Patents
  
P.1.   Hastie J., Grandy A., Anderson M., Sweezey A., Markopoulos Y., Ranky R., Mavroidis C., “Robotic Device for Cleaning of Photovoltaic Arrays”, Invention Disclosure submitted on December 4, 2008. Provisional patent application filed on December 5, 2008, No.: 61/120,097.
 
P.2.   Sivak M., Mavroidis C., Holden M., "Multiple User Virtual Environment for Rehabilitation (MUVER)", Provisional patent application filed in January, 2009, No: 61/145,825 .
  
P.3.   Sivak M., Caddle A., Gilhooly K., Govoni L., Sivak S., Lancia M., Bonato P., Mavroidis C., “Patient Specific Ankle Foot Orthotic Device,” PCT application filed on November 27, 2007. International Published Application on June 5, 2008, WO-2008-066856.
 
P.4.   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.
  
P.5.   Khanicheh A., Muto A., Fisch A., Weinberg B., Mavroidis C., “Variable Resistance Exercise and Rehabilitation Hand Device”, PCT application filed on March 14, 2006. International Published Application on September 21, 2006, WO-2006-099484.
 
P.6.   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 .
  
P.7.   Badescu M. and Mavroidis C., "Active Quick Connecting / Disconnecting Connector," United States Patent No. US 6,780,042 issued on August 24, 2004.
  
P.8.   Mavroidis C., DeLaurentis K., Pfeiffer C. and Mosley M., “Prosthetic, Orthotic, and Other Rehabilitative Robotic Assistive Devices Actuated by Smart Materials”, United States Patent No. US 6,379,393 B1 issued on April 30, 2002.
  
   
   

Journal Papers

   
J.1.   Gullŕ S., Sharma G., Borbat P., Freed J., Ghimire H., Lorigan G., Rege K., Mavroidis C. and Budil D., “Molecular-Scale Force Measurement in a Coiled-Coil Peptide by Electron Spin Resonance”, Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), 2009 (accepted).
 
J.2.   Sharma G., Rege K., Budil D., Yarmush M. and Mavroidis C., “Biological Force Measurement in a Protein based Nano-actuator,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 2009 (accepted).
 
J.3.   Mavroidis C. and Ferreira A., “Editorial: Special Issue on Current State of the Art and Future Challenges in Nanorobotics,” International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 419-420, 2009.
 
J.4.   Sharma G., Rege K., Budil D., Yarmush M. and Mavroidis C., “Computational Studies of a Protein Based NanoActuator for NanoGripping Applications,” International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 421-435, 2009.
 
J.5.   Sharma G., Rege K., Budil D., Yarmush M. and Mavroidis C., “Reversible pH-controlled DNA Binding Peptide Nano-tweezers – An In-Silico Study,” International Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 505-521, 2008.
 
J.6.   Khanicheh A., Tsekos N., Mavroidis C., “Introduction to the Focused Section on Mechatronic Systems for MRI Applications,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 265-267, 2008 and ERRATUM.
 
J.7.   Carpi F., Khanicheh A., Mavroidis C. and De Rossi D., “MRI Compatibility of Silicone Made Contractile Dielectric Elastomer Actuators”, IEEE / ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 370-374, 2008.
 
J.8.   Khanicheh A., Mintzopoulos D., Weinberg B., Tzika A., and Mavroidis C., “Evaluation of Electrorheological Fluid Dampers for Applications at 3-Tesla MRI Environment”, IEEE / ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 286-294, 2008.
 
J.9.   Khanicheh A., Mintzopoulos D., Weinberg B., Tzika A., and Mavroidis C., “MR_CHIROD v.2: Magnetic Resonance Compatible Smart Hand Rehabilitation Device for Brain Imaging”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 91-98, 2008.
 
J.10.   Tsekos N., Khanicheh A., Christoforou E., and Mavroidis C., “Magnetic Resonance Compatible Robotic and Mechatronics Systems for Image Guided Interventions and Rehabilitation: A Review Study,Annual Reviews of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 9, 2007 pp. 351-387.
 
J.11.   Hamdi M., Ferreira A., Sharma G., Mavroidis C., “Prototyping Bio-Nanorobots using Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Virtual Reality”, Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 190-201, 2008.
 
J.12.   Liu Y., Mavroidis C., Bar-Cohen Y. and Chang Z., “Analytical and Experimental Study of Determining the Optimal Number of Wedge Shape Cutting Teeth in Coring Bits Used in Percussive Drilling”, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, Vol.129, No. 4, pp. 760-769, 2007.
 
J.13.   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.
 
J.14.   Dubey A., Mavroidis C., Tomassone S. M., "Molecular Dynamic Studies of Viral-Protein Based Nano-Actuators," Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 885-897, 2006.
 
J.15.   Khanicheh A., Muto A., Triantafyllou C., Weinberg B., Astrakas L., Tzika A., and Mavroidis C., “fMRI-Compatible Rehabilitation Hand Device”, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Vol. 3, No. 24, 2006.
 
J.16.   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.
 
J.17.   Ferreira A. and Mavroidis C., "Virtual Reality and Haptics in Nano Robotics: A Review Study", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 78-92, 2006.
 
J.18.   Lee E. and Mavroidis C., “An Elimination Procedure for Solving the Geometric Design Problem of Spatial 3R Manipulators”, Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 128, No. 1, pp. 142-145, 2006.
 
J.19.   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.
 
J.20.   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.
 
J.21.   Sharma G., Badescu M., Dubey A., Mavroidis C., Tomassone S. M., Yarmush M.L., “Kinematics and Workspace Analysis of Protein Based Nano-Motors”, Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 127, No. 4, pp. 718-727, 2005.
 
J.22.   Chirikjian G., Kazerounian K. and Mavroidis C., "Analysis and Design of Protein Based Nano Devices, Challenges and Opportunities in Mechanical Design”, ASME Transactions, Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127, No. 4, pp. 695-699, 2005.
 
J.23.  Meggiolaro, M., Dubowsky, S., Mavroidis, C., "Geometric and Elastic Error Calibration of a High Accuracy Patient Positioning System", Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 415-427, 2005.
 
J.24.  Meggiolaro, M., Dubowsky, S., Mavroidis, C., "Error Identification and Compensation in Large Manipulators With Application in Cancer Proton Therapy", Controle and Automacao, 15 (1), pp. 71-77, 2004.
 
