Yoshito Okada

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Yoshito Okada is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoshito Okada has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 29 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 25 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yoshito Okada's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (23 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (23 papers) and Robotics and Automated Systems (10 papers). Yoshito Okada is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (23 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (23 papers) and Robotics and Automated Systems (10 papers). Yoshito Okada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Malaysia. Yoshito Okada's co-authors include Satoshı Tadokoro, Keiji Nagatani, Kazuya Yoshida, Seiga Kiribayashi, Tomoaki Yoshida, Eiji Koyanagi, Kazunori Ohno, Kazuki Otake, Takeshi Nishimura and Mineo Fukushima and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, Acta chemica Scandinavica/Acta chemica Scandinavica. B, Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. A, Physical and inorganic chemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series B. Organic chemistry and biochemistry/Acta chemica Scandinavica. Series A, Physical and inorganic chemistry and IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yoshito Okada

60 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Emergency response to the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants using mobile rescue robots

2012 411 citations Keiji Nagatani, Seiga Kiribayashi et al. Journal of Field Robotics profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoshito Okada Japan	17	634	630	446	338	329	66	1.5k
Eiji Koyanagi Japan	16	402 0.6×	515 0.8×	479 1.1×	331 1.0×	426 1.3×	56	1.2k
Seiga Kiribayashi Japan	10	468 0.7×	430 0.7×	308 0.7×	219 0.6×	187 0.6×	20	1.0k
Tin Lun Lam China	21	236 0.4×	479 0.8×	424 1.0×	502 1.5×	461 1.4×	117	1.4k
Carlos Sampedro Spain	16	667 1.1×	738 1.2×	217 0.5×	201 0.6×	104 0.3×	28	1.4k
Yugang Liu Canada	18	223 0.4×	447 0.7×	520 1.2×	269 0.8×	356 1.1×	61	1.1k
Greg Horn Germany	5	314 0.5×	453 0.7×	1.5k 3.4×	217 0.6×	274 0.8×	7	2.5k
Marina Indri Italy	18	308 0.5×	304 0.5×	684 1.5×	450 1.3×	175 0.5×	95	1.3k
Chao-Chung Peng Taiwan	17	302 0.5×	285 0.5×	467 1.0×	190 0.6×	85 0.3×	92	1.1k
Jongho Shin South Korea	19	272 0.4×	304 0.5×	669 1.5×	364 1.1×	88 0.3×	112	1.5k
Aarne Halme Finland	18	164 0.3×	288 0.5×	661 1.5×	256 0.8×	395 1.2×	141	1.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ohno, Kazunori, et al.. (2025). Autonomous Drone-Ground Robot Alignment Through Ground Robot Visual Servo Control With Drone Detection and Tilt Correction. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 10(7). 6648–6655.

Ohno, Kazunori, Shuhei Kurita, Ken Sakurada, et al.. (2024). Validation of LLM-Generated Object Co-Occurrence Information for Understanding Three-Dimensional Scenes. IEEE Access. 12. 186573–186585. 1 indexed citations

Ohno, Kazunori, et al.. (2023). Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery in Transformable Production. 1–8. 2 indexed citations

Okugawa, Masayuki, Takeshi Aoki, Daisuke Yamaguchi, et al.. (2022). Report of Plant Disaster Prevention Challenge in World Robot Summit 2020. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2022(0). 1A1–H02. 1 indexed citations

Okada, Yoshito, et al.. (2022). Cooperative Towing by Multi-Robot System That Maintains Welding Cable in Optimized Shape. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 7(4). 11783–11790. 6 indexed citations

Ohno, Kazunori, et al.. (2022). Active Autorotation of Micro Aerial Vehicle with Foldable Winged Shell for Impact Mitigation during Free Fall. 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). 5908–5915. 2 indexed citations

Tadakuma, Kenjiro, et al.. (2020). Hang-Type Drone Port System for a Successive and Secure Landing of Drones. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2020(0). 2A2–B06. 1 indexed citations

Ohno, Kazunori, et al.. (2020). Stable Autonomous Spiral Stair Climbing of Tracked Vehicles Using Wall Reaction Force. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5(4). 6575–6582. 7 indexed citations

Okada, Yoshito, et al.. (2020). Real-time Simulation of Non-Deformable Continuous Tracks with Explicit Consideration of Friction and Grouser Geometry. 948–954. 2 indexed citations

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Tadakuma, Kenjiro, et al.. (2019). Development and Experimental Validation of Aerial Vehicle With Passive Rotating Shell on Each Rotor. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(3). 2568–2575. 37 indexed citations

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Okada, Yoshito, et al.. (2018). Close visual bridge inspection using a UAV with a passive rotating spherical shell. Journal of Field Robotics. 35(6). 850–867. 47 indexed citations

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Ozawa, Masaki, et al.. (2017). Robot System for Inspecting Inner Wall of Large Boiler. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2017(0). 1P1–B03.

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Tadakuma, Kenjiro, et al.. (2017). UAV with two passive rotating hemispherical shells for physical interaction and power tethering in a complex environment. 3305–3312. 21 indexed citations

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Ohno, Kazunori, et al.. (2017). Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Supporting Close Visual Inspection of Bridges. Journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering. 83(12). 1066–1070. 2 indexed citations

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Ohno, Kazunori, et al.. (2016). Fog removal using laser beam penetration, laser intensity, and geometrical features for 3D measurements in fog-filled room. Advanced Robotics. 30(11-12). 729–743. 25 indexed citations

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Okada, Yoshito, et al.. (2015). 2A1-G04 State Estimation of Passive Rotating Spherical Shell Using the Camera on Quadrotor. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2015(0). _2A1–G04_1. 3 indexed citations

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Nagatani, Keiji, Seiga Kiribayashi, Yoshito Okada, et al.. (2011). Redesign of rescue mobile robot Quince. 13–18. 165 indexed citations

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Nagatani, Keiji, Yoshito Okada, Seiga Kiribayashi, et al.. (2011). Multirobot exploration for search and rescue missions: A report on map building in RoboCupRescue 2009. Journal of Field Robotics. 28(3). 373–387. 36 indexed citations

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Okada, Yoshito, Keiji Nagatani, Kazuya Yoshida, et al.. (2011). Shared autonomy system for tracked vehicles on rough terrain based on continuous three‐dimensional terrain scanning. Journal of Field Robotics. 28(6). 875–893. 36 indexed citations

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Okada, Yoshito, Keiji Nagatani, Kazuya Yoshida, Tomoaki Yoshida, & Eiji Koyanagi. (2010). Shared autonomy system for tracked vehicles to traverse rough terrain based on continuous three-dimensional terrain scanning. 19. 357–362. 15 indexed citations

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