Publications & Patents

Journals 2019-2020

1. Khalaf, Kinda; Gan, Dongming; Hemami, Hooshang; Dynamics and control of separable coupled rigid body systems; Robotics and biomimetics,Vol 4,Number 1. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40638-017-0068-0
2. Shukla, Amit; Karki, Hamad; Behera, Laxmidhar; Jamshidi, Mo M; Teleoperation by Using Nonisomorphic Mechanisms in the Master–Slave Configuration for Speed Control; IEEE Systems Journal;Volume 12,Number 2, 1369-1380. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7458811/
3. Mohammad I Awad, Irfan Hussain, Dongming Gan, Cesare Stefanini, Kinda Khalaf, Yahya Zweiri, Tarek Taha, Jorge Dias, Lakmal Seneviratne,Passive Discrete Variable Stiffness Joint (pDVSJ-II): modeling, design, characterization, and testing toward passive haptic interface Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 2019/2/1
4. M. K. Al-Sharman, Y. Zweiri, M. A. Jaradat, R. Al-Husari, D. M. Gan, and L. Seneviratne, “Deep Learning-Based Neural Network Training for State Estimation Enhancement: Application to Attitude Estimation”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, in press, 2019.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8643440/
5. I. Hussain, A. Albalasie, M. I. Awad, D.M. Gan, “Modeling, Identification and Control of a Discrete Variable Stiffness Actuator (DVSA)”, Actuators, 2019.
6. Islam, Shafiqul; Liu, Peter X; El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb; Ashour, Reem; Dias, Jorge; Seneviratne, Lakmal;Artificial and Virtual Impedance Interaction Force Reflection-Based Bilateral Shared Control for Miniature Unmanned Aerial Vehicle; IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics;Volume 66,Number 1, Pages 329-337 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8258900/
7. Thuruthel, E Falotico, F Renda, T Flash, C Laschi ,Emergence of behavior through morphology: a case study on an octopus inspired manipulator; TG Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 14 (3), 034001. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/ab1621/meta
8. I. Hussain, Awad Mohammad I. Alblaisi, Ahmad, Gan, Dongming “Modeling, Identification, and Control of a Discrete Variable Stiffness Actuator (DVSA)” MDPI Actuators, accepted, in process.
9. Konoiko, A., Kadhem, A., Saiful, I., Ghorbanian, N., Zweiri, Y., & Sahinkaya, M. N. (2019). Deep learning framework for controlling an active suspension system. Journal of Vibration and Control. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077546319853070 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1077546319853070
10. F. B. Naeini, Alali, A, Al-Husari, R, Rigi, A, AlSharman, M, Makris, D, Zweiri, Y  “A Novel Dynamic-Vision-Based Approach for Tactile Sensing Applications,” in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. doi: 10.1109/TIM.2019.2919354. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8723387/
11. Gan, Dongming; Tsagarakis, Nikos G; Dai, Jian S; Caldwell, Darwin G; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Stiffness design for a spatial three degrees of freedom serial compliant manipulator based on impact configuration, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics,Volume 5,Number 1,Page 11002. http://computationalnonlinear.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=1660675
12.  Chehadeh, I. Boiko, “Design of rules for in-flight non-parametric tuning of PID controllers for unmanned aerial vehicles”, J. of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 356, No. 1, 2019, pp. 474 – 491. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016003218306604
13. M.S.Zitouni, A.Sluzek, H.Bhaskar, Visual Analysis of Socio-Cognitive Crowd Behaviors for Surveillance: A Survey and Categorization of Trends and Methods, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol.82 (June 2019), pp 294-312, doi: 10.1016/j.engappai.2019.04.012. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0952197619300971
14. Islam, Shafiqul; Liu, Peter X; El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb; Ashour, Reem; Dias, Jorge; Seneviratne, Lakmal D; Artificial and virtual impedance interaction force reflection-based bilateral shared control for miniature unmanned aerial vehicle IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 329-337,2019.
