Dr Shuhei Miyashita

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Lecturer in Robotics

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shuhei.miyashita@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5662
Amy Johnson Building

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Dr Shuhei Miyashita
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

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
  • Micro and milli robotics
  • Self-assembling machine
  • Metamaterial
  • 4D printing
  • Self-reconfigurable systems
  • Biomedical robots
  • Origin of life
Publications

Edited books

  • Groß R, Alboul L, Melhuish C, Witkowski M, Prescott T & Penders J (Eds.) (2011) Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. Springer.

Journal articles

  • Mizuna M, Chen X, Iwase E & Miyashita S (2025) . Smart Materials and Structures, 34(7).
  • Esendag K, McAlindon ME, Rus D, Miyashita S & Damian DD (2024) . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 6(4), 1300-1308.
  • Lahondes Q & Miyashita S (2024) . Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 11.
  • Loftus TJ, Vlaar APJ, Hung AJ, Bihorac A, Dennis BM, Juillard C, Hashimoto DA, Kaafarani HMA, Tighe PJ, Kuo PC , Miyashita S et al (2022) . Surgery, 171(5), 1435-1439.
  • Sun B, Wood G & Miyashita S (2021) . Surgery, 169(4), 755-758.
  • Iwasaki H, Lefevre F, Damian D, Iwase E & Miyashita S (2020) . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2), 2015-2022.
  • Perez Guagnelli ER, Jones J, Tokel AH, Herzig N, Jones B, Miyashita S & Damian DD (2020) . IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2(1), 94-103.
  • Iwasaki H, Lefevre F, Damian D, Iwase E & Miyashita S (2020) Autonomous and Reversible Adhesion Using Elastomeric Suction Cups for In-Vivo Medical Treatments. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters.
  • Southern E, Besnard V, Lahaye B, Tyrrell A & Miyashita S (2019) . Royal Society Open Science, 6(7).
  • An B, Miyashita S, Ong A, Tolley MT, Demaine ML, Demaine ED, Wood RJ & Rus D (2018) . IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 34(6), 1409-1424.
  • Yim S, Sung C, Miyashita S, Rus D & Kim S (2018) . The International Journal of Robotics Research, 37(6), 611-628.
  • Iwata Y, Miyashita S & Iwase E (2017) . Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 27(12).
  • Miyashita S, Guitron S, Li S & Rus D (2017) . Science Robotics, 2(10), ---.
  • Yim S, Miyashita S, Rus D & Kim S (2017) . IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 33(2), 456-467.
  • Miyashita S, Onal CD & Rus D (2015) . Artificial Life, 21(4), 398-411.
  • Miyashita S, DiDio I, Ananthabhotla I, An B, Sung C, Arabagi S & Rus D (2015) . Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 7(2).
  • Miyashita S, Audretsch C, Nagy Z, Füchslin RM & Pfeifer R (2015) . Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 12(104), 20141271-20141271.
  • Miyashita S, Meeker L, Tolley MT, Wood RJ & Rus D (2014) . Smart Materials and Structures, 23(9), 094005-094005.
  • Tolley MT, Felton SM, Miyashita S, Aukes D, Rus D & Wood RJ (2014) . Smart Materials and Structures, 23(9), ---.
  • Damian DD, Miyashita S, Aoyama A, Cadosch D, Huang P-T, Ammann M & Pfeifer R (2014) . Adaptive Behavior, 22(2), 109-122.
  • Miyashita S, Diller E & Sitti M (2013) . The International Journal of Robotics Research, 32(5), 591-613.
  • Miyashita S, Nakajima K, Nagy Z & Pfeifer R (2013) . Artificial Life, 19(1), 79-95.
  • Diller E, Miyashita S & Sitti M (2012) . RSC Advances, 2(9), 3850-3850.
  • Miyashita S & Pfeifer R (2012) . Adaptive Behavior, 20(2), 117-130.
  • Miyashita S, Göldi M & Pfeifer R (2011) . The International Journal of Robotics Research, 30(5), 627-641.
  • Labhart N & Miyashita S (2008) . Artificial Life and Robotics, 12(1-2), 38-42.
  • Miyashita S, Hadorn M & Hotz PE (2007) . The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2007(0).
  • Miyashita S & Murata S (2007) . Artificial Life and Robotics, 11(1), 32-36.
  • Miyashita S (2007) . Artificial Life and Robotics, 11(1), 139-144.
  • Nakajima K, Ngouabeu AMT, Miyashita S, Göldi M, Füchslin RM & Pfeifer R () . PLoS ONE, 7(6), e37805-e37805.
  • Miyashita S, Nagy Z, Nelson BJ & Pfeifer R () . Entropy, 11(4), 643-666.

