Yusaku Tomita

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Yusaku Tomita is a researcher in distributed computing, with a focus on the algorithmic capabilities of autonomous mobile robots. His work centers on fundamental coordination problems in multi-robot systems, particularly the plane formation problem in three-dimensional space. Tomita’s major contribution is demonstrating that a team of anonymous, oblivious, and fully-synchronous robots can form a plane without requiring chirality—a shared sense of orientation or handedness. This result is significant because it relaxes a common assumption in distributed robotics, showing that complex geometric consensus is achievable under minimal sensory and communication constraints. His most-cited paper, "Plane Formation by Synchronous Mobile Robots without Chirality" (2018), has garnered 5 citations, while an earlier version (2017) has 2 citations, reflecting ongoing interest in minimalist robot coordination. Tomita’s work contributes to the theoretical foundations of swarm robotics and distributed algorithms, offering insights into how simple agents can achieve collective geometric structures. His research is particularly relevant for students and researchers exploring the limits of what can be accomplished with limited sensing, no explicit communication, and no global coordinate system.