Papers
43
Total Citations
465
H-Index
12
About
Tetsuo Tomizawa is a robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous navigation, human-robot interaction, and dexterous manipulation. His research career reflects a sustained effort to bring intelligent robotic systems into everyday human environments, tackling challenges from mobile robot planning to intricate physical tasks. Tomizawa's most influential contribution is his development of OpenPlanner, an open-source autonomous navigation framework that integrates global path planning, behavior generation, and local planning for dynamic environments — a work that has garnered 81 citations and become a practical resource for the robotics community. His early career focused on teleoperated mobile manipulators capable of assisting humans with real-world tasks such as remote book browsing and supermarket shopping, with multiple papers in this domain accumulating between 20 and 40 citations each. Equally notable is his exploration of complex manipulation skills, including pioneering work on robotic knot-tying — both on surfaces and in-air — demonstrating how general-purpose arms can replicate nuanced human hand motions. He has also contributed to assistive mobility technology through intelligent senior-car navigation on pedestrian walkways and developed practical tools like the CLUE visual marker system for service robot localization. Across these diverse threads, Tomizawa's research consistently prioritizes real-world applicability and human-centered design.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1
- 2Remote book browsing system using a mobile manipulator40 citations · 2004
- 3
- 4In-air Knotting of Rope by a Dual-arm Multi-finger Robot23 citations · 2015
- 5
- 6A new strategy for making a knot with a general-purpose arm21 citations · 2012
- 7
- 8Development of an Intelligent Senior-Car in a Pedestrian Walkway19 citations · 2012
- 9
- 10Visual Mark for Robot Manipulation and Its RT-Middleware Component14 citations · 2008