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Ryusuke Ishizaki is a leading researcher in soft robotics and tactile sensing, with a focus on developing advanced capacitive sensor technologies that enable machines to interact safely and effectively with people and their environments. His major contributions center on creating soft, flexible sensors that can discriminate between touch, press, and stroke—capturing pressure, shear, and proximity information simultaneously. Notably, his 2023 paper "Touch, press and stroke: a soft capacitive sensor skin" (28 citations) introduced a novel sensor skin using patterned elastomers with fixed and sliding pillars, while his work on "Soft Three-Axis Capacitive Force Sensor for Robotic E-Skin on Curved Surfaces" (15 citations) addressed the critical but overlooked challenge of sensor performance on curved geometries like robotic fingers and forearms. Ishizaki also developed stacked rigid and compliant dielectric structures to extend the force range of soft sensors, and proposed a load-sensitive data acquisition method for multi-fingered robotic hands, reducing data size while maintaining sensitivity. His innovations have direct applications in medical, sports, and robotics fields, and his live demonstrations of flexible capacitive sensing arrays highlight his commitment to translating theory into practice. With a growing citation record and a portfolio spanning sensor design, network protocols, and motion planning, Ishizaki is shaping the future of robotic e-skin and human-robot interaction.