Poster Presentations

Poster Pitch Session 1

1. Ultrasound-Guided Robotic Assistance in Low-Dose-Rate Breast Brachytherapy [Link]
   Thomas Lang, Kirill Makhachev, Mahdi Tavakoli

2. The Effects of Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation on Proprioception in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury [Link]
   Saba Allahgholiloo, Tania Sharifi, Monique Yuan, Darren J. Mann, Vivian K. Mushahwar

3. From Conventional to Autonomous: A Systematic ROS2-based Framework for Power Wheelchair Control [Link]
   Uchechi Ukaegbu, Manuel Bentacur, Zaccheus Jesuloluwa, Hosein Bahari, Kim Adams, John Andersen, Mahdi Tavakoli, Hossein Rouhani

4. Advanced Kalman Filter-based Wind Velocity Estimation using Autonomous Aerial Vehicles [Link]
   Hiranya Udagedara, Mahdis Bisheban

5. Automated Rapid Post-Disaster Assessment Using Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles [Link]
   Nima Shirzad-Ghaleroudkhani, Danial Jozi, Melissa Milena Trigueros Bedia, Shaghayegh Abtahi, Maziar Jamshidi, Mustafa Gül

6. Comparing Ejection Fraction Measurements Generated Using Conventional and Robot-Assisted Echocardiography Scanning [Link]
   Mohamad Abdallah, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Moath Ghanem, Jonathan Windram, Bernadette Foster, Harald Becher, Michelle Noga, Ahmed Ahmed, Pierre Boulanger

7. Feasibility of Robot-Assisted Ultrasound System [Link]
   Moath Ghanem, Kumaradevan Punithakumar, Mohamad Abdallah, Bernadette Foster, Jonathan Windram, Ahmed Ahmed, Pierre Boulanger, Harald Becher, Michelle Noga

8. A SmartWorkout Shirt Prototype Using Embroidered Piezoresistive Sensors [Link]
   Melwin Chacko Moncy, Elena Kosareva, Mahdi Tavakoli, Patricia I Dolez

9. Design Optimization of Soft Robotic Instruments for TORS with Anatomical Design Constraints [Link]
   Zachary Flynn, Amir Hooshiar

10. Real-Time Ultrasound Image Synthesis for Deformable Soft Tissue Simulation in Surgery [Link]
    Yafei Ou, Mahdi Tavakoli

11. Surgical Safety Reimagined: AI-Powered Detection of Retained Surgical Items [Link]
    Yile Zhu, Xingyu Lai, Yun Wu, Shuyi Wang, Yao Zhang, Bin Zheng

12. DRL-Based Task Management for Robots in Edge–Cloud Infrastructures [Link]
    Mahyar Karami, Farimehr Zohari, Masoud Ardakani

13. A Review of End-Effector Rehabilitation Robots for Shoulder and Elbow Joints [Link]
    Hamid Khabiri, Milad Nazarahari

14. Automated Nailing in Off-site Mass Timber Construction: Toward Robotic Assembly Solutions [Link]
    Paolo Pancho Ramirez, Mauricio Arredondo, Rafiq Ahmad

15. Control of a Quadrotor/Bicopter UAV on SE(3) via Feedback Linearization [Link]
    Man Chun Chung, Mahdis Bisheban, Jeff Pieper

16. Decreasing the Apparent Inertia of Human-Scale Teleoperation Systems [Link]
    Amir Noohian, Alan Lynch, Martin Jägersand

17. Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Coordinated Aerial Wildfire Suppression [Link]
    Zahra Samadikhoshkho

18. Encapsulation of Novec7000 in Thin Alginate Capsules for On-Demand Activation in Pneumatic Phase-Change Soft Robotic Systems [Link]
    Rayan A. M. Basodan, Jack Keddie, Byoungyoul Park, Hyun-Joong Chung

19. An Open-Source UAV for Autonomous Visual-Inertial Navigation and Manipulation [Link]
    Victor Matteus S. Souza, Luísa Francielle O. Fagundes, Gustavo M. Barros, Igor A. Cavalcante, Maria Eduarda S. Borba, Marcelo R. Jordão, Pedro Antônio M. Sara, S. Souza, Victor A. F. De Queiroz

20. Integration of the Brain-Computer Interface and 3D-Extended Reality [Link]
    Andres Martinez, Raul Rivera, Martin Ferguson-Pell

21. Improving Haptic Acuity: Using Robotic Haptic Device and Virtual Reality [Link]
    Yuzhang Li, Yen-Wu Lo, Bin Zheng, Xinming Li

22. Telemedicine in ER Care Via 5G AR: Cross-Sectional Comparisons [Link]
    Bangbo Xia, Yao Zhang, Bin Zheng, Yucai Hong

23. Telemedicine in ER Care via 5G AR: Time Series Analysis [Link]
    Yao Zhang, Bangbo Xia, Bin Zheng, Yucai Hong

24. PDMS/Graphene Composite Electrostimulation Electrodes for Parkinson’s Disease Smart Garment [Link]
    Maria Sawiak, Vivian Mushahwar, Patricia I. Dolez

Poster Pitch Session 2

1. Development and Validation of an AI-Driven Automated Tooth Segmentation Algorithm for Intraoral Scans [Link]
   Rojin Adabdokht, Manuel Lagravere Vich, Wenji Cai, Victor de Miranda Ladewig, Hollis Lai

2. Teaching Large Language Models to Create Task Plans for Robotic Suturing [Link]
   Megan Zhou, Mahdi Tavakoli

3. Personalized Robotic Training using Online Estimation of Human Motor Learning [Link]
   Arash Salemi, Amirhossein Afkhami Ardekani, Albert H. Vette, Milad Nazarahari

4. Imitation Learning for Construction Robotics: A Case Study on Wood Joining Bimanual Manipulation [Link]
   Yuezhen Gao, Huyue Li, Hridey Jain, Ali Golabchi, Qipei Mei

5. The impact of humanoid robot presence on child experience in the emergency department waiting room: a prospective cohort study [Link]
   Patricia Candelaria, Joshua Eszczuk, Samina Ali

6. Functional and Safety Assessment of Smart Textile Neurostimulation Sleeve Garments: A Pre-Clinical Study [Link]
   Merwa Al-Rasheed, Vivian Tan, Vivian K. Mushahwar, Amirali Toossi

7. Enhanced Person-following Wheelchair with Light-weight Re-identification and Gating [Link]
   Uchechi Ukaegbu, Ojo Oluwadamilola, Zaccheus Jesuloluwa, Kim Adams, Mahdi Tavakoli, Hossein Rouhani

8. Empirical Analysis of Visual Servoing Complexity Across Different DOF Robots via the Global LLS Method [Link]
   Olivia Luping Cai, Martin Jagersand

9. Hybrid Intrinsic-extrinsic Calibration of Multiple IMUs and Joint Encoders for Accurate End-effector Trajectory Estimation of Aerial Manipulators [Link]
   Ilyar Asl Sabbaghian Hokmabadi, Mahdis Bisheban

10. Comparison of Multiview Echocardiography Fusion Using Traditional and Deep Learning Models [Link]
    Sharanya Balachandran, Michelle Noga, Harald Becher, Jonathan Windram, Pierre Boulanger, Kumaradevan Punithakumar

11. Ground Plane-Aided Extrinsic Calibration of Inertial and RGB-D Sensors for Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles [Link]
    Ilyar Asl Sabbaghian Hokmabadi, Mahdis Bisheban

12. Team Response to Stress: Implication for Human-Robot Interface [Link]
    Xingyu Lai, Yao Zhang, Bin Zheng

13. Dynamic Potential Field-based Assisted-as-Needed Control Strategy for Robotic Post-Stroke Rehabilitation [Link]
    Mahboobe Shakeri Nadrabadi, Jay Carriere

14. Enhancing Drone as a First Responder Operations Through Integrated Vehicle Detection and Autonomous Camera [Link]
    Ronny A. Hernández Mora, Matthew E. Taylor, Jeff Boisvert

15. Automated Nystagmus Detection for BPPV Using YOLOv11s Segmentation and LSTM Classification [Link]
    Muhammad Hafiz Azhari, Martin Ferguson-Pell, Erfan Hajiparvaneh, Jade Rosenberger, Codi Issac

16. The design and preliminary characterization of an active back-support exoskeleton [Link]
    Jordan Kolb, Niromand Jasimi Zindashti, Negar Riahi, Ali Golabchi, Mahdi Tavakoli, Hossein Rouhani

17. Convolutional Transformer Network for Motor Imagery Finger Classification in EEG-Based BCI [Link]
    Amirhossein Adibpour, Mohmmad Javad Dehghani, Mohsen Eslami, Kamran Kazemi, Ardalan Aarabi

18. Automated Cattle Injections: A Robotic and Digital Twin Approach to Feedlot Efficiency [Link]
    Emilio Hurtado, Chandra Suryadevara, Jayden Walker, Gerard Tayag, Hardeep Ryait

19. A ROS-Based Audio Platform for Human-Robot Interaction [Link]
    Chandra Suryadevara, Ramiz Hussain, Lukas Grasse, Matthew Tata

20. Robotic Registration of Patient-Specific 3D Elbow Models from Sparse Probe Contacts for Arthroscopic Debridement [Link]
    Mohammad Reza Pournader, Armin Badre, Mahdi Tavakoli

21. Multimodal Detection of Fireball Events Using Geostationary Lightning Mapper Data and Ground-Based All-Sky Imaging [Link]
    Priyanka Goradia, Christopher D.K. Herd

22. A Low-cost System for Markerless Body Part Interaction Detection in Physical Therapy [Link]
    Yashar Talebirad, Simon Nakatsu, Brenda Luo

23. Bimanual Robotic Shoe Lacing via Graphs of Convex Sets Motion Planning [Link]
    Amr Marey, Mahdi Tavakoli, Qing Zhao

24. Egocentric Geolocation Estimation in the Farm Context via Monocular Vision and Variable Baseline [Link]
    Fardad NasrollahzadehKhakiani, Mehran Mehrandezh, Kambiz Ghaemi Osgouie