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Ryo Yonetani is a robotics and AI researcher whose work spans multi-agent systems, robotic manipulation, autonomous navigation, and human-robot interaction. His research bridges fundamental algorithmic challenges with practical industrial applications, making him a notable contributor to both theoretical and applied robotics. Yonetani has made significant strides in robotic assembly, developing precise multi-modal in-hand pose estimation techniques for industrial settings (30 citations) and transfer learning frameworks that allow robots to quickly adapt manipulation skills to unseen tasks (14 citations). His work on multi-agent pathfinding introduced a prioritized safe interval path planning approach for hundreds of agents on continuous 2D roadmaps (29 citations), addressing one of the field's most computationally demanding challenges. He has also advanced safe reinforcement learning by benchmarking action-constrained algorithms critical for real-world robot control (17 citations). Beyond manipulation and planning, Yonetani has explored crowd dynamics through patch-based density forecasting models (14 citations) and crowd-aware robot navigation frameworks that balance safety with efficiency. His investigations into adaptive replanning strategies and computational models of multiagent social interaction further demonstrate his broad interdisciplinary reach. Collectively, his publications reflect a researcher dedicated to making autonomous systems safer, smarter, and more capable in complex real-world environments.