Publications

 

2024

A. H. Tan, S. Narasimhan, G. Nejat, 4CNet: A Confidence-Aware, Contrastive, Conditional, Consistency Model for Robot Map Prediction in Multi-Robot Environments, arXiv 2024, https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17904

H. Wang, A. H. Tan, G. Nejat, NavFormer: A Transformer Architecture for Robot Target-Driven Navigation in Unknown and Dynamic Environments. arXiv 2024, https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.06838

A. Fung, B. Benhabib, G. Nejat, LDTrack: Dynamic People Tracking by Service Robots using Diffusion Models. arXiv 2024, https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.08774

Y. Zhang, M. Effati, A.H. Tan, G. Nejat, Robust Face Mask Detection by a Socially Assistive Robot Using Deep Learning. Computers 2024, 13, 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13010007

2023

C. Getson and G. Nejat, "Human-robot interactions with an autonomous health screening robot in long-term care settings," Advanced Robotics, 37:24, 1576-1590, 2023. DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2023.2293133. (PDF)

N. Liang, Y. Li and G. Nejat, "In-person vs Remote HRI: A Comparative Study of Robot Facilitated Dance with Older Adults in Long-term Care," 2023 IEEE-RAS 22nd International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2023, pp. 1-7, (PDFdoi: 10.1109/Humanoids57100.2023.10375155

F. Robinson, Z. Cen, H. Naguib, and G. Nejat, “An intelligent socially assistive robot-wearable sensors system for personalized user dressing assistance,” Advanced Robotics, June 2023. (PDF)

F. Robinson and G. Nejat, "A Deep Learning Human Activity Recognition Framework for Socially Assistive Robots to Support Reablement of Older Adults," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). (PDF)

S. C. Mohamed, A. Fung and G. Nejat, "A Multirobot Person Search System for Finding Multiple Dynamic Users in Human-Centered Environments," in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 628-640, Jan. 2023.

A. H. Tan, F. P. Bejarano, Y. Zhu, R. Ren, and G. Nejat, “Deep Reinforcement Learning for Decentralized Multi-Robot Exploration with Macro Actions,”  In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 272-279, Jan. 2023. (PDF) (Supplementary Material).

A. Fung, B. Benhabib and G. Nejat, “Robots Autonomously Detecting People: A Multimodal Deep Contrastive Learning Method Robust to Intraclass Variations,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 3550-3557, June 2023. (PDF)

Y.-C. Sun, M. Effati, H. Naguib ang G. Nejat, "SoftSAR: The New Softer Side of Socially Assistive Robots—Soft Robotics with Social Human–Robot Interaction Skills," Sensors, vol. 23, iss. 1, 432, 2023. (PDF)

M. Shao, M. Pham-Hung, S.F.R. Alves, M. Snyder, K. Eshaghi, B. Benhabib, G. Nejat, “Long-Term Exercise Assistance in Group & One-on-One Interactions with a Social Robot & Older Adults,” Robotics, vol. 12, iss. 1, 2023. (PDF)

M. Effati and G. Nejat, G. "Deep Learning-Based Multi-modal COVID-19 Screening by Socially Assistive Robots Using Cough and Breathing Symptoms," Social Robotics. ICSR 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13818. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24670-8_20.

A. Rogers, K. Eshaghi, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “Occupancy grid mapping via resource-constrained robotic swarms: A collaborative exploration strategy,” Robotics, vol. 2, iss. 3, 2023. (PDF)

2022

A. H. Tan, and G. Nejat, "Enhancing Robot Task Completion Through Environment and Task Inference: A Survey from the Mobile Robot Perspective,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 106, Iss. 73, 2022. (PDF)

D. Dworakowski, A. Fung, and G. Nejat, "Robots Understanding Contextual Information in Human-Centered Environments Using Weakly Supervised Mask Data Distillation,” International Journal of Computer Vision, 2022. (PDF)

Y. Li, N. Liang, M. Effati, and G. Nejat, “Dances with Social Robots: A Pilot Study at Long-Term Care,” Robotics, Vol. 11, Iss. 96, https://www.mdpi.com/2218-6581/11/5/96, Oct. 2022 (Invited).

N. Liang and G. Nejat, “A Meta-Analysis on Remote HRI and In-Person HRI: What Is a Socially Assistive Robot to Do?,” Sensors Journal, Vol. 22, Iss. 19, 7155, https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197155 (Invited).

K. Eshaghi, A. Rogers, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “Closed-Loop Motion Control of Robotic Swarms – A Tether-Based Strategy,” in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TRO.2022.3181055. (PDF)

F. Robinson, Z. Cen, H. Naguib, and G. Nejat, “Socially Assistive Robotics using Wearable Sensors for User Dressing Assistance,” 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). (PDF)

C. Getson and G. Nejat, “The Robot Screener Will See You Now: A Socially Assistive Robot for COVID-19 Screening in Long-Term Care Homes,” 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). (PDF)

C. Getson and G. Nejat  "The Adoption of Socially Assistive Robots for Long-term Care: During the Pandemic and in a Post-COVID-19 Society," Healthcare Management Forum Special edition on Aging, Technology and Health in a Post-COVID World, Healthcare Management Forum, Vol. 0(0) 1–9, 2022. (PDF)

F. Robinson and G. Nejat, “Design of Socially Assistive Robot Helpers for Effective Human-Robot Interactions in Senior Care,” Special Collection on Robots to Support Caregiving and Promote Independent Living of Older Adults, Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering (RATE), vol. 9, pp. 1-17, 2022. (PDF)

S. Ku, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “Wilderness Search for Lost Persons using a Multimodal Aerial-Terrestrial Robot Team,”  Robotics, 11, 64, 2022. (PDF).

