Papers
50
Total Citations
1,103
H-Index
14
About
Noriaki Ando is a pioneering researcher in robot technology (RT) middleware and component-based robotic systems. His foundational work on RT-Middleware, introduced in his highly cited 2005 paper (476 citations), established a distributed component middleware framework that enables seamless integration of robotic systems across industrial and non-industrial applications, including human daily life support. Ando’s development of OpenRTM-Aist (2008, 127 citations) provided an open-source software platform that has become a cornerstone for component-based RT-system development, allowing researchers and engineers to modularize and deploy robotic components efficiently. His contributions extend to the standardization of RT-Component object models (2005, 56 citations) and composite component frameworks (2006, 24 citations), which have shaped the architecture of modern networked robotic systems. Ando also explored intelligent spaces (2003, 38 citations) and tele-micromanipulation systems (2007, 23 citations), demonstrating the versatility of his middleware approach. With over 860 total citations across his top papers, Ando’s work has profoundly impacted the robotics community, enabling scalable, reusable, and interoperable robotic systems that continue to influence both research and practical deployments.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1RT-middleware: distributed component middleware for RT (robot technology)476 citations · 2005
- 2A Software Platform for Component Based RT-System Development: OpenRTM-Aist127 citations · 2008
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- 4Design policy of intelligent space38 citations · 2003
- 5Software Deployment Infrastructure for Component Based RT-Systems37 citations · 2011
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- 7Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots27 citations · 2012
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- 9Development of a single-master multi-slave tele-micromanipulation system23 citations · 2007
- 10Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots21 citations · 2010