15. Romano, Donato; Donati, Elisa; Benelli, Giovanni; Stefanini, Cesare; A review on animal–robot interaction: from bio-hybrid organisms to mixed societies Biological cybernetics Vol113 Number 3 Pages 201-225 ,2019 Springer
16. Alkadi, Ruba; Taher, Fatma; El-baz, Ayman; Werghi, Naoufel; A deep learning-based approach for the detection and localization of prostate cancer in T2 magnetic resonance images Journal of digital imaging Volume 32 Number 5 Pages 793-807 ,2019 Springer
17. Liu, Yi; Lee, Bu-Sung; Rajan, Deepu; Sluzek, Andrzej; McKeown, Martin J; CamType: assistive text entry using gaze with an off-the-shelf webcam Machine Vision and Applications,Volume 30,Number 3 .Pages 407-421, 2019,Springer.
18. Konoiko, Aleksey; Kadhem, Allan; Saiful, Islam; Ghorbanian, Navid; Zweiri, Yahya; Sahinkaya, M Necip; Deep learning framework for controlling an active suspension system, Journal of Vibration and Control,IOP Publishing,, Number 3 ,Pages 37001, Volume 25 ,Number 17,Pages 2316-2329 , SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England
19. Almadhoun, Randa; Abduldayem, Abdullah; Taha, Tarek; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Zweiri, Yahya; Guided Next Best View for 3D reconstruction of large complex structures,Volume 11, Number 20, Page 2440,MDPI
20. Goian, Abdulrahman; Ashour, Reem; Ahmad, Ubaid; Taha, Tarek; Almoosa, Nawaf; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Victim Localization in USAR Scenario Exploiting Multi-Layer Mapping Structure; Volume 11, Number 20, Page 2704,MDPI

Conferences 2019-20

1. Hussain, Irfan; Anwar, Muddasar; Iqbal, Zubair; Muthusamy, Rajkumar; Malvezzi, Monica; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Gan, Dongming; Renda, Federico; Prattichizzo, Domenico; Design and Prototype of Supernumerary Robotic Finger (SRF) Inspired by Fin Ray® Effect for Patients Suffering from Sensorimotor Hand Impairment; 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft);Pages 398-403
2. Majid Khonji, Ashkan Jasour, Brian Williams (2019). “Approximability of Constant-horizon Constrained POMDP.” In Proceedings of the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Macao, China.
3. R. Muthusamy, J. M. Indave, P. K. Muthusamy, E. F. Hasan, Y. Zweiri, V. Kyrki, D.M. Gan, “Investigation and Design of Robotic Assistance Control System for Cooperative Manipulation”, Proceedings of the IEEE 2019 International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, Suzhou, China, July 29 – August 2, 2019.
4. A. Albalasie, I. Hussain, M. Horoub, S. Khan, S. Ali, D.M. Gan, “Design, Prototype, and Control Design Based on Computed Torque Control of Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm”, Proceedings of the IEEE 2019 International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, Suzhou, China, July 29 – August 2, 2019.
5. L. Nurahmi, D.M. Gan, “Dynamic Analysis of the 3-rRPS Metamorphic Parallel Mechanism Based on Instantaneous Screw Axis”, Proceedings of the ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Ahaneim, US, August 18-21, 2019.
6. L.D. Meng, R.J. Kang, D.M. Gan, G.M. Chen, J.D. Dai, “A Shape Memory Alloy Driven Crawling Robot Utilizing Bistable Mechanism”, Proceedings of the ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Ahaneim, US, August 18-21, 2019.
7. Sajid Javed, Naoufel Werghi, and Jorge Dias, Structural Low-Rank Tracking; IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video and Signal Surveillance, Taiwan, Submitted, May 2019
8. R Almadhoun, T Taha, D Gan, J Dias, Y Zweiri, L Seneviratne, Coverage Path Planning for Complex Structures Inspection Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), The 12th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICRA2019), Shenyang, China, 2019.
