Kenta Yonemori

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Kenta Yonemori is a robotics researcher specializing in underwater autonomous systems, with a particular focus on visual-servo control and docking technologies for subsea vehicles. His work addresses critical challenges in undersea exploration, including the autonomous survey of submarine resources, environmental remediation (such as decontaminating radiation from dam-lake mud), and extending the operational endurance of underwater robots. Yonemori’s major contributions center on developing a visual-servo-based autonomous docking system that uses a dual-eyes camera for 3D-pose tracking, enabling precise, real-time positioning and docking of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). His most-cited paper (2015, 35 citations) demonstrates the system’s regulator performance and docking capabilities, while a follow-up sea-trial study (2017, 6 citations) validates its effectiveness in real-world oceanic conditions. By integrating binocular wide-angle lens vision with servo control, Yonemori has advanced the reliability of autonomous underwater docking—a key enabler for long-duration missions like methane hydrate and rare metal mining. His work is foundational for researchers and engineers developing next-generation AUVs for deep-sea resource exploration and environmental monitoring.