J.25.   Lee E., Mavroidis C. and Merlet J. P., "Five Precision Point Synthesis of Spatial RRR Manipulators Using Interval Analysis", Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 126, No. 5, pp. 842-849, 2004.
 
J.26.  De Laurentis K. and Mavroidis C. "Rapid Fabrication of a Non-Assembly Robotic Hand With Embedded Components," Assembly Automation, Special Issue on Mechatronics, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 394-405, 2004. This paper received the Literati Club Awards for Excellence – Best Paper Award for 2005 for the journal Assembly Automation.
 
J.27.   Mavroidis C., Dubey A., and Yarmush M., "Molecular Machines", Annual Reviews of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 6, pp. 363-395, 2004.
 
J.28.  De Laurentis K., Mavroidis C., Kong F. "Rapid Robot Reproduction: Fabrication of Non-Assembly Robotic Systems With Embedded Components Using a Rapid Prototyping System," IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 86-92, 2004.
 
J.29.   Badescu M. and Mavroidis C., "New Performance Indices and Workspace Analysis of Reconfigurable Hyper-redundant Robotic Arms", International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 23, No. 6, pp. 643-659, 2004.
 
J.30.  Dubey A., Sharma G., Mavroidis C., Tomassone S. M., Nikitczuk K.P., Yarmush M.L., "Computational Studies of Viral Protein Nano-Actuators," Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 18-28, 2004.
 
J.31.   Lee E. and Mavroidis C., "Geometric Design of Spatial PRR Manipulators", Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 395-408, 2004.
 
J.32.  Badescu M. and Mavroidis C., "Workspace Optimization of 3-Legged UPU and UPS Parallel Platforms with Joint Constraints", Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 126, No. 1, pp. 291-300, 2004.
 
J.33.   Lee E. and Mavroidis C., "Geometric Design of 3R Robot Manipulators for Reaching Four End-Effector Spatial Poses," International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 247-254, 2004.
 
J.34.  Economou D., Mavroidis C. and Antoniadis I., "Robust Vibration Suppression in Flexible Systems Using Infinite Impulse Response (IIR) Digital Filters," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 107-117, 2004.
 
J.35.   Bar-Cohen Y., Mavroidis C., Melli-Huber J. and Fisch A., “An Exoskeleton with On-Demand Controlled Resistivity and Operability (ExODeCRO) Using ERF-Based Elements”, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 28, No. 10, pp. 54-55, 2004.
 
J.36.   Badescu M. and Mavroidis C., "Novel Smart Connector for Modular Robotic Systems," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 342-351, 2003.
 
J.37.   Mavroidis C. and Dubey A., “From Pulses to Motors”, Nature Materials, Vol. 2, No 9, pp. 573-574, 2003.
 
J.38.   Mavroidis C., Sarkar N. and Papadopoulos E., Guest Editors, "Focused Section on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2003.  
 
J.39.   Lee E. and Mavroidis C.,  “Solving the Geometric Design Problem of Spatial 3R Robot Manipulators Using Polynomial Continuation,”  Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 124, No. 4, pp. 652-661, 2002.
 
J.40.   DeLaurentis K. and Mavroidis C., “Mechanical Design of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Prosthetic Hand,” Technology and Health Care, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 91-106, 2002.
 
J.41.   Drouet P., Dubowsky S., Zeghloul S. and Mavroidis C., “Compensation of Geometric and Elastic Errors in Large Manipulators With an Application to a High Accuracy Medical System,”   Robotica, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 341-352, 2002
  
J.42.   Mavroidis C., “Development of Advanced Actuators Using Shape Memory Alloys and Electrorheological Fluids,”  Research for Non-Destructive Evaluation, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 1-32, 2002.
  
J.43.   Economou D., Mavroidis C., Antoniadis I. and Lee C., "Maximally Robust Input Preconditioning for Residual Vibration Suppression Using Low-Pass FIR Digital Filters,” Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 124, No. 1, pp. 85-97, 2002. 
 
J.44.   Mavroidis C., DeLaurentis K., Won J. and Alam M, “Fabrication of Non-Assembly Mechanisms and Robotic Systems Using Rapid Prototyping” Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 123, No. 4, pp. 516-524, 2001.
  
J.45.    Lee C. and Mavroidis C., “PC Based Control of Robotic and Mechatronic Systems under MS-Windows NT Workstation,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 311-321, 2001.
  
J.46.   Mavroidis C., Lee E. and Alam M., "A New Polynomial Solution to the Geometric Design Problem of Spatial R-R Robot Manipulators Using the Denavit and Hartenberg Parameters" Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp. 58-67, 2001.
 
J.47.   Mosley M. and Mavroidis C., "Experimental Non-Linear Dynamics of a Shape Memory Alloy Wire Bundle Actuator", Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 123, No. 1, pp. 103-112, 2001.
   
J.48.  

Bar-Cohen Y., Pfeiffer C., Mavroidis C. and Dolgin B., "MEMICA: a Concept for Reflecting Remote-Manipulator Forces", NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 7a-7b, 2000.
    

J.49.   Mavroidis, C., "Completely Specified Displacements of a Rigid Body and Their Application in the Direct Kinematics of In-Parallel Mechanisms, Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 121, No. 4, pp. 485-491, 1999.
   
J.50.   Ouezdou F. B., Regnier S. and Mavroidis C., "Kinematic Synthesis of Manipulators Using a Distributed Optimization Method," Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 121, No. 4, pp. 492-501, 1999.
   
J.51.   Bevly D., Dubowsky S. and Mavroidis C., "A Simplified Cartesian-Computed Torque Controller for Highly Geared Systems and its Application to an Experimental Climbing Robot," Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 122, No. 1, pp. 27-32, 2000.

 

J.52.   Mavroidis C., Flanz J., Dubowsky S., Drouet P. and Goiltein M., "High Performance Medical Robot Requirements and Accuracy Analysis" Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 14, No. 5-6, pp. 329-338, 1998.
  
J.53.   Dubowsky, S., Sunada, C. and Mavroidis, C.,  "Coordinated Motion and Force Control of Multi-Limbed Robotic Systems," Autonomous Robots, Vol. 6, No 1, pp. 7-20, 1999.
  
J.54.   Yoshida K., Mavroidis C. and Dubowsky S., "Modeling and Identification of Impact Dynamics of Robot Manipulators with Instantaneous Joint Motion," Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 110-117, 1998 (in Japanese).
    
