Sheffield Microrobotics Lab
Autonomy in miniature artificial life
News
September 2024: We are exhibiting our origami-sculpture artwork called "Origami Transformer" at the Festival of the Mind at Millenium Gallery.
September 2024: Kaan's paper was published in IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. Congratulations, Kaan!
August 2024: Quentin's paper, "Remotely Actuated Programmable Self-Folding Strings using Magnetic Induction Heating", has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. Congratulations Quentin!
June 2024: Shuhei gave a keynote talk at the Insigneo Showcase
May 2024: A funded PhD position on Ingestible Robots is available for a home student, starting in September/October 2024.
Projects
Our ultimate goal is to create miniature autonomous "life" in the form of miniature robots through the understanding of principles in nature, with the aim of broadening the possibility of robotics at a small scale. Our research interests reside in the fields of Robotics, Self-assembly, Embodied AI, Material sciences, Biomedical engineering, and Artificial Life.
Microrobots and Living matter
The project aims to develop the next generation of manufacturing technology inspired by chemical synthesis.
Han J., Rus D., Miyashita S. (2023) Roblets: Robotic Tablets that Self-assemble and Self-fold into a Robot, In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, USA.
Preprint PDFSouthern EJ., Besnard V., Lahaye B., Tyrrell AM., and Miyashita S. (2019) Catalytic self-folding of 2D structures through cascading magnet reactions, Royal Society Open Science, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.182128
Link | PDFMiyashita, S., Audretsch, C., Nagy, Z., Fuchslin, R., and Pfeifer, R. (2015) Mechanical Catalysis on the Centimeter Scale. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 12: 20141271.
Link | PDF | Movie | Sppl. Mat. | download stl filesMiyashita, S., Goldi, M., and Pfeifer, R. (2011) How reverse reactions influence the yield rate of stochastic self-assembly. International Journal of Robotics Research, 30, 627-641.
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Origami Robots
The project aims to develop “autonomous and cognitive smart materials” using origami robot techniques.
Liu J., Chen X., Lahondes Q., Esendag K., Damian D., and Miyashita S. (2022) Origami Robot Self-folding by Magnetic Induction, In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto Japan, pp. 2519 - 2525.
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981604 | Preprint PDF | YouTube
Miyashita, S., Guitron, S., Li, S., and Rus D. (2017) Robotic Metamorphosis by Origami Exoskeletons, Science Robotics, 2 eaao4369.
Link | PDF | SMMiyashita, S., Guitron, S., Yoshida, K., Li, S., Damian, D. D., and Rus, D. (2016) Ingestible, Controllable, and Degradable Origami Robot for Patching Stomach Wounds, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 909-916.
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Ingestible (origami/capsule) robots & robotic implant
The project aims to develop a robot that can be ingested or can reside inside the body and carry out micro-surgical operations.
Duffield C., Smith F. A., Rus D., Damian D., and Miyashita S. (2022) Wirelessly Magnetically Actuated Motor for Tissue Regeneration Robotic Implant, In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 465 - 471.
LinkIwasaki, H., Lefevre, F., Damian, D. D., Iwase, E., Miyashita, S. (2020) Autonomous and Reversible Adhesion Using Elastomeric Suction Cups for In-Vivo Medical Treatments, Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 2015-2022.
Du Plessis D'Argentr, A., Perry, S., Iwata, Y., Iwasaki, H., Will, I., Fabozzo, A., Iwase, E., Damian, D., Rus, D., Miyashita, S (2018) Programmable Medicine: Autonomous, Ingestible, Deployable Patch and Plug for Stomach Ulcer Therapy, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). pp. 1511 - 1518.
Link | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Guitron, S., Ludersdorfer, M., Sung, C., and Rus, D. (2015) An Untethered Miniature Origami Robot that Self-folds, Walks, Swims, and Degrades, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1490-1496.
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PhD openings
PhD positions available for entry in the 2024/25 academic year:
(new) May 2024: PhD scholarship on in-vivo origami stent robot available for a UK/home student, starting in September/October 2024.