9. Hussain, Irfan; Anwar, Muddasar; Iqbal, Zubair; Muthusamy, Rajkumar; Malvezzi, Monica; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Gan, Dongming; Renda, Federico; Prattichizzo, Domenico; Design and Prototype of Supernumerary Robotic Finger (SRF) Inspired by Fin Ray® Effect for Patients Suffering from Sensorimotor Hand Impairment; 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft);Pages 398-403
10. Majid Khonji, Ashkan Jasour, Brian Williams (2019). “Approximability of Constant-horizon Constrained POMDP.” In Proceedings of the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Macao, China.
11. Khonji, Majid; Dias, Jorge; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Risk-Aware Reasoning for Autonomous Vehicles,2019 CoRR abs/1910.02461

Journals 2018

1. A. Hussien, A. Al khoori, A. Alzaabi, C. Stefanini, F. Renda, S. Jaffar, I. Gunduz, K. Polychronopoulou, C. Rebholz and C. Doumanidis “Underwater Robotic Welding of Lap Joints with Sandwiched Reactive Multilayers: Thermal, Mechanical and Material Analysis” MRS Advances, 3(17), 911-920, 2018.
2. Renda, Federico;, Francesco Boyer, Frederic; Laschi, Cecilia; Dias, Jorge; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Discrete Cosserat approach for multisection soft manipulator dynamics; IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2018
3. Klippstein, Helge; Hassanin, Hany; Diaz De Cerio Sanchez, Alejandro; Zweiri, Yahya; Seneviratne, Lakmal;Fused Deposition Modeling for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Review, Advanced Engineering Materials 2018
4. Islam, Shafiqul; Liu, Peter X; El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb; Ashour, Reem; Dias, Jorge; Seneviratne, Lakmal D; Artificial and Virtual Impedance Interaction Force Reflection-Based Bilateral Shared Control for Miniature Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 2018
5. Khalaf, Kinda; Gan, Dongming; Hemami, Hooshang; Dynamics and control of separable coupled rigid body systems; Robotics and biomimetics,Vol 4,Number 1
6. Singh, Padmini; Agrawal, Pooja; Karki, Hamad; Shukla, Amit; Verma, Nishchal Kumar; Behera, Laxmidhar; Vision based Guidance and Switching based Sliding Mode Controller for a Mobile Robot in the Cyber Physical Framework; IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 2018
7. Shukla, Amit; Karki, Hamad; Behera, Laxmidhar; Jamshidi, Mo M; Teleoperation by Using Nonisomorphic Mechanisms in the Master–Slave Configuration for Speed Control; IEEE Systems Journal;Volume 12,Number 2, 1369-1380
8. Romano, Donato; Donati, Elisa; Benelli, Giovanni; Stefanini, Cesare; A review on animal–robot interaction: from bio-hybrid organisms to mixed societies; Biological cybernetics 2018
9. Hussain, Irfan; Renda, Federico; Iqbal, Zubair; Malvezzi, Monica; Salvietti, Gionata; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Gan, Dongming; Prattichizzo, Domenico; Modeling and Prototyping of an Underactuated Gripper Exploiting Joint Compliance and Modularity; IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2018; Volume 3 ,Issue 4
10. Galatas, Athanasios; Hassanin, Hany; Zweiri, Yahya; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Additive Manufactured Sandwich Composite/ABS Parts for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Applications; IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2018;
11. Renda, Federico; Giorgio-Serchi, Francesco; Boyer, Frederic; Laschi, Cecilia; Dias, Jorge; Seneviratne, Lakmal;A unified multi-soft-body dynamic model for underwater soft robots;The International Journal of Robotics Research 37 (6), 648-666
