Selected Journal Articles

• Ryosuke Saito, Takuya Hosobata, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Linear resonant electrostatic induction motor by using electrical resonance with piezoelectric transducers"
  Mechatronics, Vol. 24, Issue 3, pp. 222-230 (2014/4, available online 2014/2)
• Yusuke Kuruma, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "High Speed Non-Contact Handling of a Steel Disk Using Feedforward Tilt Control"
  Journal of System Design and Dynamics, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 552-567 (2013/12)
• Fuminobu Kimura and Akio Yamamoto
  "Effect of delays in softness display using contact area control: rendering of surface viscoelasticity"
  Advanced Robotics, Vol. 27, No. 7, pp. 553-566 (2013/4)
• Ewoud van West, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Development of 2-DOF Tilting Actuator with Remote Center of Rotation for Human Operated Non-Contact Handling Tool"
  Mechatronics, Vol. 21, Issue 7, pp. 1222-1233 (2011/10)
• Takuya Hosobata, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "An Electrostatic Master-slave Mechanism with Force Enhancement by External Inductors for Cancellation of Self- and Parasitic Capacitances"
  Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, Vol. 163, Issue 1, pp. 333-342 (2010/8)
• Akio Yamamoto, Hiroaki Katsurai, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "DC Operated Electrostatic Impact Drive Actuator"
  Advanced Robotics, Vol. 24, No. 10, pp. 1441-1459 (2010/7)
• Ewoud van West, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Automatic Object Release in Magnetic and Electrostatic Levitation Systems"
  Precision Engineering, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 217-228 (2009/7)
• Takashi Nishijima, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "A Flexible Sensor Measuring Displacement and Bending"
  Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 20, Issue 4, Article No. 045205 (2009/4)
• Mayoran Rajendra, Akio Yamamoto, Toshiaki Oda, Hiroyuki Kataoka, Hideo Yokota, Ryutaro Himeno, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Motion Generation in MR Environment Using Electrostatic Film Motor for Motion Triggered cine-MRI"
  IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 278-285 (2008/6)
• Norio Yamashita, Zu Guang Zhang, Akio Yamamoto, Masahiko Gondo, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Voltage-Induction Type Electrostatic Film Motor Driven by Two-Four-Phase AC Voltage and Electrostatic Induction"
  Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Vol. 140, Issue 2, pp. 239-250 (2007/11)
• Ewoud van West, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "The Concept of "Haptic Tweezer", a Non-Contact Object Handling System Using Levitation Techniques and Haptics Mechatronics"
  Mechatronics, Vol. 17, No. 7, pp. 345-356 (2007/9)
  [Mechatronics Journal Best Paper Award]
• Roger Gassert, Akio Yamamoto, Dominique Chapuis, Ludovic Dovat, Hannes Bleuler, and Etienne Burdet
  "Actuation methods for applications in MR environments"
  Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering, Vol. 29B, Issue 4, pp. 191-209 (2006/10)
• Takashi Nishijima, Akio Yamamoto, Hidehiko Yasui, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "A Built-in Displacement Sensor for an Electrostatic Film Motor"
  Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 17, No. 10, pp. 2676-2682 (2006/10)
• Akio Yamamoto, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Benjamin Cros, Hironori Hashimoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Thermal Tactile Presentation Based on Prediction of Contact Temperature"
  Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 226-234 (2006/6)
• Akio Yamamoto, Masahiro Nishimura, Yutaka Ooishi, Nobuhiro Tsukada, Toshiro Higuchi
  "Atomization and Stirring of Droplets using Surface Acoustic Wave for Integrated Droplet Manipulation"
  Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 146-152 (2006/4)
• Akio Yamamoto, Shuichi Nagasawa, Hiroaki Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Electrostatic Tactile Display with Thin Film Slider and Its Application to Tactile Tele-Presentation Systems"
  IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 168-177 (2006/3)
• Akio Yamamoto, Toshiki Niino, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Modeling and Identification of an Electrostatic Motor"
  Precision Engineering, Vol. 30, Issue 1, pp. 104-113 (2006/1)

