Publications

International journal papers

Promoting Continuous Rehabilitation with AI-Based Motion Capture and Biomechanical Analysis: Objective Feedback as a Catalyst

Kotaro Matsuura, Akiko Matsuura, Miwa Izaki, Shigekazu Ishihara, Kosuke Morinaga, and Yuichi Kurita, Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, Vol.6, December, 2025 DOI:10.3389/fresc.2025.1697690

Simulation-Driven Exoskeleton Control: Predicting Soft Pneumatic Gel Muscle Actuator Assistance to Reduce Metabolic Cost at Different Walking Speeds,

Gunarajulu Renganathan, Israel Luis, Elena M. Gutierrez-Farewik, Mitsunori Tada, and Yuichi Kurita, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, March, 2026 DOI:10.1109/TNSRE.2026.3671348

Neural correlates of individual differences in motor learning under reinforcement contexts

Hayato Otake, Naoki Senta, Junichi Ushiba, Mitsuaki Takemi,　 iScience (2026), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115336.

RGBD-based Head Models Enable Precise MRI-free Robotic Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

M. Takemi, K. Hayashida and J. Ushiba, in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,
doi: 10.1109/TNSRE.2026.3672622.

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Domestic journal papers

Analysis of mobile jellyfish plaque in the association with pulsatile blood flow (in Japanese)

Shinji KUME, Toshinori MATSUSHIGE, Seiji HAMA, Shigeyuki SAKAMOTO, Takahito OKAZAKI, Masanori YOSHIOKA, Reo KAWANO, Kousuke KAWANO, Akira FURUI, Toshio TSUJI
Neurosonology, Vol. 33,No. 3, pp.74-79, December 2020.
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Analysis of movement of carotid artery using template matching: the second report (in Japanese)

Shinji Kume, Toshinori Matsushige, Seiji Hama, Shigeyuki Sakamoto, Takahito Okazaki, Ohshita Junpei, Ishii Daizo, Mizuguchi Shota, Zu Soh, Toshio Tsuji, and Kaoru Kurisu
Neurosonology, vol.32, no. 1, pp.4-9, April 2019.
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Analysis of Movement of Carotid Artery Using Template Matching (in Japanese)

An Interactive Training System for Myoelectric Prostheses Using Virtual Hand (in Japanese)

Taro Shibanoki, Go Nakamura, Fuminori Orihashi, Hideaki Hayashi, Yuichi Kurita, Takeshi Takaki Yuichiro Honda, Futoshi Mizobe, Takaaki Chin, and Toshio Tsuji
Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 404-410, 2016.

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International conferences

Multi-modal Feature-based Classification of Post-Stroke Motor Impairment using Bi-directional LSTM

Poongavanam Palani, Gunarajulu Renganathan, and Yuichi Kurita, AugmentedHumans, Okinawa, Japan, March 16-19, 2026

Pilot Study on Tilt Angle Perception Under Control Input Latency in Teleoperated Hydraulic Excavator Operation

Fumiya Sakamoto, Masaki Nagai, Masaru Ito, and Yuichi Kurita, AugmentedHumans, Okinawa, Japan, March 16-19, 2026

Enhancing Decision-Making Comfort: Effect of Force Assist with PGM on Decision Making in Virtual Reality

Kazuki Yamada, Keigo Isoshima, and Yuichi Kurita, AugmentedHumans, Okinawa, Japan, March 16-19, 2026

Salient Behavior Extraction in Construction Machinery Operation Using Motion Propagation Forces

Ryo Sumiyama, Takashi Kusaka, Hironori Gunji, Yuichi Kurita, Fumiya Sakamoto, Masaru Ito, Yusuke Kamimura, and Takayuki Tanaka, IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integrations (SII 2026), Cancun, Mexico, January 11-14, 2026

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Book chapters

Automated Classification of General Movements in Infants Using Two-stream Spatiotemporal Fusion Network

Yuki Hashimoto*, Akira Furui*, Koji Shimatani, Maura Casadio, Paolo Moretti, Pietro Morasso, and Toshio Tsuji
In: Wang, L., Dou, Q., Fletcher, P.T., Speidel, S., Li, S. (eds) Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention: MICCAI 2022, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13432, pp.753-762, Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-16434-7_72 , 16 September 2022 (*Equal contribution)
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Accessible Smart Coaching Technologies Inspired by Elderly Requisites

Swagata Das, Yuichi Kurita, and Ramin Tadayon, In Troy McDaniel, Xueliang Liu (eds.), Multimedia for Accessible Human Computer Interface, Chapter III, Springer, pp.175-215, 2021 Hardcover ISBN 978-3-030-70715-6, eBook ISBN 978-3-030-70716-3 doi:10.1007/978-3-030-70716-3
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Discrimination of Dual-arm Motions Using a Joint Posterior Probability Neural Network for Human-robot Interfaces

Taro Shibanoki and Toshio Tsuji
Handbook of Research on Biomimetics and Biomedical Robotics (Maki K. Habib, Ed.), Chapter 15, pp.347-374, IGI Global, USA, December, 2017.
ISBN13: 9781522529934|ISBN10: 1522529934|EISBN13: 9781522529941|DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2993-4
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EMG-Controlled Human-Robot Interfaces: A Hybrid Motion and Task Modeling Approach

Nan Bu, Toshio Tsuji, and Osamu Fukuda
Human Modelling for Bio-Inspired Robotics, Mechanical Engineering in Assistive Technologies (Edited by Jun Ueda and Yuichi Kurita), pp. 75-109, Academic Press, 2017.

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Doctoral dissertations

Research on an Interface that Reduces the Effect of Switching in Teleoperated Hydraulic Excavators Focusing on Human Cognitive Processes

Masaki Nagai

A Study on a Model for Estimating the Number of Microbubbles Delivered from a Venous Reservoir in Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Satoshi Miyamoto

Force Feedback-Based Gamification: Squat Exergame Using Soft Actuators-Based Lower Limb Suit and Difficulty Adjustment Algorithms

Priyanka Ramasamy

A Study on Automatic Control Methods in the Operation of the Cardiopulmonary Bypass System

Hidenobu Takahashi

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