Papers
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Total Citations
242
H-Index
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About
Tomoko Izumi is a pioneering researcher whose work bridges two seemingly distinct domains: tactile human-computer interaction and distributed mobile robotics. In her early career, Izumi made significant contributions to haptic technology, developing tactile displays that could convey material qualities through temperature changes on the skin surface—a foundational study for tele-existence robots and virtual reality systems, with her 2002 paper garnering 111 citations. She also innovated force display systems using metal hydride actuators, enabling smooth, variable compliance for artificial reality applications. More recently, Izumi has become a leading figure in theoretical mobile robotics, focusing on the fundamental gathering problem—how anonymous, oblivious robots can converge at a common point without centralized control. Her randomized algorithms, particularly those addressing local weak multiplicity detection in ring topologies, have been widely recognized (48 citations for her 2010 work). She has proven the feasibility of polynomial-time randomized gathering and developed time-optimal solutions, advancing our understanding of distributed coordination in minimalistic robotic systems. Izumi’s work exemplifies how insights from human sensory perception can inform robotic swarm intelligence, making her a unique voice in both fields.
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- 2Mobile Robots Gathering Algorithm with Local Weak Multiplicity in Rings48 citations · 2010
- 3Randomized Gathering of Mobile Robots with Local-Multiplicity Detection28 citations · 2009
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- 6A basic study on the tactile display for tele-presence11 citations · 2003
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