Dr Shuhei Miyashita
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Lecturer in Robotics
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Dr Shuhei Miyashita
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Shuhei Miyashita received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Zurich, Switzerland in 2011.
He is currently a Lecturer at the Automatic Control and Systems Engineering Department in the University of Sheffield, UK. Prior to this position, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA, and Carnegie Mellon University, PA, USA, from 2011 to 2015, and a Lecturer at the University of York, UK from 2016 to 2018.
- Research interests
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- Micro and milli robotics
- Self-assembling machine
- Metamaterial
- 4D printing
- Self-reconfigurable systems
- Biomedical robots
- Origin of life
- Publications
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Edited books
Journal articles
- Milestones for autonomous in vivo microrobots in medical applications. Surgery, 169(4), 755-758. View this article in WRRO
- Executive summary of the artificial intelligence in surgery series. Surgery.
- Autonomous and reversible adhesion using elastomeric suction cups for in-vivo medical treatments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2), 2015-2022. View this article in WRRO
- Characterization, simulation and control of a soft helical pneumatic implantable robot for tissue regeneration. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2(1), 94-103. View this article in WRRO
- Catalytic Self-Folding of 2D Structures through Cascading
Magnet Reactions. Royal Society Open Science, 6(7). View this article in WRRO
- An End-to-End Approach to Self-Folding Origami Structures. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 34(6), 1409-1424. View this article in WRRO
- Animatronic soft robots by additive folding. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 37(6), 611-628.
- Self-rolling up micro 3D structures using temperature-responsive hydrogel sheet. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 27(12).
- Robotic metamorphosis by origami exoskeletons. Science Robotics, 2(10), ---.
- Teleoperated Micromanipulation System Manufactured by Cut-and-Fold Techniques. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 33(2), 456-467.
- Multi-crease Self-folding by Global Heating. Artificial Life, 21(4), 398-411.
- Folding Angle Regulation by Curved Crease Design for Self-Assembling Origami Propellers. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 7(2).
- Mechanical catalysis on the centimetre scale. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 12(104), 20141271-20141271.
- Self-folding miniature elastic electric devices. Smart Materials and Structures, 23(9), 094005-094005.
- Self-folding origami: shape memory composites activated by uniform heating. Smart Materials and Structures, 23(9), ---.
- Automated physiological recovery of avocado plants for plant-based adaptive machines. Adaptive Behavior, 22(2), 109-122.
- Two-dimensional magnetic micro-module reconfigurations based on inter-modular interactions. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 32(5), 591-613.
- Self-Organized Translational Wheeling Motion in Stochastic Self-Assembling Modules. Artificial Life, 19(1), 79-95.
- Remotely addressable magnetic composite micropumps. RSC Advances, 2(9), 3850-3850.
- Attributes of two-dimensional magnetic self-assembly. Adaptive Behavior, 20(2), 117-130.
- How reverse reactions influence the yield of self-assembly robots. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 30(5), 627-641.
- Adaptation of a distributed controller depending on morphology. Artificial Life and Robotics, 12(1-2), 38-42.
- Emerging cell array based on reaction–diffusion. Artificial Life and Robotics, 11(1), 32-36.
- Morphogenesis of 3D sheets exploiting a spatial condition. Artificial Life and Robotics, 11(1), 139-144.
- 2A1-H03 Water Floating Active Units. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2007(0).
- Morphology-Induced Collective Behaviors: Dynamic Pattern Formation in Water-Floating Elements. PLoS ONE, 7(6), e37805-e37805.
- The Influence of Shape on Parallel Self-Assembly. Entropy, 11(4), 643-666.
Chapters
- Origami-Inspired Microrobots, Encyclopedia of Robotics (pp. 1-11). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Magnetic Force Driven Wireless Motor, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (pp. 409-412). Springer International Publishing
- Low-Power and Low-Cost Stiffness-Variable Oesophageal Tissue Phantom, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (pp. 351-362). Springer International Publishing
- Basic Problems in Self-Assembling Robots and a Case Study of Segregation on Tribolon Platform, Bio-Inspired Self-Organizing Robotic Systems (pp. 173-191). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Tribolon: Water-Based Self-Assembly Robots, Artificial Life Models in Hardware (pp. 161-184). Springer London
- Peltier-Based Freeze-Thaw Connector for Waterborne Self-Assembly Systems, Cutting Edge Robotics 2010 InTech
Conference proceedings papers
- Environment-Modulated Self-Assembly by Changes in Modules’ Buoyancy. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Vol. 1 (pp 11706-11712), 13 May 2024 - 17 May 2024.
