Koichi OZAKI
Papers
74
Total Citations
970
H-Index
16
About
Koichi Ozaki is a pioneering robotics researcher whose work spans multi-robot systems, autonomous navigation, and mobile robot design. He is perhaps best known as a central architect of ACTRESS (ACTor-based Robots and Equipments Synthetic System), a groundbreaking autonomous and decentralized multi-robot framework developed across several decades. His foundational contributions to collision avoidance, task assignment, communication protocols, and synchronized motion among multiple autonomous mobile robots established core principles still relevant to modern swarm robotics, earning collectively hundreds of citations — including 73 for his collision avoidance work and 66 for his research on functional distribution among robotic agents. Beyond multi-robot coordination, Ozaki made significant advances in indoor and outdoor robot navigation by harnessing environmental magnetic fields as natural landmarks. His application of Gaussian processes to magnetic map-based localization (56 citations) demonstrated an elegant, infrastructure-free alternative to GPS and laser-based systems. More recently, his 2022 work on compact omnidirectional wheel arrangements (37 citations) reflects a continued commitment to practical, industry-ready robotics solutions. Spanning over three decades of research, Ozaki's body of work represents a rare combination of theoretical depth and real-world engineering impact, making him an influential figure in intelligent autonomous systems.
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- 4Communication in the autonomous and decentralized robot system ACTRESS58 citations · 2002
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- 6Wheel Arrangement of Four Omni Wheel Mobile Robot for Compactness37 citations · 2022
- 7Synchronized motion by multiple mobile robots using communication37 citations · 2002
- 8Negotiation between multiple mobile robots and an environment manager36 citations · 1991
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