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Design and Control of RUPERT: A Device for Robotic Upper Extremity Repetitive Therapy by Sugar, Thomas G., He, Jiping, Koeneman, Edward J., Koeneman, James B., Herman, Richard, Huang, H., Schultz, Robert S., Herring, D. E., Wanberg, J., Balasubramanian, Sivakumar, Swenson, Pete, Ward, Jeffrey A.

“…The structural design, control system, and integrated biofeedback for a wearable exoskeletal robot for upper extremity stroke rehabilitation are presented…”
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An efficient robotic tendon for gait assistance by Hollander, Kevin W, Ilg, Robert, Sugar, Thomas G, Herring, Donald

“…A robotic tendon is a spring based, linear actuator in which the stiffness of the spring is crucial for its successful use in a lightweight, energy efficient,…”
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Optical angular constancy is maintained as a navigational control strategy when pursuing robots moving along complex pathways by Wang, Wei, McBeath, Michael K, Sugar, Thomas G

“…The optical navigational control strategy used to intercept moving targets was explored using a real-world object that travels along complex, evasive pathways…”
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Current State, Needs, and Opportunities for Wearable Robots in Military Medical Rehabilitation and Force Protection by Cooper, Rory A, Smolinski, George, Candiotti, Jorge L, Satpute, Shantanu, Grindle, Garrett G, Sparling, Tawnee L, Nordstrom, Michelle J, Yuan, Xiaoning, Symsack, Allison, Dae Lee, Chang, Vitiello, Nicola, Knezevic, Steven, Sugar, Thomas G, Schneider, Urs, Kopp, Verena, Holl, Mirjam, Gaunaurd, Ignacio, Gailey, Robert, Bonato, Paolo, Poropatich, Ron, Adet, David J, Clemente, Francesco, Abbas, James, Pasquina, Paul F

“…Despite advances in wearable robots across various fields, there is no consensus definition or design framework for the application of this technology in…”
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Development and testing of the aerial porter exoskeleton by Martin, W Brandon, Boehler, Alexander, Hollander, Kevin W, Kinney, Darren, Hitt, Joseph K, Kudva, Jay, Sugar, Thomas G

“…Back pain is one of the largest drivers of workplace injury and lost productivity in industries around the world. Back injuries were one of the leading reasons…”
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Design and Development of a Powered Myoelectric Elbow Orthosis for Neuromuscular Injuries by Vignola, Claudio, Bhat, Sandesh G, Hollander, Kevin, Kane, Paul, Miller, Emily, Martin, William Brandon, Shin, Alexander Y, Sugar, Thomas G, Kaufman, Kenton R

“…Recovering from neuromuscular injuries or conditions can be a challenging journey that involves complex surgeries and extensive physical rehabilitation. During…”
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A unified fielder theory for interception of moving objects either above or below the horizon by SUGAR, Thomas G, MCBEATH, Michael K, ZHENG WANG

“…A unified fielder theory is presented that explains how humans navigate to intercept targets that approach from either above or below the horizon. Despite…”
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Comparison of Mechanical Design and Energy Consumption of Adaptable, Passive-compliant Actuators by Vanderborght, Bram, Van Ham, Ronald, Lefeber, Dirk, Sugar, Thomas G., Hollander, Kevin W.

“…Different, adaptable, passive-compliant actuators have been developed recently such as the antagonistic setup of two Series Elastic Actuators, the Mechanically…”
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Navigational strategy used to intercept fly balls under real-world conditions with moving visual background fields by Wang, Wei, McBeath, Michael K., Sugar, Thomas G.

“…This study explored the navigational strategy used to intercept fly balls in a real-world environment under conditions with moving visual background fields…”
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Design of a robotic gait trainer using spring over muscle actuators for ankle stroke rehabilitation by Bharadwaj, Kartik, Sugar, Thomas G, Koeneman, James B, Koeneman, Edward J

“…Repetitive task training is an effective form of rehabilitation for people suffering from debilitating injuries of stroke. We present the design and working…”
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A novel selective compliant actuator by Sugar, Thomas G.

“…A novel design for a selective compliant actuator is described that can easily control the external force or stiffness applied to an object. Our design…”
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Mobile robot interception using human navigational principles: Comparison of active versus passive tracking algorithms by Sugar, Thomas G, McBeath, Michael K, Suluh, Anthony, Mundhra, Keshav

“…We examined human navigational principles for intercepting a projected object and tested their application in the design of navigational algorithms for mobile…”
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The Galileo Bias: A Naive Conceptual Belief That Influences People's Perceptions and Performance in a Ball-Dropping Task by Oberle, Crystal D, McBeath, Michael K, Madigan, Sean C, Sugar, Thomas G

“…This research introduces a new naive physics belief, the Galileo bias, whereby people ignore air resistance and falsely believe that all objects fall at the…”
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A robust phase oscillator design for wearable robotic systems by De La Fuente, Juan, Subramanian, Susheelkumar C., Sugar, Thomas G., Redkar, Sangram

“…The design of a phase-based robust oscillator for wearable robots, that could assist humans performing periodic or repetitive tasks, is presented in this…”
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Control of cooperating mobile manipulators by Sugar, T.G., Kumar, V.

“…We describe a framework and control algorithms for coordinating multiple mobile robots with manipulators focusing on tasks that require grasping, manipulation…”
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Evidence for a generic interceptive strategy by Shaffer, Dennis M, McBeath, Michael K, Krauchunas, Scott M, Sugar, Thomas G

“…In the present work, we first clarify a more precise definition of instantaneous optical angles in control tasks such as interception. We then test how well…”
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Metrics for analysis and optimization of grasps and fixtures by Sugar, T.G., Kumar, V.

“…We develop two quality measures for the analysis and optimization of grasps and fixtures. The first metric is a measure of stability and is obtained by…”
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Comparison of active versus passive ball catching control algorithms using robotic simulations by McBeath, M. K., Sugar, T. G., Shaffer, D. M.

“…Abstract only…”
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Catching ground balls: Optical control heuristics used by humans and robots support a unified fielder theory by McBeath, M. K, Sugar, T. G, Thompson, M. J, Mundhra, K.

“…Abstract only…”
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Evidence for a generic interceptive strategy by Shaffer, Dennis M, McBeath, Michael K, Krauchunas, Scott M, Sugar, Thomas G

“…In the present work, we first clarify a more precise definition of instantaneous optical angles in control tasks such as interception. We then test how well…”
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