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Ikuya Matsumoto is a leading researcher in domestic service robotics and human-robot interaction, with a focus on developing autonomous systems for real-world home environments. His most notable contribution is his work on the World Robot Challenge 2020 Partner Robot Challenge (Real Space), where his team achieved a top solution for tasks like room tidying, obstacle avoidance, and object grasping—a paper that has garnered 23 citations and demonstrated the feasibility of robots performing complex domestic chores. Matsumoto also leads the Hibikino-Musashi@Home team, as detailed in their 2023 Team Description Paper, which introduces an innovative dataset generator for training robot vision systems and an open-source development environment for human-support robots. This work has advanced the field by making robotic perception and control more accessible to researchers. With a career focused on bridging the gap between laboratory research and social implementation, Matsumoto’s contributions are pivotal for the future of assistive robotics in everyday life.