PhD positions available for entry in the 2025/26 academic year:
PhD projects with prospective university scholarships open to UK/International students are available on:
Milli- and Microrobots (open throughout the year)
Roblets: Self-assembling Modular Robots
Ingestible (capsule/origami) Robots for In-body Medical Operations
If you are interested in the position, please contact shuhei.miyashita at sheffield.ac.uk. We also accept self-funded students with good grades.
Members
Shuhei Miyashita, Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Ahmed Hafez, Postdoctoral Fellow
Junyi Han, PhD candidate
Xiao Chen, PhD candidate
Zihan Zhao, PhD candidate
Umur Harman, PhD candidate
Zhiming Shen, visiting PhD student from Nagaoka Univ. of Tech
Rathan Nidhi Kumaran Thirumalai Kumar, MSc student
Changrui Deng, MSc student
Darshan Barath Muthuveeran Ramakrishnan, MSc student
Vivek Kamble, MSc student
Han Jin, MSc student
Dingyi Zhao, MSc student
About the PI:
Originally from Japan, Shuhei Miyashita earned his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich in 2011, supervised by Prof. Rolf Pfeifer. He is currently a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, leading the Sheffield Microrobotics Lab. Prior to Sheffield, he held postdoctoral positions at MIT (2012-2015, under Prof. Daniela Rus) and Carnegie Mellon University (2011-2012, under Prof. Metin Sitti), and was a Lecturer at the University of York (2016-2018, permanent position).
Miyashita's work in `Autonomy in miniature artificial life' spans micro- and milli-robotics, rapid prototyping, and particularly ingestible origami robots for medical applications. He has been sponsored by the EPSRC (New Investigator Award), UKRI, and MRC. He also won the ROBIO Best Paper Award (2014), was a finalist for the IEEE ICRA best paper award (2015), and a finalist for the 2017 Katerva Award (referred to by Reuters as "the Nobel Prize for Sustainability"). His origami robots have been well recognised and featured by media outlets such as IEEE Spectrum (ranked 7th in "The most read automation stories of the last decade (2010-2019)" in 2020), National Geographic (one of "12 Innovations that will revolutionise medicine" in 2019), BBC (2017), CNN (2015), and have garnered over 3 million views on YouTube, among others.
Throughout his career in UK institutions, Miyashita mainly teaches Robotics and Mechatronics courses and was nominated for the Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Award in the Digital Innovation category, where he received special commendation in 2021.
Publications
Essendag K., McAlindon M., Daniela R., Miyashita S., Damian D. (2024) A Chemical Reaction Driven Untethered Volume Changing Robotic Capsule for Tissue Dilation, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TMRB.2024.3464728Lahondes M. P. Q. and Miyashita S. (2024) Remotely actuated programmable self-folding origami strings using magnetic induction heating, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 11.
https://doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2024.1443379 (open access)Harman U. U., Hafez A., Duffield C., Zhao Z., Dixon L., Rus D., Miyashita S. (2024) accepted to IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Abu Dhabi, UAE.
https://doi.org/ | Preprint PDF | YouTubeBoyd B., Esendag K., Miyashita S., and Damian D., (2024) Development of a Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer System for Controlling Electronic Motors within Capsule Endoscopes, In The 17th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics.
Chen X., Han J., Jin X., Miyashita S. (2024) Environment-Modulated Self-Assembly by Changes in Modules' Buoyancy, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan.
