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Refereed Journal Publications

J10: Ishida M., Berio F., Po T., Hosseini N. K., Shubin N. H., Di Santo V., Iida F. (2026) “The undulating tripod gait as a model of the locomotion of walking fish”, Nature Communications, 17, 4596.

J9: Hosseini N. K., Ishida M., Berio F., Di Santo V., Iida, F. (2026) "A minimialistic walking fish robot twin based on the Single Actuator Wave-like mechanism", Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 016002.

J8: Almanzor, E., Ishida, M., Abdulali, A., Iida, F. (2025) “Self-organising bio-inspired reflex circuits for robust motor coordination in artificial musculoskeletal systems”, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 046008.

J7: Ishida M., Berio F., Di Santo V., Shubin N. H., Iida, F. (2024) “Paleoinspired robotics as an experimental approach to the history of life”, Science Robotics, 9 (95), adn1125.

J6: Jadhav S. , Glick P. E., Ishida M., Chan C., Adibnazari I., Schulze J. P., Gravish N., Tolley M. T. (2023) "Scalable Fluidic Matrix Circuits for Controlling Large Arrays of Individually Addressable Actuators", Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2300011.

J5: Ishida M., Sandoval, J. A., Lee, S. D., Huen, S., Tolley, M. T. (2022) “Locomotion via active suction in a sea star-inspired soft robot”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 10304-10311.

J4: Sandoval J. A.*, Ishida M.*, Jadhav S., Huen S., Tolley M. T. (2022) "Tuning the morphology of suction discs to enable directional adhesion for locomotion in wet environments", Soft Robotics, 9 (6), 1083-1097.

J3: Christianson C., Cui Y., Ishida M., Bi X., Zhu Q., Pawlak G., Tolley M. T., (2020), "Cephalopod-Inspired Robot Capable of Cyclic Jet Propulsion Through Shape Change", Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 16, 016014.

J2: Ishida M., Drotman D., Shih B., Hermes M., Luhar M., Tolley M. T. (2019) “Morphing Structure for Changing the Hydrodynamics of a Soft Underwater Walking Robot”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 4163-4169.

J1: Drotman D., Ishida M., Jadhav S., Tolley M. T., (2018) “Application-Driven Design of Soft, 3D Printed, Pneumatic Actuators with Bellows”, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 24, no.1, pp. 78-87.

Refereed Conference Publications

C3: Ishida M., Iida F., Abdulali A. (2026) “Jet-Propelled Soft Swimmer Powered by a Thermal Oscillator”, In 2026 IEEE 9th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), pp. 1073-1079.

C2: Xu X., Merchant C., Ishida M., Hardman D., Iida F. (2025) “In-Situ Classification of Soil Types Exploiting Electrical Impedance Tomography with a Robotic Actuating Probe”. In 2025 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 1861-1867.

C1: Ishida M., Abdulali A., Hosseini N. K., Iida F. (2024). “Exploration of fin stiffness for asymmetric thrust in a swimming robot”. In 2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), pp. 946-951.

Book Chapters

B1: Hermes M.*, Ishida M.*, Luhar M., Tolley M. T., (2020) “Bioinspired shape-changing soft robots for underwater locomotion: actuation and optimization for crawling and swimming”, in Paley, D., Wereley, N., (Eds.), Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems, Springer, pp. 7-39.

Theses and Dissertations

Ishida, M. (2022) “Locomotion of Bioinspired Underwater Soft Robots with Structural Compliance”, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA USA.

Ishida, M. (2018) “Morphing the Body Shape of an Underwater Walking Robot to Improve Hydrodynamic Loading”, Master’s Thesis, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA USA.