J.55.   Mavroidis, C. and Roth, B., "On the Geometry of Spatial Polygons and Screw Polygons," Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 119, pp. 246-252, 1997.
   
J.56.   Mavroidis, C., Dubowsky, S. and Thomas K., "Optimal Sensor Location in Motion Control of Flexibly Supported Long Reach Manipulators," Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 119, No. 4, pp. 718-726, 1997.  

 

J.57.   Mavroidis, C. and Roth, B., "Analysis of Overconstrained Mechanisms,” Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME , Vol. 117, pp. 69-74, 1995.  
   
J.58.   Mavroidis, C. and Roth, B., "New and Revised Overconstrained Mechanisms,Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME , Vol. 117, pp. 75-82, 1995
  
J.59.  

Mavroidis, C., Ouezdou, B. F. and Bidaud, P., "Inverse Kinematics of Six-Degree of Freedom General and Special Manipulators Using Symbolic Computation," Robotica, Vol.12, No.5, pp. 421-430, 1994.
  

J.60.   Mavroidis, C. and Roth, B., "Structural Parameters Which Reduce the Number of Manipulator Configurations," Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 116, pp. 3-10, 1994.
 
   
Book Contributions and Chapters
  
B.1.   Vartholomeos P., Fruchard M., Ferreira A., and Mavroidis C., “MRI-Guided Nanorobotic Systems for Drug Delivery”, Handbook of Nano-Physics, Ed.: Klaus Sattler, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 7, 2009 (in press).
 
B.2.   Mavroidis C., "Bionano Machines for Space Applications", Final Phase II Report to the NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts, July, 2006.
B.3.   Ummat A., Dubey A., Sharma G., Mavroidis C., “Chapter 19: Bio-Nano-Robotics: State of the Art and Future Challenges”, Invited Chapter in Tissue Engineering and Artificial Organs (The Biomedical Engineering Handbook), Editor: M. L. Yarmush, CRC Press, 2006. ISBN: 0849321239.
  
B.4.   Ummat A., Dubey A., Mavroidis C., “Chapter 7 - Bionanorobotics: A Field Inspired by Nature”, Invited Chapter in Biomimetics - Biologically Inspired Technologies, Editor: Yoseph Bar-Cohen, CRC Press, 2005, pp. 201-227. ISBN: 0849331633.

 

B.5.   Sharma G., Mavroidis C., Ferreira A., "Chapter 40: Virtual Reality and Haptics in Nano and Bionanotechnology", Invited Chapter in Handbook of Theoretical and Computational  Nanotechnology, Editors: M. Rieth and W. Schommers, American Scientific Publishers, Volume X, 2005. ISBN: 1-58883-042-X.
  
B.6.   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.

 

B.7.   DeLaurentis K., Fisch A., Nikitczuk J., Mavroidis C., "Design and Experimentation of Shape Memory Alloy Wire Bundle Actuators", Proceedings of the14th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on the Theory and Practice of Robots and Manipulators, RoManSy 2002, G. Bianchi, J.C. Guinot and C. Rzymkowski (Editors), Springer-Verlag, pp. 339-350.
  
B.8.   Economou D., Mavroidis C. and Antoniadis I., "Robust Residual Vibration Suppression Using IIR Digital Filters," in System, Structure and Control 2001, Horacek Editor, Elsevier Science Ltd., pp. 687- 692, 2001.
 
B.9.   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.

 

B.10.   Mavroidis C., Pfeiffer C. and Mosley M., "Conventional Actuators, Shape Memory Alloys and Electrorheological Fluids", Invited Chapter in Automation, Miniature Robotics and Sensors for Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation, Y. Bar-Cohen Editor, The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. (ASNT), pp. 189-214, 2000.
 
B.11.   Bar-Cohen Y., Mavroidis, C., Pfeiffer C., Culbert C. and Magruder D., "Haptic Interfaces", Invited Chapter in Automation, Miniature Robotics and Sensors for Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation, Y. Bar-Cohen Editor, The American Society for Nondestructive Testing, Inc. (ASNT), pp. 461-468, 2000.
 

B.12.   Drouet P., Dubowsky S. and Mavroidis C., "Compensation of Geometric and Elastic Deflections Errors in Large Manipulators Based on Experimental Measurements: Application to a High Accuracy Medical Robot" in Advances in Robot Kinematics: Analysis and Control, Edited by J. Lenarcic and M. Husty, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 513-522, 1998.
 

B.13.   Yoshida K., Mavroidis C. and Dubowsky S., “Experimental Research on Impact Dynamics of Spaceborne Manipulator Systems,” in Experimental Robotics IV, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Science 223, Edited by O. Khatib and J. K. Salisbury, Springer-Verlag, pp. 436-447, 1997.
 

B.14.   Yoshida K., Mavroidis C. and Dubowsky S., “Impact Dynamics of Space Manipulators Mounted on a Flexible Structure,” in Dynamics and Control of Structures in Space III, Edited by C. L. Kirk and D. J. Inman, Computational Mechanics Publications, pp. 117-132, 1996

 

B.15.   Mavroidis, C. and Roth, B., "New Manipulators With Simple Inverse Kinematics," Proceedings of the 9th CISM-IFToMM Symposium on Robots and Manipulators (Romansy 92), Edited by Morecki A., Bianchi G. and Jaworek K., Springer-Verlag, pp. 15-22, 1993.

 

     
Conference Papers in Proceedings: Refereed Based on the Full Paper
  
C.1.   Weinberg B., Khanicheh A., Sivak M., Unluhisarcikli O., Morel G., Shannon J., Kelliher J., Sabadosa M., Bonmassar G., Patritti B., Bonato P. and Mavroidis C., “Variable Resistance Hand Rehabilitation Device Using an Electro-Rheological Fluid Damper”, Proceedings of the 2009 World Haptics Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, March 18-20, 2009.
 
C.2.   Sharma G., Rege K., Budil D., Yarmush M. and Mavroidis C., “Design and Modeling of a Protein Based NanoGripper,” Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ 2008 International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS 2008), September, 22-26, 2008, Nice, France, pp. 476-481.
 
