2026.07.17 Paper Our study showing that landing-induced viscoelastic changes in an anthropomimetic foot depend on foot structure and posture was published in Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. 2026.04.02 Award Ryo Takada received the SI2025 Excellent Presentation Award. 2025.01.28 Paper Our study applying virtual-trajectory-based repetitive control to a physical antagonistic-muscle robotic joint was published in IEEE Access. 2024.03.21 Media Our anthropomimetic robot research was featured in Kawaijuku’s Miraibook academic guide. 2024.02.28 Award Ryo Umezawa received the Excellent Research Encouragement Award at the 36th Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems. 2023.02.27 Paper Our study showing that the interaction between soft finger pulp and hard nail improves precision grasping was published in Soft Robotics. 2022.05.06 Media An interview with Dr. Togo appeared in the student forum of the journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. 2021.10.25 Paper Our study showing that a two-layer soft fingertip improves precision grasping was published in the Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan. 2021.05.17 Paper Our study showing that the asymmetric shape of the human distal phalanx improves precision grasping was published in Scientific Reports. 2021.05.06 Award Jiazhen Guo received the IEEE LifeTech 2021 Outstanding Paper Awards for Demo! Presentation.