Book chapters

  • Lahondes QMP, Wilmot A & Miyashita S (2021) , Encyclopedia of Robotics (pp. 1-11). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Duffield C & Miyashita S (2020) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 409-412). Springer International Publishing
  • Thorn A, Afacan D, Ingham E, Kavak C, Miyashita S & Damian DD (2017) , Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 351-362). Springer International Publishing
  • Miyashita S, Ngouabeu AMT, Füchslin RM, Nakajima K, Audretsch C & Pfeifer R (2011) , Studies in Computational Intelligence (pp. 173-191). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Miyashita S, Lungarella M & Pfeifer R (2009) , Artificial Life Models in Hardware (pp. 161-184). Springer London
  • Miyashita S, Casanova F, Lungarella M & Pfeifer R () , Cutting Edge Robotics 2010 InTech

Conference proceedings

  • Zhao Z, Hafez A & Miyashita S (2025) . 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 9081-9087), 19 May 2025 - 23 May 2025.
  • Harman UU, Hafez A, Duffield C, Zhao Z, Dixon L, Rus D & Miyashita S (2024) . 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp 2387-2393), 14 October 2024 - 18 October 2024.
  • Chen X, Han J, Jin X & Miyashita S (2024) . 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 11706-11712), 13 May 2024 - 17 May 2024.
  • Han J, Rus D & Miyashita S (2023) . 2023 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 1 October 2023 - 5 October 2023.
  • Esendag K, McAlindon M, Rus D, Miyashita S & Damian D (2023) . Proceedings of The 15th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2023 (pp 105-106)
  • Liu J, Chen X, Lahondes Q, Esendag K, Damian D & Miyashita S (2022) . 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vol. 2022 (pp 2519-2525). Kyoto, Japan, 23 October 2022 - 23 October 2022.
  • Duffield C, Smith AF, Rus D, Damian D & Miyashita S (2022) . 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp 465-471), 23 October 2022 - 27 October 2022.
  • Lahondes Q & Miyashita S (2022) . 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 4 April 2022 - 8 April 2022.
  • Han J, Lahondes Q & Miyashita S (2022) . 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) (pp 461-466), 4 April 2022 - 8 April 2022.
  • Pontin M, Miyashita S & Damian DD (2022) . 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) (pp 62-67), 4 April 2022 - 8 April 2022.
  • Lahondes Q & Miyashita S (2020) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems : 21st Annual Conference, TAROS 2020, Nottingham, UK, September 16, 2020, Proceedings (pp 66-69). Nottingham, UK, 16 September 2020.
  • Liu J, Sugiyama H, Nakayama T & Miyashita S (2020) . 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). Virtual conference, 31 May 2020 - 31 May 2020.
  • du Plessis d’Argentre A, Perry S, Iwata Y, Iwasaki H, Iwase E, Fabozzo A, Will I, Rus D, Damian D & Miyashita S (2018) . Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 1511-1518). Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 21 May 2018 - 21 May 2018.
  • Iwata Y, Miyashita S & Iwase E (2018) . 2018 IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Belfast, UK, 21 January 2018 - 25 January 2018.
  • Perez-Guagnelli ER, Nejus S, Yu J, Miyashita S, Liu Y & Damian DD (2018) Axially and Radially Expandable Modular Helical Soft Actuator for Robotic Implantables.. ICRA (pp 1-9)
  • Thorn A, Afacan D, Ingham E, Cavak C, Miyashita S & Damian D (2017) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Vol. 10454 (pp 351-362). Guildford, UK, 19 July 2017 - 19 July 2017.
  • Ingham E, Miyashita S & Damian D (2017) . Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. TAROS 2017.(10454 ) (pp 540-547). Guildford, United Kingdom, 19 July 2017 - 19 July 2017.
  • Sung C, Lin R, Miyashita S, Yim S, Kim S & Rus D (2017) . 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 29 May 2017 - 3 June 2017.
  • Miyashita S, Guitron S, Yoshida K, Li S, Damian DD & Rus D (2016) . Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Vol. 2016-J (pp 909-916). Stockholm, Sweden, 16 May 2016 - 16 May 2016.
