Papers
13
Total Citations
121
H-Index
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About
Takayuki Hoshino is a pioneering researcher in bio-robotics, specializing in the development of living actuators and soft robots powered by biological tissues. His major contributions lie in harnessing insect muscle and cardiomyocyte (heart muscle) cells to create self-contracting, environmentally robust bioactuators for soft robotics and living prostheses. Notably, his most-cited work (45 citations) demonstrates the contractile performance and controllability of insect dorsal vessel tissue, highlighting its superior robustness for bioactuator applications. Hoshino also developed a jellyfish-shaped micro robot composed solely of cardiomyocyte gel, capable of chemical on-off switching and autonomous pulsation—a landmark in wet robotics. His research extends to medical applications, including a force-feedback master-slave system for endoscopic surgery and a brain-controlled cycling system for paraplegia rehabilitation with delay-time prediction. With over 100 citations across his top papers, Hoshino’s work bridges tissue engineering, micro-robotics, and neural control, advancing the frontier of bio-hybrid machines that integrate living cells with synthetic structures for next-generation medical and soft robotic technologies.
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- 2Cardiomyocyte-driven gel network for bio mechano-informatic wet robotics14 citations · 2012
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- 7Transputer network for dynamic control of multiple manipulators6 citations · 2002
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- 10Magnetically control of nano-structures for intracellular nano-robots3 citations · 2010