Eric Diller

6.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
101 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Eric Diller is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Diller has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 70 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 61 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Eric Diller's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (71 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (55 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (40 papers). Eric Diller is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (71 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (55 papers) and Soft Robotics and Applications (40 papers). Eric Diller collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Eric Diller's co-authors include Metin Sitti, Joshua Giltinan, Jiachen Zhang, Mohammad Salehizadeh, Onaizah Onaizah, Chytra Pawashe, Steven Floyd, Sehyuk Yim, Hakan Ceylan and Mehmet Turan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Eric Diller

97 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots

2015 674 citations Metin Sitti, Hakan Ceylan et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →
Millimeter-scale flexible robots with programmable three-dimensional magnetization and motions

2019 576 citations Jiachen Zhang, Mohammad Salehizadeh et al. profile →
Magnetic Methods in Robotics

2019 255 citations Eric Diller et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Eric Diller Canada	31	3.6k	3.5k	2.9k	279	187	101	4.8k
Bradley E. Kratochvil Switzerland	22	3.0k 0.8×	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	342 1.2×	221 1.2×	42	3.8k
Wenqi Hu Germany	30	3.9k 1.1×	4.6k 1.3×	4.0k 1.4×	399 1.4×	212 1.1×	59	6.5k
Guo Zhan Lum Singapore	17	2.4k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.1×	206 0.7×	87 0.5×	30	4.7k
Jiangfan Yu China	32	3.3k 0.9×	2.8k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	209 0.7×	141 0.8×	74	4.1k
Veronika Magdanz Germany	26	2.7k 0.8×	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	189 0.7×	70 0.4×	58	3.4k
Kathrin E. Peyer Switzerland	22	3.1k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.6×	235 0.8×	180 1.0×	29	3.6k
Islam S. M. Khalil Netherlands	26	1.8k 0.5×	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	149 0.5×	102 0.5×	123	2.4k
Adam A. Stokes United Kingdom	25	1.3k 0.4×	4.0k 1.1×	2.1k 0.7×	436 1.6×	303 1.6×	80	5.0k
Yoonho Kim United States	9	1.9k 0.5×	3.2k 0.9×	2.8k 1.0×	182 0.7×	50 0.3×	9	4.4k
Andrew J. Petruska United States	18	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	162 0.6×	103 0.6×	55	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eric Diller

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He, Changyan, et al.. (2024). Electromagnets Under the Table: An Unobtrusive Magnetic Navigation System for Microsurgery. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 6(3). 980–991. 6 indexed citations

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Diller, Eric, et al.. (2024). Estimating the Joint Angles of an Articulated Microrobotic Instrument Using Optical Coherence Tomography. 1–7.

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Nam, Jaekwang, et al.. (2024). Hybrid Hydrogel-Magnet Actuated Capsule for Automatic Gut Microbiome Sampling. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 71(10). 2911–2922. 2 indexed citations

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Diller, Eric, et al.. (2024). 3D Printing of Multilayer Magnetic Miniature Soft Robots with Programmable Magnetization. Advanced Intelligent Systems. 6(2). 10 indexed citations

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Drake, James M., et al.. (2024). Compact Magnetic Twisted String Actuated Forceps for Stronger Robot-Assisted Neuroendoscopy. 65–66. 1 indexed citations

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He, Changyan, et al.. (2024). 3D Printed Untethered Magnetic Bulb for Liquid Biopsy and Drug Delivery. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Diller, Eric, et al.. (2024). Object Rotation and Translation for Serial Planar Acoustic Microassembly. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 1–11. 1 indexed citations

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Naguib, Hani E., et al.. (2023). Hybrid Hydrogel‐Magnet Actuators with pH‐Responsive Hydrogels for Gastrointestinal Microrobots. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25(20). 8 indexed citations

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Diller, Eric, et al.. (2023). 3D Printing of Multilayer Magnetic Miniature Soft Robots with Programmable Magnetization. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(2). 32 indexed citations

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Diller, Eric, et al.. (2022). A Novel Magnetic Transmission for Powerful Miniature Surgical Robots. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 27(6). 5541–5550. 18 indexed citations

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Peyron, Quentin, et al.. (2022). Multiple Curvatures in a Tendon-Driven Continuum Robot Using a Novel Magnetic Locking Mechanism. 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 472–479. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoyun, et al.. (2022). Capsule robot pose and mechanism state detection in ultrasound using attention-based hierarchical deep learning. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 21130–21130. 11 indexed citations

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Onaizah, Onaizah, et al.. (2020). Local stimulation of osteocytes using a magnetically actuated oscillating beam. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0235366–e0235366. 4 indexed citations

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Onaizah, Onaizah, et al.. (2019). Cable-Less, Magnetically Driven Forceps for Minimally Invasive Surgery. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 4(2). 1202–1207. 36 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiachen, et al.. (2017). A generic label-free microfluidic microobject sorter using a magnetic elastic diverter. Biomedical Microdevices. 19(2). 43–43. 7 indexed citations

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Salehizadeh, Mohammad & Eric Diller. (2016). Two-agent formation control of magnetic microrobots. 1–6. 7 indexed citations

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Sitti, Metin, Hakan Ceylan, Wenqi Hu, et al.. (2015). Biomedical Applications of Untethered Mobile Milli/Microrobots. Proceedings of the IEEE. 103(2). 205–224. 674 indexed citations breakdown →

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Diller, Eric, et al.. (2011). Rotating magnetic micro-robots for versatile non-contact fluidic manipulation of micro-objects. 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 3 indexed citations

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Pawashe, Chytra, Eric Diller, Steven Floyd, & Metin Sitti. (2011). Assembly and disassembly of magnetic mobile micro-robots towards deterministic 2-D reconfigurable micro-systems. 261–266. 9 indexed citations

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Diller, Eric. (2010). Design of a Biologically-Inspired Climbing Hexapod Robot for Complex Maneuvers. OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network). 2 indexed citations

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