Noriyuki Murakami

Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, Sumitomo Electric Industries (Japan), Institute of Agricultural Machinery

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Total Citations

107

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About

Noriyuki Murakami is a pioneering researcher in agricultural robotics, focusing on autonomous systems for precision farming and bio-inspired robotics. His work addresses critical challenges in automating labor-intensive tasks in orchards and fields, from selective harvesting to vehicle navigation. Murakami’s most influential contribution is the development of a teleoperation system for agricultural vehicles (2008, 55 citations), which laid the groundwork for remote and autonomous control in semi-structured environments. He further advanced this field with an orchard-traveling Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) that combines particle filter-based localization with inverse optimal control (2010, 22 citations), enabling robust navigation for monitoring, spraying, and harvesting. Notably, Murakami also explored bio-inspired robotics, developing a horse-type quadruped robot (2003) that analyzed equine gait and musculoskeletal structure to achieve realistic trotting motion. His earlier work includes a selective harvesting robot for cabbage (1995, 7 citations) and a robotic cabbage harvester (1999, 6 citations), demonstrating a sustained commitment to automating specialty crop harvesting. With over 100 total citations, Murakami’s research bridges robotics, control theory, and agricultural engineering, offering practical solutions for sustainable farming and autonomous navigation in natural environments.