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Kenta Tsukamoto is a leading researcher in the field of soft robotics, with a primary focus on the design and control of tensegrity structures—lightweight, compliant frameworks that combine tension and compression elements. His most significant contribution is the development of a modular tensegrity robot arm capable of continuous bending, inspired by complex musculoskeletal systems. This work, published in 2021 and garnering 34 citations, introduced a novel design method for creating long, deformable arm-type tensegrity robots. Tsukamoto further advanced the field by developing a pneumatically driven tensegrity manipulator that eliminates the need for mechanical springs, using 40 pneumatic cylinders to achieve stable, curved configurations. This innovation, cited 16 times, simplifies actuation and enhances control. His earlier work on remote robot arm control via force-free control and template matching, with 7 citations, demonstrates his versatility in teleoperation and web-based robotics. Tsukamoto’s research is pivotal for creating safer, more adaptable robots for human interaction, and his kinematic modeling using kernel ridge regression continues to push the boundaries of precise posture control in compliant manipulators.