25/05/07
We have started to exhibit the results of our research on micromachines at Gallery WEST of the 2025 World Expo in Japan(Osaka-Kansai expo). Many visitors come to our booth every day. We sincerely appreciate your visit. This exhibition will be open until May 10 (Sat.). We look forward to seeing you at the exhibition.
The exhibition is posted on the folloing link. Please check it
X account of Ritsumeikan University: LINK
R-GIRO website: LINK

25/04/22
Research results on "Selective power transmission using a shift in resonant frequency due to the transportation of liquid metal droplets" was published in Scientific Reports(Nature research)
Please check the following link : LINK

25/04
During the period from May 4th(Sun) to 10th(Sat), 2025, there will be an exhibition focusing on the researchs of the R-GIRO project, of which Prof.Konishi is the supervisor, at the 2025 World Expo in Japan(Osaka-Kansai Expo). We will post more information soon.
Please check the following link : LINK

・25/04
As part of Konishi Lab's ongoing research on inflatable soft devices, a study on parylene caulking technology that enables both sealing and flexibility of silicone rubber (PDMS) has been published in Advanced Materials Interfaces on January 23, 2025 ( Early View).
Please check the following link : LINK
★This paper information has also been adopted and published on the back cover of the journal : LINK

・25/03/14
A joint seminar(18th MTG) with the University of British Columbia was held locally at UBC. This symposium was supported by Ritsumeikan University, International Research Collaboration Promotion Program and R-GIRO. Following the opening remarks by Prof.Stoeber(UBC) and Prof.Konishi, 14 talks were given by both sides, and from Konishi Lab, Prof.Bono, Mr.Hori, a doctoral student, and Mr.Nakatsuka, a master's student, gave talks.

・24/12
The paper presented by Mr. Hori and Prof. Konishi who won Prof.Wen Ko's Best Paper Award (3rd place) at the international conference APCOT2024 held on June 23, 2024. (Title: Search for stiffness specificity using directional palpation with a microfinger and its dependence on scanning conditions) received IEEJ-E APCOT Best Paper Award. The paper presented by Mr. Miyata, Prof. Bono, and Prof. Konishi (Title: Mixing of Multiple Solutions by Selective Dispensing using Volume Control in Droplet-Array Sandwiching Technology) received IEEJ-E Journal APCOT Excellent Paper Award.
Please check the following link : LINK

・24/11
The RARA (Ritsumeikan Academy for Advanced Research) event RARA Commons “Collaboration and Career Paths for Science and Engineering Researchers Aiming for New Value” will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 20 at the BKC Epoch. The content of the event is planned to be of interest to students interested in graduate (doctoral) school academic research activities. Please join us. First of all, please register on the web from the link below as soon as possible.
Prof. Konishi (RARA Fellow) and Mr. Hori (RARA Student Fellow) from Konishi Lab will be speaking at the conference.
PR leaflet : LINK
Apply : LINK

・24/11
The research introduction in the Research column has been updated to the latest version.

・24/10
A seminar by Prof.Oliver Pohl of the Freiburg University and others was held at BKC (Core Station Large Conference Room).
Please see the Link for research exchanges between Ritsumeikan and Freiburg University. LINK

・24/9
Research results on "Resonant oscillation of droplets under an alternating electric field to enhance solute diffusion"was published in Scientific Reports (Nature research)

・24/9
"The Fundamental Background of Sensors and Micromachines'' edited by Professor Konishi has been published by Corona Publishing. Links to Coronasha's books are below : LINK
Also below are related links : LINK

・24/9
The 10th International Japan-Italy Joint LCD Workshop will be held in Miyazaki from September 4, 2024. Professor Bono is scheduled to give an invited lecture. Please see the linked website for details.

・24/6 A paper presented by Mr. Hori and Prof. Konishi at the international conference APCOT2024 held on June 23, 2024 (Title: Searching for Stiffness Singularity Using Directional Palpation by a Microfinger and Its Scanning Condition Dependence) is The Professor Received Wen Ko's Best Paper Award (3rd place).
In addition, the papers presented by Mr. Hori and Prof. Konishi, and Mr. Miyata, Prof. Bono, and Prof. Konishi were nominated as finalists for the E category award. The titles of each published paper are below.
・Searching for Stiffness Singularity Using Directional Palpation by a Microfinger and Its Scanning Condition Dependence
・Mixing of Multiple Solutions by Selective Dispensing Using Volume Control in Droplet-Array Sandwiching Technology

・24/6
The international conference APCOT2024 will be held in Singapore from June 23, 2024. Prof. Konishi is scheduled to give a keynote lecture. Konishi Lab is planning to give two general lectures (Mr.Hori and Mr.Miyata). . LINK

・24/6
The international conference Actuator2024 will be held in Germany from June 13, 2024. Prof. Konishi is scheduled to give a keynote lecture. LINK.

