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Keisuke Kamijo is a pioneering researcher in the field of robotic automation and precision manufacturing, with a particular focus on the development of intelligent polishing systems for metal molds and dies. His work in the early 1990s placed him at the forefront of integrating advanced computational techniques with industrial robotics, addressing one of manufacturing's most labor-intensive challenges: achieving consistent, high-quality surface finishes on complex free-form geometries. Kamijo's most influential contribution, "Development of Metal-Mold Polishing Robot System with Contact Pressure Control Using CAD/CAM Data" (1990), has garnered 37 citations and established a foundational framework for automating precision polishing through real-time pressure regulation guided by digital design data. Building on this, his innovative application of fractal path planning in robotic polishing — exploiting the plane-filling and self-similar properties of fractal curves to uniformly cover complex surfaces — demonstrated remarkable creative thinking at the intersection of mathematics and engineering. His complementary work on dedicated polishing apparatus design further solidified a cohesive, systems-level approach to manufacturing automation. Together, these contributions represent a significant early milestone in intelligent robotic manufacturing, offering lasting influence on researchers pursuing automated surface finishing and precision robotics.