Graduate Student Research Achievements Site | Ritsumeikan University

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NAKATSUKA Tomohiro

Department / Course Ritsumeikan University Graduate School Graduate School of Science and Engineering Major in Advanced Mechanical Engineering and Robotics

Job

Books and theses
Papers		Force-Sensor-Integrated Soft Microfinger for Mechanical Stimulation and Generated Force Evaluation of Zebrafish Larvae Scientific Reports (Co-authored) 2026/05/29
Papers		Soft Microfingers with Flexible Tactile Sensor using Liquid Metal for In situ Evaluation of Cellular Spheroid Stiffness Scientific Reports (Co-authored) 2026/05/20
Papers		Microfinger robot with inhaling channels for active sampling and analyzing gaseous and liquid substances toward source localization Scientific Reports (Co-authored) 2026/05/18
Papers		The design focuses on Bending Stiffness of Microfinger that integrates Liquid Metal Strain Sensor and Pneumatic Balloon Actuator IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines 145 (8),pp.177-182 (Co-authored) 2025/08/01
Papers		Liquid Metal Flexible 3-Axis Force Sensor on a Deformable Pneumatic Balloon for Sensor Attitude Control,pp.347-350 (Co-authored) 2025

Academic conference attendance and presentation
2026/06/24	Soft Microfinger Robot for Bilateral Head Stimulation and Reaction-Force Analysis in Zebrafish Larvae (APCOT2026 The 12th Asia-Pacific Conference on Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology)
2025/07/01	LIQUID METAL FLEXIBLE 3-AXIS FORCE SENSOR ON A DEFORMABLE PNEUMATIC BALLOON FOR SENSOR ATTITUDE CONTROL (Transducers2025 The 23rd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems)
2025/03/13	Sensitivity Improvement of Liquid Metal Strain Sensor through Optimization of Bending Stiffness of Tactile Sensing Microfinger (UBC, Ritsumeikan 18th Joint Symposium)
2024/11/25	Sensitivity Improvement of Liquid Metal Strain Sensor Focusing on Bending Stiffness (EI) of Tactile Sensing Microfinger (The 41st Sensor Symposium)

Research activities
2024/12/01 ～	The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

Teaching Assistant
2026/04/09 2026/07/09

Internal Scholarship and Research Grants receiving status
2026 2028	RARA Student Fellowship Program (RARA x SPRING)