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Kenji Terada is a versatile robotics researcher whose work bridges education, perception, and precision measurement. He is best known for founding the Tokushima Robot Programming Club, an innovative program where university students teach robot manufacturing to elementary and junior-high school children, fostering early STEM engagement (5 citations). In robotics perception, Terada developed an intention recognition system to determine handball occurrences during football matches, a novel application of AI to assist referees in high-stakes decisions (4 citations, 2024). His technical contributions include a calibration method for 3D shape measurement systems integrating a 3D scanner, turn-table, and arm-robot, enabling accurate digital archiving of objects (4 citations, 2019). Most recently, Terada has applied sensing agricultural robots combined with explainable AI (XAI) to improve disease forecasting across different farms, addressing global food security by enabling early detection of crop diseases (2 citations, 2024). His work uniquely combines hands-on education, sports analytics, precision metrology, and agricultural technology, demonstrating a broad impact across applied robotics. Terada’s research is characterized by its practical, interdisciplinary nature, making complex robotics accessible and useful in real-world settings from classrooms to soccer fields to farms.