Bio
Yumeko Imamura received the master degree of Information Science and Technology and Ph.D. in the field of Systems Science and Informatics from Hokkaido University, Japan, in 2011 and 2014 respectively. From 2014 to 2015, she served as a Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at Hokkaido University. She is currently a researcher of Human Augmentation Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and a researcher of CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory, UMI3218/RL, Japan. Her research interests include biomechanics, human modeling, and power assistive technologies.
Publications
The publication list may not be complete, especially for publications prior to 2017. We are working on updating it.
| Title | Authors | Conference/Book | Year | bib | |
| Statistical Human Body Shape Model including Elderly People | Y. Yoshiyasu, V. Samy, Y. Imamura, Ko Ayusawa, R. Sagawa, E. Yoshida | International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society | 2020 | ||
| Simulation-based Design of Transfer Support Robot and Experimental Verification | Y. Imamura, Y. Endo, E. Yoshida | IEEE International Conference on soft Robotics | 2019 | ||
| Kinematic Analysis of Effect on Walking Motion by Assistive Powered Wear with Wire-Driven Assist | Y. Imamura, K. Murakami, F. Hanzawa, K. Kishimoto, Y. Otake, M. Sumitani | IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts | 2019 | ||
| Estimating Lumbar load during motion with an unknown external load based on back muscle activity measured with a muscle stiffness sensor | Y. Tsuchiya, Y. Imamura, T. Tanaka, T. Kusaka | Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics | 2018 | ||
| Evaluation Framework for Passive Assistive Device Based on Humanoid Experiments | Y. Imamura, Ko Ayusawa, E. Yoshida, T. Tanaka | International Journal of Humanoid Robotics | 2018 | ||
| Risk Estimation for Intervertebral Disc Pressure through Musculoskeletal Joint Reaction Force Simulation | Y. Imamura, Ko Ayusawa, E. Yoshida | International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society | 2017 | ||
| Simulation-based Design for Robotic Care Device: Optimizing Trajectory of Transfer Support Robot | Y. Imamura, Ko Ayusawa, Y. Endo, E. Yoshida | International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics | 2017 | ||
| Field testing of the influence of assistive wear on the physical fitness of nursing-care workers | Y. Imamura, T. Tanaka, K. Takizawa | International Conference on Social Robotics | 2017 | ||
| Design of a simple three-dimensional musculoskeletal model for a wearable sensor system, and optimization of link joint position using finite element analysis | H. Akimoto, Y. Tsuchiya, Y. Imamura, T. Kusaka, T. Tanaka | IEEE Life Science Conference | 2017 | ||
| New evaluation framework for human-assistive devices based on humanoid robotics | Ko Ayusawa, E. Yoshida, Y. Imamura, T. Tanaka | Advanced Robotics | 2016 | ||
| Verification of passive power-assist device using humanoid robot: Effect on bending and twisting motion | Y. Imamura, T. Tanaka, Ko Ayusawa, E. Yoshida | IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots | 2015 | ||
| Lumbar load estimation using a musculoskeletal model in consideration of vertebral body displacement: Lumbar load simulation under static conditions | Y. Imamura, T. Tanaka, T. Kusaka, Y. Tsuchiya | International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society | 2015 | ||
| 介護作業用アシスト装具による軽労化効果と体力変化に関するフィールド試験結果 | Y. Imamura, T. Tanaka, K. Takizawa | 看護理工学会 | 2015 | ||
| Evaluation of Assistive Devices Using Humanoid Robot with Mechanical Parameters Robots | Ko Ayusawa, S. Nakaoka, E. Yoshida, Y. Imamura, T. Tanaka | IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots | 2014 |