https://doi.org/ | Preprint PDF | YouTubeHarman U. U., Zhao Z., Miyashita S. (2024) Fabrication and Magnetically Actuation of a Micro-Gear, In 7th Annual IEEE UK and Ireland Robotics and Automation Society Chapter Conference (RAS2024)
Han J., Rus D., and Miyashita S. (2024) Roblets: Robotic Tablets that Self-assemble and Self-fold into a Robot, In 7th Annual IEEE UK and Ireland Robotics and Automation Society Chapter Conference (RAS2024)
Chen X., Han J., Jin X., and Miyashita S. (2024) Media Density Modulated Self-Assembly, In 7th Annual IEEE UK and Ireland Robotics and Automation Society Chapter Conference (RAS2024)
Han J., Rus D., Miyashita S. (2023) Roblets: Robotic Tablets that Self-assemble and Self-fold into a Robot, In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Detroit, USA. (Acceptance rate: 43%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS55552.2023.10342239 | Preprint PDF | YouTubeEsendag K., McAlindon M., Miyashita S., and Damian D. (2023) Development of an Untethered Inflatable Capsule Robot for Stricture Dilation - a Preliminary Study, In The 15th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics.
Duffield C., Smith F. A., Rus D., Damian D., and Miyashita S. (2022) Wirelessly Magnetically Actuated Motor for Tissue Regeneration Robotic Implant, In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto Japan, pp. 465 - 471. (Acceptance rate: 49%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981834 | Preprint PDF | YouTubeLiu J., Chen X., Lahondes Q., Esendag K., Damian D., and Miyashita S. (2022) Origami Robot Self-folding by Magnetic Induction, In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Kyoto Japan, pp. 2519 - 2525. (Acceptance rate: 49%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981604 | Preprint PDF | YouTubeTen J., Lahondes Q., Miyashita S., and Damian D. (2022) Development and Control of a Robotic Simulator for Peristaltic Motion, Child Health Technology (CHT2022).
Ten J., Lahondes Q., Miyashita S. and Damian D. (2022) Development and Control of a Robotic Simulator for Peristaltic Motion, In The 14th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics.
Han J., Lahondes Q., and Miyashita S. (2022) Size Changing Soft Modules for Temperature Regulated Self-Assembly and Self-Disassembly, IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), pp. 461-466. (Acceptance rate 63%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762093Lahondes Q. and Miyashita S. (2022) Temperature Driven Soft Reversible Self-Folding Origami String, IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), pp. 589-594. (Acceptance rate 63%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762090Pontin M., Miyashita S., Damian D. (2022) Development and Characterization of a Soft Valve for Automatic Fault Isolation in Inflatable Soft Robots, IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), pp. 62-67. (Acceptance rate 63%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762134Lahondes, Q., Wilmot, A., Miyashita, S., (2021) Origami-inspired Microrobots, In Encyclopedia of Robotics, by Ang, Khatib, Siciliano Ed., Springer, ISBN-10: 3662437694.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41610-1_195-1Loftus J. T. et al., (2021) Executive summary of the artificial intelligence in surgery series, Surgery, 171(5) pp. 1435-1439.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2021.10.047Sun B., Wood G., Miyashita S. (2020) Milestones for autonomous in vivo microrobots in medical applications, Surgery, 169(4), pp. 755-758.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2020.10.040Duffield C., Miyashita S. (2020) Magnetic Force Driven Wireless Motor, Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS2020) Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12228. Springer, Cham., pp. 409-412. Link
Lahondes Q., Miyashita S. (2020) Soft Hinge for Magnetically Actuated Millimetre-Size Origami, Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS2020) Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12228. Springer, Cham., pp. 66-69. Link
Liu J., Sugiyama, H., Nakayama, T., Miyashita S. (2020) Magnetic Sensor Based Topographic Localization for Automatic Dislocation of Ingested Button Battery, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 5488 - 5494. (Acceptance rate: 42%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9196546 | Preprint PDF | YouTubeIwasaki, H., Lefevre, F., Damian, D. D., Iwase, E., Miyashita, S. (2020) Autonomous and Reversible Adhesion Using Elastomeric Suction Cups for In-Vivo Medical Treatments, Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 2015-2022,
https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2020.2970633 | Preprint PDFIwasaki, H., Lefevre, F., Damian, D. D., Iwase, E., Miyashita, S. (2020) Autonomous and Reversible Adhesion Using Elastomeric Suction Cups for In-Vivo Medical Treatments, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (Acceptance rate: 42%)
Perez-Guagnelli, E., Jones, J., Tokel, H. A., Herzig, N., Jones, B., Miyashita, S., Damian, D. D. (2020) Characterization, Simulation and Control of a Soft Helical Pneumatic Implantable Robot for Tissue Regeneration, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2(1), pp.94-103
https://doi.org/10.1109/TMRB.2020.2970308 | Preprint PDFRus, D., Miyashita, S., Damian, D. (Issued date: Dec. 11 2019) Origami robots, systems, and methods of treatment, U.S. patent No. 10470799.
