Asuka Mizushina
Papers
8
Total Citations
61
H-Index
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About
Asuka Mizushina is a robotics engineer whose research sits at the intersection of biomimetic locomotion and planetary and deep-sea exploration. Drawing inspiration from the peristaltic crawling motion of earthworms, Mizushina has dedicated her career to developing innovative excavation robots capable of navigating the harsh subsurface environments of the Moon, other planetary bodies, and the ocean floor. Her most influential contribution, a soil circulating system for a lunar subsurface explorer robot using a peristaltic crawling mechanism (2016, 25 citations), demonstrated a sophisticated three-unit architecture — propulsion, excavation, and discharging — that enables stable underground movement without conventional drilling limitations. Earlier foundational work on discharging mechanisms (2013) and geotechnical testing protocols further established her as a systematic builder of this emerging field. Notably, Mizushina extended these principles beyond space exploration, developing hydraulic artificial muscles for deep-seafloor excavation robots (2015), showcasing the versatility of the peristaltic design across extreme environments. With a cumulative body of work exceeding 60 citations, her research offers promising pathways for autonomous subsurface investigation, resource discovery, and planetary science missions where human access remains impossible.
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- 4Soil-Circulating System for a Peristaltic-Type Lunar Excavation Robot5 citations · 2017
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- 8Development of seabed excavation robot with peristaltic crawling2 citations · 2015