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About
Kotaro Nagahama is a robotics researcher whose work spans agricultural robotics, assistive robotics, and human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on enabling autonomous robots to perform complex real-world tasks. His most influential contribution is the development of an autonomous tomato harvesting robot featuring a rotational plucking gripper and short-range stereo vision capable of operating in direct sunlight, a paper that has garnered 175 citations and represents a landmark advance in agricultural automation. Alongside this, Nagahama has made significant strides in vision recognition frameworks for humanoid robots in agricultural settings, combining geometric and physical reasoning to mimic natural human harvesting behavior. Beyond agriculture, Nagahama has pioneered research in daily assistive robotics, developing systems that help disabled individuals with dressing tasks — including autonomous trouser-pulling using clothing state estimation — and kitchen assistance, where robots handle cooking tools and foods in visually challenging environments. His work on object manipulation, door interaction, and textile handling further demonstrates his commitment to practical, real-world robot deployment. His contributions to the Seednoid multipurpose robot platform, informed by competitions including the DARPA Robotics Challenge, reflect a practitioner's approach to hardware design. Collectively, his research has accumulated over 400 citations, establishing him as a notable voice in applied robotics.
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- 7Picking up One of the Folded and Stacked Towels by a Single Arm Robot16 citations · 2018
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