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Refereed Journals and Conferences
Refereed Abstracts
Book Chapters
Theses
Technical Reports
IROS 2017 Workshop
Refereed Journals and Conferences
2020
E. Adbi, D. Kuli, E. Croft. “Haptics in teleoperated medical interventions: Force measurement, haptic interfaces and their influence on users performance,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. (LINK)
M. Sakr, W. Uddin, H.F.M. Van der Loos. “Orthographic Vision-based Interface with Motion-tracking System for Robot Arm Teleoperation: A Comparative Study” In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (LINK)
2019
J. Kim, E.A. Croft. “Online near time-optimal trajectory planning for industrial robots,” Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 58, pp. 158-171. (LINK)
W. Hall, T. Schmader, A. Aday, E. Croft. “Decoding the dynamics of social identity threat in the workplace: a within-person analysis of women’s and men’s interactions in STEM,” Social Psychological and Personality Science, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 542-552. (LINK)
W.P. Chan, M.K.X.J. Pan, E. A. Croft, M. Inaba. “An Affordance and Distance Minimization Based Method for Computing Object Orientations for Robot Human Handovers,” International Journal of Social Robotics, vol. 1, no. 20. (LINK)
Y. Du, N.J. Hetherington, C.L. Oon, W.P. Chan, C.P. Quintero, E. Croft, H.F.M. Van der Loos. “Group Surfing: A Pedestrian-Based Approach to Sidewalk Robot Navigation” In Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (LINK)
M. Khalili, H.F.M Van der Loos, J.F. Borisoff. “Studies on practical applications of safe-fall control strategies for lower limb exoskeletons” In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (LINK)
L.C. Shum, B.A. Valdés, N.J. Hodges, H.F.M. Van der Loos. “Error Augmentation in Immersive Virtual Reality for Bimanual Upper-Limb Rehabilitation in Individuals with and without Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 28, no. 2. (LINK)
L.C. Shum, B.A. Valdés, H.F.M. Van der Loos. “Determining the Accuracy of Oculus Touch Controllers for Motor Rehabilitation Applications Using Quantifiable Upper Limb Kinematics: Validation Study,” JMIR Biomedical Engineering, vol. 4, no. 3. (LINK)
J. Illes, A. Antle, H. Lou, H. Longstaff, V. Rahimzadeh, P.J. McDonald, H.F.M. Van der Loos, on behalf of the Kids Brain Health Network Working Group on Involving Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Research. “Involving children with neurodevelopmental disorders in biomedical research,” The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, vol. 3, no. 3, pp.143-144. (LINK)
M. Khalili, T. Tao, R. Ye, S. Xie, H. Yang, H.F.M. Van der Loos, J. Borisoff, “Towards the Development of a Learning-Based Intention Classification Framework for Pushrim-Activated Power-Assisted Wheelchairs” In Proceedings of the 2019 ICORR RehabWeek Conference (LINK)
L.C. Shum, B.A. Valdés, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Using Error Augmentation in Immersive VR for Bimanual Upper Limb Rehabilitation of Youth with Hemiplegic Motor Disorders” In Proceedings of the 2019 RESNA RehabWeek Conference (LINK)
W.P. Chan, M. Sakr, C. Perez Quintero, E. Croft, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “A Hands-free, Tether-free Multimodal Augmented Reality System for Robot Trajector Programming and Execution: A Comparison of Control Interfaces.” In Proceedings of 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (LINK)
2018
J.W. Hart, S. Sheikholeslami, B. Gleeson, E. Croft, K. MacLean, F.P. Ferrie, C. Gosselin, and D. Laurandeau, “Developing Robot Assistants with Communicative Cues for Safe, Fluent HRI,” Foundations of Trusted Autonomy, pp. 247-270. (LINK)
S. Sheikholeslami, J.W. Hart, W.P. Chan, C.P. Quintero, and E. Croft, “Prediction and Production of Human Reaching Trajectories for Human-Robot Interaction,” In Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 321-322. (LINK)
S. Radmard, A. Moon, and E. Croft, “Impacts of Visual Occlusion and Its Resolution in Robot-Mediated Social Collaborations,” International Journal of Social Robotics, pp.1-17. (LINK)
M.K. Pan, E. Croft, and G. Niemeyer, “Evaluating Social Perception of Human-to-Robot Handovers Using the Robot Social Attributes Scale (RoSAS),” In Proceedings of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 443-451. (LINK)
M.K. Pan, E. Croft and G. Niemeyer, “Exploration of geometry and forces occurring within human-to-robot handovers,” In Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS), 2018 IEEE, pp. 327-333. (LINK)
S. Radmard, D. Meger, J.J. Little, and E. Croft, “Resolving Occlusion in Active Visual Target Search of High-Dimensional Robotic Systems” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 34(3), pp.616-629. (LINK)
2017
S. Radmard and E.A. Croft, “Active target search for high dimensional robotic systems,” Autonomous Robots, vol. 41, no. 1, pp.163-180. (LINK)
T. Shen, S. Radmard, A. Chan, E.A. Croft and G. Chesi, “Optimized vision-based robot motion planning from multiple demonstrations,” Autonomous Robots, pp. 1-16. (LINK)
M.K. Pan, V. Skjervøy, W.P. Chan, M. Inaba and E. A. Croft, “Automated detection of handovers using kinematic features,” The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 36, no. 5-7, pp. 721 – 738. (LINK)
J. Kim and E. A. Croft, “Full-State Tracking Control for Flexible Joint Robots With Singular Perturbation Techniques,” in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. PP, no. 99, pp. 1-11. (LINK)
B.A. Valdés, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Biofeedback vs. Game Scores for Reducing Trunk Compensation after Stroke: A Randomized Crossover Trial,” Topics in stroke rehabilitation, pp.1-18. (LINK)
B.A. Valdés, A.N. Schneider, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Reducing trunk compensation in stroke survivors: A randomized crossover trial comparing visual vs. force feedback modalities”, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, vol.98, no.10, pp. 1932-1940. (LINK)
N. Lambert-Shirzad and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “An Empirical Study of Factorization Methods to Quantify Motor Synergies,” Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 15, pp.1145-1149. (LINK)
B.A. Valdés, S.M.N. Glegg, H.F.M. Van Der Loos, “Trunk Compensation during Bimanual Reaching at Different Heights by Healthy and Hemiparetic Adults”, Journal of Motor Behavior, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 580-592, 2017. (LINK)
