Takumi Ito, D.Eng.

Researcher at Field Robotics Research Group,
Intelligent Systems Research Institute,
Department of Information Technology and Human Factors,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

Biography

Career

  • Parttime Engineer, Tier IV, from Jun. 2023 to Mar. 2026.

Education

  • D.Eng. from Department of Control and Systems Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo, Mar. 2026.
    Supervised by Prof. Mitsuji Sampei
  • M.Eng. from Department of Control and Systems Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Mar. 2023.
    Supervised by Prof. Mitsuji Sampei
  • B.Eng. from Department of Control and Systems Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Sep. 2021.
    Supervised by Prof. Mitsuji Sampei

Research Assistant

  • Collaborative research with NTT Research, Inc., from Apr. 2024 to Dec. 2025.

Tetaching Assistant

  • 工学リテラシー, 2021.
  • 基礎情報処理及び演習(システム制御), 2022.

Research Topics

  • Design and control of unmanned aerial vehicles
  • Multi-robot task allocation
  • Field robotics

Skills

GitHub: TakumIto

Certification

  1. JDLA Deep Learning for ENGINEER 2020#1.

Competition

  1. 1st Place, MathWorks Minidrone Competition–ICRA2024.
    (News: Tokyo Tech team wins MathWorks Minidrone Competition)

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. T. Ito, S. Mochida, R. Terunuma, R. Funada, and M. Sampei,
    under preparation.
  2. T. Ito, S. Nakano,
    Robotics and Autonomation Letters, under preparation.
  3. T. Ito, R. Funada, M. Sampei, and G. Notomista,
    "Energy-Aware Task Allocation for Teams of Multi-mode Robots,"
    IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), 2025.
    (doi: 10.1109/LCSYS.2025.3590426)
  4. T. Ito, R. Funada, S. Mochida, T. Kawagoe, T. Ibuki and M. Sampei,
    "Design and Experimental Verification of a Hoverable Quadrotor Composed of Only Clockwise Rotors,"
    Advanced Robotics, 2023.
    (doi: 10.1080/01691864.2023.2185813)

Journal Papers (in Japanese)

  1. 伊藤 匠, 野田 晋太朗, 三宅 康也, 飯嶋 渡,
    "小型・軽量・自律型土壌センシングロボットの開発と実験検証,"
    日本ロボット学会誌(レター), 2025.
    (doi: 10.7210/jrsj.43.338)

International Conference Papers

  1. T Ito, H. Kawashima, R. Funada, and M Sampei,
    "Feasible Force Set Shaping for a Payload-Carrying Platform Consisting of Tiltable Multiple UAVs Connected Via Passive Hinge Joints,"
    in Proc. IFAC World Congress, 2026.
    (arXiv version)
  2. T Ito, R. Funada, and M Sampei,
    "A Tailsitter UAV with a Passive Joint Able to Turn Acutely with a Flip Motion,"
    in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2024.
    (doi: 10.1109/CASE59546.2024.10711761)
  3. T Ito, R. Funada, and M Sampei,
    "Design and Control of a VTOL Aerial Vehicle Tilting its Rotors only with Rotor Thrusts and a Passive Joint,"
    in Proc. European Control Conference (ECC), 2024.
    (doi: 10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10590828)
  4. S. Mochida, R. Terunuma, T. Ito, R. Funada, T. Ibuki, M. Sampei,
    "Optimization of Rotor Arrangement for a Multirotor UAV with Robustness against a Single Rotor-Failure,"
    in Proc. IFAC World Congress, 2023.
    (doi: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.214)
  5. S. Mochida, R. Onuki, T. Kawagoe, T. Ito, T. Ibuki, R. Funada and M. Sampei,
    "Hoverability Analysis and Development of a Quadrotor Only with Clockwise Rotors,"
    in Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022.
    (doi: 10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981431)

Awards

  1. 日本機械学会若手優秀講演フェロー賞, 第17回「運動と振動の制御」シンポジウム(MoViC), 2021.

Scholarships

  1. Travel expenses support from Mitsutoyo Association for Science and Technology
    (for ECC2024 held in Jun. 2024)
  2. Tokyo Institute of Technology SPRING Scholarship, April 2023.

Short term visit, Internship

  1. Professor Gennaro Notomista's Group in University of Waterloo, October 2024 - March 2025.
    Blog: UWaterloo滞在記 (in Japanese).
    Research Result was published in IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS).
  2. Technology Development Center, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd, November 2023 - December 2023.
  3. Research Center for Agricultural Robotics, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, October 2023.
    Research Result was published in 日本ロボット学会誌(レター).

Contact

Address

AIST Tsukuba Central 2, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8568, JAPAN.

mail

takumi.ito[at]aist.go.jp