Minghao Nie
Papers
12
Total Citations
162
H-Index
8
About
Minghao Nie is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of biohybrid robotics, tissue engineering, and smart bionic structures. His work focuses on integrating living biological tissues with artificial systems to create next-generation robots with unprecedented capabilities. Nie’s major contributions include the development of living skin for robotic faces, demonstrated in his highly cited 2022 paper (39 citations), which explores attaching skin-equivalent tissue to robots using perforation-type anchors inspired by skin ligaments. He has also advanced biohybrid actuation by embedding pillar electrodes in skeletal muscle for selective stimulation and creating sensor-embedded muscle for closed-loop control in proprioceptive robots (18 citations). His research on scalable tissue biofabrication via perfusable hollow fiber arrays (2025, 12 citations) has implications for cultured meat and large-scale tissue engineering. With over 160 total citations across his top papers, Nie’s work on smart bionic structures—connecting nature and technology through additive manufacturing—has been recognized for its innovation in creating self-beating cardiac muscle actuators and tetanus-driven multijoint robots. His achievements position him as a leader in merging biology and robotics for functional, lifelike machines.
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- 1Living skin on a robot39 citations · 2022
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