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Yutaka Kondo is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI), specializing in the development of gesture-centric android systems for multi-party communication. His major contributions center on creating natural, interruptible gesture planning and gaze motion planning for androids, enabling robots to engage in fluid, human-like interactions with multiple people simultaneously. Kondo’s work addresses a critical gap in HRI: the ability to adapt to real-world interruptions and social dynamics, moving beyond one-to-one communication to support group settings. His most-cited paper, "A Gesture-Centric Android System for Multi-Party Human-Robot Interaction" (2013, 43 citations), demonstrates how body gesturing and speech dialogue can be integrated for seamless human-robot symbiosis. Other notable works include "Smooth human-robot interaction by interruptible gesture planning" (12 citations) and "Gaze motion planning for android robot" (9 citations), which explore eye convergence and head-angle ratios to enhance realism. Kondo’s research has laid the groundwork for reconfigurable motion databases and parameterized gestures, making him a key figure in advancing android robotics for real-world, multi-user environments.