C.3.   Carpi F., Khanicheh A., Mavroidis C. and De Rossi D., “Silicone Made Contractile Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Inside 3-Tesla MRI Environment”, Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ 2008 International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS 2008), September, 22-26, 2008, Nice, France, pp. 137-142.
 
C.4.   Datta A., Mavroidis C., and Hosek M., “Role of Unsupervised Clustering For Intelligent Fault Diagnosis”, Proceedings of the 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 07), November 10-16, 2007, Seattle, WA, USA. Paper IMECE2007-43492.
 
C.5.   Khanicheh A., Mintzopoulos D., Weinberg B., Astrakas L., Tzika A., and Mavroidis C., “MR_CHIROD v.2: A fMRI Compatible Mechatronic Hand Rehabilitation Device”, Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2007), June 13-15, 2007, Noordwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands.
 
C.6.   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.
 
C.7.   Datta A., Mavroidis C., Krishnasamy J. and Hosek M., “Neural Network Based Fault Diagnostics of Industrial Robots Using Wavelet Multi-Resolution Analysis”, Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, July 11-13, 2007.
 
C.8.   Mavroidis C. and Ummat A., “The All Terrain Bio-nano Gear for Space Radiation Detection System”, Proceedings of Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2007); Session on Biotechnology and Medicine for Space Colonization, February 11-15, 2007 in Albuquerque, NM.
 
C.9.   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 RetrainingProceedings 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.
 
C.10.   Datta A., Patel S., Mavroidis C., Antoniadis I. , Hosek M. and Krishnasamy J., “Fault Diagnostics of Industrial Robots Using Support Vector Machines and Discrete Wavelet Transforms”, Proceedings of the 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 06), November 5-10, 2006, Chicago, IL, USA. Paper IMECE2006-15138.
 
C.11.   Liu Y., Weinberg B. and Mavroidis C., “Mechanical Design and Modeling of a Robotic Planetary Drilling System,Proceedings of the 2006 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2006 ASME Design Technical Conferences, September 10-13, 2006, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Paper DETC2006-99699.
 
C.12.   Sharma G., Rege K., Mavroidis C. and Yarmush M., “Design and Modeling of a Peptide Based Nanotweezer,Proceedings of the 2006 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2006 ASME Design Technical Conferences, September 10-13, 2006, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Paper DETC2006-99701.
 
C.13.   Hamdi M., Sharma G., Ferreira A., Mavroidis C., “Characterization of Protein based Spring-like Elastic Joints for Biorobotic Applications”, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, May 15 - 19, 2006.
 
C.14.   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.
 
C.15.   Khanicheh A., Muto A., Triantafyllou C., Weinberg B., Astrakas L., Tzika A., and Mavroidis C., “MR Compatible ERF Driven Hand Device for Rehabilitation after Stroke”, Proceedings of the 2005 Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 05), November 5-11, 2005, Orlando, FL, USA. Paper IMECE2005-82283.
 
C.16.   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.
 
C.17.   Liu Y., Mavroidis C., Bar-Cohen Y. and Chang Z., “Optimal Design of the Coring Bit Cutting Edge in Percussive / Vibratory Drilling”, Proceedings of the 2005 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2005 ASME Design Technical Conferences, September 24-28, 2005, Long Beach, California, USA. Paper DETC2005-85510.
 
C.18.   Hamdi M., Sharma G., Ferreira A., Mavroidis C., “Molecular Mechanics Simulation of Bionanorobotic Components Using Force Feedback,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE ROBIO 2005), Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR, China, June 29 to July 03, 2005, pp. 105-110.
 
C.19.   Ferreira A., Sharma G. and Mavroidis C., "New Trends in Bio-Nanorobotics Using Virtual Reality Technologies", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (IEEE ROBIO 2005), Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR, China, June 29 to July 03, 2005, pp. 89-94.
 
C.20.   Khanicheh A., Muto A., Triantafyllou C., Weinberg B., Astrakas L., Tzika A., and Mavroidis C., MR Compatible ERF Driven Hand Rehabilitation Device”, Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2005), June 28 - July 1, 2005, Chicago, IL, pp. 7-12.
 
C.21.   Mavroidis C. and Ummat A., “Space Bionanorobotic Systems: Design and Applications”, Proceedings of the 7th NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware (EH-2005), Washington DC, June 29 - July 1, 2005.
 
C.22.   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.
 
C.23.   Bouzit M., Chaibi A., De Laurentis K. J., Mavroidis C., "Tactile Feedback Navigation Handle for the Visually Impaired," Proceedings of the 2004 Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 04), November 13-19, 2004, Anaheim, CA, USA. Paper IMECE2004-60450.
 
C.24.   Sharma G., Badescu M., Dubey A., Mavroidis C., Sessa T., Tomassone S. M., Yarmush M.L., “Kinematics and Workspace Analysis of Protein Based Nano-Motors”, Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2004 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Salt Lake City, Utah, September, 2004. Paper DETC2004-57569.
 
C.25.   Lee E. and Mavroidis C., “An Algebraic Elimination Based Algorithm for Solving the Geometric Design Problem of Spatial 3R Manipulators”, Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2004 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Salt Lake City, Utah, September, 2004. Paper DETC2004-57570.
 
C.26.   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.
 
C.27.   Dubey A., Sharma G., Mavroidis C., Tomassone S. M., Nikitczuk K.P., Yarmush M.L., "Dynamics and Kinematics of Viral Protein Linear Nano-Actuators for Bio-Nano Robotic Systems," Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, LA, April 26 – May 1, 2004, pp. 1628-1633.
 
C.28.   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.
 
C.29.   Badescu M. and Mavroidis C., "Workspace Analysis of Reconfigurable Robotic Arms Using Parallel Platforms as Modules", Proceedings of the 2003 Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 03), November 16-21, 2003, Washington D.C., USA, Paper IMECE2003-42963.
 
C.30.   Fisch A., Nikitczuk J., Weinberg B., Mavroidis C., Wampler C., "Development of an Electro-Rheological Fluidic Actuator and Haptic Systems for Vehicular Instrument Control", Proceedings of the 2003 Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE 03), November 16-21, 2003, Washington D.C., USA, Paper IMECE2003-43514.
 
C.31.   Lee E. and Mavroidis C., "Four Precision Points Geometric Design of Spatial 3R Manipulators," Proceedings of IFTOMM's 11th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science, April 1-4, 2004 Tianjin-China.
 
