Associate Professor Terutsuki Gives an Invited Talk at IEEE DTDA 2026

Associate Professor Daigo Terutsuki gave an invited talk at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Device Technologies for Diversified Applications (IEEE DTDA 2026), held in Sapporo, Japan, from October 11 to 14, 2026. His talk took place on October 14 at the Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, known as the Red Brick Building, in the session on Biosensors, Bioelectronics, and Biomedical Devices.

The talk, entitled “Biohybrid Olfactory Sensing with Insect Antennae: From Robotic Odor Tracking to Long-Term Biointerface Engineering,” presented our research on combining insect olfaction with engineered sensing systems.

The presentation focused on an odor sensor that records electrical responses from silkworm moth antennae and a drone that uses these signals to locate odor sources. It also introduced water-retaining hydrogel electrodes designed to reduce drying at the antenna–electrode interface and support stable, prolonged recording. Work on mosquito antenna-based odor sensing was discussed alongside the challenges and future directions for using biological olfaction in robotic systems.

The Terutsuki Laboratory continues to explore new sensing technologies that connect biological sensory functions with robotics.