Publications (in English)

Reviewed Journal Papers

• Taiki Ogata, Tsuyoshi Okubo, Hidetoshi Nagai, Masashi Yamamoto, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota:
  A Novel Algorithm for Continuous Steel Casting Scheduling with Focus on Quality Property Constraint and Slab Width Maximization,
  International Journal of Automation Technology, Vol.9, No.3, pp.235-247, 2015.
• Yiheng Kung, Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Toshimitsu Higashi, Masao Sugi & Jun Ota:
  Order Scheduling of Multiple Stacker Cranes on Common Rails in An Automated Storage/Retrieval System,
  International Journal of Production Research, DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.848040, 2013.
• Hisato Nakanishi, Naohiro Shichijo, Masao Sugi, Taiki Ogata, Tatsunori Hara, Jun Ota:
  Modeling the Process of Animation Production,
  International Journal of Automation Technology, Vol.7, No.4, pp.439-450, 2013.
• Yewguan Soo, Masao Sugi, Hiroshi Yokoi, Tamio Arai, Ryu Kato, Jun Ota:
  Quantitative Estimation of Muscle Fatigue on Cyclic Handgrip Tasks,
  International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, Vol.42, No.1, pp.103-112, 2012.
• Tadanobu Mizogaki, Masao Sugi, Masashi Yamamoto, Hidetoshi Nagai, Yusuke Shiomi, and Jun Ota:
  A Compressed Annealing Approach with Pre-Process for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem with Time Windows,
  International Journal of Automation Technology, Vol.5, No.5, pp.669-678, 2011.
• Ryunosuke Takano, Toshimitsu Higashi, Hirofumi Tamura, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota:
  Mixed-load Transportation Scheduling of Multiple Agents in a Warehouse Environment,
  Advanced Robotics, Vol.25, pp.1557-1576, 2011.
• Masao Sugi, Hidetoshi Nagai, Masashi Yamamoto, Yusuke Shiomi and Jun Ota:
  Rescheduling of Train Shunting in Railway Stations,
  International Journal of Automation Technology, Vol.4, No.6, pp.495-501, 2010.
• Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Tamio Arai and Jun Ota:
  Attentive Deskwork Support System,
  Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics, Vol. 14 No. 7, pp. 758-769, 2010.
• Masao Sugi, Yusuke Shiomi, Tsuyoshi Okubo, Kazuyoshi Inoue and Jun Ota:
  A Solution for 2D Rectangular Cutting Stock Problems with 3-Stage Guillotine-Cutting Constraint,
  International Journal of Automation Technology, Vol.4, No.5, pp. 461-468, 2010.
• Yewguan Soo, Masao Sugi, Hiroshi Yokoi, Tamio Arai, Ryu Kato, Tatsuhiro Nakamura and Jun Ota:
  Estimation of handgrip force using frequency-band technique during fatiguing muscle contraction,
  Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 888-895, 2010.
• Masao Sugi, Hisato Nakanishi, Masataka Nishino, Yusuke Tamura, Tamio Arai, Jun Ota:
  Development of Deskwork Support System using Pointing Gesture Interface,
  Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 430-438, 2010.
• Mihoko Otake, Ryo Fukano, Shinji Sako, Masao Sugi, Kiyoshi Kotani, Junya Hayashi, Hiroshi Noguchi, Ryuichi Yoneda, Kenjiro Taura, Nobuyuki Otsu, Tomomasa Sato:
  Autonomous Collaborative Environment for Project-Based Learning,
  Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 134-138, 2009.
• Masao Sugi, Ippei Matsumura, Yusuke Tamura, Makoto Nikaido, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai, Kiyoshi Kotani, Kiyoshi Takamasu, Hiromasa Suzuki, Akio Yamamoto, Yoichi Sato, Seiichi Shin, Fumihiko Kimura:
  Quantitative Evaluation of Automatic Parts Delivery in "Attentive Workbench" Supporting Workers in Cell Production,
  Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 135-145, 2009.
  • Full-Text (freely available)
• Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota and Tamio Arai:
  Target Identification through Human Pointing Gesture Based on Human-Adaptive Approach,
  Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 515-525, 2008.
