Papers

Journal

Ryuma Niiyama, Satoshi Nishikawa and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
A Biomechanical Approach to Open-loop Bipedal Running with a Musculoskeletal Athlete Robot
Advanced Robotics, Vol.26, No.3–4, pp.383–398, 2012.
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@ARTICLE{Niiyama2012_OpenloopBipedalRunning-with-AthleteRobot,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Satoshi Nishikawa and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {A Biomechanical Approach to Open-loop Bipedal Running with a Musculoskeletal Athlete Robot},
journal = {Advanced Robotics},
volume = {26},
number = {3--4},
pages = {383–-398},
year = {2012},
}

Alexandre Pitti, Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Creating and Modulating Rhythms by Controlling the Physics of the Body
Autonomous Robots, Vol.28, No.3, pp.317–329, 2010.
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@ARTICLE{AlexNiiyama2010_ModulatingRhythms-by-ControllingPhysics-of-Body,
author = {Alexandre Pitti and Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {Creating and Modulating Rhythms by Controlling the Physics of the Body},
journal = {Autonomous Robots},
volume = {28},
number = {3},
pages = {317--329},
year = {2010},
}

Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Design Principle Based on Maximum Output Force Profile for a Musculoskeletal Robot
Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Vol.37, No.3, pp.250–255, 2010.
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@ARTICLE{Niiyama2010_MOF-Profile-for-MusculoskeletalRobot,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {Design Principle Based on Maximum Output Force Profile for a Musculoskeletal Robot},
journal = {Industrial Robot: An International Journal},
volume = {37},
number = {3},
pages = {250--255},
year = {2010},
}

International Conference (Refereed)

Ryuma Niiyama
Model-based Trajectory Control of Robots with Pneumatic Actuator Dynamics
In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), Algarve, Portugol, Oct. 2012.
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@PROCEEDINGS{Niiyama2012_IROS2012_PneumaticRobots,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama},
title = {Model-based Trajectory Control of Robots with Pneumatic Actuator Dynamics},
booktitle = {Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ({IROS 2012})},
address = {Algarve, Portugol},
month = {Oct.},
year = {2012},
}

Satoshi Nishikawa, Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Running Motion in a Musculoskeletal Bipedal Robot using Muscle Activation Pattern Control Based on a Human Electromyogram
In Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2011), pp.15–16, Hyogo, Japan, Oct. 2011.
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@PROCEEDINGS{NishikawaNiiyama2011_AMAM2011_AthleteRobot,
author = {Satoshi Nishikawa and Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {Running Motion in a Musculoskeletal Bipedal Robot using Muscle Activation Pattern Control Based on a Human Electromyogram},
booktitle = {Proc. 5th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines ({AMAM 2011})},
pages = {15--16},
address = {Hyogo, Japan},
month = {Oct.},
year = {2011},
}

Yasunori Yamada, Satoshi Nishikawa, Kazuya Shida, Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Neural-Body Coupling for Emergent Locomotion: a Musculoskeletal Quadruped Robot with Spinobulbar Model
In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), pp.1499–1506 (TuBT8.7), San Francisco CA, USA, Sept. 2011.
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@PROCEEDINGS{YamadaNiiyama2011_IROS2011_Quadruped,
author = {Yasunori Yamada and Satoshi Nishikawa and Kazuya Shida and Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {Neural-Body Coupling for Emergent Locomotion: a Musculoskeletal Quadruped Robot with Spinobulbar Model},
booktitle = {Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ({IROS 2011})},
pages = {1499--1506},
address = {San Francisco CA, USA},
month = {Sept.},
year = {2011},
}

Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Enhanced Design of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle for Musculoskeletal Robot: Super Long Stroke Pneumatic Muscle for Articular Mechanisms
In Proceedings of the ICRA 2011 Workshop on Biologically-Inspired Actuation, pp.13–14, Shanghai, China, May 2011.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Niiyama2011_ICRA2011-Workshop_D-PAM,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {Enhanced Design of a Pneumatic Artificial Muscle for Musculoskeletal Robot: Super Long Stroke Pneumatic Muscle for Articular Mechanisms},
booktitle = {Proc. ICRA 2011 Workshop on Biologically-Inspired Actuation},
pages = {13--14},
year = {2011},
address = {Shanghai, China},
month = {May},
}

Ryuma Niiyama, Satoshi Nishikawa and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Athlete Robot with Applied Human Muscle Activation Patterns for Bipedal Running
In Proceedings of the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2010), pp.498–503, Nashville TN, USA, Dec. 2010.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Niiyama2010_Humanoids2010_AthleteRobot,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Satoshi Nishikawa and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {Athlete Robot with Applied Human Muscle Activation Patterns for Bipedal Running},
booktitle = {Proc. IEEE-RAS Int. Conf. on Humanoid Robots ({Humanoids 2010})},
year = {2010},
pages = {498--503},
address = {Nashville, Tennessee USA},
month = {Dec.},
}

Yosuke Ushigome, Ryuma Niiyama, Kunihiro Nishimura, Tomohiro Tanikawa, Michitaka Hirose
Archi/e Machina: Interactive Architecture Based on Tensegrity
In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia (VRMM 2010), pp.55–62, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 2010.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{UshigomeNiiyama2010_VRMM2010_Archi-e-Machina,
author = {Ushigome, Yosuke and Niiyama, Ryuma and Nishimura, Kunihiro and Tanikawa, Tomohiro and Hirose, Michitaka},
title = {Archi/e Machina: Interactive Architecture Based on Tensegrity},
booktitle = {Proc. 16th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia ({VRMM 2010})},
year = {2010},
pages = {55--62},
address = {Seoul, Korea},
month = {Oct.},
}

Kenichi Narioka, Ryuma Niiyama, Yoichiro Ishii and Koh Hosoda
Pneumatic Musculoskeletal Infant Robots
In Proceedings of the IROS 2009 Workshop on Synergistic Intelligence: approach to human intelligence through understanding and design of cognitive development, pp.9–12, St. Louis MO, USA, Oct. 2009.
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@PROCEEDINGS{NariokaNiiyama2009_IROS2009-Workshop_BabyRobot,
author = {Kenichi Narioka and Ryuma Niiyama and Yoichiro Ishii and Koh Hosoda},
title = {Pneumatic Musculoskeletal Infant Robots},
booktitle = {IROS 2009 Workshop on Synergistic Intelligence: approach to human intelligence through understanding and design of cognitive development},
year = {2009},
pages = {9--12},
}

Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Design of a Musculoskeletal Athlete Robot: A Biomechanical Approach
In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2009), pp.173–180, Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 2009.
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@INCOLLECTION{Niiyama2009_MusculoskeletalAthleteRobot-BiomechanicalApproach_book,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {Design of a Musculoskeletal Athlete Robot: A Biomechanical Approach},
booktitle = {Mobile Robitcs: Solutions and Challenges, Proc. of the 12th Int. Conf. on Climbing and Walking Robots ({CLAWAR 2009})},
publisher = {World Scientific Publishing},
year = {2009},
pages = {173--180},
isbn = {978-981-4291-26-2},
}

Ryuma Niiyama, Kei Kakitani and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Learning to Jump with a Musculoskeletal Robot using a Sparse Coding of Activation
In Proceedings of the ICRA 2009 Workshop on Approaches to Sensorimotor Learning on Humanoid Robots, pp.30–31, Kobe, Japan, May 2009.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Niiyama2009_Learning-to-Jump-with-MusculoskeletalRobot,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Kei Kakitani and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {Learning to Jump with a Musculoskeletal Robot using a Sparse Coding of Activation},
booktitle = {Proc. ICRA 2009 Workshop on Approaches to Sensorimotor Learning on Humanoid Robots},
year = {2009},
pages = {30--31},
address = {Kobe, Japan},
month = {May},
}

