsuka, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, Y. Koga, Y. Omura, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2019 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2019), pp. 397--402, 2019

A Method of Joint Angle Estimation Using Only Relative Changes in Muscle Lengths for Tendon-driven Humanoids with Complex Musculoskeletal Structures

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Makino, M. Kawamura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2018 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2018), pp. 1128--1135, 2018

Development of Movable Binocular High-Resolution Eye-Camera Unit for Humanoid and the Evaluation of Looking Around Fixation Control and Object Recognition

T. Makabe, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Tsuzuki, K. Wada, S. Makino, M. Kawamura, A. Fujii, M. Onitsuka, Y. Asano, K. Okada, K. Kawasaki, M. Inaba

2018 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2018), pp. 840--845, 2018

Online Self-body Image Acquisition Considering Changes in Muscle Routes Caused by Softness of Body Tissue for Tendon-driven Musculoskeletal Humanoids

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Makino, M. Kawamura, A. Fujii, Y. Asano, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2018), pp. 1711--1717, 2018

Human Mimetic Forearm Design with Radioulnar Joint using Miniature Bone-muscle Modules and its Applications

K. Kawaharazuka, S. Makino, M. Kawamura, Y. Asano, Y. Kakiuchi, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2017), pp. 4956--4962, 2017

IEEE RAS Japan Joint Chapter Young Award (2017)

High-power, flexible, robust hand: Development of musculoskeletal hand using machined springs and realization of self-weight supporting motion with humanoid

S. Makino, K. Kawaharazuka, M. Kawamura, Y. Asano, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2017), pp. 1187--1192, 2017

Human Mimetic Musculoskeletal Humanoid Kengoro toward Real World Physically Interactive Actions

Y. Asano, T. Kozuki, S. Ookubo, M. Kawamura, S. Nakashima, T. Katayama, Y. Iori, H. Toshinori, K. Kawaharazuka, S. Makino, Y. Kakiuchi, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2016 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2016), pp. 876--883, 2016

🎉 Best Interactive Paper Award Finalist
Chair-Type Asymmetrical Tripedal Robot

Chair-Type Asymmetrical Tripedal Robot

Body Design and Gait Generation of Chair-Type Asymmetrical Tripedal Low-rigidity Robot

S. Inoue, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (ROBOSOFT2024), pp. 593--600, 2024

ORS - Modular Robot with Lock Mechanism

ORS - Modular Robot with Lock Mechanism

Daily Assistive Modular Robot Design Based on Multi-Objective Black-Box Optimization

K. Kawaharazuka, T. Makabe, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2023), pp. 9970--9977, 2023

Online Estimation of Self-Body Deflection with Various Sensor Data Based on Directional Statistics

H. Sato, K. Kawaharazuka, T. Makabe, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2023 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII2023), pp. 1--8, 2023

Efficient Robot Design with Multi-Objective Black-Box Optimization and Large Language Models

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, N. Kanazawa, H. Jia, K. Okada

arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.17178, 2025

A0B - Manipulator with High-Speed Communication

A0B - Manipulator with High-Speed Communication

Dexterous Grasp Dataset Augmentation based on Grasp Synthesis with Fingertip Workspace Cloud and Contact-Aware Sampling

L. Wu, H. Jia, K. Kawaharazuka, H. Ishida, K. Okada

Advanced Robotics (AR), pp. 1--18, 2025

Workspace-Based Precision Grasp Pose Generator for Multi-Fingered Robotic Hands

L. Wu, K. Kawaharazuka, S. Hasegawa, K. Okada, M. Inaba

18th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS2023), pp. 379--392, 2023

Jaxon - High Power Humanoid

Jaxon - High Power Humanoid

HumanMimic: Learning Natural Locomotion and Transitions for Humanoid Robot via Wasserstein Adversarial Imitation

A. Tang, T. Hiraoka, N. Hiraoka, F. Shi, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Kojima, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2024), pp. 13107--13114, 2024

Development of a Whole-Body Work Imitation Learning System by a Biped and Bi-Armed Humanoid

