Yoshiyuki Furukawa
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Papers
5
Total Citations
34
H-Index
4
About
Yoshiyuki Furukawa is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of robotics and manufacturing, whose work is reshaping how machines perceive and interact with their environment. His primary research areas include smart factory digital transformation (DX), robotic material identification, and thermal sensing for autonomous systems. Furukawa’s most significant contribution lies in advancing active thermoregulation and heat flow sensing for robotic grippers—a novel approach that enables robots to distinguish materials by their thermal properties, a capability previously underexplored in multimodal sensing. His highly cited 2022 paper on digital tools integration for smart factories (12 citations) addresses critical industry demands for productivity, quality, and ESG compliance, while his 2022 work on material classification using active temperature-controllable grippers (9 citations) demonstrates how combining thermal and tactile percepts enhances object recognition. Notably, Furukawa’s 2023 study on recycling internally generated motor heat for thermoregulation (3 citations) showcases his innovative, sustainable approach to robotics. With a career spanning from early component-based robot simulators (2006, 4 citations) to cutting-edge thermal sensing, Furukawa’s work is foundational for developing more intelligent, energy-efficient manufacturing robots.
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- 3Active Heat Flow Sensing for Robust Material Identification6 citations · 2023
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