Jelizaveta Konstantinova

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Jelizaveta Konstantinova is a robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of tactile sensing, haptic feedback, and surgical robotics. She is perhaps best known for her highly cited 2014 review on tactile sensing in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS), which has accumulated 165 citations and remains a foundational reference for researchers developing sensory technologies for surgical applications. Much of her research addresses a critical challenge in modern surgery: restoring the sense of touch lost when human hands are replaced by robotic instruments. Her investigations into manual palpation strategies — exploring how clinicians modulate force to detect subsurface tumors — have provided actionable guidelines for designing smarter tactile probes and haptic systems, earning tens of citations across multiple studies. Konstantinova has also made meaningful contributions to robotic grasping, developing fingertip sensors capable of measuring both force and proximity in real time, enhancing robotic dexterity during object manipulation and handover tasks. Her more recent work spans eversion robots and autonomous robotic systems, demonstrating a broadening research vision. Across her career, Konstantinova's research has consistently bridged fundamental sensing science and real-world clinical and industrial applications, making her a notable voice in embodied robotics and human-robot interaction.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Implementation of Tactile Sensing for Palpation in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Review

   165 citations · 2014
2. 2
   Palpation force modulation strategies to identify hard regions in soft tissue organs

   64 citations · 2017
3. 3
   Behavioral Characteristics of Manual Palpation to Localize Hard Nodules in Soft Tissues

   46 citations · 2014
4. 4
   Using visual cues to enhance haptic feedback for palpation on virtual model of soft tissue

   39 citations · 2015
5. 5
   Force and proximity fingertip sensor to enhance grasping perception

   28 citations · 2015
6. 6
   Payload Capabilities and Operational Limits of Eversion Robots

   22 citations · 2019
7. 7
   Fingertip proximity sensor with realtime visual-based calibration

   19 citations · 2016
8. 8
   Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems

   19 citations · 2019
9. 9
   Autonomous Object Handover Using Wrist Tactile Information

   16 citations · 2017
10. 10
    Evaluation of stiffness feedback for hard nodule identification on a phantom silicone model

    15 citations · 2017

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