Toshihiro Nishizawa
Papers
4
Total Citations
20
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3
About
Toshihiro Nishizawa is a robotics researcher whose work centers on speech dialogue systems, human-robot interaction, and robot software platforms. His most significant contribution is the development of a single-chip speech dialogue module, implemented on a mobile-phone application processor to achieve compact size, low power consumption, and cost efficiency. This module was successfully evaluated on the personal robot PaPeRo-Mini, demonstrating practical, embedded speech recognition for interactive robotics. His research also extends to sensor command interfaces, where he contributed to defining specifications for next-generation 3D SOKUIKI area sensors used in service robots. Additionally, Nishizawa played a key role in advancing robot software integration through the development of "RoboStudio," a platform enabling the efficient assembly of RT (Robot Technology) components. While his citation counts (9 for his top-cited paper) reflect a focused, application-oriented impact, his work represents foundational steps toward making speech-enabled, modular robots more accessible and practical for real-world deployment.
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