C.32.   Melli-Huber J., Weinberg B., Fisch A., Nikitczuk J., Mavroidis C., Wampler C., "Electro-Rheological Fluidic Actuators for Haptic Vehicular Instrument Controls", Proceedings of the Eleventh Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, March 22 and 23, 2003, Los Angeles, CA, pp. 262-267.
 
C.33.   Lee C. and Mavroidis C., "Analytical Dynamic Model and Experimental Robust and Optimal Control of Shape-Memory-Alloy Bundle Actuators," Proceedings of the 2002 Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 17-22, 2002, New Orleans, LA, USA. Paper IMECE-2002-DSC-33439.
 
C.34.   Eren Y., Mavroidis C. and Nikitczuk J., "B-Spline Based Adaptive Control of Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Robotic Systems," Proceedings of the 2002 Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 17-22, 2002, New Orleans, LA, USA. Paper IMECE-2002-DSC-33425.
 
C.35.   Lee E., Mavroidis C. and Merlet J. P., "Five Precision Point Synthesis of Spatial RRR Manipulators Using Interval Analysis", Proceedings of the 2002 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2002 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Montreal, Canada, September 29-Oct 2, 2002. Paper DETC2002/MECH-34272.
 
C.36.   Badescu M, Morman J. and Mavroidis C., "Workspace Optimization of Orientational 3-Legged UPS Parallel Platforms", Proceedings of the 2002 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2002 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Montreal, Canada, September 29-Oct 2, 2002. Paper DETC2002/MECH-34366.
 
C.37.   Lee E. and Mavroidis C., "Geometric Design of Spatial PRR Manipulators Using Polynomial Elimination Techniques", Proceedings of the 2002 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2002 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Montreal, Canada, September 29-Oct 2, 2002. Paper DETC2002/MECH-34314.
 
C.38.   De Laurentis K., Kong F. and Mavroidis C., "Procedure for Rapid Fabrication of Non-Assembly Mechanisms With Embedded Components," Proceedings of the 2002 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2002 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Montreal, Canada, September 29-Oct 2, 2002. Paper DETC2002/MECH-34350.
 
C.39.   DeLaurentis K., Fisch A., Nikitczuk J., Mavroidis C., "Optimal Design of Shape Memory Alloy Wire Bundle Actuators", Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, Washington, D.C., May 11-15, 2002, pp. 2363-2368.
  
C.40.   Badescu M., Morman J. and Mavroidis C., "Workspace Optimization of 3-UPU Parallel Platforms With Joint Constraints," Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, Washington, D.C., May 11-15, 2002, pp. 3678-3683.
  
C.41.   Economou D., Mavroidis C. and Antoniadis I., "Comparison of Filter Types Used for Command Preconditioning in Vibration Suppression Applications," Proceedings of the 2002 American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, May 8-10, 2002, pp. 2273-2278.
   
C.42.   Economou D., Mavroidis C. and Antoniadis I., " Proper Filter Design Procedure for Vibration Suppression Using Delay-Error-Order Curves," Proceedings of the 2001 Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New York, NY, November 11-16, 2001. Paper IMECE-2001-DSC-13B-4.
 
C.43.   Misuraca J. and Mavroidis C., "Lower Limb Human Muscle Enhancer", Proceedings of the 2001 Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and Control, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New York, NY, November 11-16, 2001. Paper IMECE-2001-DSC-14-5.
 
C.44.   Economou D., Mavroidis C. and Antoniadis I., " Comparison of Robust Residual Vibration Suppression Capabilities of Conventional Digital Filters, " Proceedings of the 2001 ASME 18-th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, 2001 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Pittsburgh, PA, September 9-12, 2001. Paper DETC2001/VIB-21472.
 
C.45.   Economou D., Mavroidis C. and Antoniadis I., "Robust Residual Vibration Suppression Using IIR Digital Filters," Proceedings of the 1st IFAC Symposium on System Structure and Control, Prague, Czech Republic, August 29-31, 2001.  
 
C.46.   Badescu M. and Mavroidis C., " Novel Smart Connector for Modular Robotics, " Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM '01), Como, Italy, July 8–11, 2001, Vol. 2, pp. 880 -887.
    
C.47.   Economou D., Mavroidis C. and Antoniadis I., "Experiments on Robust Vibration Suppression in Mechatronic Systems Using IIR Digital Filters," Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM '01), Como, Italy, July 8–11, 2001, Vol. 2, pp. 731 -737.
 
C.48.   Economou D., Lee C., Mavroidis C. and Antoniadis I., " Experimental Demonstration of Input Preconditioning for Residual Vibration Suppression Using Low-Pass FIR Digital Filters," Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington, VA, June 25-27, 2001, pp. 1581-1586.
 
C.49.   Lee C. and Mavroidis C., ""Discrete Time LQR and H2 Damping Control of Flexible Payloads Using a Robot Manipulator with a Wrist-Mounted Force/Torque Sensor,"  DSC-Vol. 69-2, Proceedings of the 2000 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Dynamic Systems and Control Division, Orlando, FL, November 5-9, 2000, pp. 997-1004.
 
C.50.   Mavroidis C., Alam M. and Lee E., "Analytic Geometric Design of Spatial R-R Robot Manipulators," Proceedings of the 2000 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Baltimore, MD, September 10-13, 2000. Paper DETC2000/MECH-14068.  
 
C.51.   Mosley M. and Mavroidis C., "Design and Control of a Shape Memory Alloy Wire Bundle Actuator," Proceedings of the 2000 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Baltimore, MD, September 10-13, 2000. Paper DETC2000/MECH-14157.
  
C.52.   Won J., DeLaurentis K. and Mavroidis C., "Fabrication of a Robotic Hand Using Rapid Prototyping," Proceedings of the 2000 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Baltimore, MD, September 10-13, 2000. Paper DETC2000/MECH-14203
  
C.53.   Mavroidis C., Pfeiffer C., Celestino J. and Bar-Cohen Y., "Design and Modeling of an Electro-Rheological Fluid Based Haptic Interface," Proceedings of the 2000 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Baltimore, MD, September 10-13, 2000.  Paper DETC2000/MECH-14121.
 
C.54.   Lee C. and Mavroidis C., "WinReC v.1: Real-Time Control Software for Windows NT and its Applications," Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, June 28-30, 2000, pp. 651-655.
  
