Rate My Professor Tomoaki Mashimo

Mashimo's research specializes in robotics, mechatronics, microrobotics, ultrasonic motors, piezoelectric actuators, and micro motors, with applications in medical devices such as capsule endoscopic robots, biopsy robots, pipe inspection robots, and endovascular surgery tools. Key publications include 'Micro Ultrasonic Motor Using a Cube with a Side Length of 0.5 mm' in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2016), 'Fabrication and characterization of a submillimeter-scale ultrasonic motor' in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2023), 'Micro Linear Ultrasonic Motor With a Hall Sensor-Based Feedback Control System' and 'Earthworm-Inspired Robot Design: Reducing the Number of Actuators Through Embedded Motor Between Segments' in IEEE Access (2024), and contributions to books like Robot Engineering Handbook (2023). He has received awards such as the 2024 IEEE Best Video Award, the 4th Excellent Research and Technology Award from the Robotics Society of Japan (2023), the 2nd Nagamori Award and Nagai Science and Technology Foundation Academic Award (both 2016), and the Young Award from IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Japan Chapter (2007). Mashimo serves as an editor for ROBOMECH Journal, holds committee roles in the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers and Precision Engineering Society, and leads multiple JSPS Grants-in-Aid projects, including on capsule robots capable of biopsy and posture control (2025-2029) and submilliscale robotics (2022-2028).