Kazuo Nakazawa
Papers
8
Total Citations
84
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About
Kazuo Nakazawa is a pioneering figure in medical robotics and sensor systems, whose work has fundamentally advanced minimally invasive surgery and robotic perception. His primary research areas span surgical assist robots, 3-D shape measurement, and multi-robot coordination. Nakazawa’s most influential contribution is the development of a master–slave combined manipulator for laparoscopic surgery (2003, 37 citations), a functional model that addressed the steep skill requirements of minimally invasive procedures by enabling intuitive, force-reflective control. He further advanced surgical robotics through bilateral control without force sensors (2007), allowing surgeons to experience haptic feedback during operations—a critical safety feature. Beyond surgery, Nakazawa innovated in optical metrology with his 3-D shape measurement system using fiber grating (1987, 26 citations), a noncontact method that found applications in both industry and medicine. His later work demonstrates remarkable breadth, including neural beamforming for robot speech extraction in noisy environments (2022) and VINS-assisted real-time object detection (2019). Nakazawa’s career reflects a consistent drive to merge precision engineering with practical clinical and robotic needs, making him a key contributor to the evolution of intelligent, sensor-rich surgical systems.
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- 2Development of 3‐D shape measurement system using fiber grating26 citations · 1987
- 3Bilateral Control without Force Sensor for Surgical Assist Robot7 citations · 2007
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