C.55.   Won J., DeLaurentis K. and Mavroidis C., "Rapid Prototyping of Robotic Systems," Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, CA, April 24-28, 2000, pp. 3077-3082.
  
C.56.   Mavroidis C., Pfeiffer C., Lennon J., Paljic A., Celestino J., and Bar-Cohen Y., "Modeling and Design of an Electro-Rheological Fluid Based Haptic System for Tele-Operation of Space Robots," Proceedings of the ROBOTICS 2000 Conference: The 4 th International Conference and Exposition/Demonstration on Robotics for Challenging Situations and Environments, Albuquerque, NM, February 27-March 2, 2000, pp. 174-180.
 
C.57.   Mosley M. and Mavroidis C., "Experimental Non-Linear Dynamics of a Shape Memory Alloy Wire Bundle Actuator",  DSC-Vol. 67, Proceedings of the 1999 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Dynamic Systems and Control Division, Nashville, TE, November 1999, Paper No. DSC-12B-1, pp. 709-717. (This paper received the 1999 Best Student Paper Award of the DSC Division.)
 
C.58.   Pfeiffer C., Mavroidis C., DeLaurentis K. and Mosley M., "Shape Memory Alloy Robot Prostheses: Initial Prototypes," Proceedings of the 1999 Advances in Bioengineering Conference, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, TE, November 1999, BED-Vol. 43, pp. 145-146.
 
C.59.   Pfeiffer C., DeLaurentis K. and Mavroidis C., "Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Robot Prostheses: Initial Experiments," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, Detroit, Michigan, May 1999, pp. 2385-2391.
   
C.60.   Lee E. and Mavroidis C.,  "Rigid Body Displacement Analysis Using the Method of Loci and Its Application in the Direct Kinematics of Hybrid Parallel-Serial Mechanisms," Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM), Oulu, Finland, June 1999, Vol. 2, pp. 513-522.
 
C.61.   Alam M., Mavroidis C., Bidaud P. and Langrana N.,"Mechanism Design Using Rapid Prototyping," Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM), Oulu, Finland, June 1999, Vol. 3, pp. 930-938.  
 
C.62.   Mosley M., Mavroidis C., and Pfeiffer C.,"Design and Dynamics of a Shape Memory Alloy Wire Bundle Actuator",  Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society, 8th Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, April 1999.
  
C.63.   Qian L. and Mavroidis C., “Identification of the End-Effector Positioning Errors of a Large Medical Robot Using Neural Networks,” Proceedings of IROS98: International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Victoria, Canada, October 1998, Vol.2, pp.951-958.
 
C.64.   Mavroidis, C., "Completely Specified Displacements of a Rigid Body and Their Application in the Direct Kinematics of In-Parallel Mechanisms," Proceedings of the 1998 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Atlanta, GA, September 1998. Paper No. DETC98/MECH-5891. (This paper won the 1998 Freudenstein / General Motors Young Investigators Award.)
 
C.65.   Gu P., Dubowsky S. and Mavroidis C,. " The Design Implications of Chaotic and Near-Chaotic Vibrations in Machines," Proceedings of the 1998 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Atlanta, GA, September 1998. Paper No. DETC98/MECH-5849
   
C.66.   Meggiolaro M., Mavroidis C. and Dubowsky S., "Identification and Compensation of Geometric and Elastic Errors in Large Manipulators: Application to a High Accuracy Medical Robot," Proceedings of the 1998 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Atlanta, GA, September 1998. Paper No. DETC98/MECH-5947.
 
C.67.   Mavroidis C., Dubowsky S., Drouet P., Hintersteiner J. and Flanz J., "A Systematic Error Analysis of Robotic Manipulators: Application to a High Performance Medical Robot," Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automation, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1997, Vol. 2, pp. 980-985, 1997.
 
C.68.   Mavroidis C., Dubowsky S. and Thomas K., "Optimal Sensor Location in Motion Control of Flexibly Supported Long Reach Manipulators," Proceedings of the 1996 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Irvine, CA., August, 1996. Paper No. 96-DETC/MECH-1142. 
 
C.69.   Mavroidis C. and Roth B., On the Geometry of Spatial Polygons and Screw Polygons," Proceedings of the 1996 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Irvine, CA., August 1996. Paper, No. 96-DETC/MECH-1153.  
 
C.70.   Yoshida K., Mavroidis C. and Dubowsky S., "Impact Dynamics of Space Long Reach Manipulators," Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, MI, April 1996, Vol. 2, pp. 1909-1916.
  
C.71.   Mavroidis C., Rowe P.S. and Dubowsky S., "Inferred Endpoint Control of Long Reach Manipulators,"  Proceedings of the 1995 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, (IROS 95), Pittsburgh, PA, August 1995, Vol. 2, pp. 71-76
  
C.72.   Mavroidis C., Dubowsky S. and Raju V., "Endpoint Control of Long Reach Manipulator Systems," Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM), Milano, Italy, August 1995, Vol. 3, pp 1740-1744.
 
C.73.   Mavroidis C. and Roth B., "Method to Determine Uncertain Configurations of 6R Manipulators,"  Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (IFToMM), Milano, Italy, August 1995, Vol. 3., pp. 1987-1992.
 
C.74.   Mavroidis, C. and Roth, B., "Analysis and Synthesis of Overconstrained Mechanisms,” in Mechanism Synthesis and Analysis, Proceedings of the 1994 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Minneapolis, MI, September 1994, DE- 70, edited by Pennock G., pp. 115-133. (This paper won the Best Paper Award in the conference.)  
 
C.75.   Sunada, C., Argaez, D., Dubowsky, S. and Mavroidis, C., “A Coordinated Jacobian Transpose Control for Mobile Multi-Limbed Robotic Systems,” Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Diego, CA, May 1994, Vol.3, pp. 1910-1915.
 
C.76.   Mavroidis, C. and Roth, B., "Structural Parameters Which Reduce the Number of Manipulator Configurations," Proceedings of the 1992 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Phoenix, Arizona, September 1992, ASME DE-45, pp. 359-366.
  
     
   
Conference Papers in Proceedings: Refereed Based on the Abstract
   
C.77.   Sivak M., Mavroidis C. and Holden M., "Design of a Low Cost Multiple User Virtual Environment for Rehabilitation (MUVER) of Patients with Stroke," Proceedings of the 2009 MMVR: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, January 19 – 22, 2009, Long Beach, CA.
 
