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Patents
 
Weinberg B., Nikitczuk J., Mavroidis C., “Electro-Rheological Fluid Brake and Actuator Devices”, PCT application filed on November 9, 2005. Internationally Published Application on May 18, 2006, WO-2006-052954 .
 
Weinberg B., Vranish J., Mavroidis C., “Gear Bearing Drive,” US and PCT applications filed on June 21, 2007.  Published under U.S. Pat. App. Pub. No. US-2008-0045374 on February 21, 2008.  International Published Application on Jan 22, 2009, WO-2009-011682.
 
 
Journals
 
Nikitczuk J., Weinberg B., Canavan P., and Mavroidis C., “Active Knee Rehabilitation Orthotic Device with Variable-Damping Characteristics Implemented via an Electro-Rheological Fluid,” IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, 2010 (in press).
 
Nikitczuk J., Weinberg B., Mavroidis C., “Control of Electro-Rheological Fluid Based Resistive Torque Elements For Use in Active Rehabilitation Devices,” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 16, pp. 418-428, 2007.
 
Vitrani M., Nikitczuk J., Morel G. and Mavroidis C., "Torque Control of Electro-Rheological Fluidic Resistive Actuators for Haptic Vehicular Instruments Control," Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 128, No. 2, pp. 216-226, 2006.
 
Weinberg B., Nikitczuk J., Fisch A., Mavroidis C. "Development of Electro-Rheological Fluidic Resistive Actuators for Haptic Vehicular Instrument Controls", Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 14, pp. 1107-1119, 2005.
 
Mavroidis C., Nikitczuk J., Weinberg B., Danaher G., Jensen K., Pelletier P., Prugnarola J., Stuart R., Arango R., Leahey M., Pavone R., Provo A., Yasevac D., “Smart Portable Rehabilitation Devices,” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Vol. 2, No. 18, 2005.
 
 
Books
 
Fisch A., Mavroidis C., Melli-Huber J. and Bar-Cohen Y., "Chapter 4: Haptic Devices for Virtual Reality, Telepresence, and Human-Assistive Robotics", Invited Chapter in Biologically-Inspired Intelligent Robots, Editors: Yoseph Bar-Cohen and Cynthia Breazeal, SPIE Press, pp. 73-101, 2003.
 
Mavroidis C., Bar-Cohen Y. and Bouzit M., "Chapter 19: Haptic Interfaces Using Electrorheological Fluids", Invited Chapter in Electroactive Polymer (EAP) Actuators as Artificial Muscles: Reality, Potentials and Challenges, Y. Bar-Cohen Editor, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, February 2001, pp. 567-594.
 
 
Conference Papers in Proceedings
 
Weinberg B., Nikitzuk J., Shyamal P., Patritti B., Mavroidis C., Bonato P. and Canavan P., “Design, Control and Human Testing of an Active Knee Rehabilitation Orthotic Device”, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Roma, IT, April 10-14, 2007.
 
Patel S., Patritti B., Nikitczuk J., Weinberg B., Della Croce U., Mavroidis C. and Bonato P., “Effects on Normal Gait of a New Active Knee Orthosis for Hemiparetic Gait Retraining” Proceedings of the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), August 30 to September 3, 2006, New York City, USA.
 
Nikitczuk J., Weinberg B., Mavroidis C., “Control of Electro-Rheological Fluid Based Torque Generation Components For Use in Active Rehabilitation Devices,” Proceedings of SPIE’s Conference on Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems, 26 February - 2 March 2006, San Diego, California USA.
 
Nikitczuk J., Das A., Vyas H., Weinberg B., Mavroidis C., “Adaptive Torque Control of Electro-Rheological Fluid Brakes Used in Active Knee Rehabilitation Devices”, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, May 15 - 19, 2006.
 
Mavroidis C., Nikitczuk J., Weinberg B., Danaher G., Jensen K., Pelletier P., Prugnarola J., Stuart R., Arango R., Leahey M., Pavone R., Provo A., Yasevac D., “Smart Portable Rehabilitation Devices,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2005 ASME Design Technical Conferences, September 24-28, 2005, Long Beach, California, USA. Paper DETC2005-85517.
 
Nikitczuk J., Weinberg B. and Mavroidis C., "Rehabilitative Knee Orthosis Driven By Electro-Rheological Fluid Based Actuators," Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, April 18 – 22, 2005, pp. 2294-2300.
 
Vitrani M., Nikitczuk J., Morel G. and Mavroidis C., "Torque Control of Electro-Rheological Fluidic Actuators for Haptic Vehicular Instruments Control," Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, LA, April 26 – May 1, 2004, pp. 764-769.
 
Vitrani M., Nikitczuk J., Morel G. and Mavroidis C., "Torque Control of Electro-Rheological Fluidic Actuators," Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, MA, June 30 – July 2, 2004., pp. 5072-5077.