Papers
12
Total Citations
108
H-Index
7
About
Noriaki Maru is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of computer vision, robot control, and humanoid systems, with particular expertise in visual servoing and binocular vision. His most influential contribution is the development of **Linear Visual Servoing (LVS)**, a framework first proposed in 1996 that exploits the approximately linear relationship between binocular visual space and a robot arm's joint space to enable robust, calibration-tolerant positioning control. This foundational idea, which has accumulated 14 citations, seeded a productive research program spanning manipulators, humanoid arms and legs, and mobile robots. Maru's most-cited work (38 citations) extends visual servoing to non-holonomic mobile robots — a technically challenging problem arising from the constrained motion of wheeled vehicles — demonstrating both theoretical depth and practical scope. His active stereo vision research further showcases his interest in human-inspired robotics, developing binocular gaze-holding systems that mimic natural eye movements to track objects in complex scenes. Across humanoid arm control (6-DOF), leg positioning, and mobile robot following behaviors, Maru consistently applied and refined LVS, building a coherent and lasting body of work in vision-based robot control that bridges biological inspiration with engineering rigor.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Visual servoing for non-holonomic mobile robots38 citations · 2002
- 2Visual Servoing based on Linear Approximation of the Inverser Kinematics.14 citations · 1996
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- 43-D tracking of a moving object by an active stereo vision system9 citations · 2002
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- 7Control of 6 DOF arm of the Humanoid Robot by Linear Visual Servoing7 citations · 2009
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- 10Adaptive Disparity Detection in Binocular Vision.3 citations · 1991