Muscle synergy analysis of human adaptation to a variable-stiffness exoskeleton: Human walk with a knee exoskeleton with pneumatic artificial muscles. - Daisuke Maeda; Kenta Tominaga; Takanori Oku; Hang T. T. Pham; Shin Saeki; Mitsunori Uemura; Hiroaki Hirai; Fumio Miyazaki (Humanoids, 2012)

Analysis of muscle coordination in human pedaling and implementation with a musculoskeletal robot. - Takanori Oku; Keita Inoue; Hang T. T. Pham; Kenta Tominaga; Daisuke Maeda; Mitsunori Uemura; Hiroaki Hirai; Fumio Miyazaki (Humanoids, 2012)

Tacit representation of muscle activities during coordination training: Muscle synergy analysis to visualize motor enhancement in virtual trajectory of multi-joint arm movement. - Keitaro Koba; Kenta Murakami; Takanori Oku; Kanna Uno; Pipatthana Phatiwuttipat; Yuto Yamashita; Mitsunori Uemura; Hiroaki Hirai; Fumio Miyazaki (BioRob, 2014)

A novel muscle synergy extraction method to explain the equilibrium-point trajectory and endpoint stiffness during human upper-limb movements on a horizontal plane. - Kanna Uno; Takanori Oku; Pipatthana Phatiwuttipat; Keitaro Koba; Yuto Yamashita; Kenta Murakami; Mitsunori Uemura; Hiroaki Hirai; Fumio Miyazaki (BioRob, 2014)

Pilot study on quantitative assessment of muscle imbalance: Differences of muscle synergies, equilibrium-point trajectories, and endpoint stiffness in normal and pathological upper-limb movements. - Takanori Oku; Kanna Uno; Tomoki Nishi; Masayuki Kageyama; Pipatthana Phatiwuttipat; Keitaro Koba; Yuto Yamashita; Kenta Murakami; Mitsunori Uemura; Hiroaki Hirai; Fumio Miyazaki; Hiroaki Naritomi (EMBC, 2014)

Extraction and implementation of muscle synergies in neuro-mechanical control of upper limb movement. - Hang T. T. Pham; Yohei Ariga; Kenta Tominaga; Takanori Oku; Kanna Nakayama; Mitsunori Uemura; Hiroaki Hirai; Fumio Miyazaki (Adv. Robotics, 2014)

Exploiting invariant structure for controlling multiple muscles in anthropomorphic legs: An inspiration from electromyography analysis of human pedaling. - Eichi Watanabe; Takanori Oku; Hiroaki Hirai; Kanna Uno; Mitsunori Uemura; Fumio Miyazaki (Humanoids, 2015)

Exploiting invariant structure for controlling multiple muscles in anthropomorphic legs: II. Experimental evidence for three equilibrium-point-based synergies during human pedaling. - Eichi Watanabe; Takanori Oku; Hiroaki Hirai; Fumiaki Yoshikawa; Yuma Nagakawa; Akira Kuroiwa; Emerson Paul Grabke; Mitsunori Uemura; Fumio Miyazaki; Hermano Igo Krebs (Humanoids, 2016)

A Novel Vibrotactile Biofeedback Device for Optimizing Neuromuscular Control in Piano Playing. - Takanori Oku; Shinichi Furuya (VR, 2019)

Noncontact and High-Precision Sensing System for Piano Keys Identified Fingerprints of Virtuosity. - Takanori Oku; Shinichi Furuya (Sensors, 2022)

PianoKeystroke-EMG: Piano Hand Muscle Electromyography Estimation from Easily Accessible Piano Keystroke. - Ruofan Liu; Yichen Peng; Takanori Oku; Erwin Wu; Shinichi Furuya; Hideki Koike (SIGGRAPH Asia Posters, 2024)

PiaMuscle: Improving Piano Skill Acquisition by Cost-effectively Estimating and Visualizing Activities of Miniature Hand Muscles. - Ruofan Liu; Yichen Peng; Takanori Oku; Chen-Chieh Liao; Erwin Wu; Shinichi Furuya; Hideki Koike (CHI, 2025)

Surmounting the ceiling effect of motor expertise by novel sensory experience with a hand exoskeleton. - Shinichi Furuya; Takanori Oku; Hayato Nishioka; Masato Hirano (Sci. Robotics, 2025)