Takashi Kanbayashi

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Takashi Kanbayashi is a robotics researcher whose work centers on multi-robot coordination, autonomous systems, and intelligent transportation automation. He is best known as a principal contributor to the development of iCART (Intelligent Cooperative Autonomous Robot Transporters), a pioneering series of robotic car transportation systems designed to autonomously move vehicles in confined spaces such as parking facilities. Across a sustained body of research spanning from 2008 to 2012, Kanbayashi and his collaborators progressively refined the iCART platform — evolving from a two-robot coordinated system to the more sophisticated iCART II, which introduced the innovative "a-robot-for-a-wheel" concept, enabling a fleet of compact mobile robots to handle vehicles of varying sizes with greater flexibility and precision. His contributions encompass decentralized control algorithms, caster-like motion strategies, trajectory generation for multi-robot systems, and sensor-based estimation of relative positions and orientations between robots and target vehicles. Collectively, his publications have garnered over 75 citations, reflecting meaningful influence within the robotics and automation community. His work offers practical pathways toward unmanned vehicle handling and fully automated smart parking infrastructure, making it particularly relevant to researchers exploring autonomous mobility and cooperative robotic systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   A car transportation system using multiple mobile robots: iCART II

   24 citations · 2011
2. 2
   A car transportation system by multiple mobile robots - iCART -

   20 citations · 2008
3. 3
   A coordinated control algorithm based on the caster-like motion for a car transportation system -iCART-

   9 citations · 2009
4. 4
   Car transportation system grasping two drive wheels

   7 citations · 2012
5. 5
   Trajectory Generation for Multiple Robots of a Car Transportation System

   6 citations · 2009
6. 6
   Estimation of relative positions and orientations on a car transportation system grasping two drive wheels

   4 citations · 2012
7. 7
   A Car Transportation System Using Multiple Robots iCART : 1st Report, The Design and the Control Algorithm of Robots(Mechanical Systems)

   4 citations · 2009
8. 8
   A Car Transportation System Using Multiple Mobile Robots

   2 citations · 2011
9. 9
   A Car Transportation System Using Multiple Coordinated Robots: iCART : 2nd Report, A Distributed Coordination Control Algorithm(Mechanical Systems)

   2 citations · 2010

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