About me

CV

updated July 2025

[1]Y. Toshimitsu, R. K. Katzschmann, and C. Keplinger, “HASEL engines for achieving efficient continuous rotation with electrostatic actuators,” in 13th International Conference on Soft Transducers and Electromechanically Active Polymers (EuroEAP 2025) - Poster presentation, Linz, Austria, June 2025.
[2]Y. Toshimitsu and R. K. Katzschmann, “Optimizing Direct Tendon Routing for Robotic Finger MCP Joints: Achieving Slack-Free Operation and Maximized Torque Output,” in 8th IEEE\slash RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2025) – Extended Abstract, SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne, Switzerland, Apr. 2025.
[3]Y. Toshimitsu et al., “Getting the Ball Rolling: Learning a Dexterous Policy for a Biomimetic Tendon-Driven Hand with Rolling Contact Joints,” in 2023 IEEE-RAS 22nd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2023, pp. 1–7. doi: 10.1109/Humanoids57100.2023.10375231.

Jul 2022–Present: ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT), PhD
- Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems (CLS)
- Scholarships
  - Takenaka Scholarship Foundation (Overseas Study Scholarship)
  - Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship (PhD Research Scholarship)
Jan 2024–Jan 2025: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Stuttgart, Germany)
- Robotic Materials Department (research stay / exchange as part of the CLS doctoral fellowship)
Apr 2020–Mar 2022: The University of Tokyo (Graduate School)
- M.Sc., Creative Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
Apr 2015–Mar 2020: The University of Tokyo
- B.Sc., Mechanical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Aug 2018–Jan 2019: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts, USA)
- Mechanical Engineering, Exchange Student (Fall semester)

End-to-end robotics experience across design, fabrication, simulation, and control
Hardware
- Fabrication: 3D printing, silicone casting, laser cutting
- Design: Fusion 360 / SolidWorks / KiCad (basic PCB design)
Software
- ROS 2 / Python / C++
Modeling & Control
- Modeling, simulation, and control of tendon-driven robots
- Task-space control leveraging redundancy
- Fast learning via GPU-parallel simulation
Hands-on
- Iteration up to production deployment (soft-serve robot)
- Driving Japan–Switzerland collaboration and press demos (giant robot hand)