Nobuto Matsuhira

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Nobuto Matsuhira is a prominent robotics researcher whose work spans human-robot interaction, teleoperation, autonomous mobile robots, and surgical robotics. Over a career marked by both theoretical innovation and practical system development, Matsuhira has made substantial contributions to some of the most consequential challenges in modern robotics. His early work on multi-operator multi-robot (MOMR) teleoperation systems addressed the critical problem of coordinated remote collaboration under network time delays, accumulating nearly 140 citations across related publications. This research laid important groundwork for applications in hazardous environments, construction, and minimally invasive surgery — the latter explored through his development of a master-slave combined manipulator for laparoscopic procedures. Matsuhira is equally recognized for his pioneering work on home and service robots, including the ApriAlpha robotic home appliance and the person-following robot ApriAttend, which demonstrated sophisticated vision-based tracking and obstacle avoidance. His involvement in the widely-cited V-REP robot simulation platform (209 citations) has empowered researchers globally with accessible 3D robot experimentation tools. Rounding out his portfolio, his contributions to mobile robot localization using particle filters and collaborative robotic shopping assistance systems reflect a career dedicated to bringing intelligent, human-centered robotics from the laboratory into everyday life.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Virtual Robot Experimentation Platform V-REP: A Versatile 3D Robot Simulator

   209 citations · 2010
2. 2
   Development of a Person Following Robot with Vision Based Target Detection

   106 citations · 2006
3. 3
   Remote coordinated controls in multiple telerobot cooperation

   72 citations · 2002
4. 4
   Development of a concept model of a robotic information home appliance, aprialpha

   47 citations · 2005
5. 5
   Development of a functional model for a master–slave combined manipulator for laparoscopic surgery

   37 citations · 2003
6. 6
   Mobile robot global localization using particle filters

   26 citations · 2008
7. 7
   A collaborative multi-site teleoperation over an ISDN

   25 citations · 2003
8. 8
   Remote collaboration through time delay in multiple teleoperation

   24 citations · 2003
9. 9
   Development of robotic transportation system - Shopping support system collaborating with environmental cameras and mobile robots -

   20 citations · 2010
10. 10
    Development of a multi-telerobot system for remote collaboration

    17 citations · 2002

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