Tomowo Shiigi

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Tomowo Shiigi is a pioneering researcher in agricultural robotics, with a primary focus on developing intelligent harvesting systems for high-value crops. His work centers on machine vision, manipulator control, and end-effector design for fruits grown in controlled environments, particularly strawberries and tomatoes. Shiigi’s most influential contribution is the creation of a machine vision algorithm for strawberry harvesting robots in tabletop culture greenhouses, which achieved 47 citations by enabling robots to accurately detect and locate ripe fruit. He also led the development of a complete strawberry harvesting robot prototype, featuring a 3-DOF manipulator, a suction-based end-effector, and an integrated traveling device—a landmark system that has garnered 26 citations. In addition, Shiigi addressed the challenge of high-speed, low-vibration transportation for tomato cluster harvesting, using input shaping techniques to minimize fruit damage during robotic handling. His work has directly advanced the practicality of autonomous fruit harvesting, reducing labor dependency and improving efficiency in greenhouse agriculture. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 80, Shiigi’s research remains foundational for engineers and agronomists developing next-generation harvesting robots.