S. C. Mohamed, A. Fung, and G. Nejat, "A Multi-Robot Person Search System for Finding Multiple Dynamic Users in Human-Centered Environments,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, early access. (PDF) (Supplementary Materials).

S. Saunderson and G. Nejat, "Hybrid Hierarchical Learning for Adaptive Persuasion in Human-Robot Interaction,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), early access. (PDF) (Supplementary Materials).

S. Saunderson and G. Nejat, "Investigating Strategies for Robot Persuasion in Social Human-Robot Interaction," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 641-653, Jan. 2022. (PDF).

A. Fung, B. Benhabib, and G. Nejat, “Robots Autonomously Detecting People: A Multimodal Deep Contrastive Learning Method Robust to Intraclass Variations,”  Arxiv, March 2022. (PDF) (Supplementary Materials).

H-J. Yoon, K. Eshaghi, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, "Localization and Topology Estimation of Robot Swarms using Kalman Filters," Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, Accepted April 2022.

Z. Cen, F. Robinson, G. Nejat, H. Naguib, “Stretchable Strain Sensor Enabled Smart Clothing for Motion Capturing Applications,” Material Research Society Symposium on Novel Soft Materials and Systems for Artificial Skin, Soft Robotics and Haptics, Nov. 2022.

2021

S. Saunderson and G. Nejat, "Persuasive robots should avoid authority: The effects of formal and real authority on persuasion in human-robot interaction," Science Robotics, vol. 6, no. 58, eabd5186 (2021) (PDF).

L. Rose, M. Bazzocchi and G. Nejat, “A Model-Free Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach for Control of Exoskeleton Gait Patterns,” Robotica, Accepted.

D. Dworakowski, C. Thompson, M. Pham-Hung and G. Nejat “A Robot Architecture Using ContextSLAM to Find Products in Unknown Crowded Retail Environments,” Robotics, Special Issue on 10th Anniversary of Robotics, Early Access.

H. Hu, K. Zhang, A. H. Tan, M. Ruan, C. Agia and G. Nejat, "A Sim-to-Real Pipeline for Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Robot Navigation in Cluttered Rough Terrain," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 6569-6576, Oct. 2021 (PDF).

S. Saunderson and G. Nejat, “Robots Asking for Favors: The Effects of Directness and Familiarity on Persuasive HRI,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 1793-1800, April 2021. (PDF).

K. Eshaghi, Z. Kashino, H.J. Yoon, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, "An inchworm-inspired motion strategy for robotic swarms," Robotica, 2021 (PDF).

C. Getson, and G. Nejat, "Socially Assistive Robots Helping Older Adults through the Pandemic and Life after COVID-19," Robotics 2021, 10, 106. https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics10030106 (PDF).

M. Effati, Y.-C. Sun, H. Naguib, G. Nejat “Multimodal Detection of COVID-19 Symptoms using Deep Learning & Probability-based Weighting of Modes,” IEEE WiMob International Workshop on e-Health Pervasive Wireless Applications and Services, Oct. 2021 (PDF). 

 

2020

J. Vaughan-Graham, D. Brooks, L. Rose, G. Nejat, J. Pons, K. Patterson, “Exoskeleton use in post-stroke gait rehabilitation: A qualitative study of the perspectives of persons post-stroke and physiotherapists,” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 17, Article number: 123 (2020).

K. Eshaghi, Y. Li, Z. Kashino, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “mROBerTO 2.0 - An Autonomous milli-Robot with Enhanced Locomotion for Swarm Robotics,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 962-969, April 2020.

Z. Kashino, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "A Hybrid Strategy for Target Search Using Static and Mobile Sensors," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 856-868, Feb. 2020.

A. Fung, L. Wong, K. Zhang, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, “Using Deep Learning to Find Victims in Unknown Cluttered Urban Search and Rescue Environments,” Intelligent Service Robotics, Current Robotics Reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43154-020-00011-8.

L. Rose, M. C. F. Bazzocchi, and G. Nejat, “End-to-End Deep Reinforcement Learning for Exoskeleton Control,” IEEE Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 14, 2020  (PDF).

S. Wasim, Z. Kashino, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “Directional-Sensor Network Deployment Planning for Mobile-Target Search,” Robotics 2020, 9(4), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics9040082.

M. Shao, M. Snyder, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “User Affect Elicitation with a Socially Emotional Robot,” Robotics, vol. 9, no. 2, p. 44, DOI: 10.3390/robotics9020044, 2020 (PDF).

S. Saunderson and G. Nejat, "Investigating Strategies for Robot Persuasion in Social Human-Robot Interaction," in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, doi: 10.1109/TCYB.2020.2987463. Accepted for Publication (PDF).

A. Hong, N. Lunscher, T. Hu, Y. Tsuboi, X. Zhang, S. F. R. Alves, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, "A Multimodal Emotional Human-Robot Interaction Architecture for Social Robots Engaged in Bidirectional Communication," in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (Early Access) (PDF).

L. Rose, M. C. F. Bazzocchi, C. de Souza, J. Vaughan-Graham, K. Patterson, G. Nejat, "A Framework for Mapping and Controlling Exoskeleton Gait Patterns in Both Simulation and Real-World," Design of Medical Devices Conference,  DMD2020-9009, 2020. (PDF)

W.-G.  Louie and G. Nejat “A Social Robot Learning to Facilitate an Assistive Group-based Activity from Non-Expert Caregivers,” International Journal of Social Robotics, Available online, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00621-4.

 

2019

S. C. Mohamed, S. Rajaratnam, S. T. Hong, and G. Nejat, “Person Finding: An Autonomous Robot Search Method for Finding Multiple Dynamic Users in Human-Centered Environments,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Accepted for publication, 2019. (pdf)

S. Saunderson and G. Nejat, “How Robots Influence Humans: A Survey of Nonverbal Communication in Social Human-Robot Interaction,” International Journal of Social Robotics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp 1-34, DOI: 10.1007/s12369-019-00523-0, 2019 (pdf).

