Papers
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Total Citations
540
H-Index
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About
Satoko Abiko is a distinguished robotics researcher whose work spans space robotics, adaptive control systems, and emerging areas such as debris mitigation and industrial automation. Best known for her foundational contributions to free-floating space robot dynamics and control, Abiko has developed innovative frameworks for tackling one of the field's most formidable challenges: capturing and stabilizing tumbling, uncontrolled targets in orbit under conditions of significant model uncertainty. Her 2006 paper on impedance control for grasping tumbling satellites (77 citations) introduced a computationally efficient operational space dynamics formulation that became influential in subsequent space manipulation research. Complementing this, her work on eddy current braking systems offers a contactless approach to detumbling malfunctioning satellites, earning over 55 citations and representing a practically safer alternative to direct capture methods. Her adaptive and reaction-based control algorithms, spanning multiple publications from 2002 to 2010 with cumulative citations exceeding 170, demonstrate a sustained commitment to robust, uncertainty-aware robotic systems. Beyond space applications, Abiko has extended her expertise to biped locomotion on loose terrain and wire harness recognition for industrial robotics, showcasing the breadth of her engineering vision and her lasting impact across multiple robotics domains.
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- 2Inertia Parameter Identification for a Free-Flying Space Robot55 citations · 2002
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- 6Robotized recognition of a wire harness utilizing tracing operation34 citations · 2015
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- 10Development of a static sinkage model for a biped robot on loose soil20 citations · 2010