Shogo Inaba

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Shogo Inaba is a robotics researcher specializing in autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), with a particular focus on hovering-type platforms for precise, low-speed maneuvering in real-sea environments. His major contributions center on the development and field validation of robust operating system software for AUVs, most notably for the vehicle HOBALIN. Inaba pioneered the replacement of legacy control systems with a new architecture based on the Robot Operating System (ROS), a widely adopted framework in robotics. This work, detailed in his most-cited paper (2018, 4 citations), enabled HOBALIN to complete successful dives in real-sea conditions, demonstrating the viability of ROS for underwater missions. His foundational 2017 paper (3 citations) laid the groundwork for this transition, establishing a modular, scalable software platform that improves reliability and ease of development. Though early in his career, Inaba’s contributions are critical for advancing open-source, reusable software in marine robotics, directly impacting the operational capability of hovering AUVs for inspection, survey, and intervention tasks.

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1. 1
   A New ROS-Based Operation Software for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle HOBALIN and Its Test in Real Sea

   4 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Development of a new operating system software for a hovering-type autonomous underwater vehicle HOBALIN

   3 citations · 2017

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