  • Miyashita S, Guitron S, Ludersdorfer M, Sung CR & Rus D (2015) . 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 1490-1496), 26 May 2015 - 30 May 2015.
  • Sanneman L, Ajilo D, DelPreto J, Mehta A, Miyashita S, Poorheravi NA, Ramirez C, Sehyuk Yim , Kim S & Rus D (2015) . 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 6120-6127), 26 May 2015 - 30 May 2015.
  • Miyashita S, Meeker L, Gouldi M, Kawahara Y & Rus D (2014) . 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 1446-1453), 31 May 2014 - 7 June 2014.
  • An B, Miyashita S, Tolley MT, Aukes DM, Meeker L, Demaine ED, Demaine ML, Wood RJ & Rus D (2014) . 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (pp 1466-1473), 31 May 2014 - 7 June 2014.
  • Fries F, Miyashita S, Rus D, Pfeifer R & Damian DD (2014) . 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2014) (pp 309-314), 5 December 2014 - 10 December 2014.
  • Miyashita S, Onal CD & Rus D (2013) . 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 4065-4071), 3 November 2013 - 7 November 2013.
  • Tolley MT, Felton SM, Miyashita S, Xu L, ByungHyun Shin , Zhou M, Rus D & Wood RJ (2013) . 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 4931-4936), 3 November 2013 - 7 November 2013.
  • Diller E, Miyashita S & Sitti M (2012) . 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 2325-2331), 7 October 2012 - 12 October 2012.
  • Cadosch D, Huang P-T, Damian DD, Miyashita S, Aoyama A & Pfeifer R (2011) . 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (pp 791-796), 9 October 2011 - 12 October 2011.
  • Cadosch D, Böiler M, Ammann M, Damian DD, Miyashita S & Pfeifer R (2010) Attempt towards the cyborg-plant robotic response to water stress in avocados. 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems Cogsys 2010
  • Ngouabeu AMT, Miyashita S, Füchslin RM, Nakajima K, Göldi M & Pfeifer R (2010) Self-organized segregation effect on self-assembling robots. Artificial Life Xii Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems Alife 2010 (pp 232-238)
  • Tientcheu A, Göldi M, Miyashita S, Füchslin R & Pfeifer R (2010) Achieving self-sorting in self-assembly systems. 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems Cogsys 2010
  • Göldi M, Tientcheu A, Miyashita S & Pfeifer R (2010) Numerical analysis of morphological influence on self-assembly robots. 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems Cogsys 2010
  • Miyashita S, Aoyama A, Nawa M, Higashijima J, Nozoye T, Sakamoto K & Kobayashi T (2010) Hierarchical analysis on cognitive systems. 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems Cogsys 2010
  • Nagy Z, Miyashita S, Muntwyler S, Cherukuri AK, Abbott JJ, Pfeifer R & Nelson BJ (2009) . 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 5281-5286), 10 October 2009 - 15 October 2009.
  • Miyashita S, Casanova F, Lungarella M & Pfeifer R (2008) . 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 1325-1330), 22 September 2008 - 26 September 2008.
  • Miyashita S, Casanova F, Lungarella M & Pfeifer R (2008) . 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (pp 4147-4148), 22 September 2008 - 26 September 2008.
  • Shuhei Miyashita , Kessler M & Lungarella M (2008) . 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 3533-3538), 19 May 2008 - 23 May 2008.
  • Miyashita S, Hadorn M & Hotz PE (2007) . Mechatronics, 2007 IEEE International Conference on (pp 1-6), 8 May 2007 - 10 May 2007.
  • Labhart N & Miyashita S (2007) Adaptation of a distributed controller depending on morphology. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotis Arob 12th 07 (pp 454-457)
  • Miyashita S, Hadorn M & Hotz PE (2007) (pp 665-674)
  • Miyashita S & Murata S (2005) (pp 159-168)
  • Perez-Guagnelli ER, Nejus S, Yu J, Miyashita S, Liu Y & Damian D () . Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (pp 4297-4304). Brisbane, Australia, 21 May 2018 - 21 May 2018.
  • Miyashita S & Rus D () . Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2013 (pp 955-956)
  • Miyashita S & Hotz PE () . 2006 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (pp 2653-2660)
Teaching activities

Mechatronics (ACS231)

Mechatronics for Robotics (ACS6502)

Links

  Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group