S. Saunderson and G. Nejat, “It Would Make Me Happy if You Used My Guess: Comparing Robot Persuasive Strategies in Social Human-Robot Interaction,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 1707–1714. DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2019.2897143, 2019 (pdf).

F. Niroui, K. Zhang, Z. Kashino, and G. Nejat, “Deep Learning Robot for Search and Rescue Applications: Exploration in Unknown Cluttered Environments,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2019.2891991, 2019 (pdf).

K. Woiceshyn, Z. Kashino, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “Vehicle Routing for Resource Management in Time-Phased Deployment of Sensor-Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 16, iss. 2, pp. 716 – 728, DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2018.2857630, 2019.

A. Hong, O. Igharoro, F. Niroui, Y. Liu, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib,  “Investigating Human-Robot Teams for Learning-Based Semi-autonomous Control in Urban Search and Rescue Environments,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 94, iss. 3-4, pp 669–686, DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10846-018-0899-0, 2019.

J. C. L. Shin, Z. Kashino, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “A Sensor-Network-Supported Mobile-Agent-Search Strategy for Wilderness Rescue,” Robotics, vol. 8, no. 3, p. 61, DOI: 10.3390/robotics8030061, Jul. 2019. (pdf)

Z. Kashino, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “Multi-UAV based Autonomous Wilderness Search and Rescue using Target Iso-Probability Curves,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Unmanned Aircraft Syst., Atlanta, GA, USA, 2019, pp. 628–635. (pdf)

M. Chu, Y. C. Sun, A. Ashraf, S. F. R. Alves, G. Nejat, H. E. Naguib, “Making Dressing Easier: Smart Clothes to Help With Putting Clothes on Correctly”, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Bari, Italy, 2019. (pdf)

M. Shao, S. F. R. Alves, O. Ismail, X. Zhang, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “You Are Doing Great! Only One Rep Left: An Affect-Aware Social Robot for Exercising”, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Bari, Italy, 2019. (pdf)

S. F. R. Alves, M. Shao, G. Nejat, “A Socially Assistive Robot to Facilitate and Assess Exercise Goals”, pp. 1-5, 2019, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Workshop on Mobile Robot Assistants for the Elderly (MoRobAE) (pdf)

2018

J. F. Lafleche, S. Saunderson, G. Nejat, “Robot Cooperative Behavior Learning using Single-Shot Learning from Demonstration and Parallel Hidden Markov Models." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 193–200. DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2018.2885584. (pdf)

K. Woiceshyn, Z. Kashino, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “Vehicle Routing for Resource Management in Time-Phased Deployment of Sensor Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. PP. 1-13, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/tase.2018.2857630. (pdf)

Z. Kashino, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "A Hybrid Strategy for Target Search Using Static and Mobile Sensors," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2018.2875625. (pdf)

C. Moro, S. Lin, G. Nejat and A. Mihailidis, “Social Robots and Seniors: A Comparative Study on the Influence of Dynamic Social Features and Communication Modes on Human-Robot Interaction,” International Journal of Social Robotics, DOI: 10.1007/s12369-018-0488-1.

A. Hong, O. Igharoro, F. Niroui, Y. Liu, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib,  “Investigating Human-Robot Teams for Learning-Based Semi-autonomous Control in Urban Search and Rescue Environments,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10846-018-0899-0.  

J. Y. Kim, T. Colaco, Z. Kashino, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, “Design and Implementation of a Millirobot for Swarm Studies – mROBerTO,” Robotica, DOI: 10.1017/S0263574718000589. (pdf)

T.  Zhang, W.-Y. G. Louie, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, “Robot Imitation Learning of Social Gestures with Self-Collision Avoidance Using a 3D Sensor,” Sensors, 18(7), 2355, 2018. (pdf)

C. Moro, G. Nejat and A. Mihailidis, “Learning and Personalizing Socially Assistive Robot Behaviors to Aid with Activities of Daily Living,” ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, Vol. 7, Iss. 2, Article 15, 2018. (pdf)

K. Zhang, F. Niroui, M. Ficocelli and G. Nejat, “Robot Navigation of Environments with Unknown Rough Terrain Using Deep Reinforcement Learning,” IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, 2018. (Best Student Paper Award Winner) (pdf)

S. Lin, and G. Nejat, “Robot Evidence Based Search For A Dynamic User In An Indoor Environment,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2018-86295, 2018. (pdf)

C. Thompson, H. Khan, D. Dworakowski, K. Harrigan, and G. Nejat, “An Autonomous Shopping Assistance Robot for Grocery Stores,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Workshop on Robotic Co-workers 4.0: Human Safety and Comfort in Human-Robot Interactive Social Environments, 2018. (pdf)

S. Saunderson and G. Nejat, “Competitive Persuasive Strategies for Social Human-Robot Interactions,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Workshop on Robotic Co-workers 4.0: Human Safety and Comfort in Human-Robot Interactive Social Environments, 2018. (pdf)

2017

D. McColl, G. Jiang, and G. Nejat, “Classifying a Person’s Degree of Accessibility from Natural Body Language During Social Human–Robot Interactions,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 47, Iss. 2, pp. 524 - 538, 2017. (DOI)

T. T. Tran, T. Vaquero, G. Nejat, and J. C. Beck, "Robots in Retirement Homes: Applying Off-the-Shelf Planning and Scheduling to a Team of Assistive Robots," Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Vol. 58, pp. 523-590, 2017. (pdf)

Z. Kashino, J. Y. Kim, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “Spatiotemporal Adaptive Optimization of a Static-Sensor Network via a Non-Parametric Estimation of Target Location Likelihood,” IEEE Transactions on Sensors, Vol.17, Iss. 5, pp. 1479-1492, 2017. (DOI)

