Teruko Yata
Papers
9
Total Citations
162
H-Index
7
About
Teruko Yata is a pioneering roboticist whose work has fundamentally advanced how mobile robots perceive and navigate their environments. Her research centers on ultrasonic sensing, sensor fusion, and dependable robot perception, with a particular focus on overcoming the limitations of conventional sonar systems. Yata’s major contribution is the development of fast, accurate sonar-ring sensors that can measure both the distance and bearing angle of reflecting points—a critical improvement over traditional range-only ultrasonic sensors. Her 2002 paper on wall following using angle information from a single transducer (52 citations) and her 2003 work on a fast, accurate sonar-ring (40 citations) are foundational, enabling more precise and efficient robot motion control. She also pioneered the fusion of omni-directional sonar with omni-directional vision, creating richer environmental models for mobile robots. Later, Yata shifted focus to the broader challenge of dependable perception, arguing that robust sensing is the weakest link in reliable robot operation. Her work, spanning from the late 1990s to 2018, has accumulated over 150 citations and remains essential reading for researchers in mobile robotics, sensor design, and autonomous navigation.
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- 2A fast and accurate sonar-ring sensor for a mobile robot40 citations · 2003
- 3Dependable Perception for Robots14 citations · 2018
- 4Fast-Bearing Measurement with a Single Ultrasonic Transducer13 citations · 1998
- 5Use of amplitude of echo for environment recognition by mobile robots13 citations · 2002
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- 7A Fast and Accurate Reflecting Points Measurable Sonar-ring System.7 citations · 1999
- 8Using one bit wave memory for mobile robots' new sonar-ring sensors6 citations · 2002
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