Teruyuki Izumi
Papers
10
Total Citations
89
H-Index
6
About
Teruyuki Izumi’s research career has been defined by a singular, elegant pursuit: teaching robots to interact with the physical world through controlled impact and force. His work centers on the control of flexible-link manipulators, grinding automation, and energy-efficient robot motion. Izumi’s most significant contribution is the development of a “hammering robot” that uses a flexible link to strike objects from any direction in 3-D space—a concept he refined over a decade, from modeling the dynamics under gravity to controlling hitting velocity and direction. This work, which has garnered over 20 citations, even extended to a home robot that can gently tap a human shoulder. In parallel, he pioneered “teachingless” grinding robots that use force feedback to autonomously follow curved surfaces, eliminating the tedious manual teaching process. His broader impact includes foundational work on model feedback control for nonlinear manipulators and minimizing energy consumption in point-to-point motion, addressing both performance and sustainability. With a career spanning the late 1980s to the mid-2000s, Izumi’s research remains a touchstone for engineers working on compliant manipulation, impact control, and human-robot interaction.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 2Teachingless grinding robot depending on three force information16 citations · 1987
- 3On Model Feedback Control for Robot Manipulators14 citations · 1991
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- 6Control of Impact for a Hammering Robot Using a Flexible Link6 citations · 1993
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- 9A method of measuring grinding points for a self-teaching grinding robot3 citations · 1988
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