Shigeru AOMURA

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Shigeru Aomura is a leading researcher in manufacturing robotics, with a specialized focus on the automation of sheet metal bending processes. His work addresses the critical challenge of integrating robotic systems into flexible manufacturing, particularly through the use of dual-arm robots. Aomura’s major contributions include pioneering methods for generating optimized bending sequences, which significantly reduce cycle times and improve precision in robotic fabrication. His 2002 paper on this topic, with 31 citations, remains a foundational reference in the field. He further advanced the discipline by developing algorithms for regrasp motion planning—a complex manipulation task essential for handling large, deformable sheet metal parts. This work, published in 2012, tackles one of the most characteristic and difficult aspects of robotic bending. Additionally, Aomura explored process similarity search techniques to accelerate manufacturing process planning by retrieving data from existing part databases. Through these contributions, he has helped bridge the gap between traditional sheet metal forming and modern, flexible robotic automation, impacting both academic research and industrial practice.