Sho Asano
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About
Sho Asano is a leading researcher in the field of tactile sensing for robotics, with a focus on developing highly integrated, miniaturized sensor systems that mimic human touch. His major contributions center on the fusion of MEMS and CMOS technologies to create robust, multi-modal fingertip sensors. Asano’s most impactful work, the “CMOS-on-LTCC integrated fingertip sensor” (2017, 16 citations), pioneered a fully-integrated device capable of 3-axis tactile and thermal sensation, enabling robots to perceive both force direction and temperature simultaneously. This breakthrough addresses a critical gap in robotic dexterity and human-robot interaction. He further advanced the field by developing a “flipped CMOS-diaphragm” design (2015) that is surface-mountable on flexible and stretchable bus lines, a key step toward covering an entire robot body with sensitive skin. Demonstrating scalability, Asano also achieved the connection of 48 sensors on a single serial bus line (2018), enabling high-resolution tactile sensing over a 2-meter range. His work is pivotal for creating social robots that can safely and intuitively interact with humans, pushing the boundaries of electronic skin and sensor networks.
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