Papers

7

Total Citations

38

H-Index

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About

Tomohiro Motoda is a robotics researcher focused on advancing autonomous manipulation in cluttered, real-world environments—particularly logistics warehouses. His core research areas include bimanual manipulation, motion planning under uncertainty, and object extraction from dense piles. Motoda’s major contributions center on developing planners that enable robots to safely retrieve or replenish objects from randomly stacked shelves without causing collapses, a critical challenge in warehouse automation. His work on the “Bimanual Shelf Picking Planner Based on Collapse Prediction” (15 citations) and “Shelf Replenishment Based on Object Arrangement Detection and Collapse Prediction” (10 citations) introduced novel methods for predicting support relations and coordinating dual-arm actions. He further advanced the field with multi-step extraction planning and learning-based approaches, such as using Transformers for bimanual coordination. Motoda’s research has practical impact, addressing real-world occlusion and stability issues, and his recent integration of CLIP and SAM for precise object masking demonstrates a commitment to leveraging state-of-the-art AI for robotic manipulation. With a growing citation record and publications from 2020 to 2025, Motoda is establishing himself as a promising contributor to intelligent, dexterous robotics.

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H-Index
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
Bimanual Shelf Picking Planner Based on Collapse Prediction
15 citations · 2021
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2022 (2 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 13
🏛 Institutions: The University of Osaka, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

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