12. Nair, Ranjith Ravindranathan; Karki, Hamad; Shukla, Amit; Behera, Laxmidhar; Jamshidi, Mo; Fault-tolerant formation control of nonholonomic robots using fast adaptive gain nonsingular terminal sliding mode control; IEEE Systems Journal 2018
13. G. Martins, L. Santos e J. Dias, User-Adaptive Interaction in Social Robots: A Survey Focusing on Non-Physical Interaction, International Journal of Social Robotics (SORO), Springer 2018.DOI: 10.1007/s12369-018-0485-4
14. Gonçalo S. Martins, Hend Al Tair, Luís Santos and Jorge Dias  POMDP: POMDP-based user adaptive decision making for social robots. In Pattern Recognition Letters [Online 13th March], 2018.DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2018.03.011
15. David Portugal; Paulo Alvito; Eleni Christodoulou; George Samaras; Jorge Dias, A Study on the Deployment of a Service Robot in an Elderly Care Center, International Journal of Social Robotics , pp 125 , 10 November 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s12369-018-0492-5
16. Gonçalo Martins, Luis Santos, Jorge Dias,  BUM: Bayesian User Model for Distributed Learning of User Characteristics from Heterogeneous Information Accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems. ISSN:2379-8920/ISSN:2379-8939.DOI:10.1109/TCDS.2018.2878451
17. Jorge M. Miranda DiaS; Antonio Bandera; George Azzopardi; Rebeca Marfil, Special Issue Editorial: COOPERATIVE AND SOCIAL ROBOTS: UNDERSTANDING HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND INTENTIONS, Pattern Recognition Letters, PATREC7233, 6-JUL-2018.DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2018.07.007
18. João Quintas, Goncalo S. Martins, Luis Santos, Paulo Menezes, and Jorge Dias,“Toward a Context-Aware Human-Robot Interaction Framework Based on Cognitive Development, IEEETransactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems,2018 (in publication)      DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2018.2833384
19. Antonio Bandera, Jorge Dias, Markus Vincze, Luis J. Manso, Special issue on cognitive robotics, in Marta Olivetti Belardinelli and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2018, Springer Berlin Heidelberg DOI: 10.1007/s10339-018-0863-8
20. Toufik Al Khawli, Hamza Bendemra, Muddasar Anwar, Dewald Swart, Jorge Dias, (2018) “Introducing data analytics to the robotic drilling process”, Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Vol. 45 Issue: 3, pp.371-378  DOI: 10.1108/IR-01-2018-0018
21. A Bin Junaid, A Diaz De Cerio Sanchez, N. Vitzilaios, Y. Zweiri, Design and Implementation of a Dual-Axis Tilting Quadcopter, Robotics, 2018
22. Awad, Mohammad I; Gan, Dongming; Hussain, Irfan; Stefanini, Cesare; Khalaf, Kinda; Zweiri, Yahya; Dias, Jorge; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Design of a novel Passive Binary-Controlled Variable Stiffness Joint (BpVSJ) towards passive haptic interface application; IEEE Access 2018
23. M. Al-Sharman, B. J. Emran, M. A. Jaradat, H. Najjaran, R. Al husari and Y. Zweiri, Precision Landing Using an Adaptive Fuzzy Multi-Sensor Data Fusion Architecture, Accepted, Applied Soft Computing, 2018
24. A Abdellatif, S Alfayad, Arne-Christoph Hildebrandt, FB Ouezdou, N Mechbal, Y. Zweiri, Development of a new hydraulic ankle for HYDROID humanoid robot, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2018. http://rdcu.be/IF5B
25. A. Rigi, F. Baghaei Naeini, D. Makris, Y. Zweiri. A Novel Event-Based Incipient Slip Detection Using Dynamic Active-Pixel Vision Sensor (DAVIS). Sensors, Vol. 18, Issue 8, 2018.