V. Marin, Z. Kashino, W. Chang, P. Luitjens, and G. Nejat, “Design of three-dimensional structured-light sensory systems for micro-scale measurements,” Optical Engineering, 56(12),124109 (2017), doi: 10.1117/1.OE.56.12.124109. (pdf)

K. E. C. Booth, S. C. Mohamed, S. Rajaratnam, G. Nejat, and J. C. Beck, “Robots in Retirement Homes: Person Search and  Task Planning for a Group of Residents by a Team of Assistive Robots,” IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 32, iss. 6, pp. 14-21, 2017. (pdf)

W.G. Louie, S. Mohamed and G. Nejat, “Human-Robot Interaction for Rehabilitation Robots,” Rehabilitation Robotics: Principles and Practice, CRC Press, pp. 25-70. 2017. (DOI

A. Hong, Y. Tsuboi, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “Multimodal Affect Recognition for Assistive Human-Robot Interactions,” Design of Medical Devices Conference,  DMD2017-3332, 2017. (DOI)

L. Woiceshyn, Y. Wang, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “A Socially Assistive Robot to Help with Getting Dressed,” Design of Medical Devices Conference, IDMD2017-3467, 2017. (DOI)

R. Drisdelle, Z. Kashino, J. Y. Kim, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “Motion Control of A Wheeled Millirobot,” International Conference of Control, Dynamic Systems, and Robotics, 2017. (pdf)

Z. Kashino, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, "A Multi-Robot Sensor-Delivery Planning Strategy for Spatio-temporally Optimized Static-Sensor Networks," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017.

C. Thompson, S. Mohamed, W. G. Louie, J. Chen He, J. Li, G. Nejat, “The Robot Tangy Facilitating Trivia Games: A Team-based User-Study with Long-Term Care Residents”, IEEE 5th International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS 2017), pp. 173-178 Oct. 2017. (pdf)

L. Woiceshyn, Y. Wang, G. Nejat, “Personalized Clothing Recommendation by a Social Robot”, IEEE 5th International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS 2017), pp. 179-185 Oct. 2017. (pdf)

F. Niroui, B. Sprenger, G. Nejat, “Robot Exploration in Unknown Cluttered Environments When Dealing with Uncertainty”, IEEE 5th International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS 2017), pp. 224-229 Oct. 2017. (pdf)

X. Zhang, S. F. R. Alves, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “A Robot Emotion Model with History”, IEEE 5th International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors (IRIS 2017), pp. 230-235 Oct. 2017. (pdf)

2016

K. Booth, T. Tran, G. Nejat, J. C. Beck, “Mixed-Integer and Constraint Programming Techniques for Mobile Robot Task Planning," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 1, iss. 1, pp. 500-507, 2016. (pdf)

D. McColl, G. Jiang, and G. Nejat, “Classifying a Person’s Degree of Accessibility from Natural Body Language During Social Human–Robot Interactions,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2016.2520367.

A. Hong, Y. Tsuboi, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “Affective Voice Recognition of Older Adults,” Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the ASME, vol. 10, no. 2, 020931, 2016. (DOI)

Y. Feng and G. Nejat, “Development of a Force Sensor Prototype for Medical Devices,” Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the ASME,  vol. 10, no. 2, 020921, 2016. (DOI)

D. McColl, A. Hong, N. Hatakeyama, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, “A Survey of Autonomous Human Affect Detection Methods for Social Robots Engaged in Natural HRI,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 82, pp. 101-133, 2016. (DOI)

V. Marin and G. Nejat, “Determining optimal pattern sequences for three-dimensional structured light sensory systems,” Applied Optics Vol. 55, No. 12, pp. 3203-3213, 2016. (DOI)

A. Macwan, J. Vilela, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “Multi-robot Deployment for Wilderness Search and Rescue,” International Journal of Robotics and Automation, vol. 31, iss 1, pp. 1-7, 2016. (DOI

Y. Liu and G. Nejat, “Multirobot Cooperative Learning for Semi-autonomous Control in Urban Search and Rescue Applications,” Journal of Field Robotics, Special Issue on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Vol. 33, Iss. 4, pp. 512–536, 2016. (DOI)

M. Ficocelli, J. Terao, and G. Nejat, “Promoting Interactions Between Humans and Robots using Robotic Emotional Behavior,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 46, Iss. 12, pp. 2911-2923, 2016. (DOI)

J. Vilela, Z. Kashino, R. Ly, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib “A Dynamic Approach to Sensor Network Deployment for Target Detection in Unstructured, Expanding Search Areas,” IEEE Transactions on Sensors, vol. 16,  Iss. 11, pp. 4405-4417, 2016. (DOI)

S. Mohamed and G. Nejat, “Autonomous Search by a Socially Assistive Robot in a Residential Care Environment for Multiple Elderly Users Using Group Activity Preferences” International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) Workshop on Planning and Robotics, 2016. (DOI)

F. Niroui, Y. Liu, M. Ficocelli, G. Nejat, “A Graphical User Interface for Multi-Robot Control in Urban Search and Rescue Applications,” International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors, Dec. 2016. (pdf)

J. Li, W.G. Louie, S. Mohamed, F. Despond, and G. Nejat “A User-Study with Tangy the Bingo Facilitating Robot and Long-Term Care Residents,” International Symposium on Robotics and Intelligent Sensors, Dec. 2016. (pdf)

J. Y. Kim, T. Colaco, Z. Kashino, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “mROBerTO: A Modular Millirobot for Swarm-Behavior Studies,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2109-2114, 2016. (DOI) Selected as Highlight Session Paper by IROS Program Committee.

