Harutoshi Ogai

About

Harutoshi Ogai is a robotics and automation researcher whose work spans structural health monitoring, autonomous systems, and intelligent inspection technologies. Best known for his extensive contributions to pipe inspection robotics, Ogai has dedicated much of his career to developing robotic systems capable of navigating and assessing the integrity of industrial pipelines — work that has earned widespread recognition, with his 2017 survey on pipe inspection robots for structural health monitoring accumulating 41 citations and his complementary study on gas and oil pipeline robots adding a further 12. His early pioneering efforts in wireless communication systems for mobile inspection robots, beginning as far back as 2007, laid critical groundwork for untethered, real-time pipeline diagnostics, replacing cumbersome wired systems with agile, remotely operated alternatives. More recently, Ogai has broadened his research portfolio into autonomous vehicle perception, contributing a refined neural network approach for 3D LiDAR-based object detection (17 citations), and into mobile robotics design, with notable investigations into step-climbing mechanisms and SMA-actuated anti-slip systems. Collectively, his body of work reflects a sustained commitment to advancing robotic solutions for hazardous inspection environments and next-generation autonomous mobility.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Pipe Inspection Robots for Structural Health and Condition Monitoring

   41 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Analysis and Design of a Minimalist Step Climbing Robot

   22 citations · 2021
3. 3
   Realtime Single-Shot Refinement Neural Network With Adaptive Receptive Field for 3D Object Detection From LiDAR Point Cloud

   17 citations · 2021
4. 4
   Wireless radio communication system for a pipe inspection robot

   15 citations · 2007
5. 5
   Drain pipe inspection robot using wireless communication system

   13 citations · 2009
6. 6
   Pipe Inspection Robots for Gas and Oil Pipelines

   12 citations · 2017
7. 7
   Inspection of Pipe Inner Surface using Advanced Pipe Crawler Robot with PVDF Sensor based Rotating Probe

   12 citations · 2011
8. 8
   Pipe inspection robot using a wireless communication system

   10 citations · 2009
9. 9
   Advanced pipe inspection robot using rotating probe

   7 citations · 2010
10. 10
    Design of an Anti-Slip Mechanism for Wheels of Step Climbing Robots

    6 citations · 2021

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