26. M. Awad, D. Gan, I. Hussain, T. Taha, K. Khalaf, Y. Zweiri, J. Dias, L. Seneviratne. Passive Discrete Variable Stiffness Joint (pDVSJ-II): Modeling, Design, Characterization and Testing Towards Passive Haptic Interface. ASME J. Mech. Robot. 6, 68, 2018

Conferences 2018

1. Renda, Federico; Seneviratne, Lakmal;; A geometric and unified approach for modeling soft-rigid multi-body systems with lumped and distributed degrees of freedom2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)-2018; 1567-1574
2. Hussain, Irfan; Renda, Federico; Iqbal, Zubair; Malvezzi, Monica; Salvietti, Gionata; Seneviratne, Lakmal; Gan, Dongming; Prattichizzo, Domenico; Modeling and Prototyping of an Underactuated Gripper Exploiting Joint Compliance and Modularity.,IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS 2018
3. Ali, Abdulla Al; Karki, Hamad; Shukla, Amit; Zhang, Xiaoxiong; A Smart Robotic System for Non-Contact Condition Monitoring and Fault Detection in Buried Pipelines; Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference; Society of Petroleum Engineers 2018
4. Sudevan, Vidya; Shukla, Amit; Karki, Hamad; Current and Future Research Focus on Inspection of Vertical Structures in Oil and Gas Industry; 144-149;2018
5. Sudevan, Vidya; Shukla, Amit; Karki, Hamad; Inspection of vertical structures in oil and gas industry: A review of current scenario and future trends; RDPETRO 2018: Research and Development Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Pages 65-68,May 2018
6. Randa Almadhoun, Tarek Taha, Dongming Gan, Jorge Dias, Yahya Zweiri, Lakmal Seneviratne, Coverage Path Planning with Adaptive Viewpoint Sampling to Construct 3D Models of Complex Structures for the Purpose of Inspection,2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Madrid, Spain, October 1-5, 2018 DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2018.2868815
7. Nurahmi, Latifah; Gan, Dongming; Workspace Transition of 3-rRPS Metamorphic Parallel Mechanism in Hyperboloid Configuration; ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference;Pages 368-372
8. Xiaoqian, Huang; Shukla, Amit; Karki, Hamad; Xiaoxiong, Zhang; UAVs low-altitude visual tracking of unburied pipeline by the designed variant PID controller and position controller; RDPETRO 2018: Research and Development Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, Abu Dhabi;Pages 56-59
9. Luís Santos , Gonçalo S. Martins and Jorge Dias, An Extended Bayesian User Model (BUM) for Capturing Cultural Attributes with a Social Robot, 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) Madrid, Spain, October 1-5, 2018
10. S Bin Safwan, F Alkhoori, Y Zweiri, MN Sahinkaya . Implementation of a Novel Optimal PID Methods in UAV Applications. ICARM 2018 – IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics, 2018.
11. A Ahmed, O Duran, Y Zweiri, M Smith. Application of Hybrid Switch Method to Quantify Oil Spills. IEEE GRSS WHISPERS conference, Amsterdam, 2018.
12. Majid Khonji, Chi-Kin Chau, Khaled Elbassioni (2018). “Combinatorial Optimization of Electric Vehicle Charging in AC Power Distribution Networks.” IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids (IEEE SmartGridComm). Aalborg, Denmark.
13. Majid Khonji, Chi-Kin Chau, Khaled Elbassioni (2018). “Challenges in Scheduling Electric Vehicle Charging with Discrete Charging Rates in AC Power Networks.” International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM E-Energy). Karlsruhe, Germany.
14. Majid Khonji, Chi-Kin Chau, Khaled Elbassioni (2018). “Approximation Scheduling Algorithms for Electric Vehicle Charging with Discrete Charging Options.” International Conference on Future Energy Systems (ACM E-Energy). Karlsruhe, Germany.
