Yaroslav Tenzer
Papers
6
Total Citations
831
H-Index
5
About
Yaroslav Tenzer is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of dexterous manipulation, tactile sensing, and medical robotics. He is best known as a lead designer of the iRobot-Harvard-Yale (iHY) Hand, a compliant, underactuated hand that uses just five actuators to achieve a wide range of grasping and in-hand repositioning tasks. This highly cited work (597 citations) has become a benchmark for durable, low-cost robotic hands. Tenzer also pioneered a novel approach to tactile sensing by repurposing MEMS barometric pressure sensors into customizable tactile array sensors (201 citations), dramatically lowering the cost and complexity of tactile feedback for robotic hands. His contributions extend to medical robotics, where he developed a four-degree-of-freedom robot for positioning ultrasound imaging catheters during minimally invasive surgeries, enabling real-time imaging of anatomical structures. By combining elegant mechanical design with practical sensing solutions, Tenzer has advanced the state of the art in robust manipulation and haptic feedback, making his work essential reading for researchers in grasping, tactile sensing, and surgical robotics.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1A compliant, underactuated hand for robust manipulation597 citations · 2014
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- 3Grasp Mapping Between a 3-Finger Haptic Device and a Robotic Hand12 citations · 2014
- 4A 4-DOF Robot for Positioning Ultrasound Imaging Catheters10 citations · 2015
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