Makoto Takamiya

About

Makoto Takamiya is a leading innovator at the frontier of organic and flexible electronics, with a research portfolio that spans insect-scale robotics, large-area sensing, and printable logic circuits. His most celebrated contribution is the development of the world’s first untethered, battery-free, sub-gram jumping robot—a 216-milligram marvel powered wirelessly, demonstrating a breakthrough in autonomous insect-sized robotics (24 citations). In the realm of flexible electronics, Takamiya pioneered a large-area, flexible ultrasonic imaging system that integrates a printed organic transistor active matrix with a polymeric sensing array, enabling cost-effective, real-time 3D imaging (9 citations). He also introduced the User Customizable Logic Paper (UCLP), an innovative architecture using organic sea-of-transmission-gates and ink-jet printed interconnects that allows users to prototype custom organic circuits on paper (8 citations). His work on large-area flexible electronics with organic transistors has been instrumental in advancing smart displays, power transmission sheets, and electronic skin for robots. Takamiya’s contributions are foundational to the realization of truly flexible, printable, and autonomous electronic systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   An Untethered 216-mg Insect-Sized Jumping Robot with Wireless Power Transmission

   24 citations · 2020
2. 2
   A large-area, flexible, ultrasonic imaging system with a printed organic transistor active matrix

   9 citations · 2008
3. 3
   User Customizable Logic Paper (UCLP) with organic sea-of-transmission-gates (SOTG) architecture and ink-jet printed interconnects

   8 citations · 2010
4. 4
   Large-area flexible electronics with organic transistors

   5 citations · 2011

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