Sheffield Microrobotics Lab

Autonomy in miniature artificial life

News

February 2024: We have one PhD scholarship for UK/home candidate for September 2024 commencement. If you are self-funding and would like to start other time than those, please let us know.
February 2024: We have organised RAS2024 in Sheffield!
January 2024: Quentin successfully defended a PhD viva. Congratulations, Quentin!
October 2023: Welcome Ahmed and Umur to our group!
October 2023: Our work on Roblets: Robotic Tablets that Self-assemble and Self-fold into a Robot was presented at IROS 2023. Congrats, Ethan!
October 2023: One PhD position for a UK/home student available starting by/in February 2024 on Ingestible Origami Robots for Biomedicine.

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.

Roblets: self-assembling self-folding robot

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. (Acceptance rate: 43%)
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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, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.182128
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Miyashita, 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 files
Miyashita, 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. (Acceptance rate: 49%)

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.
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Miyashita, 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 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.
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Iwasaki, 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.
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Miyashita, 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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BBC
National Geographic

Microrobots

The project aims to reduce the size of robots to the micrometre size, enabling robots to manufacture products and perform activities in the micro-world.

Iwata, 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.
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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.
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PhD openings

PhD positions for the year 2024/25:

February 2024: A PhD scholarships available for a UK/home student for autumn September 2024 commencement.
PhD projects with prospective university scholarships open to UK/International students are available on:
- Self-assembling Robots for Living Metamaterials and Novel Fabrication Methods
- Origami ”Robots” for Cognitive Smart Materials and Structures
- Magnetically Controlled Capsule Robots for In-body Medical Operations
- Milli- and Microrobots and Systems (open throughout the year)

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
Luke Dixon, Final Year project student
Max Lavergne, Final Year project student
Christine Fernando, Final Year project student
Oliver Hart, Final Year project student
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:

Growing up in Japan, Shuhei Miyashita received his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich in 2011 (supervisor: Rolf Pfeifer) and is currently a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield, where he leads the Sheffield Microrobotics Lab. Before Sheffield, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at MIT (2012-2015) and Carnegie Mellon University (2011-2012), and later, 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.

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Publications

Chen X., Han J., Jin X., Miyashita S. (2024) accepted to IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
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%)
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Esendag 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
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. (Acceptance rate: 49%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS47612.2022.9981604 | Preprint PDF | YouTube
Ten 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/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762093
Lahondes Q. and Miyashita S., 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/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762090
Pontin 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/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762134
Lahondes, 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_195-1
Loftus 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.2021.10.047
Sun 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.2020.10.040
Duffield 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 | YouTube
Iwasaki, 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 PDF
Iwasaki, 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 PDF
Rus, 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 | PDF
An, 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 PDF
Yim, 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 PDF
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. (Acceptance rate: 41%)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2018.8460615 | Preprint PDF
Roberto 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%)
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Iwata, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 | YouTube
Yim 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 PDF
Sung, 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 PDF
Ingham, E., Miyashita, S., and Damian, D. (2017) Elastomeric Spring Actuator Using Nylon Wires, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2
Thorn, 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/10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Diller, 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 files
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 | PDF
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Sanneman, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Tolley, 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 PDF
Damian, 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 PDF
Fries, 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)
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Miyashita, 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 PDF
An, 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 PDF
Sitti, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Tolley, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 | PDF
Diller, 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 PDF
Diller, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Cadosch, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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.
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Miyashita, 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.
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Miyashita, 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 | PDF
Nagy, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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.
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Miyashita, S. (2009). The introduction of robotics research environment in Switzerland. In The 27th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, Yokohama, Japan, September.
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Aoyama, 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.
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Miyashita, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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 PDF
Miyashita, 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.
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Miyashita, 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 PDF
Labhart, 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%).
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Miyashita, 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.

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