Takahiro Nakayama
Toyota Motor Corporation (Japan), Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland)
Papers
22
Total Citations
228
H-Index
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About
Takahiro Nakayama is a pioneering researcher in MEMS-based sensing systems, with a career dedicated to advancing tactile sensation and multi-axis sensing technologies for robotic applications. His work centers on the design and fabrication of integrated tactile sensor networks capable of covering entire robot bodies — a breakthrough approach to giving machines human-like sensitivity. Nakayama's most influential contributions include the development of MEMS-on-CMOS capacitive tactile sensors using BCB isolation layers, 3-axis tactile and thermal fingertip sensors, and dedicated CMOS-LSI platforms that enable distributed, event-driven sensor networks across robot surfaces. His 2012 integration and packaging work and 2018 quad-seesaw-electrode sensor each garnered 31 citations, reflecting strong community recognition. Notably, his research addresses the full engineering stack — from novel electrode architectures and through-silicon vias to low-profile packaging with digital interfaces — making large-scale robot skin a practical reality rather than a theoretical concept. More recently, his work on topology-optimized stress isolation for SOI accelerometers demonstrates a broadening scope into precision inertial sensing. Across more than a decade of publication, Nakayama's cumulative contributions have shaped modern robotic tactile intelligence and human-robot interaction safety.
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- 6A CMOS-LSI for a sensor network platform of social robot applications12 citations · 2016
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- 8Development of an LSI for Tactile Sensor Systems on the Whole-Body of Robots10 citations · 2011
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