W.G. Louie and G. Nejat “A Learning from Demonstration System Architecture for Social Group Recreational Activities,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 808-814, 2016. (pdf)

Z. Kashino, J. Vilela, J. Y. Kim, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “An Adaptive Static-Sensor Network Deployment Strategy for Detecting Mobile Targets,” IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, pp.1-8, 2016. (DOI)

A. Hong, N. Lunscher, T. Hu, Y. Tsuboi, G. Nejat, B. Benhabib, “A Multimodal Human-Robot Interaction Architecture to Promote Natural Emotional Bi-directional Communication,” IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 938-939, 2016.

K.E.C. Booth, G. Nejat, J.C. Beck, "A Constraint Programming Approach to Multi-Robot Task Allocation and Scheduling in Retirement Homes", International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, 2016. (pdfWinner of the Distinguished Student Paper Award.

2015

M. Ficocelli, J. Terao, and G. Nejat, “Promoting Interactions Between Humans and Robots using Robotic Emotional Behavior,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, DOI 10.1109/TCYB.2015.2492999.

Y. Liu and G. Nejat, “Multi-Robot Cooperative Learning for Semi-autonomous Control in Urban Search and Rescue Applications,” Journal of Field Robotics, Special Issue on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR),  DOI 10.1002/rob.21597.

D. McColl, A. Hong, N. Hatakeyama, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, “A Survey of Autonomous Human Affect Detection Methods for Social Robots Engaged in Natural HRI,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems,  DOI 10.1007/s10846-015-0259-2.

A. Macwan, J. Vilela, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “Use of Iso-Probability Curves in Multi-Robot Deployment for Wilderness Search and Rescue,” International Journal of Robotics and Automation, In Print. 

W.G. Louie, J. Li, C. Mohamed, F. Despond, V. Lee, G. Nejat, “Tangy the Robot Bingo Facilitator: A Performance Review,” Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the ASME, 020936, vol. 9, 2015. (DOI)

A. Macwan, J. Vilela, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “A Multi-Robot Path-Planning Strategy for Autonomous Wilderness Search and Rescue,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 45, no. 9, pp. 1784-1797, 2015. (DOI)

E. Zhou, M. Zhu, J. Chan, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, “Line-of-Sight Based 3D Localization of Parallel Kinematic Mechanisms,” International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, 2015. (DOI)

W.G. Louie, F. Despond and G. Nejat, “Social Robot Learning from Demonstration to Facilitate a Group Activity for Older Adults,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Workshop on Bridging User Needs to Deployed Applications of Service Robots. (pdf)

Y. Liu, M. Ficocelli and G. Nejat, “A Supervisory Control Method for Multi-Robot Task Allocation in Urban Search and Rescue,” IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, pp. 106, 2015. (DOI)

V. Marin and G. Nejat “Designing Projection Patterns for 3D Structured Light Sensors,” ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2015-47760, 2015. (DOI)

T. Vaquero, S. Mohamed, G. Nejat, J. C. Beck, “The Implementation of a Planning and Scheduling Architecture for Multiple Robots Assisting Multiple Users in a Retirement Home Setting,” AAAI'15 Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Applied to Assistive Technologies and Smart Environments, pp. 1-6, 2015. (DOI)

W.G. Louie, J. Li, T. Vaquero and G. Nejat, "Design Considerations and Impressions of Socially Assistive Robots for Seniors Living in Long-term Care Facilities," Human-Robot Interactions: Principles, Technologies, and Challenges, Nova Publishers, 2015.

2014

D. McColl and G. Nejat, “Human-Robot Interaction for Assistance with Activities of Daily Living: A Case Study of the Socially and Cognitively Engaging Brian 2.1 in the Long-Term Care Setting,” Speech and Automata in Healthcare: Voice Controlled Medical and Surgical Robots, De Gruyter Publishing, pp. 183-204, 2014.

V. Marin, W. Chang and G. Nejat, “Generic Design Methodology for the Development of 3D Structured-light Sensory Systems for Measuring Complex Objects,” Optical Engineering, vol. 53, no. 11, 112210, 2014. (DOI)

B. Doroodgar, Y. Liu  and G. Nejat, “A  Learning-Based Semi-Autonomous Controller for Robotic Exploration of Unknown Disaster Scenes While Searching for Victims,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics Part B, Vol. 44, No. 12, 2014. (DOI)

D. McColl and G. Nejat, “Recognizing Emotional Body Language Displayed by a Human-like Social Robot,” International Journal of Social Robotics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 261-280, 2014. (DOI)

W. G. Louie, D. McColl and G. Nejat, “Acceptance and Attitudes Towards a Human-Like Socially Assistive Robot by Older Adults,” Assistive Technology, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 140-150, 2014. (DOI)

P. Bovbel and G. Nejat, “Casper: An Assistive Kitchen Robot to Promote Aging in Place,” Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 8, no. 8, 030945, 2014. (DOI)

D. McColl and G. Nejat, “A Socially Assistive Robot that can Monitor Affect of the Elderly during Meal-Time Assistance,”  Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the ASME, vol. 8, no. 3, 030941, 2014. (DOI)

W.G. Louie, T. Vaquero, G. Nejat and J. C. Beck, "An Autonomous Assistive Robot for Planning, Scheduling and Facilitating Multi-User Activities," 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 5292-5298, 2014. (DOI)

M. Schwenk, T. Vaquero, G. Nejat and K.O. Arras, “Schedule-based Robotic Search for Multiple Residents in a Retirement Home Environment,” AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 2571-2577, April 2014. (DOI)

W.G. Louie, J. Li, T. Vaquero, G. Nejat, “A Focus Group Study on the Design Considerations and Impressions of a Socially Assistive Robot for Long-Term Care,” IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 237-242, 2014. (DOI)

D. McColl and G. Nejat, “Determining the Affective Body Language of Older Adults during Socially Assistive HRI,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 2633-2638, 2014. (DOI)

M. Schwenk, T. Vaquero, G. Nejat and K.O. Arras, “Planning a Robot’s Search for Multiple Residents in a Retirement Home Environment,” International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling ICAPS Workshop on Planning and Robotics, pp.136-144, 2014. 