N. Lambert-Shirzad and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “On identifying kinematic and muscle synergies: a comparison of matrix factorization methods using experimental data from the healthy population”, Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 117, no. 1, pp. 290-302. (LINK)
S. Rismani and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Improving needs-finding techniques for medical device development at low resource environments using Activity Theory,” In DS 87-1 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 17) Vol 1: Resource Sensitive Design, Design Research Applications and Case Studies, Vancouver, Canada. (LINK)
Y. Lee, N. Beyzaei, E. Tse, B. Kohn, H. Garn, G. Klösch, O. Ipsiroglu and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “0746 REVIEW OF A MULTISENSOR, LOW COST, AND UNOBTRUSIVE APPROACH TO DETECT MOVEMENTS IN SIT AND SLEEP,” Journal of Sleep and Sleep Disorders Research, vol. 40, no. suppl_1, pp. A276-A277. (LINK) (LINK)
N. Lambert-Shirzad and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Data sample size needed for analysis of kinematic and muscle synergies in healthy and stroke populations,” 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), London, pp. 777-782. (LINK)
M. Khalili, J. F. Borisoff and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Developing safe fall strategies for lower limb exoskeletons,” 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), London, pp. 314-319. (LINK)
K.S. Maher, M. Campbell, J. Jeyaratnam, E. Tse, S. Bao, N. Carson, H. Hussaina, N. Beyzaei, M. Berger, Y.J. Lee, K. Spruyt, H.F.M. Van der Loos, H. Garn, B. Kohn, G. Kloesch and O. Ipsiroglu, “Behavioural observations step 2: developing a shared annotation language for analysis of video recordings,” Sleep Medicine, vol. 40, pp. e108. (LINK)
S. Sheikholeslami, A. Moon and E. A. Croft., “Cooperative Gestures for Industry: Exploring the Efficacy of Robot Hand Configurations in Expression of Instructional Gestures for Human-Robot Interaction”, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol 36, no. 5-7, pp. 699 – 720. (LINK)
S. El-Shawa, N. Kraemer, S. Sheikholeslami, R. Mead, and E. A. Croft. “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?: Human proxemic preferences for recognizing robot gestures in physical reality and virtual reality”. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ’17), Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 2017. (Accepted)
2016
S.M.N. Glegg, C.T. Hung, B.A. Valdés, B.D.G. Kim, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Kinecting the Moves: The kinematic potential of rehabilitation-specific gaming to inform treatment for hemiplegia”, International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, vol. 9, no.3, pp. 351-360, 2016. (LINK)
S. Rismani, M. Ratto, and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Use of activity theory-based need finding for biomedical device development,” 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Orlando, FL, 2016, pp. 4341-4344. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2016.7591688 (LINK)
N. Shirzad and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Evaluating the User Experience of Exercising Reaching Motions With a Robot That Predicts Desired Movement Difficulty.,” Journal of Motor Behaviour., vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 31–46, 2016. (LINK)
J. Millar and A. Moon “How to Engage the Public on the Ethics and Governance of Lethal Autonomous Weapons”, We Robot 2016. (LINK)
J. Kim and E. A. Croft, “Co-designed Trajectory Planning and Feedforward Control for Industrial Robots,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, (Accepted with Revisions), 2016.
2015
S. Sheikholeslami, A. Moon, and E. A. Croft, “Exploring the effect of robot hand configurations in directional gestures for human-robot interaction”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ’15), pp 3594-3599, Hamburg, Germany, September–October 2015. (LINK)
M. Zheng, A. Moon, E. A. Croft, M. Q. H. Meng, Impact of robot head gaze on robot-to-human handover, International Journal of Social Robotics. (LINK)
S. Tatla, N. Shirzad, K. Lohse, N. Virji-Babul, A. Hoens, L. Holsti, L. Li, M. Lam, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Therapists’ perceptions of social media and video game technologies in upper limb rehabilitation”, Journal of Medical Internet Research: Serious Games, 2015, 3(1), e2. (LINK)
M. Lam, S. Tatla, K. Lohse, N. Shirzad, A. Hoens, K. Miller, L. Holsti, N. Virji-Babul, H.F.M Van der Loos, “Perceptions of technology and its use for therapeutic application for individuals with hemiparesis: findings from adult and paediatric focus groups”, in Journal of Medical Internet Research: Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 2015, 2(1), e1. (LINK)
N. Shirzad, B.A. Valdés, C. Hung, M. Law, J. Hay, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “FEATHERS, a bimanual upper limb rehabilitation platform: a case study of user-centred approach in rehabilitation device design”, In Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 2015). (LINK)
B. A. Valdés, N. Shirzad, C. Hung, H. F. M. Van der Loos, and S. M. N. Glegg, “Visualisation of two-dimensional kinematic data from bimanual control of a commercial gaming system used in post-stroke rehabilitation,” In Proceedings of International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), 2015. (LINK)
L.D. Riek, W. Hartzog, D. Howard, A. Moon, R. Calo, “The Emerging Policy and Ethics of Human Robot Interaction”, HRI’15. (LINK)
J. W. Hart, S. Sheikholeslami, M. K. X. J. Pan, W. P. Chan, and E. A. Croft, “Predictions of Human Task Performance and Handover Trajectories for Human-Robot Interaction”, In 10th ACM/IEEE International Conference (HRI ‘15) on Human-Robot Interaction. Workshop on Human-Robot Teaming. Portland, Oregon, USA, March 2-5, 2015. (LINK)
C. Hung, E. A. Croft, and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “A Wearable Vibrotactile Device for Upper-Limb Bilateral Motion Training in Stroke Rehabilitation : A Case Study”, in 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2015, pp., 3480-3485. (LINK)
2014
M. Zheng, A. Moon, B. Gleeson, D. M. Troniak, M.K.X.J. Pan, B. A. Blumer, M. Q. H. Meng, E. A. Croft, Human Behavioural Responses to Robot Head Gaze during Robot-to-Human Handovers, ROBIO’14. (LINK)
A. Moon, H. F. M. Van der Loos, and E. A. Croft, “Nonverbal Dialogues for Conflict Resolution: Exploring Hesitation Gestures in Human-Robot Conflict of Resource Scenarios”, HRI Pioneers Workshop 2014. (LINK)
A. Moon, D. M. Troniak, B. Gleeson, M. K. X. J. Pan, M. Zheng, B. A. Blumer, K. MacLean, and E. A. Croft, “Meet Me where I’m Gazing: How Shared Attention Gaze Affects Human-Robot Handover Timing”, HRI 2014. (LINK) (Winner of the Best Paper Award)
