Papers
34
Total Citations
1,055
H-Index
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About
Shuhei Miyashita is a pioneering roboticist whose work sits at the compelling intersection of origami engineering, soft robotics, and biomedical applications. Best known for his transformative contributions to miniature self-folding robots, Miyashita has advanced the vision of machines that can autonomously assemble, reconfigure, and even dissolve on demand. His landmark 2015 paper on an untethered origami robot capable of self-folding, locomotion, swimming, and biodegradation has garnered 247 citations, while his 2017 work on robotic metamorphosis through origami exoskeletons — enabling robots to fundamentally reshape their physical capabilities — has attracted 208 citations. Perhaps most clinically significant is his 2016 ingestible origami robot designed to patch stomach wounds from within the body, accumulating 180 citations and signaling a new frontier in non-invasive medical intervention. Beyond individual robots, Miyashita has developed end-to-end computational design pipelines for self-folding structures and explored magnetic micro-module reconfiguration for microsurgery and drug delivery. His more recent work on soft pneumatic implantable actuators for tissue regeneration further demonstrates his commitment to translating robotic innovation into real-world healthcare solutions. Collectively, his research is reshaping how engineers conceive of programmable matter and minimally invasive robotics.
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- 2Robotic metamorphosis by origami exoskeletons208 citations · 2017
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- 6An End-to-End Approach to Self-Folding Origami Structures35 citations · 2018
- 7Self-pop-up cylindrical structure by global heating29 citations · 2013
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- 9How morphology affects self-assembly in a stochastic modular robot27 citations · 2008
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