T. Vaquero, G. Nejat and J.C. Beck, “Planning and Scheduling Single and Multi-Person Activities in  Retirement Home Settings for a Group of Robots,” International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS) Workshop on Planning and Robotics, pp. 59-68, 2014.

Y. Liu and G. Nejat, “Learning-Based Multi-Robot Cooperation in Urban Search and Rescue Environments,” CSME International Congress, 2014.

J. Chen, K.L. Chaudhary, R. Benegal, M. Chakraborty, W.G. Louie, G. Nejat, “The Design of an Automated Bingo Mixer for Robot-Facilitated Bingo Games,” CSME International Congress, 2014.

E. Zhou, M. Zhu, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, “Autonomous Positioning of Spatial Parallel Kinematic Mechanisms – A meso-Milling Machine Example,” CIRP sponsored International Conference on Virtual Machining Process Technology, May 2014.

F. Shao and Goldie Nejat, “Vibration Analysis of a Novel 3-Component Piezoelectric Force Sensor,” CIRP sponsored International Conference on Virtual Machining Process Technology, May 2014.

Y. Feng, F. Shao and Goldie Nejat, “Prototype Development of a Three-Component Force Sensor for Meso Milling Applications,” CIRP sponsored International Conference on Virtual Machining Process Technology, May 2014.

V. Marin, W. Chang and G. Nejat, “A Multi-Objective Design Methodology for 3D Structured-Light Sensors,” CIRP sponsored International Conference on Virtual Machining Process Technology, May 2014.

2013

P.K. Sheridan, P. Kosicki, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, “Autonomous Multi-Target Interception in Dynamic Settings,” International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems, 6(4), pp. 1783-1807, 2013. (DOI)

W.G. Louie, R. Han and G. Nejat, “Did Anyone Say Bingo: A Socially Assistive Robot to Promote Stimulating Recreational Activities at Long-term Care Facilities,” Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the ASME, vol. 7, 030944-1, 2013. (DOI)

D. McColl and G. Nejat, “Meal-time with a socially assistive robot and older adults at a long-term care facility,” Special Issue on HRI System Studies in the Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, Vol. 2, No. 1,  pp. 152-171, 2013. (DOI)

D. McColl, W. G. Louie, G. Nejat, “Brian 2.1: A Socially Assistive Robot for the Elderly and Cognitively Impaired,”  Special Issue on Assistive Robotics, IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 1, March 2013. (pdf)

Y. Liu and G. Nejat, “Robotic Urban Search and Rescue: A Survey from the Control Perspective,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 72, Iss. 2, pp. 147-165, 2013. (DOI)

W.G. Louie and G. Nejat, “A Victim Identification Methodology for Rescue Robots Operating in Cluttered USAR Environments,” Special Issue on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, Advanced Robotics Journal, Vol. 27, Iss. 5, pp. 373-384, 2013. (DOI)

D. McColl and G. Nejat, “A Human Affect Recognition System for Socially Interactive Robots,” In the Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society, IGI Global Publishing, pp. 554-573, 2013. (DOI)

D. Schacter, C. Wang, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “A Two-Dimensional Facial-Affect Estimation System for Human-Robot Interaction using Facial Expression Parameters,” Advanced Robotics Journal, Vol. 27, Iss. 4, pp. 259-273, 2013. (DOI)

V. Marin, W. Chang and G. Nejat, “A Methodology for Designing 3D Structured-Light Sensory Systems,” CIRP sponsored International Conference on Virtual Machining Process Technology, May 2013.

J. Chan, S. Bonaccorso, G. Santamaria, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “Model-Based Guidance for Cutting-Tool Locating in meso-Milling,” CIRP sponsored International Conference on Virtual Machining Process Technology, May 2013.

F. Shao and G. Nejat, “An Analytical Measurement Model for a Novel 3-Component Piezoelectric Force Sensor,”  CIRP sponsored International Conference on Virtual Machining Process Technology, May 2013.

R.H Wang, P. Viswanathan, S. Czarnuch, J. Boger, G. Nejat and A. Mihailidis, “Developing Advance Assistive Technologies for Older Adults with Dementia: Lessons learned,” Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) Conference, June 2013.

J. Vilela, Y. Liu, and G. Nejat, “Semi-Autonomous Exploration with Robot Teams in Urban Search and Rescue,” IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, October 2013. (DOI)

Y. Liu and G. Nejat, “Learning to Cooperate Together: A Semi-Autonomous Control Architecture for Multi-Robot Teams in Urban Search and Rescue,” IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, October 2013. (DOI)
 

 

2012

D. McColl and G. Nejat, “A Socially Assistive Robot that can Interpret Affective Body Language During One-on-One Human-Robot Interactions,” International Journal of Biomechatronics and Biomedical Robotics, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 39-49, 2012. 

B. Mobedi and G. Nejat, “3-D Active Sensing in Time-Critical Urban Search and Rescue Missions,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on  Mechatronics, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 1111-1118, 2012. (DOI)

Y. Liu, G. Nejat, and B. Doroodgar, “Learning Based Semi-Autonomous Control for Robots in Urban Search and Rescue,” IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics, College Station, Texas, Nov. 2012. (DOI)

W.G. Louie, D. McColl and G. Nejat "Playing a Memory Game with a Socially Assistive Robot: A Case Study at a Long-term Care Facility," IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 345-350, Paris, France, Sept. 2012. (DOI)

D. McColl and G. Nejat, "Affect Detection from Body Language during Social HRI," IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 1013-1018, Paris, France, Sept. 2012. (pdf)

D. McColl, J. Chan and G. Nejat, "A Socially Assistive Robot for Meal-Time Cognitive Interventions," Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 6, No. 1, 017559, 2012. (DOI)

M. Ficocelli and G. Nejat, "Cognitive and Physical Assistance for the Elderly in Kitchen Environments," Journal of Medical Devices-Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 6, No. 1, 017561, 2012. 