  • Full-Text (freely available)
• Yusuke Maeda, Haruka Kikuchi, Hidemitsu Izawa, Hiroki Ogawa, Masao Sugi and Tamio Arai:
  "Plug & Produce" Functions for an Easily Reconfigurable Robotic Assembly Cell,
  Assembly Automation, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 253-260, 2007.
  • Abstract and Full-Text on www.emeraldinsight.com (non-free subscription required for full-text)
• Masao Sugi, Hideo Yuasa, Jun Ota and Tamio Arai:
  Autonomous Distributed Control of Traffic Signals with Cycle Length Control,
  Trans. of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers, Vol. E-3, No. 1, pp. 8-18, 2004.
  • Full-Text on SICE Home Page (free subscription required for download)
• Masao SUGI, Yusuke MAEDA, Yasumichi AIYAMA Tomokazu HARADA and Tamio ARAI:
  A Holonic Architecture for Easy Reconfiguration of Robotic Assembly Systems,
  IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 457-464, 2003.
  • Abstract and Full-Text on IEEE Xplore (non-free subscription required)
• Haruka KIKUCHI, Yusuke MAEDA, Masao SUGI and Tamio ARAI:
  Automatic Calibration of Assembly Robots for Instantaneous Installation 'Plug & Produce,'
  Advanced Robotics, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 41-52, 2003.
  • Full-Text on Ingenta Select (non-free subscription required)
• T. Arai, Y. Maeda, H. Kikuchi, M. Sugi:
  Automated Calibration of Robot Coordinates for Reconfigurable Assembly Systems,
  Annals of the CIRP, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 5-8, 2002.
• Tamio ARAI, Yasumichi AIYAMA, Masao SUGI and Jun OTA:
  Holonic Assembly System with Plug & Produce,
  Computers in Industry, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 289-299, 2001.
  
  • Abstract on ScienceDirect
• T. Arai, Y. Aiyama, Y. Maeda, M. Sugi, J. Ota:
  Agile Assembly System by "Plug & Produce,"
  Annals of the CIRP, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 1-4, 2000.
  

Refereed Conference Papers

• Yuki Shimizu, Masao Sugi, Misato Ohdaira, Soichiro Morishita, Tatsuhiro Nakamura, Ryu Kato, and Hiroshi Yokoi:
  Force Estimation by Surface Electromyography during Functional Electrical Stimulation,
  Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO2014), pp.1345-1350, 2014.
• Yuki Shimizu, Ryu Kato, Masao Sugi:
  Relation between Robots' Working Paces and Assembly Workers' Mental Strain in Human-Robot Cooperative Assembly,
  Proc. SICE Annual Conf. 2013, pp.1047-1051, 2013.
• Yanjiang Huang, Lounell B. Gueta, Ryosuke Chiba, Tamio Arai, Tsuyoshi Ueyama, Masao Sugi and Jun Ota:
  Manipulator System Selection Based on Evaluation of Task Completion Time and Cost,
  Proc. 2011 IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011), pp.4698-4703, 2011.
• Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Tamio Arai, and Jun Ota:
  Estimation of User's Request for Attentive Deskwork Support System,
  Cutting Edge Robotics 2010, Kordic, IN-TECH, pp.243-262, 2010.
• Yewguan Soo, Masao Sugi, Hiroshi Yokoi, Tamio Arai, Ryu Kato and Jun Ota:
  The Relationship between Muscle Fatigue and Recovery during Isometric Handgrip Task,
  Proceedings of the 7th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMed 2010), pp.79-85, 2010.
• Yewguan SOO, Masao SUGI, Masataka NISHINO, Hiroshi YOKOI, Tamio ARAI, Ryu KATO, Tatsuhiro NAKAMURA, and Jun OTA:
  Quantitative estimation of muscle fatigue using surface electromyography during static muscle contraction,
  Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC '09), pp. 2975-2978, 2009.
• Masataka Nishino, Yuto Nakanishi, Masao Sugi, Yewguan Soo, Jun Ota and Tamio Arai:
  Design of Gesture Interface for Deskwork Support System,
  Proceedings of the ICROS-SICE Int'l Conf. 2009 (ICCAS-SICE 2009), pp. 2260-2267, 2009.
