| 2024 | IROS | Passive Underwater Robot Hand Utilizing Water Resistance. | Issei Nate, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2023 | ICRA | Passive robotic gripper using a contact-based locking mechanism. | Issei Nate, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2021 | IROS | Analytical Modeling of a Soft Pneu-net Actuator Based on Finite Strain Beam Theory. | Sachin Sachin, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2018 | IROS | Mechanical and Perceptual Characterizations of the Localized Shearing using a Novel Haptic Display. | Anh Van Ho, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2017 | ICRA | Morphological computation in tactile sensing: The role of wrinkle. | Van Anh Ho, Hideyasu Yamashita, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai, Koji Shibuya |
| 2016 | IROS | A soft three axis force sensor useful for robot grippers. | Damith Suresh Chathuranga, Zhongkui Wang, Yohan Noh, D. P. Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2016 | IROS | Fabric interface with proximity and tactile sensation for human-robot interaction. | Van Anh Ho, Shinichi Hirai, Koki Naraki |
| 2016 | IROS | Force control on antagonistic Twist-drive Actuator robot. | Takahiro Inoue, Ryuichi Miyata, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2015 | ICRA | Binding of food materials with a tension-sensitive elastic thread. | Hisashi Iwamasa, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2015 | IROS | Robust real time material classification algorithm using soft three axis tactile sensor: Evaluation of the algorithm. | Damith Suresh Chathuranga, Zhongkui Wang, Yohan Noh, D. P. Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2015 | IROS | Robotic joint design by agonist and antagonist arrangement with twisting small-diameter round-belts. | Takahiro Inoue, Sizuka Yamamoto, Ryuichi Miyata, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2015 | IROS | Aerial manipulation for the workspace above the airframe. | Syohei Shimahara, Robert Ladig, Leewiwatwong Suphachart, Shinichi Hirai, Kazuhiro Shimonomura |
| 2015 | RO-MAN | Micro pneumatic valves for wearable robotic systems. | Shinichi Hirai, Kazuhiro Kato |
| 2015 | RO-MAN | Measuring McKibben actuator shrinkage using fiber sensor. | Van Anh Ho, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2013 | ICRA | Regressor-free tracking of robots with self-tuning PD-like control. | Jorge Armendariz, Vicente Parra-Vega, Rodolfo Garca-Rodrguez, Shinichi Hirai, Sergio Rosales, Felipe Alberto Machorro-Fernndez |
| 2013 | IROS | Beam bundle model of human-like fingertip for investigation of tactile mechanism. | Van Anh Ho, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2012 | ICRA | Rolling tensegrity driven by pneumatic soft actuators. | Yuusuke Koizumi, Mizuho Shibata, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2012 | IROS | Improving physical human-robot interaction through viscoelastic soft fingertips. | Jorge Armendariz, Felipe Alberto Machorro-Fernndez, Vicente Parra-Vega, Rodolfo Garca-Rodrguez, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2012 | IROS | Experimental investigation of surface identification ability of a low-profile fabric tactile sensor. | Van Anh Ho, Takahiro Araki, Masaaki Makikawa, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2012 | IROS | Modeling and simulation of friction forces during needle insertion using Local Constraint Method. | Lijuan Wang, Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2012 | ICRA | The effect of anisotropic friction on vibratory velocity fields. | Paul Umbanhowar, Thomas H. Vose, Atsushi Mitani, Shinichi Hirai, Kevin M. Lynch |
| 2012 | ICRA | Path planning for belt object manipulation. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Eiji Morinaga, Eiji Arai, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2011 | ICRA | Three-dimensional modeling and simulation of the sliding motion of a soft fingertip with friction, focusing on stick-slip transition. | Van Anh Ho, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2011 | IROS | Development of a low-profile sensor using electro-conductive yarns in recognition of slippage. | Van Anh Ho, Daisuke Kondo, Shima Okada, Takahiro Araki, Emi Fujita, Masaaki Makikawa, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2011 | ICRA | Green strain based FE modeling of rheological objects for handling large deformation and rotation. | Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2010 | ICRA | Design of a small-scale tactile sensor with three sensing points for using in robotic fingertips. | Van Anh Ho, Dzung Viet Dao, Susumu Sugiyama, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2010 | ICRA | Two-dimensional dynamic modeling of a sliding motion of a soft fingertip focusing on stick-to-slip transition. | Van Anh