Innovating the Future of Robotics & AI
Oral Presentations
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
ECERF W2-090, W2-110
Session 1: Award Candidate Papers
1. Audio-based tactile human-robot interaction recognition
Antonia Yepes; Marie Charbonneau
2. Enhancing Surgical Autonomy: Multi-Modal LLMs for Explainable Decision-Making in Robot-Assisted Blood Suction
Sadra Zargarzadeh; Maryam Mirzaei; Yafei Ou; Mahdi Tavakoli
3. Using Robotic Haptic Devices to Improve Haptic Acuity: A Virtual Training Approach
Yuzhang Li; Yen-Wu Lo; Xinming Li; Daniel Lai; Bin Zheng
4. Robot-assisted Rehabilitation Game Design for Post-Stroke Patients
Mahboobe Shakeri; Jay Carriere
5. One-to-More Motion: Localized Generative Masked Transformer for Single-Reference Motion Synthesis
Yilin Wang; Chuan Guo; Yuxuan Mu; Li Cheng; Hai Jiang
6. Safe Reinforcement Learning via Reward Shaping: A Case Study on Grasping Task in the KUKA Robotic Environment
Ali Yavari; Amir Najafi; Qing Zhao; Jun Jin
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
ECERF W2-090, W2-110
Session 2: Automation, Manufacturing, Mobility, and Logistics
1. Scaled-down Simulation and Analysis of On-site Robotic Fabrication and Construction
Raymond Xu; Luka Morita; Parmida Khosravian; Anas Itani
2. Vision-Based Odometry for Enhanced Mobile Localization with RGB-D Sensors
Hadis Saadati Nezhad; Marcelo Contreras; André McDonald; Ehsan Hashemi
3. Using Discrete Event Simulation to Model Flexible Manufacturing System: A manufacturing case of study
Braian Rivera; Faiza Zehra; Sajid Ullah Butt; Nooshin Salari; Ahmed Qureshi
4. On demand wire arc additive manufacturing
Mia Abdulla; J. Eduardo Alvarez Rocha; Suraj Panicker; Patricio F. Mendez
5. Robotic Cell System For Cross Laminated Timber Panel Off-site Construction Operations – Lean Manufacturing Principles
Jessica Janeth Cisneros González; Rafiq Ahmad
6. Visual-based Remote Sensing for Mobile Robot State Estimation
Yunchen (Leo) Ge; Mohammad H. Mamduhi; Ehsan Hashemi
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
ECERF W2-090, W2-110
Session 3: Human-Centered Robotics and Robotics Foundations
1. Leveraging AI For Barrier Detection And Functional Accessibility Using Computer Vision And Neural Networks In Campus Buildings And Public Spaces: A University Of Alberta Pilot Study
Arne Andres; Martin Ferguson-Pell; Mustafa Gul; Maziar Jamshidi
2. Using Multi-Modal Emotion Recognition and Decision-Making Systems to Personalize Gaming Experience Based on Player Emotions
Arash Salemi; Amirhossein Afkhami Ardekani; Albert H. Vette; Milad Nazarahari
3. CubeViT: 3D Human Pose Estimation from 360 Videos in Cubic Space
Hamid Mohammadi; Li Cheng
4. Human-Robot Interaction Force Estimation Using Vision and Proprioceptive Sensors
Mohammad Farajtabar; Marie Charbonneau
5. Dynamic Parameter Identification of the WAM Robot
Amir Noohian; Martin Jagersand; Alan Lynch
6. Uncalibrated Hybrid Force-Impedance Control for Robotic Planar Surface Interaction
Faezeh Haghverd; Alan Lynch; Martin Jagersand
7. Investigating Mixture Policies in Entropy-Regularized Actor-Critic
Jiamin He; Samuel Neumann; Adam White; Martha White
8. A Visual Servoing Based Path Following Controller
Cole Dewis; Martin Jagersand
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
ECERF W2-090, W2-110
Session 4: Health and Medical Robotics
1. Enhancing Skill Training in Robotic Surgery through Controlled Mechanical Impedance
Yun Wu; Bin Zheng
2. Enhancing Myoelectric Control Robustness in Semi-Autonomous Prosthetic Hand Systems
Elaheh Mohammadreza; Vinicius Prado da Fonseca; Xianta Jiang
3. Enhancing Precision for Soft Surgical Robots using Bi-level Autoencoder-based Kinematic Control
Alireza Zahedi; Amir Sayadi; Renzo Cecere; Amir Hooshiar
4. Quantifying Relative Movement in Back Support Exoskeletons: Guidelines for Design Improvements and Musculoskeletal Modeling
Negar Riahi; Niromand Jasimi Zindashti; Ali Golabchi; Mahdi Tavakoli; Hossein Rouhani
5. CRESSim: A Contact-Rich Simulator for Realistic Surgical Simulation with the da Vinci Research Kit
Yafei Ou; Sadra Zargarzadeh; Paniz Sedighi; Mahdi Tavakoli
6. Florence-Lap: A Real-time Tissue Segmentation And Phrase Grounding For Laparoscopic Surgical Video Analysis
Michelle Levy; Marzie Lafouti; Liane S. Feldman; Amir Hooshiar
7. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Occupational Exoskeletons and Assistive Tools through In-Lab and In-Field Assessments Using Advanced Musculoskeletal Modeling Techniques
Maryam Shakourisalim; Karla Beltran Martinez; Ali Golabchi; Mahdi Tavakoli; Hossein Rouhani
8. Observations On Patient And Clinician Experiences Using Telepresence Robots For Virtual Rehabilitation
Emily Armstrong; Martin Ferguson-Pell