15. I Hussain, MI Awad, AB Junaid, F Renda, L Seneviratne, D Gan;Dynamic Modeling and Numerical Simulations of a Passive Robotic Walker Using Euler-Lagrange Method;11th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications (ISMA) 2018

Journals 2017

1. Pablo Lanillos, João Filipe Ferreira, Jorge Dias, A Bayesian Hierarchy for Robust Gaze Estimation in Human-Robot Interaction, Int. J. of Approximate. Reasoning, Spec. Issue on Unconventional Computing for Bayesian Inference (2017) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2017.04.007
2. Cai Guowei, Tarek Taha, Jorge Dias, Lakmal Seneviratne, A Framework of Frequency-Domain Flight Dynamics Modeling for Multi-Rotor Aerial Vehicles, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, eISSN: 20413025| ISSN: 09544100
3. João Quintas, Paulo Menezes, Jorge Dias, Information Model and Architecture Specification for Context Awareness Interaction Decision Support in Cyber-physical Human-Machine Systems, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems , Volume: 47, Issue: 3, 323 – 331, 2017 DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2016.2634923
4. Juan C. García, Bruno Patrão, Luís Almeida, Javier Pérez, Paulo Menezes, Jorge Dias, Pedro J. Sanz – “Design and Evaluation of a Natural Interface for Remote Operation of Underwater Robots”, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 37, 1, 34-43, 2017 DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2015.118
5. Hadi Aliakbarpour, João F. Ferreira, V. B. Surya Prasath, Kannappan Palaniappan, Guna Seetharaman, Jorge Dias, A Probabilistic Framework for 3D Reconstruction Using Heterogeneous Sensors, IEEE Sensors Volume: 17 Issue: 9 DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2679187
6. F. Renda, M. Cianchetti, H. Abidi , J. Dias and L. Seneviratne, “Screw-Based Modeling of Soft Manipulators with Tendon and Fluidic Actuation”, Journal of Mechanism and Robotics, 2017
7. Ricardo Martins, João Filipe Ferreira, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Jorge Dias, Integration of touch attention mechanisms to improve the robotic haptic exploration of surfaces, Neurocomputing, ISSN: 0925-2312K.
8. Shafiqul Islam, Peter X. Liu, Jorge Dias, Lakmal D. Seneviratne, “Adaptive Control for Robot Manipulators Using Multiple Parameter Models”, International Journal of Control and Automation Systems, ISSN: 2005-4092
9. M. Sami Zitouni , J. Dias , M. E. Al-Mualla , H. Bhaskar, Advances and Trends in Visual Crowd Analysis: A Systematic Survey and Evaluation of Crowd Modelling Techniques, Neurocomputing international journal, Elsevier.
10. Bin Junaid, A. Konoiko, Y. Zweiri, M. N. Sahinkaya and L. Seneviratne, Autonomous Wireless Self-Charging for Multi-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Energies, Vol. 10, Issue  6, 2017. doi:10.3390/en10060803.(IF: 2.262, Q1)
11. A. M Ahmed, O. Duran, Y. Zweiri and M. Smith, Hybrid Spectral Unmixing: Using Artificial Neural Networks for Linear/ Non-linear Switching, Remote Sensing, Vol. 9, Issue 8, 2017. doi:10.3390/rs9080775. (IF: 3.224, Q1)
12. H. Klippstein, A. Diaz De Cerio Sanchez, H. Hassanin, Y. Zweiri, and L. Seneviratne, Fused Deposition Modeling for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A review. Advanced Engineering Material, 2017.
13. S. Islam, S. Liu, P. X. Liu, A. El Saddik, Observer based force reflecting robust coordination control for networked of telerobotic system, International Journal of Control, 2017
14. T. G. Thuruthel and E. Falotico and F. Renda and C. Laschi “Learning dynamic models for open loop predictive control of soft robotic manipulators” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2017, DOI:10.1088/1748-3190/aa839f.
