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About
Satoshi Ieiri is a pioneering force in surgical robotics, with his research fundamentally advancing minimally invasive surgery through innovative robotic systems. His core contributions center on developing master-slave robotic platforms for single-port surgery (SPS) and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), addressing critical limitations in existing systems. Ieiri’s landmark 2014 paper on a six-degrees-of-freedom robotic tool manipulator for SPS, which has garnered 58 citations, introduced a system that dynamically controls the vision field—solving the persistent problem of arm collisions and manual view adjustments. His earlier 2010 prototype with vision field control (45 citations) laid the groundwork for this work, while his 2008 real-time MR image-guided robotic system (44 citations) pushed the boundaries of precision surgery. Ieiri has also made notable contributions to telesurgery, including a Japan-Korea remote surgery experiment (35 citations), and has explored novel applications like a colon endoscope robot using reinforcement learning (36 citations). His comparative analysis of the da Vinci and Zeus systems (36 citations) remains a key reference. As a leader in the field, Ieiri co-authored the 2024 Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery national survey, underscoring his ongoing influence in shaping the future of endoscopic surgery.
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- 8Impact of network time-delay and force feedback on tele-surgery28 citations · 2008
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