Nobuhiro Inuzuka
Papers
9
Total Citations
241
H-Index
7
About
Nobuhiro Inuzuka is a leading figure in distributed autonomous robotics, with a core focus on the fundamental challenges of coordination and pattern formation among mobile robots. His seminal work, "The Gathering Problem for Two Oblivious Robots with Unreliable Compasses" (97 citations), is a cornerstone in the field, demonstrating that for semi-synchronous robots, nearly all patterns formable with memory are also achievable without it, except for the critical task of gathering to a single point. Inuzuka has systematically advanced the understanding of robot coordination under realistic constraints, particularly through his pioneering research on "dynamic compass" models. His papers "Gathering Autonomous Mobile Robots with Dynamic Compasses" (50 citations) and "Dynamic Compass Models and Gathering Algorithms for Autonomous Mobile Robots" (45 citations) established optimal algorithms for robots with imperfect or varying directional sensors. He has also explored the impact of sensor noise, as seen in "Convergence of Mobile Robots with Uniformly-Inaccurate Sensors" (8 citations). With over 240 total citations, Inuzuka’s work provides essential theoretical foundations for deploying reliable multi-robot systems in environments where global orientation or perfect sensing cannot be guaranteed.
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Top Papers
- 1The Gathering Problem for Two Oblivious Robots with Unreliable Compasses97 citations · 2012
- 2Gathering Autonomous Mobile Robots with Dynamic Compasses: An Optimal Result50 citations · 2007
- 3Dynamic Compass Models and Gathering Algorithms for Autonomous Mobile Robots45 citations · 2007
- 4On Gathering Problem in a Ring for 2n Autonomous Mobile Robots14 citations · 2008
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- 7Convergence of Mobile Robots with Uniformly-Inaccurate Sensors8 citations · 2010
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