Yumena Iki
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19
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About
Yumena Iki is a researcher advancing human safety in physical human–robot interaction (pHRI). Her work focuses on developing biomechanically realistic dummies and control strategies that ensure safe collaboration between humans and industrial robots. Iki’s key contribution is the design of a dummy skin that replicates the impedance properties of human soft tissue, validated through contact experiments between a human hand and a robot end tip. Using a nonlinear viscoelastic model, she created a surrogate that accurately mimics human tissue behavior under impact, enabling repeatable, ethical safety testing without human subjects. Her most cited paper (9 citations) addresses the gap in standardized testing methods for collaborative robots, while her follow-up work (6 citations) provides a robust framework for dummy-based validation in pHRI. Iki also proposed a novel safety-oriented control strategy that observes and adjusts external momentum to prevent injury during unexpected collisions. By bridging biomechanics and robotics, her research directly supports the safe deployment of robots in manufacturing and service environments. Her work is essential reading for engineers and researchers designing safer human–robot workspaces.
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