J. Chan and G. Nejat, "Social Intelligence for a Robot Engaging People in Cognitve Training Activities," International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems: Human-Robot Interaction, Vol. 9, 113:2012. (DOI)

M.A. Ficocelli and G. Nejat, “The Design of an Interactive Assistive Kitchen System,” Assistive Technology, Vol. 24, Iss. 4, pp. 246-258, 2012.

V. Marin, W. Chang, E. Nuger and G. Nejat, “Design of a 3D sensing system for surface profiling of 3D parts in manufacturing applications,”  CIRP sponsored Virtual Machining Process Technology, Montreal, May 2012.

F. Shao and G. Nejat, "Design of a 3-component Force Sensor for Meso/micro Milling Applications," CIRP sponsored Virtual Machining Process Technology, Montreal, May 2012.

 

2011

A. Macwan, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "Optimal Deployment of Robotic Teams for Autonomous Wilderness Search and Rescue," IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, San Fransisco, CA, pp. 4544-4549, 2011. (pdf)

J. Chan and G. Nejat, "Minimizing Task-Induced Stress in Cognitively Stimulating Activities using an Intelligent Socially Assistive Robot," IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Atlanta, GA, pp. 296-301, 2011. (DOI)

D. McColl, Z. Zhang, and G. Nejat, "Human Body Pose Interpretation and Classification for Human-Robot Interaction," International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 313-332, 2011. (DOI)

A. Macwan, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "Target-Motion Prediction for Robotic Search and Rescue in Wilderness Environments," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part B, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 1287- 1298, 2011. (DOI)

J. Chan, G. Nejat and J. Chen, "Designing Intelligent Socially Assistive Robots as Effective Tools for Cognitive Interventions," International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol. 8, Iss. 1, pp 103-126, March 2011. (DOI)

Z. Zhang, G. Nejat, H. Guo, and P. Huang, “A Novel 3D Sensory System for Robot-Assisted Mapping of Cluttered Urban Search and Rescue Environments,” Intelligent Service Robotics, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 119-134, 2011. (pdf)

J. Chan and G. Nejat, "A Learning-based Control Architecture for an Assistive Robot Providing Social Engagement during Cognitively Stimulating Activities," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, pp 3928-3933, 2011. (DOI)

R. Wang, F. Shao and G. Nejat, "Sensing Requirements for a Meso-Scale Milling Machine," Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Vancouver, BC, pp. 1036-1039, June 2011. (DOI)

D. Schacter, C. Wang, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "The Development of A Facial-Affect Recognition System for Human-Robot Interaction Scenarios," 2011 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences&Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Washington, DC, DETC2011-48195, 2011. (DOI)

D. McColl and G. Nejat, "A Socially Assistive Robot That Can Interpret Human Body Language," ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Washington, DC, DETC2011-48031, 2011. (DOI)

 

2010

G. Nejat, M. Nies and T. R. Sexton, “An Interdisciplinary Team For The Design and Integration of Assistive Robots in Health Care Applications,” Home Health Care Management and Practice, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 104-110, 2010. (DOI)

B. Doroodgar and G. Nejat, "A Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Based Control Architecture for Semi-Autonomous Rescue Robots in Cluttered Environments," Annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 948-953, 2010. (DOI)

B. Mobedi and G. Nejat, "An Active Light Sensory System for 3D Mapping of Unknown Cluttered Environments," Annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 955-959, 2010. (DOI)

A. Macwan, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, "On-line Target-Motion Prediction for Autonomous Multirobot Search in Realistic Terrains with Time-Expanding Boundaries: A Novel Probabilistic Approach," Annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 662-667, 2010. (DOI)

B. Doroodgar, M. Ficocelli, B. Mobedi, and G. Nejat, "The Search for Survivors: Cooperative Human-Robot Interaction in Search and Rescue Environments using Semi-Autonomous Robots," IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Anchorage, Alaska, pp. 2858-2863. (DOI)

G. Nejat and M. Ficocelli, "Social Intelligence for a task-driven Assistive Robot," ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences&Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2010-28674, 2010. (DOI)

J. Chan and G. Nejat, "The Design of an Intelligent Socially Assistive Robot for Person-Centered Cognitive Interventions," ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences&Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2010-28681, 2010. (DOI)

J. Chan and G. Nejat,"Promoting Engagement in Cognitively Stimulating Activities using an Intelligent Socially Assistive Robot," IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 533-538, 2010. (DOI)

P.K. Sheridan, P. Kosicki, C. Liu, G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "On-Line Task Allocation for the Robotic Interception of Multiple Targets in Dynamic Settings," IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pp. 291-296, 2010. (DOI)

A. Macwan, G. Nejat, and B. Benhabib, “Behaviour Prediction of Unobservable Targets Moving in Wilderness Terrains for Robotic Search and Rescue,” The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering Forum, Victoria, 2010.