・24/3/29
Research results on “Simultaneous detection of the shuttling motion of liquid metal droplets in channels under alternating pressure and capacitive sensor signals” was published in Microsystem & Nanoengineering (Nature research). LINK

・23/7/17
Research results on "Openable artificial intestinal tract device integrated with permeable filter for evaluating drug permeation through cells"was published in Scientific Reports (Nature research). LINK

・23/7/10
Research results on "Enhancement of solute diffusion in microdroplets using microrotors
under rotational magnetic field"was published in Scientific Reports (Nature research). LINK

・23/6/30
Transducers2023 (Prof.Konishi served as the general chairman of this conference) finished successfully.
More than 1,000 participants gathered from all over the world, and they shared their research results. LINK

・23/6/25~29
Transducers2023 will be held in Kyoto (Prof.Konishi will serve as the general chairman of this conference).
3 papers will be presented from our group in Transducers2023. LINK

・23/6/9
Research results on "Threshold magnetic field as a universal criterion for the selective transport of magnetized of
particles in microdroplets" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature research). LINK

・23/5/9
Research results on "Design improvement of the conversion mechanism from balloon inflation to bending motion
for inflatable film actuators" was published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering (Nature research). LINK

・23/3/17
The "15th Joint Symposium of Ritsumeikan University of British Colmbia" was held
at Ritsumeikan University BKC Campus.

・23/3/16
Research results on "Rotation and transportation of liquid crystal droplets for visualizing electric properties of microstructured electrodes"was published in Scientific Reports (Nature research). .LINK
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・22/12/9
Research results on "Directional touch sensing for stiffness singularity search in an object using microfinger with tactile sensor" was published in Scientific Report (Nature research). LINK

・22/11/22
Research results on "Active tactile senseing of small insect force by a soft microfinger toward microfinger-insect interaxtions" was published overseas .LINK

・22/11/22
Research results on "Active tactile senseing of small insect force by a soft microfinger toward microfinger-insect interaxtions" was published . LINK

・22/11
Prof. Konishi will give a talk at "The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials". LINK

・22/11
Ritsumeikan University Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) Symposium will be held.
Prof. Konishi will present " Cyber-Physical System Models co-created with local residents and companies". LINK
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・22/10/10
Research results on "Active tactile senseing of small insect force by a soft microfinger toward microfinger-insect interaxtions" was published in Scientific Report (Nature research). LINK
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・22/9/9
The "14th Joint Symposium of Ritsumeikan University of British Colmbia" was held at UBC.

・22/8/12
Research results on "Temperature gradient sensing mechanism using liquid crystal droplets with 0.1-mk-level detection accuracy and high spatial resolution" was published in Scientific Report (Nature research) . LINK

・22/7/26
Research results on "Cellular calcium oscillations in droplets with different chemical concentrations supplied
by droplet-array sandwiching technology" was published in Sensor and Actuators B: Chemical. LINK

・22/4
The 30th Ritsumeikan University Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) Symposium will be held.
Prof. Konishi will present "Innovative Cyber-Physical System Models Connected by Sensors and Micromachines
for Medical and Health Applications". LINK

・22/3/25
Prof. Konishi was appointed as a "RARA Fellow" of the "Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy(RARA)". LINK
Reference) RARA is also promoting the RARA student fellow project for "PhD career development". LINK

・22/3/16
Research results on "Liquid metal droplet shuttling in a microchannel toward a single line multiplexer with multiple sensors" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research). LINK

・21/11
The "Life Science Venture Growth Support Seminar from Kansai" is schdeluded to be held
on December 2nd, 2021. Professor Konishi will give a talk on research activities of Konishi Lab. ・21/11
The "13th Joint Symposium of Ritsumeikan University of British Colmbia" is schdeluded to be held
on November 26th, 2021.

・21/7/31
Our microrobot was awarded "Kyosera Prize" in the 6th Shiga Tech Grand Prix. LINK

・21/6/11
Research results on "Selective control of the contact and transport between droplet pairs by electrowetting-on-dielectric for droplet-array sandwiching technology" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research). LINK

・21/3/29
Research results on "Smooth transportation of liquid metal droplets in a microchannel as detected by a serially arranged capacitive device" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research). LINK

・21/2/5
Research results on "Cell and tissue system capable of automated culture, stimulation, and monitor with the aim of feedback control of organs-on-a-chip" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research). LINK

・20/7/21
Research results on "High-output bending motion of a soft inflatable microactuator with an actuation conversion mechanism" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research). LINK

・19/10/30
Research results on "Flexible Temperature Sensor Integrated with Soft Pneumatic Microactuators for Functional Microfingers" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research). LINK

・19/10
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) symposium. LINK

・19/10/09
Research results on "Morphological Transformation between Flat and Tube Structures by Coordinated Motions of Soft Pneumatic Microactuators" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research). LINK

・19/09/24
The target amount of our crowdfunding project has been reached.