Y. Matsuura, K. Kawaharazuka, N. Hiraoka, K. Kojima, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2023), pp. 10374--10381, 2023

DualPanda - Dual-Arm Manipulator

DualPanda - Dual-Arm Manipulator

Robotic Constrained Imitation Learning for the Peg Transfer Task in Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2024), pp. 606--612, 2024

HIRO - Dual-Arm Manipulator

HIRO - Dual-Arm Manipulator

Integrative Wrapping System for a Dual-Arm Humanoid Robot

Y. Iwata, S. Hasegawa, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2024), pp. 84--90, 2024

Kanako Miura Award
MyCobot - Low-Cost Low-Rigidity Manipulator

MyCobot - Low-Cost Low-Rigidity Manipulator

Deep Predictive Model Learning with Parametric Bias: Handling Modeling Difficulties and Temporal Model Changes

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 81--99, 2023 (presented at ICRA2023)

Self-Supervised Learning of Visual Servoing for Low-Rigidity Robots Considering Temporal Body Changes

K. Kawaharazuka, N. Kanazawa, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 7881--7887, 2022 (presented at IROS2022)

SICE International Young Authors Award (SIYA-IROS2022)

Front Hair Styling Robot System Using Path Planning for Root-Centric Strand Adjustment

S. Kim, N. Kanazawa, S. Hasegawa, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada

2025 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII2025), 2025

🎉 Best Student Paper Finalist

Daily Assistive View Control Learning of Low-Cost Low-Rigidity Robot via Large-Scale Vision-Language Model

K. Kawaharazuka, N. Kanazawa, Y. Obinata, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2023 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2023), pp. 452--457, 2023

Learning-Based Wiping Behavior of Low-Rigidity Robots Considering Various Surface Materials and Task Definitions

K. Kawaharazuka, N. Kanazawa, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2022 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2022), pp. 919--924, 2022

KXR - Low-Rigidity Plastic-Made Humanoid

KXR - Low-Rigidity Plastic-Made Humanoid

GeMuCo: Generalized Multisensory Correlational Model for Body Schema Learning

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 80--98, 2024 (presented at ICRA2025)

Robot Design Optimization with Rotational and Prismatic Joints Using Black-Box Multi-Objective Optimization

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2024), pp. 4571--4577, 2024

Adaptive Whole-body Robotic Tool-use Learning on Low-rigidity Plastic-made Humanoids Using Vision and Tactile Sensors

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2024), pp. 583--589, 2024

Fetch - Mobile Manipulator

Fetch - Mobile Manipulator

Reflex-Based Open-Vocabulary Navigation without Prior Knowledge Using Omnidirectional Camera and Multiple Vision-Language Models

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, N. Kanazawa, N. Tsukamoto, K. Okada, M. Inaba

Advanced Robotics (AR), vol. 38, no. 18, pp. 1307--1317, 2024

Robotic Environmental State Recognition with Pre-Trained Vision-Language Models and Black-Box Optimization

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, N. Kanazawa, K. Okada, M. Inaba

Advanced Robotics (AR), vol. 38, no. 18, pp. 1255--1264, 2024

Deep Predictive Model Learning with Parametric Bias: Handling Modeling Difficulties and Temporal Model Changes

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 81--99, 2023 (presented at ICRA2023)

Robotic State Recognition with Image-to-Text Retrieval Task of Pre-Trained Vision-Language Model and Black-Box Optimization

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, N. Kanazawa, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2024 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2024), pp. 934--940, 2024

Robotic Applications of Pre-Trained Vision-Language Models to Various Recognition Behaviors

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, N. Kanazawa, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2023 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2023), pp. 458--465, 2023

Semantic Scene Difference Detection in Daily Life Patroling by Mobile Robots Using Pre-Trained Large-Scale Vision-Language Model

Y. Obinata, K. Kawaharazuka, N. Kanazawa, N. Yamaguchi, N. Tsukamoto, I. Yanokura, S. Kitagawa, K. Shinjo, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2023), pp. 3228--3233, 2023