Southern EJ., Besnard V., Lahaye B., Tyrrell AM., and Miyashita S. (2019) Catalytic self-folding of 2D structures through cascading magnet reactions, Royal Society Open Science.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.182128 | PDFAn, B., Miyashita, S., Ong, A., Tolley, T. M., Demaine, M., Demaine, E., Wood, J. R., and Rus, D. (2018) An End-to-End Approach to Self-Folding Origami Structures. IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 34 (6), pp. 1409-1424.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2018.2862882 | Preprint PDFYim, S., Sung, R. C., Miyashita, S., Kim, S., and Rus, D. (2018) Animatronic Soft Robots by Additive Folding, International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 37(6), pp.611-628.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364918772023 | Preprint PDFDu Plessis D'Argentr, A., Perry, S., Iwata, Y., Iwasaki, H., Will, I., Fabozzo, A., Iwase, E., Damian, D., Rus, D., Miyashita, S (2018) Programmable Medicine: Autonomous, Ingestible, Deployable Patch and Plug for Stomach Ulcer Therapy, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). pp. 1511-1518. (Acceptance rate: 41%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2018.8460615 | Preprint PDFRoberto P. G. E., Nejus, S., Yan, X-Y., Miyashita, S., Liu, Y-Q., and Damian, D. (2018) Axially and Radially Expandable Modular Helical Soft Actuator for Robotic Implantables, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 4297-4304 (Acceptance rate: 41%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2018.8461239 | Preprint PDF
Iwata, Y., Miyashita, S., and Iwase, E. (2018) Self-Rolling Up Micro Assembly Using A Temperature-Responsive Hydrogel Sheet With Rigid Plate Array The 31st IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS 2018), pp. 93-96 (acceptance rate of the oral presentation: 10%)
Link | Preprint PDFIwata, Y., Miyashita, S., and Iwase, E. (2017) Self-rolling up micro 3D structures using temperature-responsive hydrogel sheet, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 27, 124003.
Link | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Guitron, S., Li, S., and Rus D. (2017) Robotic Metamorphosis by Origami Exoskeletons, Science Robotics, 2(10), eaao4369.
https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aao4369 | PDF | SM | YouTubeYim S., Miyashita S., Rus, D., and Kim, S. (2017) A Teleoperated Micromanipulation System Manufactured by Cut-and-Fold Techniques. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 33(2), 456-467.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2016.2636904 | Preprint PDFSung, R. C., Lin, R., Miyashita, S., Yim, S., Kim, S., and Rus, D. (2017) Self-folded Soft Robotic Structures with Controllable Joints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 580-587 (Acceptance rate: 41%).
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989072 | Preprint PDFIngham, E., Miyashita, S., and Damian, D. (2017) Elastomeric Spring Actuator Using Nylon Wires, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2Thorn, A., Afacan, D., Ingham, E., Kavak, C., Miyashita, S., and Damian, D. (2017) Low-power and Low-cost Stiffness-variable Oesophageal Tissue Phantom, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS), Springer LNCS vol.10454, pp. 343-355.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2Miyashita, S., Guitron, S., Yoshida, K., Li, S., Damian, D. D., and Rus, D. (2016) Ingestible, Controllable, and Degradable Origami Robot for Patching Stomach Wounds, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 909-916 (Acceptance rate: 34.7%).