Ryuma Niiyama and Yoichiro Kawaguchi
Gemotion Screen: A Generative, Emotional, Interactive 3D Display
In Proceeding of the ASIAGRAPH 2008 in Shanghai, pp.115–120, Shanghai, China, July 2008.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{NiiyamaKawaguchi2008_GemotionScreen-3D-Display,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Yoichiro Kawaguchi},
title = {Gemotion Screen: A Generative, Emotional, Interactive 3D Display},
booktitle = {Proc. ASIAGRAPH in Shanghai},
year = {2008},
pages = {115--120},
address = {Shanghai, China},
month = {July},
}

Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
A Pneumatic Biped with an Artificial Musculoskeletal System
In Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2008), pp.80–81, Cleveland, Ohio USA, June 2008.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Niiyama2008_PneumaticBiped-with-ArtificialMusculoskeletalSystem,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {A Pneumatic Biped with an Artificial Musculoskeletal System},
booktitle = {Proc. 4th Int. Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines ({AMAM 2008})},
year = {2008},
pages = {80--81},
address = {Cleveland, Ohio USA},
month = {June},
}

Ryuma Niiyama, Akihiko Nagakubo and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Mowgli: A Bipedal Jumping and Landing Robot with an Artificial Musculoskeletal System
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2007), pp.2546–2551 (ThC5.2), Roma, Italy, April 2007.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Niiyama2007_Mowgli-BipedalJumping-and-LandingRobot,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Akihiko Nagakubo and Yasuo Kuniyoshi},
title = {Mowgli: A Bipedal Jumping and Landing Robot with an Artificial Musculoskeletal System},
booktitle = {Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation ({ICRA 2007})},
year = {2007},
pages = {2546--2551 ({ThC5.2})},
address = {Roma, Italy},
month = {April},
}

Other Publications

Ryuma Niiyama, Takashi Mikami and Akira Tsukimori,
Ether Synthesizer
In Proceedings of the Virtual Reality International Conference 2011 (VRIC 2011), Laval, France, April 2011.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Niiyama2011_EtherSynthesizer,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Takashi Mikami and Akira Tsukimori},
title = {Ether Synthesizer},
booktitle = {Proc. Virtual Reality International Conference 2011 ({VRIC 2011})},
year = {2011},
address = {Laval, France},
month = {April},
}

Ryuma Niiyama and Tomohiro Akagawa
Good-bye feet!
In Proceedings of the Virtual Reality International Conference 2009 (VRIC 2009), pp.393–396, Laval, France, April 2009.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{NiiyamaAkagawa2009_GoodByeFeet,
author = {Ryuma Niiyama and Tomohiro Akagawa},
title = {Good-bye feet!},
booktitle = {Proc. Virtual Reality International Conference 2009 ({VRIC 2009})},
year = {2009},
pages = {393--396},
address = {Laval, France},
month = {April},
isbn = {2-9515730-8-1},
}

Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Design and Control of a Musculoskeletal Robot: Biomechanical Approach
In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Robotics for Young Researchers, Boston MA, USA, March 2009.
Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Artificial Musculoskeletal System for Bio-Inspired Robot
Ars Electronica Campus Exhibition's International Conference - Crossing the Boundary Between Art and Technology, Linz, Austria, Sept. 2008.
Ryuma Niiyama and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Pneumatic Bipedal Robot: A Biomechanical Approach
In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Dynamic Walking 2008 (DW 2008), Delft, Netherlands, May 2008.
Ryuma Niiyama, Akihiko Nagakubo and Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Mowgli: A Bipedal Jumping and Landing Robot with an Artificial Musculoskeletal System
In Proceedings of the International Workshop on Legged Locomotion for Young Researchers, Boston MA, USA, April 2007.