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most citedErgonomically Intelligent Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Postural Estimation, Assessment, and Optimization

4 citations · 7 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cs.RO2022★ 1 cited

Occlusion-Robust Multi-Sensory Posture Estimation in Physical Human-Robot Interaction

Amir Yazdani, Roya Sabbagh Novin, Andrew Merryweather +1

3D posture estimation is important in analyzing and improving ergonomics in physical human-robot interaction and reducing the risk of musculoskeletal disorders. Vision-based postur…

cs.RO2022

DULA and DEBA: Differentiable Ergonomic Risk Models for Postural Assessment and Optimization in Ergonomically Intelligent pHRI

Amir Yazdani, Roya Sabbagh Novin, Andrew Merryweather +1

Ergonomics and human comfort are essential concerns in physical human-robot interaction applications. Defining an accurate and easy-to-use ergonomic assessment model stands as an i…

cs.RO2021★ 4 cited

Ergonomically Intelligent Physical Human-Robot Interaction: Postural Estimation, Assessment, and Optimization

Amir Yazdani, Roya Sabbagh Novin, Andrew Merryweather +1

Ergonomics and human comfort are essential concerns in physical human-robot interaction. Common practical methods in the area either fail in estimating the correct posture due to o…

cs.RO2021★ 2 cited

DULA: A Differentiable Ergonomics Model for Postural Optimization in Physical HRI

Amir Yazdani, Roya Sabbagh Novin, Andrew Merryweather +1

Ergonomics and human comfort are essential concerns in physical human-robot interaction applications. Defining an accurate and easy-to-use ergonomic assessment model stands as an i…

cs.AI2021

Optimizing Hospital Room Layout to Reduce the Risk of Patient Falls

Sarvenaz Chaeibakhsh, Roya Sabbagh Novin, Tucker Hermans +2

Despite years of research into patient falls in hospital rooms, falls and related injuries remain a serious concern to patient safety. In this work, we formulate a gradient-free co…

cs.RO2020

Risk-Aware Decision Making in Service Robots to Minimize Risk of Patient Falls in Hospitals

Roya Sabbagh Novin, Amir Yazdani, Andrew Merryweather +1

Planning under uncertainty is a crucial capability for autonomous systems to operate reliably in uncertain and dynamic environments. The concern of safety becomes even more critica…

cs.CE2020

Development of a Novel Computational Model for Evaluating Fall Risk in Patient Room Design

Roya Sabbagh Novin, Ellen Taylor, Tucker Hermans +1

Objectives: The aims of this study are to identify factors in physical environments that contribute to patient falls in hospitals and to propose a computational model to evaluate p…

cs.RO2020

Is The Leader Robot an Adequate Sensor for Posture Estimation and Ergonomic Assessment of A Human Teleoperator?

Amir Yazdani, Roya Sabbagh Novin, Andrew Merryweather +1

Ergonomic assessment of human posture plays a vital role in understanding work-related safety and health. Current posture estimation approaches face occlusion challenges in teleope…