Hidehiro Yoshida

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Hidehiro Yoshida is a robotics researcher whose work has made significant contributions to cooperative manipulation, human-robot collaboration, and flexible object handling. Working primarily in the early 2000s, Yoshida became particularly recognized for his pioneering investigations into systems where multiple robots and humans coordinate to manipulate objects together, a research direction reflected in his most-cited work, "Dynamic Control for Robot-Human Collaboration" (2002, 66 citations), and its companion studies that collectively shaped foundational thinking in collaborative robotics. A recurring theme throughout Yoshida's portfolio is the challenge of manipulating flexible objects such as sheet metal using dual or multiple robotic manipulators. Beginning as early as 1995, he developed control algorithms grounded in impedance control and finite element modeling to address bending, twisting, and deformation — technically demanding problems that required both mechanical insight and sophisticated control theory. His unified coordinated motion control framework, applicable across object manipulation and parts-mating tasks, demonstrated notable versatility. Beyond industrial manipulation, Yoshida extended his expertise into agricultural robotics, contributing to the development of an end effector for a strawberry-harvesting robot (2008). With over 240 cumulative citations, his body of work remains a meaningful reference point for researchers advancing human-robot teaming and dexterous manipulation systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Dynamic control for robot-human collaboration

   66 citations · 2002
2. 2
   Manipulation of a flexible object by dual manipulators

   54 citations · 2002
3. 3
   Robot-human collaboration for new robotic applications

   51 citations · 2002
4. 4
   Human-robots collaboration system for flexible object handling

   18 citations · 2002
5. 5
   Unified control for dynamic cooperative manipulation

   18 citations · 2002
6. 6
   Coordinated Motion Control of Manipulators Based on Impedance Control.

   14 citations · 1995
7. 7
   Manipulation of Flexible Sheet Metal by Dual Manipulators.

   7 citations · 1995
8. 8
   DEVELOPMENT OF AN END EFFECTOR FOR A STRAWBERRY-HARVESTING ROBOT

   6 citations · 2008
9. 9
   Manipulation of sheet metal by dual manipulators based on finite element model

   5 citations · 2002
10. 10
    Manipulation of a Sheet Metal by Multi-Robots.

    3 citations · 1996

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