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487222 | Preprint PDFDiller, E., Sitti, M., and Miyashita, S., (Issued date: Mar. 8, 2016) Remotely Addressable Magnetic Composite Micro-Actuators, Patent no. US 9,281,112 B2.
Miyashita, S., Audretsch, C., Nagy, Z., Fuchslin, R., and Pfeifer, R. (2015) Mechanical Catalysis on the Centimetre Scale. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 12: 20141271.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.1271 | PDF | Sppl. Mat. | stl filesMiyashita, S., DiDio, I., Ananthabhotla, I., An, B., Sung, C., Arabagi, S., and Rus, D. (2015) Folding Angle Regulation by Curved Crease Design for Self-Assembling Origami Propellers. ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 7(2), 021013.
https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029548 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Onal. D. C., and Rus, D. (2015) Multi-crease Self-folding by Global Heating. Journal of Artificial Life, 21(4), 398–411 (Invited).
https://doi.org/10.1162/ARTL_a_00183 | PDFMiyashita, S., Guitron, S., Ludersdorfer, M., Sung, C., and Rus, D. (2015) An Untethered Miniature Origami Robot that Self-folds, Walks, Swims, and Degrades, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1490-1496 (Acceptance rate: 41%, Finalist of the best conference paper award).
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139386 | Preprint PDFSanneman, L., Ajilo, D., DelPreto, J., Mehta, A., Miyashita, S., Poorheravi, A. N., Ramirez, C., Yim, S., Kim, S., and Rus D. (2015) A Distributed Robot Garden System, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 6120-6127 (Acceptance rate: 41%).
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7140058 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Meeker L., Tolley, T. M., Wood, J. R., and Rus, D. (2014) Self-Folding Miniature Elastic Electric Device. The IOP Journal Smart Materials and Structures, 23 094005.
https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/23/9/094005 | Preprint PDFTolley, T. M., Felton, M. S., Miyashita, S., Aukes, D., Rus, D., and Wood, J. R. (2014) Self-Folding Origami: Shape Memory Composites Activated by Uniform Heating. The IOP Journal Smart Materials and Structures, 23, 094006.
https://doi.org/10.1088/0964-1726/23/9/094006 | Preprint PDFDamian, D. D., Miyashita, S., Aoyama, A., Cadosch, D., Huang, P-T., Amman, M., and Pfeifer, R. (2014) Automated physiological recovery of avocado plants for plant-based adaptive machines. Adaptive Behavior, 22(2), 109-122.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1059712313511919 | Preprint PDFFries, F., Miyashita, S., Rus, D., Pfeifer, R., and Damian, D. D.(2014) Electromagnetically Driven Soft Actuator. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics. pp. 309-314. (Acceptance rate: 59%, Best conference paper award)
Link | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Meeker, L., Goldi, M., Kawahara, Y., and Rus, D. (2014) Self-Folding Printable Elastic Electric Devices: Resistor, Capacitor, and Inductor. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1446-1453, Hong Kong (Acceptance rate: 50.4%).
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907042 | Preprint PDFAn, B., Miyashita, S., Tolley, T. M., Aukes, M., Meeker, L., Demaine, D. E., Demaine, L. M., Wood, J. R., and Rus, D. (2014) An End-to-End Approach to Making Self-Folded 3D Surface Shapes by Uniform Heating. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1466-1473, Hong Kong. (Acceptance Rate: 50.4%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907042 | Preprint PDFSitti, M., Diller, E., and Miyashita, S., (2014 Aug. 14) Remotely Addressable Magnetic Composite Micro-Actuators, US Patent, Publication number US20140225694 A1, Application number US 14/180,427. Link
Miyashita, S., (2014) Opinions and Outlooks on Morphological Computation. chapter Molecules and Robots. ISBN: 978-3-033-04515-6.
