Papers
9
Total Citations
180
H-Index
8
About
Mikio Umeda is a pioneering researcher in agricultural robotics and autonomous systems, whose work has fundamentally advanced the design, control, and practical deployment of robots in demanding agricultural environments. With a career spanning nearly three decades, Umeda has made landmark contributions to heavy material handling robotics, developing sophisticated manipulation systems capable of performing the grueling physical labor involved in harvesting heavy crops and applying organic fertilizers — work that traditionally places enormous strain on human workers. His most influential contributions, including his 2008 paper on manipulation system design and control (50 citations) and his 2007 study on robust control strategies (35 citations), demonstrate a consistent commitment to bridging theoretical robotics with real-world agricultural constraints, particularly addressing the critical challenge of reducing initial costs without sacrificing system reliability. His early milestone — the development of "STORK," a watermelon-harvesting robot (1999, 22 citations) — remains a celebrated example of applied agricultural automation. Umeda has also explored multi-sensory robotic navigation, including hexapod robots equipped with gas sensors and anemoscopes for environmental source localization. Collectively, his work, accumulating approximately 180 citations, offers students and researchers a rich blueprint for designing robust, economically viable agricultural robotic systems.
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- 3Development of “STORK”, a watermelon-harvesting robot22 citations · 1999
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- 5Heavy material handling manipulator for agricultural robot15 citations · 2003
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- 7Global performance of agricultural robots10 citations · 2005
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- 9Walking behaviour of a hexapod robot using a wind direction detector7 citations · 2008