Fumiyasu Oba
Papers
10
Total Citations
237
H-Index
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About
Fumiyasu Oba is a robotics and automation researcher whose work has made lasting contributions to mobile robot systems, fault diagnostics, and multi-robot coordination. His research spans several interconnected areas, including sensor fault detection and diagnosis, cooperative object transportation, and mobile robot localization — fields that sit at the intersection of control theory and practical industrial robotics. Oba's most influential contributions address the reliability of mobile robot systems. His multi-model-based fault detection and diagnosis framework (2004, 63 citations) tackles three critical sensor failure modes — hard, noise, and scale failures — providing robust diagnostic tools essential for autonomous operation. Complementing this, his earlier interacting multiple-model (IMM) approach to fault identification in dead-reckoning systems (2002, 56 citations) introduced probabilistic mode-switching models that significantly advanced sensor reliability research. Equally notable is his work on multi-robot coordination. His dynamic control method for multiple wheeled mobile robots cooperatively transporting heavy objects (2002, 63 citations) elegantly addressed the challenges of non-holonomic constraints through innovative coupler design. His METROS trajectory generation framework further demonstrated practical pathways toward automated factory environments. With a career spanning manufacturing simulation in the 1980s through sophisticated autonomous systems research in the 2000s, Oba's body of work reflects a rigorous and enduring commitment to intelligent industrial robotics.
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- 5Simulation for Design and Operation of Manufacturing Systems13 citations · 1984
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- 7Mobile robot localization using color signboard6 citations · 1999
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