Miyashita, S., Diller, E., and Sitti, M. (2013) Two-Dimensional Magnetic Micro-Module Reconfigurations Based on Inter-Modular Interactions. International Journal of Robotics Research, 32, 591-615.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364913479837 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Nakajima, K., Nagy, Z., and Pfeifer, R. (2013) Self-organized Translational Wheeling Motion in Stochastic Self-assembling Modules. Journal of Artificial Life, 19(1), 79-95.
https://doi.org/10.1162/ARTL_a_00082 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Onal, D. C., and Rus, D. (2013) Self-pop-up Cylindrical Structure by Global Heating, In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 4065-4071, Tokyo, Japan. (Acceptance rate: 43%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6696938 | Preprint PDFTolley, T. M., Felton, M. S., Miyashita, S., Xu, L., Shin B-H., Zhou, M., Rus D., and Wood J. R. (2013) Self-Folding Shape Memory Laminates for Automated Fabrication, In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 4931-4936, Tokyo, Japan (Acceptance rate: 43%).
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6697068 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., and Rus, D. (2013) Multi-crease Self-folding by Uniform Heating. In 12th European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL), Taormina, Italy.
Tolley, M., Felton, M. S., Miyashita, S., Rus, D., and Wood J. R. (2013) Low-Cost Self-Folding Shape Memory Polymer Laminates. In ASME 2013 conference on smart materials, adaptive structures and intelligent systems (ASME-SMASIS 2013).
Miyashita, S. and Rus, D. (2013) Multi-crease Structures by “Baking”. In International Workshop on Soft Robotics and Morphological Computation, Monte Verita, Switzerland.
Tolley, M. T., Felton S. M., Miyashita S., Xu L., Shin B.H., Rus D., Wood R. J. (2013) Approaches To Origami-Inspired Self-Folding Of Printable Robots, In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) workshop: The Different Sizes of Small-Scale Robotics: from Nano- to Millimeter-Sized Robotic Systems and Applications.
Nakajima, K., Tientcheu, A., Miyashita, S., Goldi, M., Fuchslin, R., and Pfeifer, R. (2012). Morphology-Induced Collective Behaviors: Switching of Segregation Observed in Water Floating Elements, PLoS ONE. 7(6): e37805.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037805 | PDFDiller, E., Miyashita, S., and Sitti, M. (2012). Remotely Addressable Magnetic Composite Micropumps. RSC Advances. 2 (9), 3850-3856.
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA01318E | Preprint PDFDiller, E., Miyashita, S., and Sitti, M. (2012) Magnetic Hysteresis for Multi-State Addressable Magnetic Microrobotic Control. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Algarve, Portugal, October, pp. 2325-2331. (Acceptance rate: 45%).
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2012.6386010 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., and Pfeifer, R. (2011). Attributes of Two Dimensional Magnetic Self-Assembly. Adaptive Behavior. 20 (2), 117-130.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1059712311423983 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Goldi, M., and Pfeifer, R. (2011). How reverse reactions influence the yield rate of stochastic self-assembly. International Journal of Robotics Research, 30, 627-641.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364910393288 | Preprint PDFCadosch, D., Huang, P-T., Damian, D. D., Miyashita, S., Aoyama, A. and Pfeifer, R. (2011) Attempt on Plant Machine Interface: Towards Self-monitoring Plant Systems In IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), pp. 791-796. (Acceptance rate: 64%).
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083749 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S. (2011). Effect of Morphology on Scalable Self-Assembling Robots -in Pursuit of Living Artificial Systems-. Ph.D. thesis, University of Zurich.
Miyashita, S., Tientcheu, A., Fuchslin, R., Nakajima, K., Audretsch, C., and Pfeifer, R. (2011). Bio-Inspired Self-Organizing Robotic Systems, chapter Basic Problems in Self-Assembling Robots and a Case Study of Segregation on Tribolon Platform. pp. 173-191, Springer, ISBN: 3642207596 Link
Miyashita, S., Goldi, M., and Nakajima, K. (2011). Role of Morphology on Two Dimensional Magnetic Self-Assembly. In International Conference on Morphological Computation (ICMC2011).
