Papers
77
Total Citations
1,781
H-Index
23
About
Kazunori Ohno is a pioneering robotics researcher whose work spans disaster response robotics, autonomous navigation, and aerial systems. He is perhaps best known for his landmark contributions to collaborative multi-robot mapping, most notably his 2012 study on ground and aerial robots generating three-dimensional maps of earthquake-damaged buildings—a paper that has garnered nearly 380 citations and remains a touchstone in disaster robotics. His early work on fusing differential GPS with odometry for reliable outdoor mobile robot navigation (2004, nearly 200 combined citations) laid important groundwork for autonomous systems operating in real-world environments. Ohno's research took on urgent practical significance following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, where he deployed robotic vehicles to measure dangerous radiation levels inaccessible to human workers. His development of the Quince rescue crawler platform further demonstrated his commitment to translating robotics research into life-saving tools. More recently, he has advanced aerial robotics through innovative UAV designs featuring passive rotating spherical shells, enabling safe close-proximity infrastructure inspection. With over 1,000 cumulative citations across his most influential works, Ohno's career exemplifies how rigorous engineering research can directly address humanity's most pressing safety challenges.
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- 4Differential GPS and odometry-based outdoor navigation of a mobile robot94 citations · 2004
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