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Shota Chikushi is a robotics researcher whose work spans collaborative construction systems, disaster response teleoperation, and autonomous soccer robots. His most influential paper, “Innovative technologies for infrastructure construction and maintenance through collaborative robots based on an open design approach” (45 citations), addresses Japan’s pressing socio-economic challenges—aging population, aging infrastructure, COVID-19, and natural disasters—by introducing a project that leverages open-design collaborative robots. This work demonstrates his commitment to applying robotics to real-world societal needs. Chikushi is also deeply involved in the RoboCup Middle-Size League as part of team Hibikino-Musashi, where he has made significant contributions to ball dribbling control and motion analysis. His papers on roller-driven ball kinematics and dribbling mechanisms (2016–2020) have advanced the precision and reliability of soccer robot manipulation, with several studies evaluating roller arrangements adopted by RoboCup teams. Additionally, his work on arbitrary viewpoint visualization for teleoperation (2019) enhances situational awareness for disaster response robots, improving operator effectiveness. Chikushi’s research thus bridges fundamental robotics mechanics with applied systems for infrastructure, disaster response, and competitive AI, reflecting a versatile and impact-driven career.