J. W. Hart, B. Gleeson, M. Pan, A. Moon, K. MacLean, and E. A. Croft, “Gesture, Gaze, Touch, and Hesitation: Timing Cues for Collaborative Work”, HRI Workshop on Timing in Human-Robot Interaction 2014. (LINK)
M.N. Glegg, C.T. Hung, B.A. Valdés, B.D.G. Kim, H.F.M. Van Der Loos, “Kinecting the Moves: The kinematic potential of rehabilitation-specific gaming to inform treatment for hemiplegia”, in Proc. International Conference on Disability, Virtual Reality and Associated Technologies, Gothenburg, Sept. 2014. (LINK)
N. Shirzad, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Physiological responses to error amplification in a robotic reaching adaptation task”, In Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Chicago, Il, Aug. 26-30, 2014. (LINK)
Valdés, BA, Hilderman, CGE, Hung, CT, Shirzad, N, Van der Loos, HFM, “Usability testing of gaming and social media applications for stroke and cerebral palsy upper limb rehabilitation,” In Proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, Chicago, Il, Aug. 26-30, 2014. (LINK)
2013
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D. Troniak, J. Sattar, A. Gupta, J. J. Little, W. Chan, E. Calisgan, E.A. Croft, H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Charlie rides the elevator–Integrating vision, navigation and manipulation towards multi-floor robot locomotion”, Canadian Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, Regina, Canada, May 28-31, 2013, submitted Feb. 2013, accepted March 2013. (LINK)
A. Chan, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Modeling Nonconvex Workspace Constraints from Diverse Demonstration Sets for Constrained Manipulator Visual Servoing,” in 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013, pp. 3047–3053. (LINK)
K. Lohse, N. Shirzad, A. Verster, N. Hodges, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Video games and rehabilitation: using design principles to enhance patient engagement”, Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy, 2013, 37(4), pp. 166-175. (LINK)
N. Shirzad, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Challenge Point and Task Difficulty Adaptation: Improving
Engagement in Robot-assisted Movement Therapy,” poster session presented at the International Summer School on Social Human-Robot Interaction, Cambridge, August 2013. (LINK)
N. Shirzad, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Adaptation of Task Difficulty in Rehabilitation Exercises Based on the User’s Motor Performance and Physiological Responses,” poster session presented at the International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Seattle, June 2013. (LINK)
A. Haddadi, E. A. Croft, B. T. Gleeson, K. Maclean, and J. Alcazar, “Analysis of Task-Based Gestures in Human-Robot Interaction,” in 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013, pp. 2138–2144. (LINK)
S. Radmard, D. Meger, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Overcoming Unknown Occlusions in Eye-in-Hand Visual Search,” in 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013, pp. 3060–3067. (LINK)
A. Moon, C. A. C. Parker, E. A. Croft, H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Design and impact of hesitation gestures during human-robot resource conflicts”, Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, Mar. 2013. (LINK)
J. Jeyasurya, H. F. M. Van der Loos, A. Hodgson, E. A. Croft, “Comparison of seat, waist, and arm sit-to-stand assistance modalities on measures of effort and stability in an elderly population”, Journal of Rehabilitation R&D, Jan. 2013. (LINK)
E. Calisgan, A. Moon, C. Bassani, F. Ferreira, F. Operto, G. Veruggio, E.A. Croft, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Open Roboethics Pilot: Accelerating Policy Design, Implementation and Demonstration of Socially Acceptable Robot Behaviours”, in We Robot 2013: Getting down to Business, 2013. (LINK)
2012
N. Shirzad, H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Error amplification to promote motor learning and motivation in therapy robotics”, Proceedings IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, San Diego, CA, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2012. (LINK)
E. R. Pospisil, B. L. Luu, J.-S. Blouin, H. F. M. Van der Loos, E. A. Croft, “Independent ankle motion control improves robotic balance simulator”, Proceedings IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, San Diego, CA, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 2012. (LINK)
B. L. Luu, J. T. Inglis, T. P. Huryn, H. F. M. Van der Loos, E. A. Croft, J.-S. Blouin, “Human standing is modified by an unconscious integration of congruent sensory and motor signals”, Journal of Physiology, 590(Pt 22), Nov., 2012, pp. 5783-5794. (LINK)
A.C. Parker, and E. A. Croft, “Design & Personalization of a Cooperative Carrying Robot Controller,” to appear in Proceedings of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2012), 2012, pp. 3916–3921. (LINK)
E. A. Croft, K. MacLean, B.T. Gleeson, A. Haddadi, A.C. Parker, C. Gosselin, D. Laurendeau, F.P. Ferrie, A. Phan, J.A. Alcazar, L. Barajas, R. Menassa, “Collaborative,Human-focused, Assistive Robotics for Manufacturing (CHARM): Bringing HRI to Manufacturing Assembly”, Submitted to the Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, 2012.
E. Calisgan, A. Haddadi, H.F.M. Van der Loos, J. A. Alcazar, E.A. Croft, “Identifying Nonverbal Cues for Automated Human-Robot Turn-taking,”, Submitted to the Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man’12), 2012. (LINK)
A. Moon, E. Calisgan, F. Operto, G. Veruggio, and H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Open Roboethics: Establishing an Online Community for Accelerated Policy and Design Change”, in We Robot 2012: Inaugural Conference on Legal and Policy Issues Relating to Robotics, 2012. (LINK)
A. Moon, P. Danielson, and H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Survey-Based Discussions on Morally Contentious Applications of Interactive Robotics,” in International Journal of Social Robotics, 2012, 4(1), 77–96. (LINK)
W. P. Chan, C. A. C. Parker, H. F. M. Van der Loos, and E. A. Croft, “Teaching Robots How to Share : Grip Forces and Load Forces in Handovers,” in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2012, pp. 9–16. (LINK)
W. P. Chan, C. A. C. Parker, H. F. M. Van der Loos, and E. A. Croft, “Teaching Robots How to Share : Grip Forces and Load Forces in Handovers,” Abstract in Proceedings of the 2012 Human-Robot Interaction Pioneers Workshop (HRI Pioneers 2012), 2012, pp. 42-43.
A. Gupta, W. P. Chan, D. Troniak, E. Calisgan, P. Alimi, A. Haddadi, K. Khalvati, S. Radmard, N. Tomer. PR2 Rides the Elevator. Video submitted to the AAAI’12 AI and Robotics Multimedia Fair. 2012. (LINK)
N. Shirzad, H. F.M. Van der Loos, “Estimation of Desirable Difficulty in a Robotic Therapy Regimen Based on Performance and Affect”, CSB-SCB 2012 – The 17th Biennial Meeting of the Canadian Society of Biomechanics/Societe Canadienne de Biomechanique, June 2012. (LINK)
N. Shirzad, H. F.M. Van der Loos, “Error Amplification to Promote Motor Learning and Motivation in Therapy Robotics” EMBC 2012 – The 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Aug. 2012.
S. Radmard, D. Meger, E. A. Croft, J. Little, “Overcoming Occlusions in Eye-in-Hand Visual Search,” American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 27 – 29, 2012.
J. Sun, D. Cruz, E. Calisgan, D. Kuli, W. Owen, and E. A. Croft, “On-line Dynamic Model Learning for Manipulator Control,” in 10th International IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO 2012), 2012, no. 2002, p. 6. (LINK)
2011
C. A. C. Parker and E. A. Croft, “Experimental Investigation of Human-Robot Cooperative Carrying,” in IEEE/RSJ International Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011, pp. 3361 – 3366. (LINK)
C.A.C. Parker and E. A. Croft, “Lifting with people: The design and tuning of a cooperative lifting controller for pHRI.” International Journal of Robotics Research (currently in review), 2011.
A. Chan, S. V. Léonard, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Collision-Free Visual Servoing of an Eye-in-Hand Manipulator via a Constraint-Aware Planning and Control Framework,” in American Control Conference, 2011, p. 7. (LINK)
J. Jeyasurya, T. Lai, O. Patil, E. Pospisil, H. F. M. Van der Loos, E. A. Croft, and A. Hodgson, “Design of a Load Sharing Sit-to-Stand Assistive Test Bed,” in Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology (FICCDAT – RESNA/ICTA2011),, oronto, Canada. June 5-8, 2011, p. 6. (LINK)
A. Moon, C. A. C. Parker, E. A. Croft, and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Did you see it hesitate? – Empirically Grounded Design of Hesitation Trajectories for Collaborative Robots,” in IEEE/RSJ International Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011, pp. 1994–1999. (LINK)
M. K. X. J. Pan et al., “Galvanic Skin Response-Derived Bookmarking of an Audio Stream,” Demonstration at Proc. of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11). Vancouver, BC, pp. 1135–1140, 2011. (LINK)
B. L. Luu, T. P. Huryn, H. F. M. Van der Loos, E. A. Croft, and J.-S. B. Blouin, “Validation of a Robotic Balance System for Investigations in the Control of Human Standing Balance,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 382–390, Apr. 2011. (LINK)
A. Moon, F. Grajales, and H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Robots, Multi-User Virtual Environments and Healthcare: Synergies for Future Directions,” International Conference for Information Technology and Communications in Health 2011 (PMID 21335746), 2011. (LINK)
H. F. M. Van der Loos, N. Shirzad, “Therapy Robotics: The Power of the Interface to Motivate”, RO-MAN 2011 – The 20th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Aug. 2011. (LINK)
S. Radmard and E. A. Croft, “Approximate Recursive Bayesian Filtering Methods for Robot Visual Search,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biometrics, 2011, p. 6. (LINK)
A. Chan, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Constrained Manipulator Visual Servoing ( CMVS ): Rapid Robot Programming in Cluttered Workspaces,” in IEEE/RSJ International Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2011, pp. 2825–2830. (LINK)
A. Chan, S, Leonard, E. Croft, J. Little. “Collision-Free Visual Servoing of an Eye-in-Hand Manipulator via Constraint-Aware Planning and Control”, Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, San Francisco, USA, June 29-July 01, 2011. (LINK)
M. K. X. J. Pan, G. Cheng, G. Himmetoglu, A. Moon, T. Hazelton, K. MacLean, E. A. Croft, “Now, where was I? Physiologically-Triggered Bookmarking,” in ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’11), 2011, p. 10. (LINK)
J. Fender, V. Davidson, J. Vassileva, N. Ghazzali, and E. A. Croft, “Perceptions and Experiences of the Workplace among Canadian Computer Science and Engineering Students – A Gender Analysis,” in International Conference on Women in Engineering and Science (ICWES 15), 2011, p. 10. (LINK)
2010
C. A. C. Parker and E. A. Croft, “J-Strips: Haptic Joint Limit Warnings for Human-Robot Interaction,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 2010, p. 6. (LINK)
S. Zoghbi, A.C. Parker, E. A. Croft, and H.F.M Van der Loos, “Enhancing collaborative human-robot interaction through physiological-signal based communication,” In Proceedings of Workshop on Multimodal Human-Robot Interfaces, 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2010), 2010. (LINK)
A. Moon, B. Panton, H. F. M. Van der Loos, and E. A. Croft, “Safe and Ethical Human-Robot Interaction Using Hesitation Gestures,” in IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation: Workshop on Interactive Communication for Autonomous Intelligent Robots., Anchorage, USA, May 2010, pp. 1–3. (LINK)
T.P. Huryn, B.L. Luu, H.F.M. Van der Loos, J.S. Blouin, E.A. Croft (2010). “Investigating human balance using a robotic motion platform”, IEEE ICRA 2010 Workshop on Interactive Communication for Autonomous Intelligent Robots, Anchorage, USA, May 2010. (LINK)
M. A. Baumann, S. V. Léonard, E. A. Croft, J. J. Little, and S. Leonard, “Path Planning for Improved Visibility Using a Probabilistic Roadmap,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 195–200, Feb. 2010, pp. 195-200. (LINK)
J. Jeyasurya, H. F. M. Van der Loos, A. J. Hodgson, and E. A. Croft, “Biomechanical Analysis of Assited Sit-to-Stand,” in Annual meeting of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics, 2012, vol. 90, no. 2010, p. 1. (LINK)
2009
S. Zoghbi, D. Kulic, E. A. Croft, and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “On Line-Affective State Reporting Device: A Tool for Evaluating Affective State Inference Systems,” in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2009): Late Breaking Abstracts, 2009, pp. 311–312. (LINK)
D. De Carli, E. Hohert, C. A. C. Parker, S. Zoghbi, S. Leonard, E. A. Croft, and A. Bicchi “Measuring intent in human-robot cooperative manipulation,” in IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio visual Environments and Games, 2009, pp. 159–163. (LINK)
S. V. Léonard, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Planning Collision-Free and Occlusion-Free Paths for Industrial Manipulators with Eye-to-Hand Configuration,” in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009, pp. 5083–5088. (LINK)
S. Zoghbi, D. Kulić, E. A. Croft, and H. F. M. Van der Loos, “Evaluation of Affective State Estimations using an On-Line Reporting Device during Human-Robot Interactions,” in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2009, pp. 3742–3749. (LINK)
C. Bartneck, D. Kulic, E. A. Croft, and S. Zoghbi, “Measurement instruments for the anthropomorphism, animacy, likeability, perceived intelligence, and perceived safety of robots,” International Journal of Social Robots, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 71–81, 2009. (LINK)
W. S. Owen, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “On-line trajectory resolution for two-armed systems with conflicting performance criteria,” Mechanism and Machine Theory, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 949–965, 2009. (LINK)
2008
C. Bartneck, D. Kulic, and E. A. Croft, “Measuring the anthropomorphism, animacy, likeability, perceived intelligence and perceived safety of robots,” in Metrics for Human-Robot Interaction, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2008, pp. 37–44. (LINK)
M. A. Baumann, D. C. Dupuis, S. V. Léonard, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Occlusion-free path planning with a probabilistic roadmap,” in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2008, pp. 2151–2156. (LINK)
A. Chan, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Trajectory Specification via Sparse Waypoints for Eye-In-Hand Robots requiring Continuous Target Visibility,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2008, pp. 3082–3087. (LINK)
D. C. Dupuis, S. V. Léonard, M. A. Baumann, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Two-Fingered Grasp Planning for Randomized Bin-Picking: Determining the Best Pick,” in Robotics: Science and Systems – Workshop on Robot Manipulation, 2008, p. 6. (LINK)
S. V. Léonard, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Dynamic Visibility Checking for Vision-Based Motion Planning,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2008, pp. 2283–2288. (LINK)
W. S. Owen, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “A multi-arm robotic system for optimal sculpting,” Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 92–104, 2008. (LINK)
W. S. Owen, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Stiffness Optimization for Two-Armed Robotic Sculpting,” Industrial Robot, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 46–57, 2008. (LINK)
B. Sencer, Y. A. Altintas and E. A. Croft, “Feed Optimization for 5-Axis Machine Tools with Drive Constraints.” International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacturing, 2008. (LINK)
A. Chan, S. V. Léonard, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Collision-Free Image-Based Visual Servoing of Eye-In-Hand Manipulators Through Non-Linear Model Predictive Control in a Probabilistic Road Map Framework,” in Intelligent Systems, 2008. (LINK)
2007
D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, “Affective State Estimation for Human-Robot Interaction,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 991–1000, Oct. 2007. (LINK)
D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, “Experimental Validation of Affective State Estimation and Safe Motion Planning during Human Robot Interaction,” Robotica, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 13–27, 2007. (LINK)
D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, “Pre-Collision Safety Strategies for Human-Robot Interaction,” Autonomous Robots, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 149–164, 2007. (LINK)
A. Lanz and E. A. Croft, “Real-time Affective State Monitoring in Human Robot Interaction Tasks,” in International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, Proceedings ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, Seattle, WA, pp. 1-6, 2007.
S. V. Léonard, A. Chan, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Robust, Vision Guided Bin Picking,” International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, Proceedings ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, Seattle, WA, pp. 1-8, 2007. (LINK)
K. Radkhah, D. Kulic, and E. A. Croft, “Dynamic Parameter Identification for the CRS A460 Robot,” in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2007, pp. 3842–3847. (LINK)
S. V. Léonard, A. Chan, E. A. Croft, and J. J. Little, “Robust Motion Generation for Vision-Guided Bin-Picking,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 2007, pp. 651–658. (LINK)
J. Beis et al., “Evidence-Based Vision Guided Robotic Bin Picking,” in Intelligent Systems, 2007.
2006
A. Bakhtari, M. D. Naish, M. Eskandari, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Active-Vision Based Multi-Sensor Surveillance – An Implementation,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 668–680, 2006. (LINK)
D. J. Clapa, E. A. Croft, and A. J. Hodgson, “Equilibrium point control of a 2-DOF manipulator,” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control-Transactions of the ASME, vol. 128, no. 1, pp. 134–141, 2006. (LINK)
D. Constantinescu, S. E. Salcudean, and E. A. Croft, “Haptic manipulation of serial-chain virtual mechanisms,” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control-Transactions of the ASME, vol. 128, no. 1, pp. 65–74, 2006. (LINK)
G. G. Forrest, E. A. Croft, and A. J. Hodgson, “Feasibility of Using Ipsilateral Electromyographic Signals to Control an Air-Muscle-Actuated Grasping Orthosis,” International Journal of ARM, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 3–14, 2006.
D. Kulić and E. A. Croft, “Design of a Senior Mechatronics Integration Course,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 2006, pp. IMECE2006–13761:1–9. (LINK)
D. Kulić and E. A. Croft. “Estimating Robot Induced Affective Response using Hidden Markov Models,” in RO-MAN 06: The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom, pp. 257-262, 2006. (LINK)
D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, “Real-time safety for human-robot interaction,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 1–12, 2006. (LINK)
W. S. Owen, E. a. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Real-time trajectory resolution for a two-manipulator machining system,” Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 22, no. S1, pp. S51–S63, Sep. 2006. (LINK)
W. S. Owen, E. a. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “A Muli-Arm Robotic System for Optimal Sculpting,” Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 2006. (LINK)
2005
A. Bakhtari, M. D. Naish, M. Eskandari, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Active-vision-based multisensor surveillance – an implementation,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C (Applications and Reviews), vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 668–680, Sep. 2006. (LINK)
D. Constantinescu, S. E. Salcudean, and E. A. Croft, “Haptic Rendering of Topological Constraints to Users Manipulating Virtual Linkages,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2005, pp. 3820–3825. (LINK)
D. Constantinescu, S. E. Salcudean, and E. A. Croft, “Haptic rendering of rigid contacts using impulsive and penalty forces,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 309–323, 2005. (LINK)
D. Constantinescu, S. E. Salcudean, and E. A. Croft, “Local model of interaction for haptic manipulation of rigid virtual worlds,” International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 789–804, 2005. (LINK)
D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, “Real time Safety for Human-Robot Interaction,” in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2005, pp. 719–724. (LINK)
D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, “Anxiety Detection during Human-Robot Interaction,” in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2005, pp. 389–394. (LINK)
D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, “Safe planning for human-robot interaction,” Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 383–396, 2005. (LINK)
W. S. Owen, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Acceleration and Torque Redistrubution for a Dual-Manipulator System,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 1226–1230, 2005. (LINK)
T. Sang, E. A. Croft, and M. Sameti, “Vision Assisted Robotic Tele-training,” in IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, 2005, pp. 1288–1293 (Finalist, Best Student Paper). (LINK)
2004
D. J. Clapa, E. A. Croft, and A. J. Hodgson, “Programmable Compliance And Equilibrium Point Control Of A 2-Dof Manipulator Performing Free-Space, Contact And Transition Tasks,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 2004, p. 8. (LINK)
D.Constantinescu, S. E. Salcudean and E. A. Croft, “Impulsive forces for Haptic Rendering of Rigid Contact,” 35th International Symposium on Robotics, Paris, France, 2004, p. 1-6. (LINK)
D. Constantinescu, S. E. Salcudean, and E. A. Croft, “Haptic Rendering of Rigid Body Collisions,” in International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2004, p. 6. (LINK)
D. Kulic and E. Croft, “Safe planning for human-robot interaction,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA ’04. 2004, 2004, vol. 2, pp. 1882–1887 Vol.2. (LINK)
M. D. Naish, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Object surveillance using reinforcement learning based sensor dispatching,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004, vol. 1, pp. 71–76. (LINK)
W. S. Owen, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Real-Time Trajectory Resolution for Dual Robotic Machining,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004, vol. 5, pp. 4332–4337. (LINK)
2003
D. Constantinescu, S. E. Salcudean, and E. A. Croft, “Haptic Feedback using Local Models of Interaction,” in International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003, pp. 416–421. (LINK)
D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, “Estimating Intent for Human Robot Interaction,” in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2003, pp. 810–815. (LINK)
D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, “Strategies for Safety in Human-Robot Interaction,” in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2003, pp. 644–649. (LINK)
S. Macfarlane and E. A. Croft, “Jerk-bounded manipulator trajectory planning: Design for real-time applications,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 42–52, 2003. (LINK)
M. D. Naish, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Coordinated dispatching of proximity sensors for the surveillance of manoeuvring targets,” Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 283–299, 2003. (LINK)
W. S. Owen and E. A. Croft, “The reduction of stick-slip friction in hydraulic actuators,” IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 362–371, 2003. (LINK)
W. S. Owen, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Minimally Compliant Trajectory Resolution for Robotic Machining,” in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 2003, pp. 702–707.
2002
Y. A. Altintas and E. A. Croft, “Electro-Mechanical Design Engineering: A Progress Report, and Future Directions For Mechatronics Education,” International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 325–339, 2002. (LINK)
D. Constantinescu, S. E. Salcudean, and E. A. Croft, “Local Interaction Models for Haptic Rendering of Rigid Environments,” in IFAC Conference on Mechatronic Systems, 2002. (LINK)
2001
D. Langlois, J. Elliott, and E. A. Croft, “Sensor Uncertainty Management for an Encapsulated Logical Device Architecture, Part II: A Control Policy for Sensor Uncertainty,” in American Control ConferenceControl, 2001, pp. 4288–4293. (LINK)
J. Elliott and E. A. Croft, “Uncertainty Management & Data Fusion in an Encapsulated Logical Device Architecture,” in IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, 2001, pp. 283–288. (LINK)
J. Elliott, D. Langlois, and E. A. Croft, “Sensor Uncertainty Management for an Encapsulated Logical Device Architecture: Part I – Fusion of Uncertain Sensor Data,” in American Control Conference, 2001, pp. 4288–4293 (Best paper in session). (LINK)
J. D. Elliott, D. Langlois, and E. A. Croft, “A systematic approach to automation workcell design: the encapsulated logical device architecture,” in Conference Documentation International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems. MFI 2001 (Cat. No.01TH8590), 2001, pp. 283–288. (LINK)
D. Langlois and E. A. Croft, “A low-level control policy for data fusion,” in IEEE International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, 2001, pp. 37–42. (LINK)
S. Macfarlane and E. A. Croft, “Design of Jerk Bounded Trajectories for On-line Industrial Robot Applications,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2001, vol. 1, pp. 979–984. (LINK)
M. D. Naish, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Dispatching of Coordinated Proximity Sensors for Object Surveillance,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 2001, p. 6. (LINK)
W. S. Owen and E. A. Croft, “Reducing Stick-Slip Friction in Hydraulic Actuators,” in IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 2001, vol. 1, pp. 642–647. (LINK)
M. D. Naish, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Simulation-Based Sensing-System Configuration for Dynamic Dispatching,” IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Tuscon, AZ, pp. 2964–2969, 2001. (LINK)
2000
D. Constantinescu and E. A. Croft, “Smooth and Time-Optimal Trajectory Planning for Industrial Manipulators along Specified Paths,” Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 233–249, May 2000. (LINK)
M. F. R. Lee, C. W. de Silva, E. A. Croft, and Q. M. J. Wu, “Machine vision system for curved surface inspection,” Machine Vision and Applications, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 177–188, 2000. (LINK)
M. D. Naish and E. A. Croft, “ELSA: a multisensor integration architecture for industrial grading tasks,” Mechatronics, vol. 10, no. 1–2, pp. 19–51, 2000. (LINK)
M. D. D. Naish, E. A. E. a. Croft, and B. Benhabib, “Dynamic Dispatching of Coordinated Sensors,” IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. IEEE, Tuscon, AZ, pp. 3318–3323, 2000. (LINK)
1990-1999
M. F. R. Lee, C. W. De Silva, E. A. Croft, and H. J. Park, “Automated Screening of Metal Can Defects Using Machine Vision,” in World Automation Conference: International Symposium on Intelligent Automatic Control, 1998, pp. ISIAC 047:1–6.
S. Kurnianto, C. W. de Silva, E. A. Croft, and R. G. Gosine, “Intelligent Automation of Herring Roe Grading: Technology Development and Prototyping,” in Intelligent Adaptive Control: Industrial Applications, C. W. de Silva, Ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1999, pp. 311–347. (LINK)
B. D. Allin, M. A. O’Dor, and E. A. Croft, “Industrial Automation for a Fish Processing Quality Assurance Work-Cell,” in IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 1997, p. 6. (LINK)
D. Constantinescu and E. A. Croft, “Smooth and Time-Optimal Trajectory Planning for Industrial Manipulators,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 1999, pp. 469–476. (LINK)
E. A. Croft, B. Benhabib, and R. G. Fenton, “Near-Time Optimal Robot Motion Planning for Online Applications,” Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 553–567, 1995. (LINK)
E. A. Croft, B. Benhabib, and R. G. Fenton, “Time-Optimal Interception of Objects Moving Along Topologically Varying Paths,” in IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1995, no. 2, pp. 4089–4094. (LINK)
E. A. Croft, C. W. de Silva, and S. Kurnianto, “Sensor Technology Integration and Intelligent Decision Making in an Industrial Prototype for Herring Roe Grading,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 1996, pp. 789–796. (LINK)
E. A. Croft, C. W. de Silva, and S. Kurnianto, “Sensor technology integration in an intelligent machine for herring roe grading,” IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 204–215, 1996. (LINK)
Croft EA, Fenton RG, Benhabib B. “A Near-Optimal Motion Planning Strategy for Robotic Interception of Moving Targets”. Third National Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conference. November 1993; Cincinnati, OH, USA. p 1-6.
E. A. Croft, R. G. Fenton, and B. Benhabib, “An on-line robot planning strategy for target interception,” Journal of Robotic Systems, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 97–114, 1998. (LINK)
E. A. Croft, R. G. Fenton, and B. Benhabib, “Optimal rendezvous-point selection for robotic interception of moving objects,” IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B-Cybernetics, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 192–204, 1998. (LINK)
E.A. Croft, G. Zak, G. Hexner, RG Fenton, and B. Benhabib “A Near-Time-Optimal Planning Method for Robotic Interception of Moving Objects,” ASME Proceedings on Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics and Controls, p. 317-322, 1994.
JPS Huissoon, W.P., D.L. Strauss, and E.A. Croft, “A Neural Network Based Structured Light Sensor System for Dynamic Seam Tracking and Robot Control,” Third International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Technology, 1993.
D. Hujic, E. A. Croft, G. Zak, R. G. Fenton, J. K. Mills, and B. Benhabib, “The robotic interception of moving objects in industrial settings: Strategy development and experiment,” IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 225–239, 1998. (LINK)
Hujic D, Zak G, Croft EA, Fenton RG, Mills JK, Benhabib B. “An Active Prediction, Planning and Execution System for Interception of Moving Objects”. IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning. August 1995. p 347-352. (LINK)
G. A. Liggins, S. M. Calisal, R. G. Gosine, and E. A. Croft, “The ARGO Project: Machine Vision Based Motion Tracking for Model Ships,” in Fourth Canadian Marine Hydromechanics and Structures Conference, 1997, p. 9. (LINK)
D. Miljanovic and E. A. Croft, “A Taxonomy for Robot Control,” in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 1999, vol. 1, pp. 176–181. (LINK)
D. Miljanovic and E. A. Croft, “TREX: Taxonomy-based Robot-control Expert-system,” in IASTED Conference on Robotics and Applications, 1999, p. 6. (LINK)
M. D. Naish and E. A. Croft, “Multisensor Industrial Inspection and Grading using ELSA,” in IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 1999, vol. 1, pp. 821–826. (LINK)
G. Singh, C. W. de Silva, and E. A. Croft, “Flexible Automation of the Can Filling Operation in Fish-Processing Industry,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 1996, pp. 229–234. (LINK)
Zak G, Hexner G, Croft E.A., Benhabib B, Fenton RG. “A Prediction Based Strategy for Robotic Interception of Moving Targets”. Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering. 1993, Vancouver, BC, Canada.: p 1069-1072. (LINK)
Refereed Abstracts
Zoghbi, S., Kulic, D., Croft, E. A. and Van der Loos, H. F. M. “On Line-Affective State Reporting Device: A Tool for Evaluating Affective State Inference Systems”. HRI 2009. 2009. (LINK)
Chan, A., Leonard, S., Croft, E. A. and Little, J.. “Collision-Free Image-Based Visual Servoing of Eye-In-Hand Manipulators Through Non-Linear Model Predictive Control in a Probabilistic Road Map Framework”. Intelligent Systems, Windsor. 2008. (LINK)
Dupuis, D. C., Baumann, M. A., Croft, E. A. and Little, J. “Planning Occlusion Free Paths and Selecting the Best Pick for Random Jumbled Parts in a Bin”. Intelligent Systems, Windsor. 2008
Lanz, A., Croft, E. A., Pelletier, J., Currie, B. and Biddlecombe, E. “Building Communities Symposium ’07: Designing a Networking Event for Women in Engineering in BC”. Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Sciences, Technologies, and Trades Conference – Building On Success, Guelph, ON, 2008. pp: 1-17. (LINK)
Lanz, A., Croft, E. A. and Zoghbi, S. “Women in Engineering at UBC: A case for support of networking activities”. Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Sciences, Technologies, and Trades Conference – Building On Success, Guelph, ON, 2008. pp: 1-15. (LINK)
Van der Loos, H. F. M. and Croft, E. A. “Intrinsic, Multi-Modal Human Robot Communication”. IEEE RO-MAN 2008 Workshop: Robots as Social Actors, Munich, Germany. 2008.
Beis, J., Sameti, M., Boca, R., Pescaru, S., Clark, G., Croft, E. A., Little, J., Leonard, S. and Chan, A. “Evidence-Based Vision Guided Robotic Bin Picking”. Intelligent Systems, Montreal. 2007.
Dykeman, D., Young, E., and Croft, E.A., “Tri-Mentoring Offers an Education Beyond Traditional University Engineering Curriculum”, Canandian Coallition of Women in Engineering, Sciences, Technologies, and Trades Conference – Producing Influential Leaders, June 23-24, 2006. (LINK)
Danon-Schaffer, M., Dykeman, D., Bogan, K., Bennet, N., and Croft, E.A., “Women in Engineering: Expanding and Maintaining the Network”, Canandian Coallition of Women in Engineering, Sciences, Technologies, and Trades Conference – Producing Influential Leaders, June 23-24, 2006.
Ostafichuk, P.M., Croft, E.A., Green, S.I., Schajer, G.S., Rogak, S.N., and Hodgson, A.J., “Mech 2: Fully-Integrated Second-Year Mechanical Engineering Curriculum”, International Mechanical Engineering Education Conference. Beijing, China, June 2006. *Winner of the ASME 2005 Curriculum Innovation Prize. (LINK)
Naish, M.D., Croft, E.A., and Benhabib, B. “Simulation-Based Sensing-System Configuration for Dynamic Dispatching”. IEEE Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics. Tuscon, AZ, October 7-10, 2001, pp. 2964-2969. (LINK)
Elliot, J., Langlois, D., and Croft, E.A., “Sensor Uncertainty Management for an Encapsulated Logical Device Architecture: Part I – Fusion of Uncertain Sensor Data”, American Control Conference, Arlington , VA , June 25-27, 2001, pp. 4282-4387 *Best paper in session award. (LINK)
Langlois, D., Elliot, J. and Croft, E.A., “Sensor Uncertainty Management for an Encapsulated Logical Device Architecture: Part II – A Control Policy for Sensor Uncertainty”, American Control Conference, Arlington , VA , June 25-27, 2001, pp. 4288-4293. (LINK)
Naish, M.D., Croft, E.A., and Benhabib, B, “Dynamic Dispatching of Coordinated Sensors”, IEEE Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics, Nashville , TN , October 2000, pp. 3318-3323. (LINK)
C. W. De Silva, E. A. Croft, and G. Singh, “Modeling of Weight Distribution of Fish in Portion Control for Automated Can Filling,” in IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, 1998, pp. 283–287.
M. F. R. Lee, C. W. de Silva, E. A. Croft, and H. J. Park, “Three-Dimensional Shape Measurement Using Multi-strip Laser Structured Light,” World Automation Conference: International Symposium on Intelligent Automatic Control. Anchorage, AK, pp. ISIAC 221:1–6, 1998.
Lee, M.F.R., de Silva, C.W., Croft, E.A. and Park, H.J., “Automated Screening of Metal Can Defects Using Machine Vision”, World Automation Conference: International Symposium on Intelligent Automatic Control, Anchorage, Alaska, May 1998, ISIAC 175: pp. 1-6.
M. A. O’Dor and E. A. Croft, “Identifying Salmon Can-Filling Defects using Machine Vision,” World Automation Conference: International Symposium on Intelligent Automatic Control. Anchorage, AK, pp. ISIAC 048:1–6, 1998. (LINK)
B. D. Allin and E. A. Croft, “Computer Simulation of a Fish Processing Quality Assurance Work-Cell,” World Automation Conference: International Symposium on Intelligent Automatic Control. Anchorage, AK, pp. ISIAC 047: 1–6, 1998.
M. D. Naish and E. A. Croft, “Data representation and Organization for an Industrial Multisensor Integration Architecture,” in IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1997, pp. 821–826. (LINK)
M. D. Naish and E. A. Croft, “An Open Architecture for Intelligent Multisensor Integration in Industrial Applications,” in SPIE Conference on Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing, 1997, pp. 33–41. (LINK)
D. Hujic, E. A. Croft, J. K. Mills, and B. Benhabib, “An APPE-Tracker Hybrid System for Vision-Based Grasping of Moving Objects,” in Symposium on Engineering Applications of Mechanics, 1996, pp. 261–267.
E. A. Croft, B. Benhabib, and R. G. Fenton, “Time-Optimal Interception of Objects Moving Along Predictable Paths,” in IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning, 1995, pp. 419–425. (LINK)
D. Hujic, G. Zak, E. A. Croft, R. G. Fenton, J. K. Mills, and B. Benhabib, “An Active Prediction Planning and Execution System for Interception of Moving Objects,” in IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Task Planning, 1995, pp. 347–352. (LINK)
Croft, E.A., Benhabib, B. and Fenton, R.G., “Real Time Path Planning for Robotic Grasping of Moving Targets”. Proceedings of 14th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Kingston , ON, May/June, 1993, pp. 73-74.
Croft, E.A. and Huissoon, J.P., “Reactive Trajectory Generation for an AGV in Unknown Floor Plans”, IASTED International Conference on Control and Robotics, Vancouver , 1992, pp. 309-312. (LINK)
Croft, E.A. and Huissoon, J.P., “Neural Network Controller for an Autonomous Guided Vehicle”, IASTED International Conference on Modeling, Identification and Control, Innsbruck, Austria, February 1992, pp. 46-49. (LINK)
Book Chapters
J. W. Hart, S. Sheikholeslami, and E. A. Croft. “Developing robot assistants with communicative cues for safe, fluent HRI”, In J. Scholz H. Abbass and D. Reid, editors, Foundations of Trusted Autonomy. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2016. (Pre-print)
Moon, A., Calisgan, E., Bassani, C., Ferreira, F., Operto, F., Veruggio, G., Croft, E. A., Van der Loos, H. F. M., “The Open Roboethics Initiative and the Elevator-Riding Robot”, in Robot Law, Calo, R., Froomkin, M. A., and Kerr, I. (eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016. (LINK)
S.M.N. Glegg, C.T. Hung, B.A. Valdés, B.D.G. Kim, H.F.M. Van der Loos, “Kinecting the Moves: The kinematic potential of rehabilitation-specific gaming to inform treatment for hemiplegia”, in Technology, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of People with Special Needs, 1st ed. New York, Nova Science Publishers, ch. 10, pp. 111-121, 2015. (LINK)
P.A. Danielson, H. Longstaff, R. Ahmad, H.F.M. Van der Loos, I.M. Mitchell, M.K. Oishi, “Case Study: An Assistive Technology Ethics Survey” in Accessing the Future: Ethics, Design, and Use of Assistive Technology, Springer-Business and Media, LLC, Oct. 2010. (LINK)
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