Miyashita, S., Goldi, M., Audretsch, C., Fuechslin, R., and Pfeifer, R. (2010). The problems toward sub-millimeter scale self-assembling robots. In Workshop on Bio-Inspired Self-Organizing Robotic Systems, In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Anchorage, Alaska, May.
Miyashita, S., Casanova, F., Lungarella, M., and Pfeifer, R. (2010). Cutting Edge Robotics 2010, chapter Peltier-Based Freeze-Thaw Connector for Waterborne Self-Assembly Systems, pp. 187-198. In-Tech, ISBN: 978-953-307-062-9. Link
Ngouabeu, A. M. T., Miyashita, S., Fuchslin, R., Nakajima, K., Goldi, M., and Pfeifer, R. (2010) Self-organized segregation effect on self-assembling robots. In The Twelfth International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (Articial Life XII), pp. 232-238, Odense, Denmark.
Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Aoyama, A., Nawa, M., Higashijima, J., Sakamoto, K., Nozoye, T., and Kobayashi, T. (2010). Hierarchical analysis on cognitive systems. In 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys2010), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, January, p. 28.
Cadosch, D., Boller, M., Ammann, M., Damian, D. D., Miyashita, S., and Pfeifer, R. (2010). Attempt towards the cyborg-plant: Robotic response to water stress in avocados. In 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys2010), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, January, p. 78.
Tientcheu, A., Goldi, M., Miyashita, S., Fuchslin, R., and Pfeifer, R. (2010). Achieving self-sorting in self-assembly systems. In 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys2010), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, January, p. 93.
Goldi, M., Tientcheu, A., Miyashita, S., and Pfeifer, R. (2010). Numerical analysis of morphological influence on self-assembly robots. In 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys2010), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, January, p. 92.
Miyashita, S. (2010). Design of a stay at a lab overseas. In The 28th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, Nagoya, Japan.
Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Nagy, Z., Nelson, B. J., and Pfeifer, R. (2009). The influence of shape on parallel self-assembly. Entropy, 11, 643-666.
https://doi.org/10.3390/e11040643 | PDFNagy, Z., Miyashita, S. Muntwyler, S., Cherukuri, A. K., Abbott, J. J., Pfeifer, R., and Nelson, B. J. (2009) Morphology detection for magnetically self-assembled modular robots. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 5281-5286, St. Louis, USA. (Acceptance rate: 54%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2009.5354764 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Lungarella, M., and Pfeifer, R. (2009). Artificial Life Models in Hardware, chapter Tribolon: Water Based Self-assembly Robot, pp. 161-184. Springer, ISBN: 978-1-84882-529-1.
LinkMiyashita, S. (2009). The introduction of robotics research environment in Switzerland. In The 27th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, Yokohama, Japan, September.
Preprint PDFAoyama, A. and Miyashita, S. (2009). Measurement of early brain activity evoked by environmental changes. In Multimedia and Cognitive Systems Summer School, Zurich, Switzerland, June.
Ray, S., Miyashita, S., and Pfeifer, R. (2009). Development of a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator for magnetic switch in water based self-assembly robots. In Multimedia and Cognitive Systems Summer School, Zurich, Switzerland, June.
Miyashita, S. (2009). Tribolon: Water-based self-assembly system. In International Workshop on Robotics for Young Researchers, Boston, Massachusetts, March, p. 32.
Labhart, N. and Miyashita, S. (2008) Adaptation of a distributed controller depending on morphology. Artificial Life and Robotics, 12, 38-42.
