September 2026 · Tokyo

Biohybrid Robotics Symposium

Hosted by Biohybrid System Lab, The University of Tokyo

When: 16 to 18 September 2026

Where: Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo

Address: 2-10-8 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8680, Japan

BRS 2026

Best Poster Award

Grand Prize

C2C12-Based Biohybrid Muscle Actuator for Gram-Scale Object Lifting

Shota Noda

The University of Tokyo

Tubes Within Tubes: A Deployable Multi-Generation Printhead for Branched Vascular Network Fabrication

Soham Sinha

Stanford University

Tri-modal plant biohybrid energy harvesting

Mahla Shahabi

Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Biohybrid robotic finger with innervated skin equivalent for sensory coding

Tingyu Li

The University of Tokyo / Honda Research Institute Japan

Selective Actuation of Closely Arranged Optogenetic Muscle Tissues Using a Flexible Light-Shielding Membrane

Kento Terada

The University of Tokyo

Shape-Adaptive Organoid Pocket Frameworks for Scalable, Accessible, and Conformal Brain Organoid Electrophysiology

Jeongmin Yoo

Kyung Hee University / KIST / Seoul National University

People’s Choice

Toward Fully Degradable Muscle-Driven Biohybrid Robots

Yulei Mu

National University of Singapore