Hiroyuki Ohno

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Papers

Total Citations

114

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About

Hiroyuki Ohno is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of bioenergy and robotics, best known for his groundbreaking work on self-powered biohybrid systems. His primary research areas include biofuel cells, insect-machine interfaces, and autonomous environmental monitoring. Ohno’s major contribution is the development of insect-mountable biofuel cells (imBFCs) that harvest energy from insect hemolymph—specifically, trehalose and blood sugar—to power microelectronics. In his landmark 2016 study (24 citations), he demonstrated the first self-powered environmental monitoring robot by backpacking a biofuel cell and wireless sensor onto an insect, enabling real-time temperature and humidity tracking. His 2015 paper on a biofuel cell backpacked insect for wireless sensing (84 citations) further solidified this concept. Earlier, in 2014, he showed that a trehalose biofuel cell could drive an integrated circuit on an insect. Ohno’s work has also extended to disaster mitigation robotics, including networked systems for remote operation and 3D geometry acquisition. With a total of over 100 citations across his key papers, Ohno is a leading figure in biohybrid robotics, pushing the boundaries of autonomous, energy-autonomous systems for environmental and disaster-response applications.