KOJIMA Shotaro
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Affiliation
Robotics Research Unit for Disaster Response in Narrow Space （Robotics）
Position
Senior Researcher
Final Education
Completed the Doctoral Program in Applied Information Sciences, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
Degree(s)
Ph.D. in Information Sciences
Research Keywords
Disaster Response Robots, Autonomous Navigation, Rough-Terrain Locomotion, Construction Robotics, Reinforcement Learning
Research Area
Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Field Robotics; Disaster Response Robotics, Autonomous Mobile Robots, Robot Learning
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Academic Affiliations
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)
- Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME)
- Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE)
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Patents / Industrial Property Rights
- Blade Surface Mobile Device (Japanese Patent Application No. 2026-117178; filed June 25, 2026) Inventors: Kazunori Ohno, Yoshito Okada, Shotaro Kojima, Rihito Ohata, Alemayoh Tsige Tadesse / Applicants: Tohoku University and Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.
- Tire Device and Amphibious Vehicle (mechanism for an amphibious robot) (Japanese Patent Application No. 2026-096888; filed June 10, 2026) Inventors: Kazunori Ohno, Shotaro Kojima, Hayato Yamada / Applicant: Tohoku University
- Route Search Device, Route Search Method, and Program (Japanese Patent Application No. 2024-085858; filed May 27, 2024) Inventors: Kazunori Ohno, Shotaro Kojima, Yuta Suzuki, Yoshitaka Kurosaki, Ranulfo Plutarco Bezerra Neto / Applicant: Tohoku University
Peer-Reviewed Papers
- Shotaro Kojima, Tomoya Takahashi, Ranulfo Bezerra, Takaaki Nara, Masaki Takahashi, Naoto Saiki, Kenta Gunji, Pongsakorn Songsuroj, Ryota Suzuki, Kotaro Sato, Zitong Han, Kagetora Takahashi, Yoshito Okada, Masahiro Watanabe, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Kazunori Ohno, and Satoshi Tadokoro, “Heterogeneous robots coordination for industrial plant inspection and evaluation at World Robot Summit 2020,” Advanced Robotics, Vol. 36, Issue 21, pp. 1102-1119, 2022.
- Shotaro Kojima, Kazunori Ohno, Takahiro Suzuki, Yoshito Okada, Thomas Westfechtel, and Satoshi Tadokoro, “Wall Deadlock Evasion Control Based on Rotation Radius Adjustment,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 1358-1365, 2020.
- Shotaro Kojima, Kazunori Ohno, Takahiro Suzuki, Yoshito Okada, Thomas Westfechtel, and Satoshi Tadokoro, “Stable Autonomous Spiral Stair Climbing of Tracked Vehicles Using Wall Reaction Force,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 6575-6582, 2020.
Lectures / Oral Presentations, etc.
- Shotaro Kojima, Kazunori Ohno, Takaaki Nara, Tomoaki Satomi, Hiroshi Takahashi, and Satoshi Tadokoro, “Rapid Soil Surface Reinforcement Method Using Flour for Soft Ground in Disaster Response Robotics,” 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2024), 2024.
- Shotaro Kojima, Yuki Harata, Kazunori Ohno, Takahiro Suzuki, Yoshito Okada, and Satoshi Tadokoro, “Lateral Skidding Motion of Tracked Vehicles using Wall Reaction Force,” IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), pp. 242-249, 2021.
- Shotaro Kojima, Kazunori Ohno, Takahiro Suzuki, Thomas Westfechtel, Yoshito Okada, and Satoshi Tadokoro, “Motion control of tracked vehicle based on contact force model,” 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 1177-1183, 2016.
Awards
- 2026 Tokin Foundation Encouragement Award, Tokin Foundation for Science and Technology
- 2nd Place, Plant Disaster Challenge, World Robot Summit 2025 Harsh Environment F-REI Challenge (Team Quix)
- Excellence Award, 11th Robot Award (Social Infrastructure, Disaster Response and Firefighting Category) (2024)
- 11th Advanced Robotics Excellent Paper Award (2023)
- 1st Place and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award, Plant Disaster Prevention Challenge, World Robot Summit (Team Quix) (2021)
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Joint Chapter Young Award (2016)
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