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Tomohiro Nakano is a robotics researcher whose work bridges haptic teleoperation, medical robotics, and human–machine interaction. His key research areas include bilateral control, tendon-driven robotic hands, and assistive systems for surgery. Nakano’s major contribution is the development of a bilateral control method based on a transformation matrix that relates motion features to tool coordinates—a technique that enhances versatility by adapting to an operator’s physical characteristics rather than relying solely on fixed tool frames. This work has garnered foundational citations (6) and opened pathways for more intuitive teleoperation. He further advanced tactile feedback in multi-degree-of-freedom tendon-driven robot hands (4 citations), enabling high-operationality bilateral control for human support. In the medical domain, Nakano proposed a modulated potential field for position adjustment in dental implant surgery (2 citations), creating an automatic guide system that tells physicians where and when to cut. He also developed a hybrid stiff/compliant workspace control architecture for robotized minimally invasive surgery (2 citations), ensuring zero lateral velocity at the entry point—a critical safety constraint. Nakano’s research demonstrates a clear trajectory from fundamental control theory to applied surgical robotics, with each paper addressing a practical challenge in human–robot collaboration.