Scientific Report on TUM-IAS Fellowship
The Focus Group on Artificial Electronic Skin, led by Takao Someya and Gordon Cheng, aimed at the development of a novel paradigm that could lead to important advances in robotics and also enhance the quality of life. The potential impact of artificial electronic skin is enormous, as it is applicable across multiple domains including building safer robots, healthcare monitoring, entertainment, and wearable technologies to enhance our way of life. full report
Short CV
Takao Someya received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1997. From 2001 to 2003, he worked at the Nanocenter (NSEC) of Columbia University and at Bell Labs and Lucent Technologies as a Visiting Scholar. Since 2009, he has been a professor of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Tokyo as well as a Global Scholar at Princeton University. Furthermore, he currently serves as the Project Leader of the NEDO/JAPERA Project and as a Research Director of a JST/ERATO Project since 2011. At TUM, Takao Someya is hosted by Gordon Cheng from the Department of Cognitive Systems.
Selected Awards
- 2016, The 4th Tateisi Science and Technology Foundation Award
- 2014, The 46th Ichimura Prize in Technology, Ichimura Foundation
- 2012, The 34th (FY2012) Japan Society of Applied Physics Best Review Paper Award, “Ambient Electronics”, JJAP
- 2010, IEEE/EDS Paul Rappaport Award
- 2010, The 13th IEICI Electronics Society Award
- 2009, IEEE/EDS Paul Rappaport Award
- 2009, The 5th JSPS Prize
- 2008, Gottfried Wagener Prize
- 2005, IEEE/ISSCC Takuo Sugano Award
Research Area
- Organic transistors
- Flexible electronics
- Plastic integrated circuits
- Large-area sensors
- Plastic actuators
Selected Publications
- Yokota, T.; Zalar, P.; Kaltenbrunner, M.; Jinno, H.; Matsuhisa, N.; Kitanosako, H.; Tachibana, Y.; Yukita, W.; Koizumi, M.; Someya, T.: Ultraflexible organic photonic skin. Science Advances 2 (4), 2016, e1501856-e1501856.
- Kaltenbrunner, Martin; Sekitani, Tsuyoshi; Reeder, Jonathan; Yokota, Tomoyuki; Kuribara, Kazunori; Tokuhara, Takeyoshi; Drack, Michael; Schwödiauer, Reinhard; Graz, Ingrid; Bauer-Gogonea, Simona; Bauer, Siegfried; Someya, Takao: An ultra-lightweight design for imperceptible plastic electronics. Nature 499 (7459), 2013, 458-463.
- Rogers, J. A.; Someya, T.; Huang, Y.: Materials and Mechanics for Stretchable Electronics. Science 327 (5973), 2010, 1603-1607.
- Sekitani, Tsuyoshi; Nakajima, Hiroyoshi; Maeda, Hiroki; Fukushima, Takanori; Aida, Takuzo; Hata, Kenji; Someya, Takao: Stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display using printable elastic conductors. Nature Materials 8 (6), 2009, 494-499.
- Someya, T.; Kato, Y.; Sekitani, T.; Iba, S.; Noguchi, Y.; Murase, Y.; Kawaguchi, H.; Sakurai, T.: Conformable, flexible, large-area networks of pressure and thermal sensors with organic transistor active matrixes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (35), 2005, 12321-12325.
- Someya, T.; Sekitani, T.; Iba, S.; Kato, Y.; Kawaguchi, H.; Sakurai, T.: A large-area, flexible pressure sensor matrix with organic field-effect transistors for artificial skin applications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (27), 2004, 9966-9970.
Publications as TUM-IAS Fellow