Papers
38
Total Citations
511
H-Index
13
About
Genya Ishigami is a robotics researcher whose work spans mobile robot navigation, planetary exploration systems, soft robotics, and field robotics in challenging terrains. His research is particularly distinguished by its focus on enabling robots to operate reliably in unstructured, unpredictable environments — a critical challenge for both terrestrial and space applications. Among his most influential contributions is his work on slip detection and compensation for mobile robots navigating loose or rough terrain. His vision-based slip angle estimation methods and odometry correction techniques (53 and 44 citations, respectively) have meaningfully advanced localization accuracy for planetary rovers, where wheel slippage can prove catastrophic. His stochastic path planning framework (61 citations) further addressed autonomous operation under environmental uncertainty, offering a probabilistic alternative to deterministic trajectory methods. Ishigami has also made notable strides in soft robotics, designing thermally activated multi-DOF systems driven by minimal actuators (72 citations), and in omnidirectional mobility for rough terrain platforms. More recently, his work has expanded into energy-efficient slope traversal planning and wheel-soil interaction sensing using in-wheel sensor arrays. With contributions touching planetary robotics, construction automation, and soil mechanics, Ishigami represents a broad yet cohesive research vision centered on robust, intelligent robot mobility in the real world.
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Top Papers
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- 2Stochastic mobility-based path planning in uncertain environments61 citations · 2009
- 3Vision-based estimation of slip angle for mobile robots and planetary rovers53 citations · 2008
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- 8Dual-Arm Construction Robot with Remote-Control Function18 citations · 2019
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- 10Excavation model of soil sampling device based on particle image velocimetry17 citations · 2015