• Yewguan Soo, Masataka Nishino, Masao Sugi, Hiroshi Yokoi, Tamio Arai, Ryu Kato, Tatsuhiro Nakamura and Jun Ota:
  Evaluation of frequency band technique in estimating muscle fatigue during dynamic contraction task,
  Proc. 2009 IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2009), pp. 933-938, 2009.
• Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota and Tamio Arai:
  Attentive Object Feeding for Supporting Deskwork,
  Proc. 2008 IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), pp. 2840-2845, 2008.
• Yewguan SOO, Masao SUGI, Hiroshi YOKOI, Tamio ARAI Rulin DU and Jun OTA:
  Simultaneous measurement of force and muscle fatigue using frequency-band wavelet analysis,
  Proc. the 30th Annual International IEEE EMBS Conf. (EMBC 2008), pp. 5045-5048, 2008.
• Ye Zhang, Feng Duan, Jeffrey Too Chuan Tan, Kei Watanabe, Nuttapol Pongthanya, Masao Sugi, Hiroshi Yokoi, Tamio Arai:
  A Study of Design Factors for Information Supporting System in Cell Production,
  Proc. the 41st CIRP Conf. on Manufacturing Systems, pp. 319-322, 2008.
• Feng Duan, Masahiro Morioka, Jeffrey Too Chuan Tan, Ye Zhang, Kei Watanabe, Nuttapol Pongthanya, Masao Sugi, Hiroshi Yokoi, Ryou Nihei, Shinsuke Sakakibara, Tamio Arai:
  Multimedia based Assembly Supporting System for Cell Production,
  Proc. the 41st CIRP Conf. on Manufacturing Systems, pp. 213-216, 2008.
• Jeffrey Too Chuan Tan, Feng Duan, Ye Zhang, Kei Watanabe, Nuttapol Pongthanya, Masao Sugi, Hiroshi Yokoi and Tamio Arai:
  Assembly Information System for Operational Support in Cell Production,
  Proc. the 41st CIRP Conf. on Manufacturing Systems, pp. 209-212, 2008.
• Nuttapol Pongthanya, Feng Duan, Jeffrey Too Chuan Tan, Kei Watanabe, Ye Zhang, Masao Sugi, Hiroshi Yokoi, Tamio Arai:
  Evaluating Assembly Instruction Methods in Cell Production System by Physiological Parameters and Subjective Indices,
  Proc. the 41st CIRP Conf. on Manufacturing Systems, pp. 199-202, 2008.
• Masao Sugi, Ippei Matsumura, Yusuke Tamura, Jun Ota and Tamio Arai:
  Quantitative Evaluation of Physical Assembly Support in Human Supporting Production System "Attentive Workbench",
  Proc. 2008 IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2008), pp. 3624-3629, 2008.
• Yewguan Soo, Masao Sugi, Hiroshi Yokoi, Tamio Arai, Tatsuhiro Nakamura, Rulin Du and Jun Ota:
  The Relationship between Changes in Amplitute and Instantaneous Mean Frequency at Low and High Frequency Bands during Dynamic Contraction,
  Proc. the 2nd Int'l Conf. on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE 2008), 02-06-04, 2008.
• Feng DUAN, Jeffrey Too Chuan TAN, Ye ZHANG, Kei WATANABE, Nuttapol PONGTHANYA,Masao SUGI, Hiroshi YOKOI, Tamio ARAI:
  Analyze Assembly Skills using a Motion Simulator,
  Proc. 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2007), pp. 1428-1433, 2007.
• Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota, and Tamio Arai:
  Estimation of User's Intention Inherent in the Movements of Hand and Eyes for the Deskwork Support System,
  Proc. 2007 IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2007), pp. 3709-3714, 2007.
• Masao Sugi, Ippei Matsumura, Yusuke Tamura, Jun Ota, and Tamio Arai:
  Quantitative Evaluation of Human Supporting Production System "Attentive Workbench",
  Proc. 3rd IEEE Annual Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2007), pp. 531-535, 2007.
• Yusuke Shiomi, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota, Tsuyoshi Okubo, Masashi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Kojima, and Kazuyoshi Inoue:
  The Solution of 2-Dimensional Rectangular Cutting Stock Problem Considering Cutting Process,
  Proc. 3rd IEEE Annual Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2007), pp. 140-145, 2007.