LinkMiyashita, S., Casanova, F., Lungarella, M., and Pfeifer, R. (2008) Peltier-based freeze-thaw connector for waterborne self-assembly systems. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Nice, France, September, pp. 1325-1330. (Acceptance rate: 48.8%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2008.4650922 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Kessler, M., and Lungarella, M. (2008). How morphology affects self-assembly in a stochastic modular robot. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pasadena, USA. (Acceptance rate: 43.4%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543751 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Casanova, F., Lungarella, M., and Pfeifer, R. (2008). Tribolon: Water based self-assembly robot with freezing connector (movie). In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Nice, France, September. (Acceptance rate: 66.7%)
Miyashita, S. (2007). Morphogenesis of 3D sheets exploiting a spatial condition. Artificial Life and Robotics, 11, 139-144.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-006-0395-7 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S. and Murata, S. (2007). Emerging cell array based on reaction-diffusion. Artificial Life and Robotics, 11, 32-36.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-006-0394-8 | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S., Hadorn, M., and Hotz, P. E. (2007). Water floating self-assembling agents. In KES Symposium on Agent and Multi-Agent Systems (KES-AMSTA), Wroclaw, Poland, May. (Acceptance rate: 23.7%).
Miyashita, S., Hadorn, M., and Hotz, P. E. (2007). Self-assemble of water floating active units. In IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics (ICM), Kumamoto, Japan, May.
Miyashita, S., Hadorn, M., and Hotz, P. E. (2007). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Agent and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications, vol. 4496/2007, chapter Water Floating Self-assembling Agents, pp. 665-674. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-72829-0.
LinkMiyashita, S., Hadorn, M., and Hotz, P. E. (2007). Tribolon - water floating self-assembling units. In International Conference on Morphological Computation (ICMC), Venice, Italy, March.
Labhart, N. and Miyashita, S. (2007). Adaptation of a distributed controller depending on morphology. In International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), Beppu, Japan, January, pp. 454-457.
Miyashita, S., Hadorn, M., and Hotz, P. E. (2007). Water floating active units. In Robotics and Mechatronics Conference (ROBOMEC), Akita, Japan, May, p. 112.
Miyashita, S. and Hotz, P. E. (2006). Morphogenetic evolution of 3D sheets exploiting a spatial constraint. In IEEE Congress on Computational Intelligence (CEC), Vancouver, Canada, July, pp. 9203-9210. (Acceptance rate: 57%).
https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2006.1688640 | Preprint PDFLabhart, N. and Miyashita, S. (2006). How morphology affects learning of a controller for movement. In International Conference on 50th Anniversary summit of AI (ASAI50), Monte-Verita, Switzerland, July.
Miyashita, S., Hadorn, M., and Hotz, P. E. (2006). Technical proposal for an active floating element. In International Conference on 50th Anniversary summit of AI (ASAI50), Monte-Verita, Switzerland, July.
Miyashita, S. (2006). Morphogenesis of 3D sheets exploiting a spatial condition. In International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), Beppu, Japan, January, pp. 332-325.
Miyashita, S. and Murata, S. (2006). Emerging cell array based on reaction-diffusion. In International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), Beppu, Japan, January, pp. 309-312.
Miyashita, S. and Murata, S. (2005). Topology changes enable reaction-diffusion to generate forms. In International Conference on European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL), Canterbury, England, September, pp. 159-168. (Acceptance rate: 49.3%).
Link | Preprint PDFMiyashita, S. and Murata, S. (2005). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Advances in Artificial Life, vol. 3630/2005, chapter Topology Changes Enable Reaction-Diffusion to Generate Forms, pp. 159-168. Springer, ISBN: 978-3-540-28848-0. Link
Miyashita, S. (2004). Emerging Network Structure based on Reaction-Diffusion. Master thesis, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Miyashita, S. and Murata, S. (2004). Emergence structure based on reaction-diffusion. In Japanese Society for Science on Form, Saitama, Japan, July, vol. 19, p. 93.
Contact
Sheffield Microrobotics Lab.
Kroto Research Institute,
Red Hill, Sheffield City Centre, Sheffield S3 7HQ, UK
Department of Autonomous control and Systems Engineering
University of Sheffield
shuhei.miyashita at sheffield.ac.uk
+44 (0)114 2225662
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