Kohtaro Ohba

About

Kohtaro Ohba is a pioneering robotics researcher whose work spans telerobotics, human-robot interaction, and ubiquitous computing for intelligent robotic systems. His most influential contributions lie in multi-operator-multi-robot (MOMR) teleoperation, where he developed sophisticated coordinated control schemes capable of managing communication time delays across networks — a challenge critical to real-world applications in surgery, construction, and plant maintenance. His foundational 2002 paper on remote coordinated controls has garnered 72 citations, establishing him as a leading authority in collaborative telerobotics. Ohba has also made significant strides in human-robot cooperation, proposing algorithms that enable robots to perform natural hand-over motions with humans, and in knowledge-distributed robotics, designing frameworks and omniscient space networks that allow robots to adapt intelligently to new environments with minimal reprogramming. His 2006 work on Web services-based robot control platforms demonstrated forward-thinking integration of internet technologies — XML, SOAP, and WSDL — into robotic architectures. Collectively, his papers have amassed over 370 citations, reflecting sustained influence across robotics, networked systems, and ambient intelligence research that continues to inform modern autonomous and collaborative robot design.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Remote coordinated controls in multiple telerobot cooperation

   72 citations · 2002
2. 2
   Web Services Based Robot Control Platform for Ubiquitous Functions

   49 citations · 2006
3. 3
   Motion planning for hand-over between human and robot

   43 citations · 2002
4. 4
   A distributed knowledge network for real world robot applications

   41 citations · 2005
5. 5
   Ubiquitous Localization and Mapping for Robots with Ambient Intelligence

   35 citations · 2006
6. 6
   Multioperator Teleoperation of Multirobot Systems with Time Delay: Part I—Aids for Collision-Free Control

   34 citations · 2002
7. 7
   Virtual repulsive force field guided coordination for multi-telerobot collaboration

   29 citations · 2002
8. 8
   A collaborative multi-site teleoperation over an ISDN

   25 citations · 2003
9. 9
   Knowledge Distributed Robot Control Framework

   24 citations · 2003
10. 10
    Remote collaboration through time delay in multiple teleoperation

    24 citations · 2003

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