Journal papers

  1. He, L., Herzig, N., de Lusignan, S., Scimeca, L., Maiolino, P., Iida, F., & Nanayakkara, T.  "An Abdominal Phantom with Tunable Stiffness Nodules and Force Sensing Capability for Palpation Training", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2020. [PDF]
  2. Thilina Lalitharatne, Jacob Tan, Liang He, Florence Ching Ying Leong, Nejra Van Zalk, Simon De Lusignan, Fumiya Iida, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “MorphFace: A Hybrid Morphable Face for a Robopatient”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2020. [PDF][Media]
  3. Lalitharatne, Thilina Dulantha, Yongxuan Tan, Florence Leong, Liang He, Nejra Van Zalk, Simon de Lusignan, Fumiya Iida, and Thrishantha Nanayakkara. "Facial Expression Rendering in Medical Training Simulators: Current Status and Future Directions." IEEE Access (2020). [PDF]
  4. Nicolas Herzig, Liang he, Perla Maiolino, Sara-Adela Abad, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “Conditioned haptic perception for 3D localization of nodules in soft tissue palpation with a variable stiffness probe”, PONE-D-20-03370R2, 2020. [PDF][Media][Data repository]
  5. Liang He, Icey Lu, Sara Adela Abad Guaman, Nicolas Rojas, and Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “Soft Fingertips with Adaptive Sensing and Active Deformation for Robust Grasping of Delicate Objects”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2020. [PDF] [Media]
  6. Seyedmohammadhadi Sadati, Ali Shiva, Nicolas Herzig, Caleb Rucker, Helmut Hauser, Ian Walker, Christos Bergeles, Kaspar Althoefer, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “Stiffness Imaging with a Continuum Appendage: Real-time Shape and Tip Force Estimation from Base Load Readings”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2020. [PDF][Media]
  7. Xinyang Tan, Liang He, Jiangang Cao, Wei Chen, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “A Soft Pressure Sensor Skin for Hand and Wrist Orthoses”, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2020. [PDF][Media]

Conference papers

  1. Hadi Sadati, Ali Shiva, Daniel Rucker, Christos Bergeles, Ian Walker, Helmut Hauser, Kaspar Althoefer, and Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “Real-time Shape and Tip Force Estimation of a Continuum Appendage from Base Load Readings: A Stiffness Imaging Application”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2020. [PDF]
  2. Liang He, Icey Lu, Sara Adela Abad Guaman, Nicolas Rojas, and Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “Soft Fingertips with Adaptive Sensing and Active Deformation for Robust Grasping of Delicate Objects”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2020. [PDF]
  3. Sara Adela Abad Guaman, Nicolas Herzig, Hadi Sadati, and Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “Significance of the Compliance of the Joints on the Dynamic Slip Resistance of a Bioinspired Hoof”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2020. [PDF]
  4. Xinyang Tan, Liang He, Chen Wei, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, “A Soft Pressure Sensor Skin for Hand and Wrist Orthoses”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2020. [PDF]
  5. Qiujie Lu, Liang He, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Nicolas Rojas, “Precise In-Hand Manipulation of Delicate Objects using Soft Fingertips with Adaptive Sensing and Active Deformation”, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2020. [PDF]
  6. Josie Hughes, Perla Maiolino, Thrishantha Nanayakkara, Fumiya Iida “Sensorized Phantom For Characterizing Large Area Deformation of Soft Bodies for Medical Applications”, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), 2020. [PDF]