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Yugo Katsuki is a robotics researcher whose work centers on high-speed human-robot interaction, teleoperation systems, and advanced robotic hand design. His research addresses one of the fundamental challenges in robotics: achieving seamless, intuitive interaction between human operators and robotic systems with minimal perceptual delay. Katsuki's most significant contributions lie in developing telemanipulation and master-slave robotic hand systems that operate below the threshold of human visual recognition — effectively making robotic responses imperceptible to operators. His 2015 paper introducing a high-speed human/robot hand interaction system has garnered 22 citations and stands as his most influential work, demonstrating how high-speed vision systems combined with multifingered robot hands can surpass human perceptual limits. This foundational research evolved into increasingly refined systems, including a low-latency telemanipulated robot hand system published in 2021 with 14 citations, featuring non-contact 3D hand sensing and intuitive motion mapping. Across his body of work, Katsuki has consistently championed non-contact sensing approaches, eliminating the need for operators to wear cumbersome tracking devices. His research holds meaningful implications for remote surgery, hazardous environment manipulation, and the future of intuitive human-robot collaboration.