Biomechatronics Lab doctoral student Kenneth Gutierrez co-authored a paper titled, “Elastohydrodynamic friction of robotic and human fingers on soft micropatterned substrates,” which has been accepted for publication in the Nature Materials. This research was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Lilian Hsiao (North Carolina State University) and Dr. Yon […]
Biomechatronics Lab postdoctoral researcher Dr. Eunsuk Chong and doctoral student Lionel Zhang co-authored a paper titled, “A learning-based harmonic mapping: Framework, assessment, and case study of human-to-robot hand pose mapping,” which has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR). This work was supported […]
Biomechatronics Lab doctoral students Xiaoyu Wang and Alireza Haji Fathaliyan co-authored a paper titled, “Toward shared autonomy control schemes for human-robot systems: Action primitive recognition using eye gaze features,” which has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Neurorobotics. This work was supported in part by Office of […]
Biomechatronics Lab doctoral students Alireza Haji Fathaliyan and Xiaoyu Wang were equally contributing co-authors of a paper titled, “Exploiting 3D gaze tracking for action recognition during bimanual manipulation to enhance human-robot collaboration,” which has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. This work was supported […]
Undergraduate researcher Steven Yin was the second author of a paper titled, “Surgical Hand Tracking in Open Surgery Using a Versatile Motion Sensing System: Are We There Yet?,” which has been published in American Surgeon. This research was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Peyman Benharash (Bioengineering, Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCLA). Citation: Genovese, […]
Ryan P. Manis’ paper titled, “Independent digit contributions to rotational manipulation in a three-digit pouring task requiring dynamic stability,” has been published in Experimental Brain Research. Citation: Manis, R. P and Santos, V. J. “Independent digit contributions to rotational manipulation in a three-digit pouring task requiring dynamic stability.” […]
The Biomechatronics Lab is featured in a biomechanics/ biometrics episode of a television show called STEM Journals, produced by David Routt and hosted by former Meteorite Men host Geoff Notkin. The full episode can be viewed at here. The segment on the Biomechatronics Lab begins at [5:49].
Michael De Gregorio’s paper titled, “Precision grip responses to unexpected rotational perturbations scale with axis of rotation” is published in the Journal of Biomechanics.
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