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K. Fukuda is a robotics researcher whose work centers on robotic manipulation, object property estimation, and multi-finger grasping mechanics. Their most significant contribution lies in developing innovative techniques for estimating the mass and center of mass — or center of gravity — of objects that cannot be directly grasped by a robot hand, whether due to excessive weight or irregular shape. This line of research, which introduced the concept of "gravity equi-effect planes" as an analytical framework, evolved across multiple publications from 1999 through 2003, with the 2003 paper becoming their most impactful work, accumulating 39 citations and establishing Fukuda as a notable voice in robot manipulation research. By enabling robots to determine critical physical properties of ungraspable objects, this work directly advances the goal of stable and accurate robotic handling in real-world environments. More recently, Fukuda expanded their scope to multi-finger grasping, proposing methods to analyze internal forces when robot fingers simultaneously grasp multiple polyhedral objects — a complex problem with significant implications for dexterous robotic manipulation and advanced manufacturing automation.