Kazuyuki Nagata

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Kazuyuki Nagata is a prominent robotics researcher whose work centers on robotic manipulation, grasp planning, and human-robot interaction. Over more than two decades, he has made significant contributions to advancing intelligent robotic systems capable of performing complex real-world tasks with human-like dexterity. Nagata's research has shaped foundational methodologies in grasp and motion planning, including techniques for dual-arm manipulators, adaptive grippers, and object placement strategies. His 2017 review of affordance in robotic manipulation (65 citations) has become an influential reference, arguing that affordance-based reasoning is essential for achieving advanced manipulation intelligence. Complementing this, his assembly sequence planning work (56 citations) provides robots with the ability to optimize stable, graspable object arrangements under motion uncertainty — a critical challenge in industrial automation. His earlier contributions, such as force-torque-based hand delivery between humans and robots (2002, 39 citations), demonstrate a long-standing commitment to safe and intuitive human-robot collaboration. His regrasp planning, bin-picking systems, and flexible gripper designs further illustrate a comprehensive vision for versatile robotic manipulation. With over 400 cumulative citations, Nagata's body of work remains essential reading for researchers advancing robotic dexterity and assembly automation.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   A brief review of affordance in robotic manipulation research

   65 citations · 2017
2. 2
   Assembly sequence planning for motion planning

   56 citations · 2017
3. 3
   Pick and place planning for dual-arm manipulators

   47 citations · 2012
4. 4
   Proposal of a shape adaptive gripper for robotic assembly tasks

   42 citations · 2016
5. 5
   Validating an object placement planner for robotic pick-and-place tasks

   40 citations · 2014
6. 6
   A regrasp planning component for object reorientation

   40 citations · 2018
7. 7
   Delivery by hand between human and robot based on fingertip force-torque information

   39 citations · 2002
8. 8
   Grasp planning for parallel grippers with flexibility on its grasping surface

   33 citations · 2011
9. 9
   Project on Development of a Robot System for Random Picking-Grasp/manipulation planner for a dual-arm manipulator

   30 citations · 2014
10. 10
    Picking up an indicated object in a complex environment

    28 citations · 2010

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