Awards

• 2026: Best Poster Award, IEEE RoboSoft 2026 Workshop: “Living with Robots Safely: Embodying Asimov’s First Law through Soft Robotics.”
• 2021: Best Full Paper Award, ACM IDC
• 2018: Best Demo Award, ACM UbiComp
• 2016: First Prize, SBCloud Hackathon (SoftBank)
• 2013: Champion, Tokyo Start-up Weekend Contest
• 2012: Runner-up, Vietnam Microsoft Imagine Cup

Press Releases

• 2025: Press release: Learning the Nonlinear Dynamics of Soft Actuators with AI: Hysteresis-based Reservoir Computing Paving the Way for Robotic Grippers Capable of Delicate Movements
• 2025: Press release: マルチエージェントAIによるゼロショット言語駆動ロボット把持システム開発～自然言語の指示に対応、実環境での安全なロボット操作を実現～

Media Coverage

• 2017: Snake-like soft robot featured on IEEE Spectrum Video Friday
• Research outputs have appeared in major HCI and robotics venues (ACM CHI, UbiComp, ICRA, IROS).