Hirono Ohashi
Papers
6
Total Citations
27
H-Index
4
About
Hirono Ohashi is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of biohybrid robotics and bio-inspired sensing, whose work redefines how living systems can be integrated into machines. Her key research areas include bioactuators, bio-robots, and biohybrid sensors, where she leverages living cells and tissues—from cultured muscle to insect antennae—to create autonomous, adaptive, and self-healing robotic components. Ohashi’s major contributions include the development of bio-cultured artificial muscles with high design flexibility, enabling robots driven by three-dimensional muscle cells, and the creation of living “bio-robots” that exhibit autonomous actuation and self-repair. She has also pioneered animal-in-the-loop systems, combining virtual reality with insect behavior experiments to study natural olfactory localization, and engineered real-time odor discrimination using a single insect antenna. Her work has garnered over 27 citations across her most-cited papers, with notable achievements in fabricating self-healing cell tactile sensors using ultraflexible printed electrodes. Ohashi’s innovative approach—blending biology, electronics, and robotics—offers transformative potential for soft robotics, environmental monitoring, and medical devices, making her a rising star in biohybrid systems engineering.
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Top Papers
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- 2Development of Living “Bio-Robots” for Autonomous Actuations7 citations · 2022
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- 4Real-Time Odor Discrimination Using Single Antenna of Insect4 citations · 2020
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