Selected Conference papers

• Takuya Hosobata and Akio Yamamoto
  "Mixed Reality System on Flat Panel Display with Real Object Driven by Synchronous Transparent Electrostatic Actuator"
  Proceedings of the International Conference on Multimedia and Human-Computer Interaction (MHCI'13), pp. 127.1-127.7 (2013/7, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
  [Best Paper Award]
• Fuminobu Kimura and Akio Yamamoto
  "Rendering Variable-Sized Lump Sensations on a Softness Tactile Display"
  Proceedings of IEEE World Haptics Conference 2013, pp. 97-102 (2013/4, Daejeon, Korea)
  [Best Student Paper Award (poster presentation)]
• Taku Nakamura and Akio Yamamoto
  "Multi-finger Electrostatic Passive Haptic Feedback on a Visual Display"
  Proceedings of IEEE World Haptics Conference 2013, pp. 37-42 (2013/4, Daejeon, Korea)
• Takuya Hosobata, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "2-DOF Synchronous Electrostatic Actuator with Transparent Electrodes Arranged in Checkerboard Patterns"
  Proceedings of 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2013), pp. 4919-4924 (2013/11, Tokyo, Japan)
• Hongqiang Wang and Akio Yamamoto
  "A Thin Electroadhesive Inchworm Climbing Robot Driven by an Electrostatic Film Actuator for Inspection in a Narrow Gap"
  Proceedings of 11th IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR 2013), Paper No. 30 (2013/10, Linkoping, Sweden)
• Akio Yamamoto, Shinya Tsuruta, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Planar 3-DOF Paper Sheet Manipulation Using Electrostatic Induction"
  Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2010), pp. 493-498 (2010/7, Bari, Italy)
• Fuminobu Kimura, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Development of a 2-DOF Softness Feeling Display for Tactile Tele-presentation of Deformable Surfaces"
  Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2010), pp. 1822-1827 (2010/5, Anchorage, USA)
• Fumitaka Kimura, Masahiko Gondo, Norio Yamashita, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Prototyping of Flexible Capacitive Encoder with Un-Tethered Slider Using Electrostatic Induction"
  Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE Conference on Sensors (IEEE SENSORS 2008), pp. 1619-1622 (2008/10, Lecce, Italy)
• Masaaki Yamaoka, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Basic Analysis of Stickiness Sensation for Tactile Displays"
  Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios (Proceedings of 6th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2008), pp. 427-436 (2008/6, Madrid, Spain)
• Ewoud van West, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Transportation of Hard Disk Media Using Electrostatic Levitation and Tilt Control"
  Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2008), pp. 755-760 (2008/5, Pasadena, USA)
  [Finalist for Best Manipulation Paper Award]
• Akio Yamamoto, Takumi Nakashima, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Wall Climbing Mechanisms Using Electrostatic Attraction Generated by Flexible Electrodes"
  Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS2007), pp. 389-394 (2007/11, Nagoya, Japan)
  [Best Paper Award]
• Ewoud van West, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Intrinsic Placing Behavior in Zero-Power Controlled Magnetic Levitation Object Handling"
  The tenth International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings (ISMB10), 6 pages on CD-ROM (2006/8, Martigny, Switzerland)
• Ewoud van West, Akio Yamamoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Development of "Haptic Tweezer", a non-contact object handling system using magnetic levitation and haptic device"
  Proceedings of the Eurohaptics International Conference 2006, pp. 87-92 (2006/7, Paris, France)
  [Best Student Paper Award]
• Akio Yamamoto, Hisatomo Yoshioka, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "A 2-DOF Electrostatic Sheet Conveyer Using Wire Mesh for Desktop Automation"
  Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA06), pp. 2208-2213 (2006/5, Orlando, USA)
  [Best Automation Paper Award]
• Akio Yamamoto, Yuki Hirano, Keigo Ichiyanagi, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Development of a 1-DOF Haptic Device Using an Electrostatic Film Motor for fMRI studies"
  Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA06), pp. 4378-4380 (2006/5, Orlando, USA)
• Akio Yamamoto, Tatsuru Nakajima, Ken-ichi Kudoh, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Direct Electrostatic Transportation of Frozen Droplets in Liquid Nitrogen for Single Cryopreserved Cell Processing"
  Technical Digest of 19th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2006) , pp. 382-385 (2006/1, Istanbul, Turkey)
• Akio Yamamoto, Masahiro Nishimura, Nobuhiro Tsukada, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "An Integrated Droplet Manipulation Device Using Surface Acoustic Wave"
  Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2005), pp. 1072-1074 (2005/10, Boston, USA)
• Akio Yamamoto, Kyu Yong Kim, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Tactile Telepresence System using PVDF Sensors and Electrostatic Stimulator"
  Proceedings of 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), pp. 1103-1108 (2005/8, Edmonton, Canada)
• Akio Yamamoto, Keigo Ichiyanagi, Toshiro Higuchi, Hiroshi Imamizu, Roger Gassert, Martin Ingold, Laurent Sache, and Hannes Bleuler
  "Evaluation of MR-compatibility of Electrostatic Linear Motor"
  Proceedings of 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2005), pp. 3669-3674 (2005/4, Barcelona, Spain)
• Kyu-Yong Kim, Akio Yamamoto, Toshiro Higuchi
  "Development of Tactile Camera for Deformable Surfaces"
  Proceedings of 2004 IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS '04), pp. 1004-1009 (2004/12, Singapore)
• Akio Yamamoto, Shuichi Nagasawa, Hiroaki Yamamoto, Toshiro Higuchi
  "Electrostatic Tactile Display with Thin Film Slider and Its Application to Tactile Tele-Presentation Systems"
  Proceedings of 2004 ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST 2004), pp. 209-216 (2004/11, HongKong, China)
• Akio Yamamoto, Benjamin Cros, Hironori Hashimoto, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Control of Thermal Tactile Display Based on Prediction of Contact Temperature"
  Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA 2004), pp. 1536-1541 (2004/4, New Orleans, USA)
• Akio Yamamoto, Takashi Nishijima, Toshiro Higuchi, and Akio Inaba
  "Robotic Arm using Flexible Electrostatic Actuators"
  2003 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2003), Vol. 2, pp. 940-945 (2003/6, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Akio Yamamoto, Hidehiko Yasui, Takashi Nishijima, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "Electrostatic Linear Servo Motor with Built-in Position Sensor for Vacuum Environment"
  2003 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2003), Vol. 2, pp. 928-933 (2003/6, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
• Takashi Nishijima, Akio Yamamoto, Satoshi Oyama, Toshiro Higuchi, and Akio Inaba
  "Flexible Electrostatic Linear Actuator
  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on New Actuators (ACTUATOR 2002), pp. 180-183 (2002/6, Bremen, Germany)
• Akio Yamamoto, Toshiki Niino, and Toshiro Higuchi
  "A High-Power Electrostatic Linear Servo Motor"
  Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Linear Drives for Industry Applications (LDIA'98), pp.212-215 (1998/4, Tokyo, Japan)
  [Best Paper of the Oral Session]