2009

B. Allison, G. Nejat, and E. Kao, “THE DESIGN OF AN EXPRESSIVE HUMAN-LIKE  SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE ROBOT,” ASME Journal on Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 1, Iss. 1,  2009. (DOI)

G. Nejat, Y. Sun, and M. Nies, “ASSISTIVE ROBOTS IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS,” Home Health Care Management and Practice, Vol. 21, pp 177-187, 2009. (DOI)
 
M. Ficocelli, G. Nejat, and G. Jhin, "An HRI Control Architecture for an Intelligent Assistive Robot," ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences&Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, DET2009-87639, Aug. 2009. (DOI)

Zhang and G. Nejat, "Human Affective State Recognition and Classification During Human-Robot Interaction Scenarios," ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, San Diego, DETC2009-87647, Aug. 2009. (DOI)

Z. Zhang and G. Nejat, “Intelligent Sensing Systems for Rescue Robots: Landmark Identification and Three-Dimensional Mapping of Unknown Cluttered Urban Search and Rescue Environments,” Disaster Robots Special Issue, Advanced Robotics Journal, Vol. 23, pp 1179-1198, 2009. (DOI)

 

2008

A. Singh, V. Koomson, J. Yu and G. Nejat, “A Self-Powered Wireless Health and Environment Monitoring System,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, MA, IMECE2008-67051, Nov. 2008. (DOI)

J. Terao, L. Trejos, Z. Zhang, and G. Nejat, “An Intelligent Socially Assistive Robot for Healthcare Care,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Boston, MA, IMECE2008-67678, Nov. 2008. (DOI)

A. Singh, J. Yu, W. Chun, G. Nejat and W. Tang, “Self-Powered Wireless Health Monitoring System,” Proceedings of the Centre of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology Conference, Oct. 2008. 

Z. Zhang and G. Nejat, “Robot-Assisted 3D Mapping of Search and Rescue Environments,” IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008), Nice, France, pp. 2115-2120, Sept. 2008. (DOI)

B. Allison and G. Nejat, “An Expressive Socially Assistive Robot for Health Care Applications” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences&Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, New York City, NY, DECT2008-50082, August 2008. (DOI)

Z. Zhang and G. Nejat, “Robot-Assisted 3D Mapping of Search and Rescue Environments,” ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences&Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, New York, NY, DECT2008-50012, August 2008. (DOI)

G. Nejat and M. Ficocelli, “Can I be of Assistance? The Intelligence behind an Assistive Robot,” IEEE, Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pasadena, CA, pp. 3564-3569, May 2008. (DOI)

2007

G. Nejat, B. Allison, N. Gomez, and A. Rosenfeld, “The Design of an Interactive Socially Assistive Robot for Patient Care,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, IMECE2007-41811, Nov. 2007. (DOI)

J.W. Yu, W. Chun, G. Nejat, E. Noel and W. Tang, “Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Balls for  Homeland Security,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Seattle, WA, IMECE2007-42334, Nov. 2007. (DOI)

M. Nies, G. Nejat, Y. Sun, T. Sexton, “A Multidisciplinary Team Program of Research with Interactive Nurse Robots to Enhance Elderly Health,” Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Congress Focusing on Evidence-Based Practice, Vienna, Austria, July 2007. (DOI)

Z. Zhang, H. Guo, G. Nejat, and P. Huang, “Finding Disaster Victims: A Sensory System for Robot-Assisted 3D Mapping of Urban Search and Rescue Environments,” IEEE, Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, pp. 3889-3894, April 2007. (DOI)

Z. Song, G. Nejat, W. Chun, and W. Tang, “Wireless Sensor Balls for Homeland Security,” Proceedings of the Centre of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology Conference (CEWIT’07), New York, January 2007.

G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "Model-less Active Guidance for the Docking of Autonomous Vehicles," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 23, Iss. 4, pp. 753-762, 2007. (DOI)

J. Wong, G. Nejat, R. Fenton, and B. Benhabib, “A Neural-Network Approach for High-Precision Docking of Autonomous Vehicles,” Robotica, Vol. 25, Iss. 4, pp. 479-492, 2007. (DOI)
 

2006

G. Nejat and Z. Zhang, “Finding Disaster Victims: Robot-Assisted 3D Mapping of Urban Search and Rescue Environments via Landmark Identification,” IEEE, Int. Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Singapore, pp. 1381-1386, December 2006.

J. Wong, G. Nejat, R.G. Fenton and B. Benhabib, “Localization of Autonomous Robotic Vehicles Using a Neural-Network Approach,” IEEE, Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Beijing, China, pp. 448-453, October 2006.

J. Wong, G. Nejat, R.G. Fenton and B. Benhabib, “Neural-Network-Based Docking of Autonomous Vehicles,” IEEE, Int. Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Toronto, Canada, pp. 1574-1579, September 2006.

G. Nejat and Z. Zhang, “The Hunt for Survivors: Identifying Landmarks for 3D Mapping of Urban Search and Rescue Environments,” The World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2006), Orlando, FL, Vol. II, pp. 252-256, July 2006.

G. Nejat and E. Nejat, “How to Get Them to Really Listen: The Presentation of Scientific Research to a Non-Scientific Audience,” International Symposium on Knowledge Communication and Conferences (KCC 2006), Orlando, FL, Vol. VII, pp. 145-148, July 2006.

G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "A Line-of-Sight Task-Space Sensing Methodology for the Localization of Robotic End-Effectors," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 225-232 (2006).

2005

G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "Continuous Guidance for the Docking of Autonomous Vehicles using Active Task-Space Sensing," IEEE, Int. Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Niagara Falls, Canada, pp. 119-124, July 2005.

G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "Docking of Autonomous Vehicles: A Comparison of Model-Independent Guidance Methods," Virtual Int. Conference on Intelligent Production Machines and Systems, pp. 1-6, July 2005.

G.  Nejat, A. Membre and B. Benhabib, "Active Task-Space Sensing and Localization of Autonomous Vehicles," IEEE, Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 3781-3786, April 2005.

G. Nejat and B. Benhabib, "A Guidance-Based Motion-Planning Methodology for the Docking of Autonomous Vehicles," Journal of Robotic Systems, Vol. 22, Iss. 12, pp. 779-793 (2005).