- Roblets: Robotic Tablets That Self-Assemble and Self-Fold into a Robot. 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 1 October 2023 - 5 October 2023.
- Wirelessly Magnetically Actuated Motor for Tissue Regeneration Robotic Implant. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 23 October 2022 - 27 October 2022.
- Origami Robot Self-folding by Magnetic Induction. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 23 October 2022 - 27 October 2022.
- Temperature Driven Soft Reversible Self-folding Origami String. 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Vol. 00 (pp 589-594)
- Size Changing Soft Modules for Temperature Regulated Self-assembly and Self-disassembly. 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Vol. 00 (pp 461-466)
- Development and Characterization of a Soft Valve for Automatic Fault Isolation in Inflatable Soft Robots. 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), Vol. 00 (pp 62-67)
- Soft hinge for magnetically actuated millimetre-size origami. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems : 21st Annual Conference, TAROS 2020, Nottingham, UK, September 16, 2020, Proceedings (pp 66-69). Nottingham, UK, 16 September 2020. View this article in WRRO
- Magnetic sensor based topographic localization for automatic dislocation of ingested button battery. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Virtual conference, 31 May 2020 - 31 August 2020. View this article in WRRO
- Axially and Radially Expandable Modular Helical Soft Actuator for Robotic Implantables. Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 4297-4304), 21 May 2018 - 25 May 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Programmable Medicine: Autonomous, Ingestible, Deployable Hydrogel Patch and Plug for Stomach Ulcer Therapy. Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 1511-1518), 21 May 2018 - 25 May 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Self-rolling up micro assembly using temperature — responsive hydrogel sheet with rigid plate array. 2018 IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Belfast, UK, 21 January 2018 - 25 January 2018. View this article in WRRO
- Low-power and low-cost stiffness-variable oesophageal tissue phantom. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 10454 (pp 351-362), 19 July 2017 - 21 July 2017. View this article in WRRO
- Elastomeric spring actuator using nylon wires. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol. 10454 LNAI (pp 540-547) View this article in WRRO
- Self-folded soft robotic structures with controllable joints. 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 29 May 2017 - 3 June 2017.
- Ingestible, controllable, and degradable origami robot for patching stomach wounds. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 16 May 2016 - 21 May 2016. View this article in WRRO
- An untethered miniature origami robot that self-folds, walks, swims, and degrades. 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 26 May 2015 - 30 May 2015.
- A Distributed Robot Garden System. 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 26 May 2015 - 30 May 2015.
- Self-folding printable elastic electric devices: Resistor, capacitor, and inductor. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 31 May 2014 - 7 June 2014.
- An end-to-end approach to making self-folded 3D surface shapes by uniform heating. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 31 May 2014 - 7 June 2014.
- Electromagnetically driven elastic actuator. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2014), 5 December 2014 - 10 December 2014.
- Self-pop-up cylindrical structure by global heating. 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 3 November 2013 - 7 November 2013.
- Self-folding shape memory laminates for automated fabrication. 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 3 November 2013 - 7 November 2013.
- Magnetic hysteresis for multi-state addressable magnetic microrobotic control. 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 7 October 2012 - 12 October 2012.
- Attempt on plant machine interface. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 9 October 2011 - 12 October 2011.
- Morphology detection for magnetically self-assembled modular robots. 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 10 October 2009 - 15 October 2009.
- Peltier-based freeze-thaw connector for waterborne self-assembly systems. 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 22 September 2008 - 26 September 2008.
- Tribolon: Water based self-assembly robot with freezing connector (video). 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 22 September 2008 - 26 September 2008.
- How morphology affects self-assembly in a stochastic modular robot. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 19 May 2008 - 23 May 2008.
- Self-Assemble of Water Floating Active Units. Mechatronics, 2007 IEEE International Conference on, 8 May 2007 - 10 May 2007.
- Water Floating Self-assembling Agents (pp 665-674)
- Topology Changes Enable Reaction-Diffusion to Generate Forms (pp 159-168)
- Multi-Crease Self-Folding by Uniform Heating. Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2013
- Morphogenetic Evolution of 3D Sheets Exploiting a Spatial Constraint. 2006 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation
- Milestones for autonomous in vivo microrobots in medical applications. Surgery, 169(4), 755-758. View this article in WRRO
- Teaching activities
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Mechatronics (ACS231)
Mechatronics for Robotics (ACS6502)