・19/07~19/09/23
Crowdfunding project of our microrobot started. LINK

・19/02/07
Our microrobot exhibited at Japan Robot Week 2018 was introduced in "ikinamoJapan You Tube channel". LINK

・19/01/31
Research on microrobot has been put on Dempa publications.

・18/11/30
Research cooperation agreement concluded with University of British Columbia. LINK

・18/11/28
Our microrobot exhibited at Japan Robot Week 2018 was introduced in "TIMELINE".

・18/11/28
Our microrobot exhibited at Japan Robot Week 2018 was introduced in Yahoo! LINK

・18/10/17~18/10/19
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) symposium. . LINK

・18/10/17~18/10/19
Our microrobot was exhibited at Japan Tobot Week 2018. LINK

・18/10/16
Reseach results is introduced in TV program "MORNING SHOW (TV Asahi Corporation)"

・18/03/05
"The UBC-Ritsumeikan Univ. MEMS workshop" was held.

・17/12/19
Our research is introduced in Private University Research Branding Project. LINK

・17/09/25
R-GIRO symposium "Interdisciplinary Science and Technology for Activation of Living Organism" was held. LINK

・17/07/06
R-GIRO project "Interdisciplinary Science and Technology for Activation of Living Organism" started. LINK

・17/03/10
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at International Symposium on Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Sciences
:Beyond the History as an invited speaker LINK

・16/12
Prof. Konishi appers on "Innovation ism"LINK

・16/9/19
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at Kick-off Symposium of R-GIRO research program. LINK

・16/9/16
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at BioOpto Japan conference in the international exhibition of All about photonics 2016 Utilities & Key Devices. LINK, held at Pacifico Yokohama. LINK

・16/8/26
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at the exhibition of JST Innovation Japan 2016, and Dr. Hattori gave a poster presentation.

・16/8/4
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at IEEE Kansai forum Organized sessions. LINK

・16/6/26-29
APCOT2016 was held in Kanazawa (Prof. Konishi served as the program chairman of this conference).
4 papers were presented from our group in APCOT2016. LINK

・16/6/3
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at drug discovery Research Consortium × formulation technology research consortium research program. LINK

・16/5/11
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at 13th ACADEMIC FORUM in the exhibition of Life Science World 2016. LINK

・16/4/17-20
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at IEEE-NEMS in Miyagi prefecture as an invited speaker.

・16/2/18
Achievements of R-GIRO program were reported in R-GIRO symposium entitled "Toward formation of research center having strong distinctive features in the global society".

・13/07/08
"R-GIRO Symposium of Engineering in Medicine and Biology" was held.

・13/06/10
The Direction of Alumni in konishi laboratory is updated on Member's page.

・13/04/30
"Our research" was featured on "Kurashi Kaisetsu(NHK)" LINK

・12/03/26
"Micro Hand" was featured on "Morning Bird (Asahi Television)" LINK

・11/03/04
Wataru TONOMURA, Young Scientist Poster Award, The 5th International Workshop on Approaches to Single-Cell Analysis, The University of Tokyo, March 3-4th, 2011.

・11/02/01
"Micro Hand" is featured on "The Most Useful School in the World (Nippon Television)" LINK

・11/01/29
Prof.Konishi appers on "The Most Useful School in the World (Nippon Televison)".LINK

・10/12/13
Our research was featured in "AERA"(Asahi Shimbun) LINK
profile of researcher "gift fot the future." in the magazine "AERA"(Asahi Shimbun)　LINK

・10/12/9
link update "The Bio Medical Devices Center".

・10/11/18
Our research was published in yomiuri.

・10/10/22
IEEE EDS Kansai Chapter of the Year Award, S.Konishi

・10/10/15
○IEEJ Sensors and Micromachine Society The 27th SENSOR SYMPOSIUM
　　Our raboratory menber recieve "young excellence paper award".
　"Medical Application with Pneumatic Balloon Actuator to retractor system for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection"
　Y.Fujimoto, N.Fujiwara, Y.Saito, Y.Kurumi,Y.Fujiyama, T.Tani, S.Konishi

○IEEJ Sensors and Micromachine Society The 27th SENSOR SYMPOSIUM
　　Our raboratory menber recieve "best excellenced poster award".
　"Low Physical Restriction MEMS Potentiometer using Probe Dipping μPool with Conductive Liquid"
　M.Ito, T.Kuwamura, S.Konishi

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・10/7/26
Our research was featured in Nikkei. LINK

・10/7/22
"state-of-the-art medical technology and ritsumeikan university in wellness society"LINK

・10/6/12
DORAEMON'S SCIENTIFIC FUTURE LINK