C.78.   Sharma G., Rege K., Budil D., Yarmush M. and Mavroidis C., “Molecular Dynamics Aided Design of a Novel Protein-Based Nano-Gripper, Proceedings of the 2008 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, January 7-9, 2008.
   
C.79.   Dubey A., Mavroidis C., Tomassone S. M., "Design of Protein Based Nano-Actuators," Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Nanomanufacturing (ISNM 2006), November 1-3, 2006, Cambridge, MA.
 
C.80.   Dubey A., Mavroidis C., Tomassone S. M., "Design and Computational Analysis of Protein Based Nanoscale Biomimetic Actuators," Proceedings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2006 Annual Meeting, November 12-17, 2006, San Fransisco, CA.
   
C.81.   Chen C. L., Selvarasah S., Chao S. H., Khanicheh A., Mavroidis C., and Dokmeci M. R., "Electrohydrodynamic Micropump for On-Chip Fluid Pumping on Flexible Parylene Substrates", Proceedings of the 2nd Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE-NEMS), Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 16-19, 2007, pp. 826-30.
 
C.82.   Hamdi M., Ferreira A., Mavroidis C., “Molecular Nanosprings for Protein-Based Nano-robotics”, Proceedings of the 2006 IARP - IEEE/RAS - EURON Joint Workshop on: MICRO & NANO ROBOTICS, Paris, France, 23 – 24 October 2006.
   
C.83.   Dubey A., Mavroidis C., Tomassone S. M., "Molecular Dynamic Studies of Viral-Protein Based Nano-Actuators," Proceedings of the 2006 National Science Foundation Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Saint-Louis, Missouri, July 24-27, 2006.
 
C.84.   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.
   
C.85.   Hamdi M., Sharma G., Ferreira A., Mavroidis C., “Prototyping Bionanorobots Using Molecular Dynamic Simulations,Proceedings of the ENS’05, Paris, France, 14-16 December 2005.
 
C.86.   Liu Y., Weinberg B. and Mavroidis C., “Design and Modeling of the NU Smart Space Drilling System (SSDS),Proceedings of the 10th ASCE Aerospace Division International Conference on Engineering, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environments (Earth and Space 2006, League City/Houston, TX, U.S.A., March 05-08, 2006.
   
C.87.   Khanicheh A., Muto A., Triantafyllou C., Astrakas L., Mavroidic C. Tzika A., “MR Compatible ERF-based Robotic Device for Hand Rehabilitation”, Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Thirteenth Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, South Beach, Miami, Florida, May 7-13, 2005.
 
C.88.   Dubey A., Sharma G., Mavroidis C., Tomassone S., Nikitczuk K.P., Yarmush M.L., "Viral Protein Linear (VPL) Nano-Actuators", Proceedings of the 2004 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, March 7-11, 2004, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
   
C.89.   Lee E. and Mavroidis C., "Geometric Design of 3R Kinematic Chains Using Four Precision Points," Proceedings of the 2004 National Science Foundation Design, Service and Manufacture and Industrial Innovation Grantees and Research Conference, Dallas, Texas, January 5-8, 2004.
 
C.90.   Dubey A., Mavroidis C., Thornton A., Nikitczuk K.P., Yarmush M.L., " Viral Protein Linear (VPL) Nano-Actuators", Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE - NANO Conference, San Francisco, CA, August 12-14, 2003, Vol. 2, pp. 140-143.
   
C.91.   Mavroidis C., Dubey A., Nikitczuk K.P., S. M. Tomassone, Yarmush M.L., "From Viral Proteins to Nano-Actuators", Proceedings of the 2004 National Science Foundation Design, Service and Manufacture and Industrial Innovation Grantees and Research Conference, Dallas, Texas, January 5-8, 2004.
 
C.92.   Lee E., Mavroidis C. and Merlet J. P., "Geometric Design of Spatial RRR Manipulators Using Interval Analysis", Proceedings of the 2003 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, January 6-9, 2003.
   
C.93.   De Laurentis K., Kong F. and Mavroidis C., "Rapid Fabrication of Non-Assembly Mechanisms With Embedded Components," Proceedings of the 2003 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, January 6-9, 2003.
 
C.94.   DeLaurentis K., Fisch A., Nikitczuk J., Mavroidis C., "Optimal Design of Shape Memory Alloy Wire Actuators", Proceedings of the ACTUATOR 2002 Conference, the 8th International Conference on New Actuators, Bremen, Germany, June 10-12, 2002, pp. 588-591.
 
C.95.   Lee E., Mavroidis C. and Morman J., "Geometric Design of Spatial 3R Manipulators", Proceedings of the 2002 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 7-10, 2002.
  
C.96.   Badescu M., Wampler C., and Mavroidis, C., "Rotary Haptic Knob for Vehicular Instruments Controls", Proceedings of the Tenth Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, March 24 & 25, 2002 - Marriott Hotel, Orlando Florida.
 
C.97.   Bar-Cohen Y., Mavroidis C., Bouzit M., Dolgin B., Harm D., Kopchok G., White R., " Virtual Reality Robotic Telesurgery Simulations Using MEMICA Haptic System," Proceedings of the 2001 SPIE Conference on Electro-Active Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD 2001), SPIE 8th Annual International Symposium on Smart Materials and Structures, Newport Beach, CA, March 5-9, 2001, Volume 4329, pp. 357-363.
 
C.98.   Economou D., Lee C., Mavroidis C. and Antoniadis I.,  "Robust Vibration Suppression in Flexible Payloads Carried by Robot Manipulators Using Digital Filtering of Joint Trajectories," Proceedings of the 2000 International Symposium on Robotics and Automation (ISRA 2000), Monterey, Mexico, November 10-12, 2000, pp. 244-249.
 
C.99.   Mavroidis C., DeLaurentis K., Won J. and Alam M, "Fabrication of Non-Assembly Mechanisms and Robotic Systems Using Rapid Prototyping", Proceedings of the 2001 NSF Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Research Conference, Tampa, FL, January 7-10, 2001.
 
C.100.   DeLaurentis K., Mavroidis C. and Pfeiffer C., "Development of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Robotic Hand," Proceedings of the ACTUATOR 2000 Conference, Bremen, Germany, June 19-21, 2000, pp. 281-285.  
 
