Masahiro Furukawa
Papers
10
Total Citations
192
H-Index
6
About
Masahiro Furukawa is a pioneering roboticist whose work centers on **telexistence**—the technology that enables a human to experience real-time sensation and interaction in a remote environment as if physically present. His major contributions lie in the design and development of the **TELESAR V** system, a dexterous anthropomorphic surrogate robot that allows operators to transfer their bodily consciousness to a slave robot during teleoperation. This work, cited over 90 times, is foundational for creating immersive telepresence. Furukawa has also advanced **haptic communication**, proposing a haptic primary color theory to construct tangible information environments that integrate real-space interaction and media processing. His research extends to **scale conversion telexistence**, where he addresses the challenge of skill transmission between operators and robots of different sizes, introducing the equivalent physical constant hypothesis. With over 190 total citations, Furukawa’s innovations—including the flexible master glove for 15 DOF robot hand control and the “tsumori control” for intuitive operation—are shaping the future of remote manipulation, virtual reality, and human-robot interaction.
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Top Papers
- 1Design of TELESAR V for transferring bodily consciousness in telexistence93 citations · 2012
- 2TELESAR V39 citations · 2012
- 3Telexistence — from 1980 to 201218 citations · 2012
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