Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

Workshop Papers

2019

  • Kenechukwu C. Mbanisi and Zhi Li, “Active Biomechanical Human Model for Simulating Loco-Manipulation in Human-Robot Interactions”, Workshop on “Human Movement Science”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019)
  • Heramb Nemlekar and Zhi Li, “Inferring the level of collaboration in object handover tasks: From one-to-one to one-to-many”, Workshop on “Human-Robot Teaming Beyond Human Operational Speeds”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019)
  • Alexandra Valiton and Zhi Li, “Modeling human perception-action coordination in VR telepresence”, Workshop on “Human-Robot Teaming Beyond Human Operational Speeds”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019)

2018

  • Kenechukwu C. Mbanisi, Alexandra R. Valiton, Renee K. Dorer, Zhi Li, “Assessment of Physical Fatigue in Robot Teleoperation during Complex Motion Coordination Tasks”, Workshop on “Robotic Coworkers 4.0: Human Safety and Comfort in Human-Robot Interactive Social Environments”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018). PDF
  • Heramb Nemlekar, Dharini Dutia and Zhi Li, “Prompt Human to Robot Handovers by Estimation of Object Transfer Point based on Human Partner’s Motion”, Workshop on Human-robot cooperation and collaboration in manipulation: advancements and challenges, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018). PDF
  • Sihui Li, Haowei Zhao, Ozan Akyildiz, Zhi Li, “Learning Motion Primitives and Task Plan in Teleoperated Robot Motion through Multi-modal Interfaces”, Workshop on Fundamental Issues in Symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction, Robotics: Science and System (RSS 2018) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June, 2018. PDF
  • Heramb Nemlekar, Max Merlin, Zhi Li, “High Level Representation of Kinesthetically Learned Motions for Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks”,Workshop on Learning from Demonstrations for high level robotics tasks, Robotics: Science and System (RSS 2018), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June, 2018. PDF
  • Kenechukwu C. Mbanisi, Tess B. Meier, Hideyuki Kimpara, Jie Fu, Michael A. Gennert, and Zhi Li, “Learning Movement Primitives for Driving Tasks from Human Demonstration”. 8th World Congress on Biomechanics (WCB 2018)
  • JC Kline, MD Twardowski, SH Roy, Z Li, and G De Luca, “Real-time Measurements of Motor Unit Firings for Prosthetic Control”. 8th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2018)

2017

  • Kenechukwu C. Mbanisi, Hideyuki Kimpara, Jie Fu and Zhi Li, “A Control Architecture for Rendering Passive and Active Whole-body Coordination in Driving Tasks”, IROS 2017 Workshop on Human Movement Understanding for Humanoid and Wearable Robots, Vancouver, BC, Canada, September, 2017. PDF

Achieved – Before WPI

2017

2016

2015

  • Zhi Li, Dejan Milutinovic and Jacob Rosen, “Spatial Map of Synthesized Criteria for the Redundancy Resolution of Human Arm Movements”. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering, 23(6), pp. 1020 – 1030, Nov. 2015. PDF
  • Zhi Li, Kris Hauser, Jay Ryan Roldan, Dejan Milutinovic, Jacob Rosen, “A Novel Method for Quantifying Arm Motion Similarity”, 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2015), Milan, Italy, August, 2015. PDF
  • Zhi Li, Kris Hauser, “Predicting Object Transfer Position and Timing in Human-robot Handover Tasks”, Science and Systems: 2015 Robotics (RSS 2015), Human-Robot Handover Workshop, Rome, Italy, June, 2015. PDF
  • Zhi Li, Kris Hauser, “Ebolabot: Progress toward a Tele-nursing Robotic System for Ebola Patient Treatment”, Science and Systems: 2015 Robotics (RSS 2015), Workshop on Robotics for Advanced Response to Epidemics (RARE), Rome, Italy, June, 2015. PDF

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