H Hashimoto
Papers
12
Total Citations
232
H-Index
6
About
H. Hashimoto is a pioneering roboticist whose research spans micro-actuation, high-speed manipulation, and collaborative telerobotics. His most influential work introduced a giant magnetostrictive alloy (GMA) actuator for in-pipe micro mobile robots, enabling cableless control via external magnetic fields—a breakthrough with 109 citations that opened new possibilities for minimally invasive inspection and micro-manipulation. Hashimoto also made a landmark contribution to dynamic robotics with his development of a pingpong robot system using a 7-degree-of-freedom direct drive arm (1987, 40 citations), demonstrating real-time visual tracking and high-speed interception that set benchmarks for robot agility and coordination. In the early 2000s, he advanced multi-site teleoperation over ISDN networks (25 citations) and multi-telerobot systems for remote collaboration (17 citations), addressing critical challenges of communication delay and operator perception. His work on the Open Robot Controller Architecture (ORCA, 12 citations) further promoted modular, reusable software design for robot controllers. With over 200 citations across his top papers, Hashimoto’s contributions have profoundly influenced micro-robotics, high-speed manipulation, and networked robot collaboration.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 3A collaborative multi-site teleoperation over an ISDN25 citations · 2003
- 4Development of a multi-telerobot system for remote collaboration17 citations · 2002
- 5Open Robot Controller Architecture (ORCA)12 citations · 2003
- 6Identification for a direct drive robot 'DARM-2'7 citations · 2002
- 7"Development of a Multi-telerobot System for Remote Collaboration,"6 citations · 2000
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- 10Expanding Practicability of Home Robots in cooperation with Networked Appliances2 citations · 2005