• Masao Sugi, Yusuke Tamura, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai, Kiyoshi Takamasu, Kiyoshi Kotani, Hiromasa Suzuki and Yoichi Sato:
  Attentive Workbench: An Intelligent Production Cell Supporting Human Workers,
  R. Alami, R. Chatila and H. Asama eds., Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 6, Springer, pp. 465-474, 2007.
• Masao Sugi, Yusuke Tamura, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai, Kiyoshi Takamasu, and Hiromasa Suzuki:
  Implementation of Human Supporting Production System "Attentive Workbench,"
  Proc. SICE-ICASE Int'l Joint Conf. 2006 (SICE-ICCAS 2006), pp. 1270-1273, 2006.
• Masao Sugi, Makoto Nikaido, Yusuke Tamura, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai:
  Development of Gesture-Based Interface for Deskwork Support System,
  Proc. 2006 IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2006), pp. 5171-5176, 2006.
• Mingang Cheng, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota, Masashi Yamamoto, Hiroki Ito, and Kazuyoshi Inoue:
  Online Rescheduling in Semiconductor Manufacturing,
  Proc. 2006 IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2006), pp. 2245-2250, 2006.
• Mingang Cheng, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota, Masashi Yamamoto, Hiroki Ito, and Kazuyoshi Inoue:
  A Fast Rescheduling Method in Semiconductor Manufacturing Allowing for Tardiness and Scheduling Stability,
  Proc. 2006 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2006), pp. 98-103, 2006.
• Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota and Tamio Arai:
  Handing-Over Between Human And Self-Moving Tray,
  Proc. 18th IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) World Congress, CD-ROM, 2006.
• Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota and Tamio Arai:
  Prediction of Target Object Based on Human Hand Movement for Handing-Over between Human and Self-Moving Trays,
  Proc. 15th IEEE Int'l Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2006), pp. 189-194, 2006.
• Mingang Cheng, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota, Masashi Yamamoto, Hiroki Ito and Kazuyoshi Inoue:
  Online Rescheduling in Semiconductor Manufacturing,
  Proc. Int'l Symp. on Scheduling 2006 (ISS 2006), pp. 64-69, 2006.
  • Best Paper Award for Scheduling Practice in ISS 2006
• Mihoko Otake, Ryo Fukano, Shinji Sako, Masao Sugi, Kiyoshi Kotani, Junya Hayashi, Hiroshi Noguchi, Ryuichi Yondea, Kenjiro Taura, Nobuyuki Otsu, and Tomomasa Sato:
  Autonomous Collaborative Environment for Project Based Learning,
  T. Arai et al. eds., Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9 (IAS-9), IOS Press, pp. 756-763, 2006.
• Masao Sugi, Yusuke Tamura, Makoto Nikaido, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai, Kiyoshi Takamasu, Kiyoshi Kotani, Akio Yamamoto, Hiromasa Suzuki, Yoichi Sato, Fumihiko Kimura and Seiichi Shin:
  Human Supporting Production Cell "Attentive Workbench,"
  T. Arai et al. eds., Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9 (IAS-9), IOS Press, pp. 740-747, 2006.
• Mingang Cheng, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota, Masashi Yamamoto, Hiroki Ito and Kazuyoshi Inoue:
  Online Job Shop Rescheduling with Reaction-Diffusion Equation on a Graph,
  Proc of the 2005 IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), pp. 3170-3175, 2005.
• Makoto Nikaido, Masao Sugi, Yusuke Tamura, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai, Kiyoshi Kotani, Kiyoshi Takamasu, Akio Yamamoto, Seiichi Shin, Hiromasa Suzuki, Yoichi Sato:
  Arrangement Planning for Multiple Self-Moving Trays in Human Supporting Production Cell "Attentive Workbench",
  Proc of the 2005 IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), pp. 3880-3885, 2005.
• Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota and Tamio Arai:
  Placement of Self-Moving Trays for the Deskwork Support System,
  Proc of the 2005 IEEE/RSJ Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), pp. 3886-3891, 2005.
