OKADA Yoshito

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Affiliation

Robotics Research Unit for Disaster Response in Narrow Space （Robotics）

Position
Chief Senior Researcher
Final Education
Completed the Doctoral Program in Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Degree(s)
Ph.D. (Engineering)
Research Keywords
Disaster Response Robots, Infrastructure Inspection Robots, Tracked Vehicles, Flying Robots (Drones)
Research Area
Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Mechanics and Mechatronics
External Link
KAKEN researchmap

Academic Affiliations

  • The 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

  • Japanese Patent No. 7584124, "Marker, Information Processing Device, and Program" (granted November 15, 2024) Inventors: Yoshito Okada, Kazunori Ohno, Satoshi Tadokoro, Kenjiro Tadakuma / Patentee: Tohoku University
  • Japanese Patent No. 6789558, "Aircraft Takeoff and Landing System, Takeoff and Landing Device for Aircraft, and Aircraft" (filed 2019; granted 2021) Inventors: Kenjiro Tadakuma, Satoshi Tadokoro, Kazunori Ohno, Yoshito Okada, Masahiro Watanabe, Daiki Fujikura, Toshitaka Takamori 

Peer-Reviewed Papers

  • Yoshiki Yokota, Yoshito Okada, Ranulfo Bezerra, Kazunori Ohno, Kenjiro Tadakuma, and Satoshi Tadokoro, "Universal HueCode: Embedding Additional Markers Into Monochrome Markers Using an Optimized Color Scheme and Training-Free Recognition," IEEE Access, vol. 14, pp. 79211-79226, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3695318.
  • Iuri Barros, Yoshito Okada, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Masahiro Watanabe, Masashi Konyo, Kazunori Ohno, Yoshiki Yokota, Ranulfo Bezerra, and Satoshi Tadokoro, "Drone Landing Performance in Windy Conditions: Comparing the Vertical and Horizontal Landing Approaches With the EAGLES Port," IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 76-92, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2025.3577158.
  • Takaaki Nara, Yoshito Okada, Shotaro Kojima, Ranulfo Bezerra, Kazunori Ohno, Suguru Kameda, Nobuyasu Shiga, Satoshi Yasuda, Kenichi Takizawa, and Satoshi Tadokoro, "Mapping the Carrier Phase of a Propagating Wave by Wireless Two-Way Interferometry Scanned by a Mobile Robot," IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 142030-142044, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3597419. 

Books

  • Keiji Nagatani, Genya Ishigami, and Yoshito Okada, Handbook of Robotics (Second Edition), Chapter 50, Springer, 2016. 

Lectures / Oral Presentations, etc.

  • Yoshito Okada, Daiki Fujikura, Yu Ozawa, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Kazunori Ohno, and Satoshi Tadokoro, "HueCode: A Meta-marker Exposing Relative Pose and Additional Information in Different Colored Layers," 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 5928-5934, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9561783.
  • Yoshito Okada, Shotaro Kojima, Kazunori Ohno, and Satoshi Tadokoro, "Real-time Simulation of Non-Deformable Continuous Tracks with Explicit Consideration of Friction and Grouser Geometry," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 948-954, 2020.
  • Yoshito Okada, Takuma Ishii, Kazunori Ohno, and Satoshi Tadokoro, "Real-time Restoration of Aerial Inspection Images by Recognizing and Removing Passive Rotating Shell of a UAV," 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 5006-5012, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2016.7759735. 

Awards

  • 2025 The 39th Journal Paper Award, The Robotics Society of Japan　Awarded paper: The Inspection System for Wall-like Infrastructures with a PRSS UAV —Optimization Theory of Parallel Wire Lengths for Minimizing Wire Tension Acting on a UAV—
  • 2021 SI2021 Excellent Presentation Award 
  • 2019 IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award on Mechanisms and Design 
  • 2019 Tokin Foundation Encouragement Award, Tokin Foundation for Science and Technology 
  • 2009 IROS RoboCup Best Paper Award, RoboCup Federation 　Awarded paper: Semi-autonomous Operation of Tracked Vehicles on Rough Terrain using Autonomous Control of Active Flippers 

Visiting Professor at Other Universities, etc.

  • Associate Professor, Tough Cyberphysical AI Research Center, Tohoku University 

Classes at Other Universities/Graduate Schools

  • Tough Cyber-Physical AI, Tohoku University 

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