Conference: SICE System Integration (SI) 2025Award: Best Presentation Award Title: Mechanical Characteristics of Soft-Rigid Mixed Structure Using a Multi-Material 3D PrinterAuthors: Atsuya Tanide (Kyushu University), Keisuke Osawa (Kyushu University), D.S.V. Bandara (Kyushu University), and Jumpei Arata (Kyushu University) Presentation Date: December 10 Website: https://sice-si.org/si2025/

Conference: SII 2026 Award: IES Students & Young Professionals Paper Assistance (IES-SYPA) (IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IES) Title: Modeling and Evaluation of Soft Gears for Wearable Robots Authors: Takeshi Kido, Keisuke Osawa, Kiyotaka Ikejo (Hiroshima University), Akio Ueda (Amtec Co., Ltd.), D.S.V. Bandara, Jumpei Arata, Eiichiro Tanaka (Waseda University) Presentation Date: January 12 Website: https://sice-si.org/SII2026/syp-forum/

Keisuke Osawa, Kaiwen Duan, Akio Ueda, Ryu Nakadate, Jumpei Arata, Yoshihiro Nagao, Tomohiko Akahoshie, Masatoshi Eto, Eiichiro Tanaka Title: Development of a Self‒Propelled Colonoscopy Robot Using Soft Gears

Program URL (in Japanese): https://www.tuf.co.jp/general?id=128 Youtube (in Japanese): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks1b_N3Ysa0&t=1s

Link for iREX2023 Link for the article

Link for NHK news site (the robot is shown in the beginning of video only for some seconds.)

Research prototype was demonstrated in the technical exhibition. See youtube video for more details.