Ho, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2010 | IROS | Deformation path planning for manipulation of flexible circuit boards. | Yuya Asano, Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Eiji Morinaga, Eiji Arai, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2010 | IROS | Modelless and grasping-forceless control by robotic fingers capable of mechanically coupled movement. | Takahiro Inoue, Daisuke Takizawa, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2010 | IROS | Modeling and property estimation of japanese sweets for their manufacturing simulation. | Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2010 | ICRA | Two-phased controller for a pair of 2-DOF soft fingertips based on the qualitative relationship between joint angles and object location. | Yujiro Yamazaki, Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2009 | ICRA | Analysis of sliding of a soft fingertip embedded with a novel micro force/moment sensor: Simulation, experiment, and application. | Van Anh Ho, Dzung Viet Dao, Susumu Sugiyama, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2009 | ICRA | Parallel-distributed model in three-dimensional soft-fingered grasping and manipulation. | Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2009 | IROS | Modeling and parameter identification of rheological object based on FE method and nonlinear optimization. | Zhongkui Wang, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2009 | IROS | Stochastic static analysis of link driven by actuator bundles. | Takahiro Yoshimura, Mizuho Shibata, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2009 | ICRA | Wiping motion for deformable object handling. | Mizuho Shibata, Tsuyoshi Ota, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2009 | ICRA | Crawling by body deformation of tensegrity structure robots. | Mizuho Shibata, Fumio Saijyo, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2009 | ICRA | Deformation modeling of belt object with angles. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Eiji Morinaga, Eiji Arai, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2009 | ICRA | Physical parameter identification of rheological object based on measurement of deformation and force. | Zhongkui Wang, Kazuki Namima, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2008 | ICARCV | Force/moment sensing during sliding motion using a micro sensor embedded in a soft fingertip. | Van Anh Ho, Dzung Viet Dao, Susumu Sugiyama, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2008 | IROS | Feeding of submillimeter-sized microparts along an asymmetric surface using only horizontal vibration: Evaluation of micro-fabricated surface using femtosecond laser process. | Atsushi Mitani, Hideya Tsuji, Toshiatsu Yoshimura, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2007 | ICRA | Dynamic Stable Manipulation via Soft-fingered Hand. | Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2007 | ICRA | Analysis of Circular Robot Jumping by Body Deformation. | Yoshinari Matsuyama, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2007 | IROS | A two-phased object orientation controller on soft finger operations. | Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2007 | IROS | Angle control of a loosely coupled mechanism in 3D space using length sensors. | Mizuho Shibata, Takahiro Yoshimura, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2007 | ICRA | Loosely Coupled Joint Driven by SMA Coil Actuators. | Mizuho Shibata, Takahiro Yoshimura, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2007 | ICRA | Realtime and Robust Motion Tracking by Matched Filter on CMOS+FPGA Vision System. | Kazuhiro Shimizu, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2006 | ICARCV | Validation of FE Deformation Models using Ultrasonic and MR Images. | Junji Muramatsu, Takashi Ikuta, Shinichi Hirai, Shigehiro Morikawa |
| 2006 | ICARCV | Dynamic Modeling of Linear Object Deformation Considering Contact with Obstacles. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Tatsuya Yamasaki, Shinichi Hirai, Akira Tsumaya, Eiji Arai |
| 2006 | ICRA | Study on Hemispherical Soft-fingered Handling for fine Manipulation by Minimum D.O.F. Robotic Hand. | Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2006 | IROS | Implementing Planar Motion Tracking Algorithms on CMOS+FPGA Vision System. | Kazuhiro Shimizu, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2006 | IROS | Unraveling of Deformable Linear Objects Based on 2D Information about Their Crossing States. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Akira Tsumaya, Eiji Arai, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2006 | ICRA | Soft Object Manipulation by Simultaneous Control of Motion and Deformation. | Mizuho Shibata, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2006 | ICRA | CMOS+FPGA Vision System for Visual Feedback of Mechanical Systems. | Kazuhiro Shimizu, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2006 | ICRA | Manipulation Planning for Unraveling Linear Objects. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Akira Tsumaya, Eiji Arai, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2005 | ICRA | Quasi-Static Manipulation with Hemispherical Soft Fingertip via Two Rotational Fingers. | Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2005 | ICRA | Local Minimum of Elastic Potential Energy on Hemispherical Soft Fingertip. | Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2005 | ICRA | Micro-Parts Feeding by a Saw-tooth Surface. | Atsushi Mitani, Naoto Sugano, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2005 | IROS | Stability analysis for dynamic control on contact with soft interface in continuous-discrete time system. | Mizuho Shibata, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2005 | ICRA | Circular/Spherical Robots for Crawling and Jumping. | Yuuta Sugiyama, Ayumi Shiotsu, Masashi Yamanaka, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2005 | ICRA | Manipulation Planning for Knotting/Unknotting and Tightly Tying of Deformable Linear Objects. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Akira Tsumaya, Eiji Arai, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2005 | ICRA | Dynamic Modeling of Linear Object Deformation based on Differential Geometry Coordinates. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Kousaku Takahashi, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2004 | ICRA | Robots on Self-organizing Knowledge Networks. | Nak Young Chong, Hiroshi Hongu, Manabu Miyazaki, Koji Takemura, Kenichi Ohara, Kohtaro Ohba, Shinichi Hirai, Kazuo Tanie |
| 2004 | ICRA | Rotational Contact Model of Soft Fingertip for Tactile Sensing. | Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2004 | ICRA | Characterizing the Dynamic Deformation of Soft Fingertips and Analyzing its Significance for Multi-fingered Operations. | Byoung-Ho Kim, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2004 | IROS | Deformational features of soft-fingertips applied to object manipulations: theoretical and experimental analyses. | Byoung-Ho Kim, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2004 | IROS | A comparative study of rheology MSD models whose structures are lattice and truss. | Ryo Nogami, Hiroshi Noborio, Seiji Tomokuni, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2004 | IROS | Stability and graspability analysis in grasping task taking fingertip dynamics into consideration. | Mizuho Shibata, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2004 | IROS | Crawling and jumping of deformable soft robot. | Yuuta Sugiyama, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2004 | ICRA | Extracting Rheological Properties of Deformable Objects with Haptic Vision. | Naoki Ueda, Shinichi Hirai, Hiromi T. Tanaka |
| 2004 | ICRA | Planning of one-handed Knotting/Raveling Manipulation of Linear Objects. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Akira Tsumaya, Eiji Arai, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2004 | ICRA | Robust and Video-frame Rate Tracking of Planar Motion by Matched Filtering on FPGA. | Shinya Yamamoto, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2004 | SMC | A simplified model for a biomechanical joint with soft cartilage. | Joseph Anand Vaz, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2003 | ICRA | Constructing rheologically deformable virtual objects. | Masafumi Kimura, Yuuta Sugiyama, Seiji Tomokuni, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2003 | ICRA | Development of a soft-fingertip and its modeling based on force distribution. | Kwi-Ho Oark, Byoung-Ho Kim, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2003 | IROS | Modeling of soft fingertip for object manipulation using tactile sensing. | Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2003 | IROS | Analysis on the fundamental deformation effect of soft fingertips for soft-fingered object manipulations. | Byoung-Ho Kim, Shinichi Hirai, Takahiro Inoue |
| 2003 | IROS | Actuation of a thumb prosthesis using remaining natural fingers. | Joseph Anand Vaz, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2003 | IROS | Knotting/raveling manipulation of linear objects. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Akira Tsumaya, Keiichi Shirase, Eiji Arai, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2003 | ICRA | A vision-based haptic exploration. | Hiromi T. Tanaka, Kiyotaka Kushihama, Naoki Ueda, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2003 | SMC | Modeling contact interaction of a hand prosthesis with soft tissue at the interface. | Joseph Anand Vaz, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2002 | ICARCV | Handling of randomly located moving parts using FPGA-based realtime vision. | Shinichi Hirai, Tatsuhiko Tsuboi, Masakazu Zakouji, Mizuho Shibata |
