Kouichi Yoshida
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2
Total Citations
4
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About
Kouichi Yoshida is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on the control systems of specialized robots, particularly in tunneling and master-slave manipulation. His key research areas include optimal regulator-based directional control for underground construction robots and compliance control strategies for teleoperation systems. Yoshida’s most notable contribution is the development of a directional control method for small tunneling robots used in constructing telecommunications conduits, which traditionally relied heavily on operator intuition and experience—his work introduced a more systematic, optimal regulator approach. Although his published papers have modest citation counts (2 each), they represent foundational efforts in automating precise underground navigation. In his comparative study of Direct Compliance Control (DCC) versus World Compliance Control (WCC) for master-slave systems, Yoshida demonstrated how DCC provides compliance within the joint control system, while WCC applies it to the robot hand in the workspace, offering insights into improving dexterity and safety in remote manipulation. His research bridges practical construction needs with theoretical control engineering, contributing to the evolution of autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic systems.
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