Takayuki Sugawara

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Takayuki Sugawara is a pioneering researcher in ubiquitous robotics, focusing on creating structured, information-rich environments that enable robots to operate seamlessly in human spaces. His key research areas include robot manipulation, RT-Middleware component technology, and the design of ubiquitous robot systems for real-world applications like libraries and homes. Sugawara’s major contributions center on developing the Coded Landmark for Ubiquitous Environment (CLUE), a visual marker system that simplifies robot manipulation by leveraging RT-Middleware, as detailed in his most-cited paper (14 citations). He also introduced the u-RT space, an information-structured environment that allows robots to access task-critical knowledge from their surroundings, demonstrated through a librarian robot system (8 citations). His work on the ubiquitous mobile manipulator system (6 citations) and simulation frameworks for distributed sensor environments (4 citations) further advanced the field by addressing the complexity of deploying robots in human environments. With a total of 40 citations across his top papers, Sugawara’s research has laid foundational groundwork for practical, service-oriented robotics, making him a key figure in the evolution of ubiquitous robot technology.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Visual Mark for Robot Manipulation and Its RT-Middleware Component

   14 citations · 2008
2. 2
   Design of Ubiquitous Space for the Robotic Library System and Its Application

   8 citations · 2008
3. 3
   Design and control of the librarian robot system in the ubiquitous robot technology space

   8 citations · 2008
4. 4
   Development of ubiquitous mobile manipulator system with RT-Middleware

   6 citations · 2007
5. 5
   Development of simulation framework for ubiquitous robots using RT-middleware

   4 citations · 2007

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