| 2002 | ICRA | Vision-Based Motion Control of Pneumatic Group Actuators. | Shinichi Hirai, Kiyoto Shimizu, Sadao Kawamura |
| 2002 | ICRA | Spreading and Isolating Multiple Stacked Cards using Absorptive Hole Array. | Shinichi Hirai, Masamitsu Ukai, Ken Yamada, Koji Sugita |
| 2002 | IROS | Computing and calibrating collision impulses and its application for air hockey game. | Toshiko Iguchi, Noriyuki Katsuyama, Hiroshi Noborio, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2002 | ICRA | Deformation Control of Rheological Food Dough using a Forming Process Model. | Shinichi Tokumoto, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2002 | ICRA | Parallel Processing of One-Sided Radon Transform for the Realtime Detection of Position and Orientation of Planar Motion Objects. | Tatsuhiko Tsuboi, Masakazu Zakouji, Akihiro Masubuchi, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2001 | ICRA | Prototyping Pneumatic Group Actuators Composed of Multiple Single-motion Elastic Tubes. | Shinichi Hirai, Tomohiro Masui, Sadao Kawamura |
| 2001 | ICRA | Vision-based Automatic Forming of Rheological Objects Using Deformation Transition Graphs. | Shinichi Tokumoto, Takuya Saito, Shinichi Hirai |
| 2001 | ICRA | Video-frame Rate Detection of Position and Orientation of Planar Motion Objects using One-sided Radon Transform. | Tatsuhiko Tsuboi, Akihiro Masubuchi, Shinichi Hirai, Shinya Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Ohnishi, Suguru Arimoto |
| 2001 | ICRA | Robust Manipulation of Deformable Objects By A Simple PID Feedback. | Takahiro Wada, Shinichi Hirai, Sadao Kawamura, Norimasa Kamiji |
| 2000 | IROS | Qualitative synthesis of deformable cylindrical actuators through constraint topology. | Shinichi Hirai, Pierre Cusin, Hiroki Tanigawa, Tomohiro Masui, Satoshi Konishi, Sadao Kawamura |
| 2000 | IROS | Modeling of hysteresis in deformation of rodlike objects toward their manipulation. | Takahiro Wada, Brenan J. McCarragher, Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Shinichi Hirai, Takeshi Yonezawa, Shinichi Tokumoto |
| 2000 | ICRA | Deformation Transition Graphs in Forming Operations of Rheological Objects. | Shinichi Tokumoto, Yoshiaki Fujita, Shinichi Hirai |
| 1999 | ICRA | Development of Impulsive Object Sorting Device with Air Floating. | Shinichi Hirai, Masaaki Niwa, Sadao Kawamura |
| 1999 | ICRA | Deformation Modeling of Viscoelastic Objects for Their Shape Control. | Shinichi Tokumoto, Yoshiaki Fujita, Shinichi Hirai |
| 1999 | ICRA | Planning and Control of Indirect Simultaneous Positioning Operation of Deformable Objects. | Takahiro Wada, Shinichi Hirai, Sadao Kawamura |
| 1998 | IROS | Indirect simultaneous positioning operations of extensionally deformable objects. | Takahiro Wada, Shinichi Hirai, Sadao Kawamura |
| 1997 | ICRA | Modeling of plain knitted fabrics for their deformation control. | Takahiro Wada, Shinichi Hirai, Tatsuya Hirano, Sadao Kawamura |
| 1996 | ICRA | Human-demonstration based approach to the recognition of process state transitions in insertion of deformable tubes. | Shinichi Hirai, Hideaki Noguchi, Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1996 | IROS | Learning of admittance matrix elements for manipulative operations. | Shinichi Hirai, Takashi Inatsugi, Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1996 | ICRA | Static analysis of deformable object grasping based on bounded force closure. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Shinichi Hirai, Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1995 | ICRA | Transplantation of Human Skillful Motion to Mnipulators in Insertion of Deformable Tubes. | Shinichi Hirai, Hideaki Noguchi, Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1995 | ICRA | Modeling of Linear Objects Considering Bend, Twist, and Extensional Deformations. | Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Shinichi Hirai, Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1994 | ICRA | Modeling of Deformable Thin Parts for Their Manipulation. | Shinichi Hirai, Hidefumi Wakamatsu, Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1993 | ICRA | Derivation of Damping Control Parameters Based on Geometric Model. | Shinichi Hirai, Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1992 | ICRA | Recognition of contact state based on geometric model. | Shinichi Hirai, Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1992 | IROS | A Model-based Generation Of Damping Control Law For Part-mat Ing. | Shinichi Hirai, Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1988 | IROS | Kinematics of Manipulation Using the Theory of Polyhedral Convex Cones and Its Applications to Grasping and Assembly Operations. | Shinichi Hirai, Haruhiko Asada, Hidekatsu Tokumaru |