Tomoki TAJIRI
Papers
9
Total Citations
57
H-Index
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About
Tomoki Tajiri is a robotics researcher whose work spans two compelling domains: infrastructure inspection robotics and bio-inspired underwater locomotion. His most influential contribution — a bridge inspection robot equipped with permanent magnets for navigating three-dimensional environments, cited 20 times — directly addresses Japan's urgent infrastructure aging crisis, offering a cost-effective alternative to manual inspections of bridges and tunnels built during the postwar economic boom. Complementing this, his research on three-dimensional mapping using laser range finders further advances autonomous inspection capabilities. Equally notable is Tajiri's sustained investigation into robotic fish, where he applied sophisticated fluid-structure interaction simulations to understand how tail fin flexibility and joint design influence propulsive performance. These studies, collectively garnering over 20 citations, have contributed meaningful insights toward making aquatic robots fast enough for real-world ecosystem monitoring and underwater surveillance without disturbing aquatic life. His work on autonomous target-following using color vision demonstrates an additional interest in making these robots genuinely independent. Rounding out his portfolio are contributions to autonomous lawn mowing via GPS and Q-learning-based path planning for wheeled robots, reflecting a broad commitment to practical, real-world robotic autonomy across diverse environments.
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- 7Development of autonomous Lawn mower using GPS2 citations · 2018
- 8Target Following and Self-position Estimation of Small Fish Robot FOCUS2 citations · 2012
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