Rate My Professor Tetsushi Kamegawa

His research specializes in robotics engineering, encompassing snake-like robots, rescue robots, and medical robots, particularly for CT-guided interventional radiology procedures. Notable developments include the Zerobot, a remote-controlled system for needle insertion during CT fluoroscopy-guided interventions, and snake robot series such as KOHGA for disaster response, contributed to projects like ImPACT Tough Robotics Challenge and World Robot Summit. Key publications feature "Comparison of robotic versus manual needle insertion for CT-guided intervention: prospective randomized trial" (Radiology Advances, 2025), "Extension-type flexible pneumatic actuator with a large extension force using a cross-link mechanism based on pantographs" (Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2025), "Zerobot®: A Remote-controlled Robot for Needle Insertion in CT-guided Interventional Radiology Developed at Okayama University" (Acta Medica Okayama, 2018), and "Motion planning of a snake robot that moves in crowded pipes" (Advanced Robotics, 2022). Kamegawa has earned awards including the Encouragement Award in the World Robot Summit 2020 Disaster Robotics Category Plant Disaster Prevention Challenge, Research Achievement Awards from Okayama University Faculty of Engineering in 2018 and 2016, Paper Award from the Japan Society of Computer Surgery in 2021, and multiple Excellent Presentation Awards from the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers.