Journal Articles
Ficanha E. M., Ribeiro G., Rastgaar M., “Estimation of the 2-DOF Time-Varying Impedance of the Human Ankle”, Journal of Medical Devices, 12(1), 011010, 2018, DOI 10.1115/1.4039011.
Dallali H., Knop L., Castelino L., Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., “Using Lower Extremity Muscle Activity to Obtain Human Ankle Impedance in the External-Internal Direction”, International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 1(3), 1-14, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s41315-017-0033-7.
Ziaeefard S., Miller M., Rastgaar M., and Mahmoudian N., “Co-robotic Hands-on Activities: A Gateway to Engineering Design and STEM learning”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems Journal, 97(C), 40-50, 2017, DOI 10.1016/j.robot.2017.07.013.
Dallali H., Knop L., Castelino L., Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., “Estimating the Multivariable Human Ankle Impedance in Dorsi-Plantarflexion and Inversion-Eversion Directions using EMG Signals and Artificial Neural Networks”, International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s41315-016-0004-4. [Springer]
Ficanha E. M., Ribeiro G., Rastgaar M., “Design and Evaluation of a 2-Dof Instrumented Platform for Estimation of the Ankle Mechanical Impedance in the Sagittal and Frontal Planes”, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 21(5), 2016. [IEEE Explore]
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., Kaufman K. R., “Cable Driven Two Degrees of Freedom Ankle-Foot Prosthesis”, Technical Brief in ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 10(3), 0309021-2, 2016.
Ficanha E. M., Ribeiro G., Dallali H., Rastgaar M., “Design and Preliminary Evaluation of a Two DOFs Cable-Driven Ankle–Foot Prosthesis with Active Dorsiflexion–Plantarflexion and Inversion–Eversion”, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 4(36), 2016. [PubMed]
Ficanha E. M., Ribeiro G., Rastgaar M., “Mechanical Impedance of the Non-loaded Lower Leg with Relaxed Muscles in the Transverse Plane”, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 3(192), 2015. [PubMed]
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., Kaufman K. R., “Ankle Mechanics during Sidestep Cutting Implicates Need for 2-DOF Powered Ankle-foot Prostheses”, JRRD – Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, 52(1), 2015. [PubMed]
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., Kaufman K. R., “Gait Emulator for Evaluation of Ankle-Foot Prostheses Capable of Turning”, Technical Brief in ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 9(3), 0309081-2, 2015.
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., Kaufman K. R. “A Two-axis Cable-driven Ankle-foot Mechanism”, Robotics and Biomimetics, 1(17), 2014. [Springer Open]
Lee H., Ho P., Rastgaar M., Krebs H. I., Hogan N., “Multivariable Static Ankle Mechanical Impedance with Active Muscles ”, IEEE Transaction on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 22 (1), 44-52, 2014. [IEEE Xplore]
Lee H., Ho P., Rastgaar M., Krebs H. I., Hogan N., “Multivariable Static Ankle Mechanical Impedance with Relaxed Muscles ”, Journal of Biomechanics, 44, 1901-1908 , 2011.
Patents
Mo Rastgaar, Evandro Ficanha, Ken Kaufman, “System for Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis with Active Control of Dorsiflexion-Plantarflexion and Inversion-Eversion”, U.S. Patent 9,849,003 B2, Dec. 2017.
Mo Rastgaar, Evandro Ficanha, Nina Mahmoudian, “Drone Having Drone-Catching Feature”, U.S. Patent Application, US20170144756 A1.
L. Yang L., M. Rastgaar, M. Mahinfalah, B. Jang, D. Grier, “Direct Write and Freeform Fabrication Apparatus and Method”, U.S. Patent Application, Publication No. 0288813, Dec. 2005.
Book Chapters
Ficanha E. M. , Rastgaar M., Kaufman K. R., “Multi-axis Capability for Powered Ankle-foot Prostheses”, Neuro-Robotics: From Brain Machine Interfaces to Rehabilitation Robotics, Panagiotis Artemiadis, Springer, New York, Chapter 4, 85-103, 2014.
Rastgaar M., Lee H., Ficanha E. M., Ho P., Krebs H. I., and Hogan N., “Multi-Directional Dynamic Mechanical Impedance of the Human Ankle; a Key to Anthropomorphism in Lower Extremity Assistive Robots”, Neuro-Robotics: From Brain Machine Interfaces to Rehabilitation Robotics, Panagiotis Artemiadis, Springer, New York, Chapter 6, 157-178, 2014.
Rastgaar M., Mahmoudian N., “Robustness of Orthogonal Eigenstructure Control to Actuators Failure”, Nonlinear Approaches in Engineering Applications 2, R. N. Jazar and L. Dai, Springer, New York, Chapter 5, 137-166, 2014.
Conference Publications
Knop, L., Ribeiro G., Rastgaar M., “Towards a Generalized Model of Multivariable Ankle Impedance during Standing Based on the Lower Extremity Muscle EMG”, Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD 2019), Minneapolis, MN, April 15–18, 2019.
Ribeiro, G., Mahmoudian N., Rastgaar, M., “Time-efficient Target Guarding using Constrained Optimization in 3D Space”, IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Philadelphia, PA, August 6 - 8, 2018.
Knop, L., Ribeiro, G., Ficanha, E., Rastgaar, M., “Estimating the relationship between multivariable standing ankle impedance and lower extremity muscle activation”, 7th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Twente, Netherlands, August 26–29, 2018.
Dhir N., Dallali H., Ficanha, E. M., Ribeiro, G. A., Rastgaar, M., “Locomotion Envelopes for Adaptive Control of Powered Ankle Prostheses”, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Brisbane, Australia, 21-25 May 2018.
Ribeiro G., Rastgaar M., “Prediction of Ground Profile for Lower-Leg Prosthesis Control using a Visual-Inertial System”, Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD 2018), Minneapolis, MN, April 10–12, 2018.
Ribeiro G., Ficanha E. M., Knop L., Rastgaar M., “Impedance of the Human Ankle during Standing for Posture Control”, Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD 2018), Minneapolis, MN, April 10–12, 2018.
Ziaeefard S., Page B., Ribeiro G., Knop L., Miller M., Rastgaar M., and Mahmoudian N., “A Marine Robotics Program for Middle School STEM Education”, 2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Indianapolis, IN, October 18 – 21, 2017.
Knop L., Ribeiro G., Ziaeefard S., Page B., Miller M., Rastgaar M., and Mahmoudian N., “A Human-Interactive Robotic Platform for Middle School STEM Education”, 2017 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Indianapolis, IN, October 18 – 21, 2017.
Ficanha E. M., Dallali H., Rastgaar M., “Gait Emulator for Evaluation of a Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2017), Tyson, VA, October 11–13, 2017.
Ficanha E. M., Ribeiro G., Knop L., Rastgaar M., “Time-Varying Impedance of the Human Ankle in the Sagittal and Frontal Planes during Straight Walk and Turning Steps”, 15th International Conference Rehabilitation Robotics, London, UK, July 17–20, 2017.
Miller M., Mahmoudian N., Rastgaar M., Ziaee Fard S., Page B., Ribeiro G., and Knop L., “Motivation Factors for Middle and High School Students in Summer Robotics Program”, American Society for Engineering Education Conference (ASEE), Columbus, OH, June 25–28, 2017.
Ficanha M., Ribeiro G., Knop L., Rastgaar M., “Time-Varying Human Ankle Impedance in the Sagittal and Frontal Planes during Stance Phase of Walking”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, May 29 – June 3, 2017.
Ficanha M., Ribeiro G., Knop L., Rastgaar M., “Estimation of the 2-DOF Time-Varying Impedance of the Human Ankle”, Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD 2017), Minneapolis, MN, April 11–13, 2017.
Ficanha M., Kaufman K. R., Rastgaar M., “Two-DOF Ankle-Foot Prosthesis for Agile Gait”, Cybathlon Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland, October 6, 2016.
Ficanha E. M., Ribeiro G., Rastgaar M., “Validation of a 2-DOF Instrumented Vibrating Platform for Estimation of the Time-Varying Impedance of the Ankle”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2016), Minneapolis, MN, October 12–14, 2016.
Dallali H., Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., “Dynamic Modelling of a 2-DOF Cable Driven Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC 2016), Minneapolis, MN, October 12–14, 2016.
Ficanha E. M., Kaufman K. R., Rastgaar M., “Two-DOF Ankle-Foot Prosthesis for Agile Gait”, Cybathlon Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland, October 6, 2016.
Ziaee Fard S., Mahmoudian, Miller M., Rastgaar M., “Engaging Students in STEM Learning through Co-robotic Hands-on Activities”, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA., June 26 – 29, 2016.
Miller M., Mahmoudian N., Rastgaar M., Ziaee Fard S., Ribeiro G., Patterson A. J., “Adding Meaningful Context to Robotics Program”, ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, New Orleans, LA., June 26 – 29, 2016.
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., Kaufman K. R., “Cable Driven Two Degrees of Freedom Ankle-Foot Prosthesis”, Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD 2016), Minneapolis, MN, April 12–14, 2016.
Ficanha E. M., Ribeiro G. , Rastgaar M., “Instrumented Walkway for Estimation of the Ankle Impedance in Dorsiflexion-Plantarflexion and Inversion-Eversion during Standing and Walking”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), Columbus, OH, October 28-30, 2015.
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., Kaufman K. R., “Control of a 2-DOF powered ankle-foot mechanism”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Seattle, WA, May 25 – 30, 2015.
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., Kaufman K. R., “Gait Emulator for Evaluation of Ankle-Foot Prostheses Capable of Turning”, Design of Medical Devices Conference (DMD), Minneapolis, MN, April 13-16, 2015.
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., “Impedance and Admittance Controller for a Multi-axis Powered Ankle-foot Prosthesis”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), San Antonio, TX, October 22-24, 2014.
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., “Stochastic Estimation of Human Ankle Mechanical Impedance in Medial-lateral Direction”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), San Antonio, TX, October 22-24, 2014.
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., “Preliminary Design and Evaluation of a Multi-axis Ankle-Foot Prosthesis”, 5th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2014, São Paulo, Brazil, August 12-15, 2014.
Ficanha E. M., Kang R., and Rastgaar M., “Ankle Kinematics Describing Gait Agility: Considerations in the Design of an Agile Ankle-Foot Prosthesis”, 5th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2014, São Paulo, Brazil, August 12-15, 2014.
Ficanha E. M., Rastgaar M., Moridian B., and Mahmoudian N., “Ankle Angles during Step Turn and Straight Walk: Implications for the Design of a Steerable Ankle-Foot Prosthetic Robot”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2013.
Rastgaar M., Ho P., Lee H., Krebs H. I., Hogan N., “Stochastic Estimation of the Multi-Variable Mechanical Impedance of the Human Ankle with Active Muscles”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), Cambridge, MA, September 13 –15, 2010.
Lee H., Ho P., Rastgaar M., Krebs H. I., Hogan N., “Quantitative Characterization of Steady-State Ankle Impedance with Muscle Activation”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), Cambridge, MA, September 13 –15, 2010.
Ho P., Lee H., Rastgaar M., Krebs H. I., Hogan N., “The Interpretation of the Directional Properties of Voluntarily Modulated Human Ankle Impedance”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), Cambridge, MA, September 13 –15, 2010.
Rastgaar M., Ho P., Lee H., Krebs H. I., Hogan N., “Stochastic Estimation of Multi-variable Human Ankle Mechanical Impedance”, ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), Hollywood, CA, October 12 – 14, 2009.