15. Ex vivo study of prostate cancer localization using rolling mechanical imaging towards minimally invasive surgery. J Li, H Liu, M Brown, P Kumar, BJ Challacombe, Seneviratne L D, A Chandra, Medical Engineering & Physics 43, 112-117, 2017
16. Mencattelli, Margherita, Elisa Donati, Pasqua Spinelli, Massimo Cultrone, Cesare Luzi, Daniele Cantarella, and Cesare Stefanini. “Measuring 3D-orthodontic actions to guide clinical treatments involving coil springs and miniscrews.” Biomedical Microdevices 19, no. 1 (2017): 14-20. DOI: 10.1007/s10544-017-0153-8
17. Kinda Khalaf, Dongming Gan, Hooshang Hemami, Dynamics and control of separable coupled rigid body systems Journal Robotics and biomimetics Volume4 ,Issue 1,Pages 14,2017/12/1
18. S Islam State and Impedance Reflection Based Control Interface for Bilateral Telerobotic System with Asymmetric Delay ,– Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2017, Pages 1-14
19. Ahmed, Asmau M; Duran, Olga; Zweiri, Yahya; Smith, Mike; Hybrid spectral unmixing: Using artificial neural networks for linear/non-linear switching Remote Sensing Journal,9,Issue 8,Pages 775,Publication date 2017/7/29
20. KK Roudposhti, J Dias, P Peixoto, V Metsis, U Nunes –A multilevel body motion-based human activity analysis methodology ,IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems,Volume 9,Issue 1,Pages 16-29,Publication date 2017/3
21. Frederic Boyer, Federico Renda Poincaré’s equations for cosserat media: Application to shells,Journal of Nonlinear Science, 2017,Volume 27,Issue 1, Pages 144 Publication date 2017/2/1

Conferences 2017

1. Bilal Taha, Naoufel Werghi, Jorge Dias, “‘Screening cervical-cancer using pap-smear images: A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK Approach”, Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) 2017, Edinburgh, UK, 11-13 July, 2017
2. Yasmeen Abu-Kheil, Lakmal Seneviratne and Jorge Dias. “A SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT FOR ACTIVE ENDOSCOPIC CAPSULES”, 30th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (IEEE CBMS2017), Thessaloniki, Greece.
3. Luís Almeida, Paulo Menezes, Jorge Dias, Improving robot teleoperation experience via immersive interfaces, Exp.at’17 International Conference
4. Luís Santos and Jorge Dias, User Routine Model using a Cloud-Connected Social Robot, 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking 2016
5. H. Fernandes and M. A. Aslam and J. Lobo and J. F. Ferreira and J. Dias, Bayesian inference implemented on FPGA with stochastic bitstreams for an autonomous robot, 26th International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL) 2017DOI: 10.1109/FPL.2016.7577312
6. Yasmeen Abu-Kheil, Lakmal Seneviratne and Jorge Dias. “A Simulation Environment for a Magnetically Actuated Capsule Endoscopy”. Won the best paper award in the mechanical and robotics track at the UAE Graduate Student Research Conference (GSRC 2017), Abu-Dhabi, UAE
7. H. Fernandes and M. A. Aslam and J. Lobo and J. F. Ferreira and J. Dias, Bayesian inference implemented on FPGA with stochastic bitstreams for an autonomous robot, 26th International Conference on Field Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL) 2017DOI: 10.1109/FPL.2016.7577312
8. S. Islam, D. Gan, R. Ashour, P. Dario, J. Dias, L. D. Seneviratne, Haptics and Virtual Reality Based Bilateral Tele manipulation of Miniature Aerial Vehicle Over Open Communication Network, In Proc. International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), July 10-12, Hong Kong, 2017.
9. F. Renda, F. Giorgio-Serchi, F. Boyer, C. Laschi, J. Dias, and L. Seneviratne ” A multi-soft-body dynamic model for underwater soft robots” In Robotics Research,pages 143-160. Springer, Cham, 2018.
10. Bilal Taha, Naoufel Werghi, Jorge Dias “Automatic polyp detection in endoscopy videos: A survey” Biomedical Engineering (BioMed), 2017 13th IASTED International Conference Publication date2017/2/20,Pages 233-240, IEEE
11. Donati, Elisa; van Vuuren, Godfried J; Tanaka, Katsuaki; Romano, Donato; Schmickl, Thomas; Stefanini, Cesare; aMussels: Diving and Anchoring in a New Bio-inspired Under-Actuated Robot Class for Long-Term Environmental Exploration and Monitoring; Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems;Pages 300-314