C.101.   Mavroidis C., Pfeiffer C. and Bar-Cohen Y., "Controlled Compliance Haptic Interface Using Electro-Rheological Fluids," Proceedings of the 2000 SPIE Conference on Electro-Active Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD 2000), SPIE 7th Annual International Symposium on Smart Materials and Structures, Newport Beach, CA, March 5-9, 2000, Volume 3987, pp. 300-310.
 
C.102.   Pfeiffer C., Mavroidis C., Bar-Cohen Y., Dolgin B., "Electrorheological Fluid Based Force Feedback Device," Proceedings of the 1999 SPIE Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies VI Conference, Boston, MA, September 19-22, 1999, Vol. 3840, pp. 88-99. 
 
C.103.   Mavroidis C. and Beddows M., "A Spatial Overconstrained Mechanism That Can Be Used In Practical Applications," Proceedings of the 5th Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Cincinnati, OH, October 1997.  
 
C.104.   Yoshida K., Mavroidis C. and Dubowsky S., "Dynamics and Control of a Space Robot Capturing a Floating Target (Experiments of Impact Estimation)," Proceedings of the 1995 ISAS 5th Workshop on Astrodynamics and Flight Mechanics, August 1995, pp. 108-114.
 
C.105.   Flanz J. et al., Hurn T. et al., and Mavroidis C. et al., “Design Approach for a Highly Accurate Patient Positioning System for NPTC", Proceedings of the 1996 Hadrontherapy Workshop, Belgium, September 1996.
  
C.106.   Yoshida K., Mavroidis C. and Dubowsky S., ``Experimental Estimation of Impact Dynamics of a Manipulator using Extended-Inverse Inertia Tensor," Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of Robotics Society of Japan, November 1995, pp. 705-706. (in Japanese).
 
  
     
Theses
   
T.1.   Mavroidis C., Inverse Kinematics of General and Special Serial Link Manipulators, Ph. D. Thesis, University Paris VI, May 1993. Advisors: Professor Bernard Roth, Stanford University, U.S. and Professor Jean Claude Guinot, University Paris VI, France
   
T.2.   Mavroidis C., Inverse Kinematics of Wrist Manipulators, Master Thesis, University Paris VI, Paris, July 1989. Advisors: Professor Bernard Roth, Stanford University, US, and Professor Jean Claude Guinot, University Paris VI, France.
   
T.3.   Mavroidis C., Theory and Computer Programs for the Control of Linear Systems, Diploma Thesis, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, June 1988. Advisor: Professor Nikolaos Krikelis.
  
   
  
Theses of Graduate Students
  
1.   Azadeh Khanicheh, Ph.D. Thesis, “Magnetic Resonance Compatible Smart Hand Rehabilitation Device for fMRI Brain Mapping,” July 2007.
  
2.   Yinghui Liu, Ph.D. Thesis, “Design and Modeling of Planetary Robotic Drilling Systems,” July 2007..
 
3.   Gaurav Sharma, Ph.D. Thesis, "Computer Aided Design and Modeling of a Coiled-Coiled Peptide Based Molecular Tweezer," May 2007.
 
4.   Avi Fisch, PhD Thesis, "Development and Testing of Haptic Interfaces Using Electro-Rheological Fluids", April 2007.
 
5.   Atul Dubey, Ph.D. Thesis, "Design of a Protein Based Robotic Bionano Actuator", April 2007 (co-advisor, Primary advisor Dr. Silvina Tomassone).
 
6.   Jason Nikitczuk, Ph.D. Thesis, "Development, Control and Testing of an Electro-Rheological Fluid Based Knee Rehabilitation Orthosis," April 2007.
 
7.   Eric Lee, Ph.D. Thesis, “Computational Geometric Design of Spatial Robot Manipulators”, April 2004.
  
8.   Kathryn DeLaurentis, Ph.D. Thesis, “Development of New Methodologies for the Actuation and Fabrication of Robotic Systems,” April 2004.
 
9.   Mircea Badescu, Ph.D. Thesis, “Reconfigurable Robots Using Parallel Platforms as Modules", May 2003.
 
10.   Chun-Hao Lee, Ph.D. Thesis, “Discrete Time Optimal and Robust LQR/H2 Control of Robotic Systems,” Sept 2000
 
11.   Jon Hastie, Masters Thesis, "Development of a Powered Two Degree of Freedom Joint And Integration with the Foster-Miller TALON Robot," April 2007.
 
12.   Ajay Ummat, Masters Thesis, “Bio-Nano Robotic Systems for Space Applications: Concepts and Computational Framework,” June 2006.
 
13.   Aveek Datta, Masters Thesis, "Modeling and Diagnosis of Robotic Systems Using Neural Networks," March 2005.
 
14.   Shyamal Patel, Masters Thesis, “Discrete Real-Time Control of Robotic Systems,” March 2005.
 
15.   Gaurav Sharma, Masters Thesis, "Kinematics of Bio-Nano Robotic Systems," June 2004.
 
16.   Jason Nikitczuk, " Rehabilitative Knee Orthosis Driven by Electro-Rheological Fluid Based Actuators," June 2004.
 
17.   Avi Fisch, Masters Thesis, "Development of Haptic Interfaces Using Electro-Rheological Fluid-based Devices", June 2004.
 
18.   Atul Dubey, Masters Thesis, "Computational Studies of Viral Protein Linear Actuators", April 2004.
 
19.   Eric Lee, Masters Thesis, “Computational Kinematic Analysis and Design of Robot Manipulators," May 2003.
 
20.   Kathryn DeLaurentis, Masters Thesis, “Design of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Robotic Hand,” Feb 2002.
 
21.   Joseph Misuraca, Masters Thesis, “Human Muscle Enhancer: Design and Control,” June 2001
 
22.   Yavuz Eren, Masters Thesis, “ Design and Control of a Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Anthropomorphic Forearm/Wrist Mechanism," Dec 2000.
 
23.   Druva Duttatraya, Masters Thesis, "Development of a Smart Mobile Vehicle," January 2000.  
 
24.   Mike Mosley, Masters Thesis, “Design, Dynamics and Control of a Wire Bundle Shape Memory Alloy Actuator,” Sept 1999.
 
25.   Munshi Alam, Masters Thesis, “Task Oriented Kinematic Design of Mechanisms and Manipulators and Their Evaluation Using Rapid Prototyping,”Jan 1999.  
 
  

 

    

   

 

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