IEEE RAS Japan Joint Chapter Young Award (2023)SICE International Young Authors Award (SIYA-IROS2023)

VQA-based Robotic State Recognition Optimized with Genetic Algorithm

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, N. Kanazawa, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2023), pp. 8306--8311, 2023

Environmentally Adaptive Control Including Variance Minimization Using Stochastic Predictive Network with Parametric Bias: Application to Mobile Robots

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Shinjo, Y. Kawamura, K. Okada, M. Inaba

2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2021), pp. 8381--8387, 2021

Binary State Recognition by Robots using Visual Question Answering of Pre-Trained Vision-Language Model

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, N. Kanazawa, K. Okada, M. Inaba

arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.16405, 2023

PR2 - Mobile Manipulator

PR2 - Mobile Manipulator

Real-world cooking robot system from recipes based on food state recognition using foundation models and PDDL

N. Kanazawa, K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, K. Okada, M. Inaba

Advanced Robotics (AR), vol. 38, no. 18, pp. 1318--1334, 2024

Behavioral Learning of Dish Rinsing and Scrubbing based on Interruptive Direct Teaching Considering Assistance Rate

S. Wakabayashi, K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

Advanced Robotics (AR), vol. 38, no. 15, pp. 1052--1065, 2024

GeMuCo: Generalized Multisensory Correlational Model for Body Schema Learning

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 80--98, 2024 (presented at ICRA2025)

Continuous Object State Recognition for Cooking Robots Using Pre-Trained Vision-Language Models and Black-box Optimization

K. Kawaharazuka, N. Kanazawa, Y. Obinata, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 4059--4066, 2024 (presented at Humanoids2024)

Deep Predictive Model Learning with Parametric Bias: Handling Modeling Difficulties and Temporal Model Changes

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 81--99, 2023 (presented at ICRA2023)

Adaptive Robotic Tool-Tip Control Learning Considering Online Changes in Grasping State

K. Kawaharazuka, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 5992--5999, 2021 (presented at IROS2021)

Imitation Learning with Additional Constraints on Motion Style using Parametric Bias

K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Kawamura, K. Okada, M. Inaba

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 5897--5904, 2021 (presented at IROS2021)

Remote Life Support Robot Interface System for Global Task Planning and Local Action Expansion Using Foundation Models

Y. Obinata, H. Jia, K. Kawaharazuka, N. Kanazawa, K. Okada

2024 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS2024), pp. 738--743, 2024

Open X-Embodiment: Robotic Learning Datasets and RT-X Models

Open X-Embodiment Collaboration

2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2024), pp. 6892--6903, 2024

🎉 Best Conference Paper Award🎉 Finalists of Best Paper Award in Robot Manipulation

Recognition of Heat-Induced Food State Changes by Time-Series Use of Vision-Language Model for Cooking Robot

N. Kanazawa, K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, K. Okada, M. Inaba

18th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS2023), pp. 547--560, 2023

HSR - Human Support Robot

HSR - Human Support Robot

Foundation Model based Open Vocabulary Task Planning and Executive System for General Purpose Service Robots

Y. Obinata, N. Kanazawa, K. Kawaharazuka, I. Yanokura, S. Kim, K. Okada, M. Inaba

arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.03357, 2023

Spot - Quadruped Robot

Spot - Quadruped Robot

A Method for Selecting Scenes and Emotion-Based Descriptions for a Robot's Diary

A. Ichikura, K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, K. Okada, M. Inaba

32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN2023), pp. 1683--1688, 2023

Automatic Diary Generation System Including Information on Joint Experiences between Humans and Robots

A. Ichikura, K. Kawaharazuka, Y. Obinata, and K. Shinjo, K. Okada, M. Inaba

18th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS2023), pp. 399--412, 2023

aibo - Small Home Robot

aibo - Small Home Robot

Learning Quiet Walking for a Small Home Robot

R. Watanabe, T. Miki, F. Shi, Y. Kadokawa, F. Bjelonic, K. Kawaharazuka, A. Cramariuc, M. Hutter

2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2025), 2025