Yoshiyuki Tanaka
Hiroshima University, Nagasaki University, Chubu University, Hiroshima University of Economics
Papers
33
Total Citations
506
H-Index
11
About
Yoshiyuki Tanaka is a prominent robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction, impedance control, and bio-mimetic motion planning. His research has made significant contributions to understanding how humans and robotic systems can work together more intuitively and safely, with a particular focus on the dynamic properties of human operators in the control loop. Tanaka's most influential work, "Tracking Control Properties of Human–Robotic Systems Based on Impedance Control" (2005, 107 citations), established foundational insights into how impedance-controlled robots should be designed with explicit consideration of human motor behavior. His early bio-mimetic trajectory generation framework, which introduced artificial potential fields combined with a time base generator, offered roboticists a powerful tool for real-time motion planning that closely mimics natural human arm movements — a body of work spanning multiple papers from 2002 with nearly 130 combined citations. His research further advanced adaptive robot control through neural network-based online learning of impedance parameters, enabling robots to dynamically adjust to contact tasks. His investigations into human force manipulability have practical implications for ergonomic design and operational comfort assessment. Across his career, Tanaka has helped bridge the gap between biological motor control principles and practical robotic system design.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Tracking Control Properties of Human–Robotic Systems Based on Impedance Control107 citations · 2005
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- 3On-line learning of robot arm impedance using neural networks35 citations · 2005
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- 7Scale-dependent grasp-a case study20 citations · 2002
- 8Trajectory generation using time scaled artificial potential field18 citations · 2002
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