AI and Robotics Lab (AI&R Lab)

​Academic Publications​

1. [Journal 2020] O. Eldirdiry, R. Zaier, A. Al-Yahmedi, I. Bahadur, and F. Alnajjar, “Modeling of a biped robot for investigating foot drop using MATLAB/Simulink,” Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, vol. 98, p. 101972, Jan. 2020. [Link]

2. [Journal 2019] F. Alnajjar, S. Khalid, A. A. Vogan, S. Shimoda, R. Nouchi, and R. Kawashima, “Emerging Cognitive Intervention Technologies to Meet the Needs of an Aging Population: A Systematic Review,” Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, vol. 11, Oct. 2019. [Link]

3. [Patent 2019] Fady Alnajjar, Nouf Fadel Nasser Alsaedi, Waleed Khalil Ahmed, Robotic gripping assist, 2019 [Link]

4. [Patent 2019] Hamad Al Jassmi, Fady Alnajjar, Waleed Khalil Ahmed, Compound nozzle for cement 3D printer to produce thermally insulated composite cement, [Link]

5. [Journal 2019] S. Adil Abboud, S. Al-Wais, S. H. Abdullah, F. Alnajjar, and A. Al-Jumaily, “Label Self-Advised Support Vector Machine (LSA-SVM)—Automated Classification of Foot Drop Rehabilitation Case Study,” Biosensors, vol. 9, no. 4, p. 114, Sep. 2019. [Link]

6. [Journal 2019] N. Yang, Q. An, H. Kogami, H. Yamakawa, Y. Tamura, K. Takahashi, M. Kinomoto, H. Yamasaki, M. Itkonen, F. Shibata Alnajjar, S. Shimoda, N. Hattori, T. Fujii, H. Otomune, I. Miyai, A. Yamashita, and H. Asama, “Temporal Features of Muscle Synergies in Sit-to-stand Motion Reflect the Motor Impairment of Post-Stroke Patients,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, pp. 1–1, 2019 [Link]

7. [Journal 2019]  Mubin O, Alnajjar F, Jishtu N, Alsinglawi B, Al Mahmud, Exoskeletons With Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Gamification for Stroke Patients’ Rehabilitation: Systematic Review, JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2019;6(2):e12010 DOI: 10.2196/12010 [Link].

8. [IFAC2019] Hiroki Kogami, Qi An, Hiroshi Yamakawa, et al., Assistive Chair to Support Hip Rising of Elderly People Improves Body Movement of Sit-to-Stand Motion, Joint 12th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles 1st IFAC Workshop on Robot Control, September 18-20, 2019, Korea [Link]

9. [IFAC2019] Fady S. alnajjar, Qi An, Mohit Saravanan, Khaled Khalil, