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Y. Nakajima is a pioneering researcher in the field of telesurgical robotics and haptic feedback systems, with a primary focus on motion-canceling bilateral control and micro-macro teleoperation. Their most significant contribution is the development of a heartbeat synchronization system using haptic feedback for telesurgical robots (2013, 67 citations), which addresses the critical challenge of providing surgeons with tactile sensation while compensating for the beating motion of organs during remote surgery. This work introduced a novel motion-canceling bilateral control method that enables precise teleoperation despite physiological motion. Nakajima further advanced the field by proposing oblique coordinate-based micro-macro bilateral control using piezoelectric cantilevers (2013, 5 citations), incorporating reaction force observers to account for hysteresis and nonlinear dynamics. Their research on transparency analysis of motion-canceling bilateral control under sensing constraints (2012, 5 citations) and object-coordinate-based bilateral control systems using visual information (2012-2013, 7 citations combined) has been instrumental in understanding and improving the fidelity of haptic feedback in teleoperation systems. Nakajima’s work bridges the gap between human operator perception and robotic precision, making significant strides toward safer and more effective telesurgical procedures.