Shunichi Yoshida
Papers
12
Total Citations
321
H-Index
9
About
Shunichi Yoshida is a robotics engineer whose research has made significant strides in two distinct but complementary domains: medical robotics for minimally invasive surgery and autonomous service robotics. He is perhaps best known for his pioneering work on robotic catheter systems for vascular interventional surgery, a body of research that has collectively garnered hundreds of citations and represents some of the most impactful advances in the field. His landmark 2012 paper proposing a master-slave robotic catheter system with integrated force and visual feedback attracted 153 citations alone, establishing him as a leading voice in surgical robotics. Yoshida's catheter systems address a critical clinical challenge — the limitations of manual catheter manipulation, including surgeon radiation exposure and imprecise control — through sophisticated control architectures including PID controllers, fuzzy PID control, and NARX model-based identification. Beyond the operating theater, his earlier work on wall-climbing window-cleaning robots demonstrated a broader engineering versatility, contributing novel mechanisms for autonomous surface navigation. Through iterative development, feasibility studies, and performance evaluations, Yoshida's research exemplifies a rigorous, application-driven approach to robotics that bridges fundamental engineering innovation with tangible improvements in both patient safety and surgical precision.
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- 4Development of Small-Size Window Cleaning Robot by Wall Climbing Mechanism17 citations · 2006
- 5Development of a PID controller for a novel robotic catheter system14 citations · 2011
- 6Feasibility study for a novel robotic catheter system13 citations · 2011
- 7Characteristics evaluation of the novel robotic catheter system13 citations · 2011
- 8Development of a novel robot-assisted catheter system with force feedback13 citations · 2011
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