Papers
25
Total Citations
306
H-Index
9
About
Chiharu Ishii is a prominent robotics and control systems researcher whose work spans surgical robotics, prosthetic device development, and robust control theory for robot manipulators. He is perhaps best known for pioneering the double-screw-drive (DSD) mechanism, an innovative omnidirectional bending technology that has become central to his robotic forceps manipulator designs for minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery. This foundational work, first introduced in 2006 and refined through subsequent publications, has garnered considerable attention, with his 2009 paper alone accumulating 68 citations. Alongside his surgical robotics contributions, Ishii has made significant advances in myoelectric prosthetic hand design, developing systems capable of recognizing and replicating natural finger motions through surface EMG signal processing—work that holds meaningful promise for amputee rehabilitation. His earlier career established strong theoretical foundations in robust and adaptive control, where he applied Lyapunov recursive design methods to address uncertainty and disturbance attenuation in electrically-driven robot manipulators, earning 38 citations for that body of work. More recently, he has explored bilateral control strategies for teleoperated surgical systems with time-varying delay and grasping torque estimation without dedicated force sensors, demonstrating a sustained commitment to practical, clinically relevant robotic innovation.
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Top Papers
- 1Robotic Forceps Manipulator With a Novel Bending Mechanism68 citations · 2009
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- 5Robust model-following control for a robot manipulator19 citations · 1997
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- 7Control of myoelectric prosthetic hand based on surface EMG14 citations · 2011
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