• Masao Sugi, Makoto Nikaido, Yusuke Tamura, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai, Kiyoshi Kotani, Kiyoshi Takamasu, Seiichi Shin, Hiromasa Suzuki, Yoichi Sato:
  Motion Control of Self-Moving Trays for Human Supporting Production Cell "Attentive Workbench",
  Proc. 2005 IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2005), pp. 4091-4096, 2005.
• Yusuke Tamura, Masao Sugi, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai:
  Deskwork Support System Based on the Estimation of Human Intention,
  Proc. 13th IEEE Int'l Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2004), pp. 413-418, 2004.
  • Best Paper Award in IEEE RO-MAN 2004
• Masao Sugi, Yusuke Tamura, Jun Ota, Tamio Arai, Kiyoshi Takamasu, Kiyoshi Kotani, Hiromasa Suzuki and Yoichi Sato:
  Distributed Control of Multiple Self-Moving Trays for an Intelligent Cell Production System,
  Proc. SICE Annual Conf. 2004, pp. 2506-2511, 2004.
• Masao Sugi, Hideo Yuasa, Jun Ota and Tamio Arai:
  Autonomous Decentralized Control of Traffic Signals with Cycle Length Control,
  F. Groen et al. eds., Intelligent Autonomous Systems 8 (IAS-8), IOS Press, pp. 775-784, 2004.
• Yusuke MAEDA, Haruka KIKUCHI, Hidemitsu IZAWA, Hiroki OGAWA, Masao SUGI and Tamio ARAI:
  An Easily Reconfigurable Robotic Assembly System,
  Proc. 2003 IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2003), pp. 2586-2591, 2003.
• Tamio ARAI, Hidemitsu IZAWA, Yusuke MAEDA, Haruka KIKUCHI, Hiroki OGAWA and Masao SUGI:
  Real-Time Task Decomposition and Allocation for a Multi-Agent Robotic Assembly Cell,
  Proc. 5th IEEE Int'l Symp. on Assembly and Task Planning (ISATP2003), pp. 42-47, 2003.
  • Abstract on IEEE Xplore
  • Full-Text on IEEE Xplore (non-free subscription required)
• Masao SUGI, Hideo YUASA, Jun OTA and Tamio ARAI:
  Autonomous Decentralized Control of Traffic Signals with Closed-Loop Constraints on Offsets,
  Proc. SICE Annual Conf. 2003, pp. 1127-1133, 2003.
• Masao SUGI, Hideo YUASA and Tamio ARAI:
  Autonomous Distributed Control of Traffic Signal Network,
  M. Gini et al. eds., Intelligent Autonomous Systems 7 (IAS-7), IOS Press, pp. 317-324, 2002.
• Haruka KIKUCHI, Yusuke MAEDA, Masao SUGI, and Tamio ARAI:
  Automated Calibration for Assembly Device Installation Based on Plug & Produce Concept,
  I. Inasaki ed., Initiatives of Precision Engineering at the Beginning of a Millennium, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 729-733, 2001.
• Masao SUGI, Yusuke MAEDA, Yasumichi AIYAMA and Tamio ARAI:
  Holonic Robot System: A Flexible Assembly System with High Reconfigurability,
  Proc. 2001 IEEE Int'l Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2001), pp. 799-805, 2001.
  • Abstract on IEEE Xplore
  • Full-Text on IEEE Xplore (non-free subscription required)
  • 2001 IMS (Intelligent Manufacturing Systems) Japan Prize
  • A finalist of Kayamori Best Automation Paper Award of 2001 IEEE ICRA
• Masao SUGI, Yusuke MAEDA, Yasumichi AIYAMA and Tamio ARAI:
  A Flexible Robot System for Assembly with a Concept of Holon,
  Proc. 32nd Int'l Symp. on Robotics (ISR 2001), pp. 844-849, 2001.
• Tamio ARAI, Masao SUGI, Yasumichi AIYAMA and Jun OTA:
  Holonic Robot System for Assembly,
  E. Pagello et al. eds., Intelligent Autonomous Systems 6 (IAS-6), IOS Press, pp. 371-378, 2000.
• Tamio ARAI, Yasumichi AIYAMA, Masao SUGI and Jun OTA:
  Holonic Assembly System with Plug & Produce,
  Proc. 2nd Int'l Workshop on Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) 1999, ISBN 90-73802-69-5, pp. 119-126, 1999.