Scholar
Yasunori Toshimitsu
Google Scholar ID: lnQtc64AAAAJ
ETH Zurich
Citations & Impact
Citations
691
H-index
9
i10-index
9
Publications
20
Co-authors
4
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Publications: 'HASEL engines for achieving efficient continuous rotation' (EuroEAP 2025), 'Optimizing Direct Tendon Routing for Robotic Finger MCP Joints' (RoboSoft 2025), 'Getting the Ball Rolling: Learning a Dexterous Policy for a Biomimetic Tendon-Driven Hand with Rolling Contact Joints' (Humanoids 2023), etc.; Awards: Won the OpenAI Robotics Hackathon.
Research Experience
- Work Experience: Conducting research at the Soft Robotics Lab of ETH Zurich and the Robotic Materials Department of the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; Research Projects: Including automatic generation of robot hand designs for dexterous manipulation, autonomous swimming swan robots, etc.
Education
- Degree: PhD student; Institutions: ETH Zurich and Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; Advisors: Dr. Robert Katzschmann and Dr. Christoph Keplinger; Time: Started in summer 2022, expected to graduate in 2026.
Background
- Research Interests: Robotics, particularly soft robotics and robotic materials; Professional Field: Robot design and control; Brief Introduction: Aiming to create robotic systems that can operate in everyday environments to simplify human life. Currently researching how to automatically generate robot hand designs optimized for dexterous manipulation tasks.
Miscellany
- Personal Interests: Making, controlling, and playing with robots; Blog: Writes about technology trends and personal experiences; Other Projects: Participated in the JST Moonshot 'CAFE' project, developing large-scale robot hands for disaster response.
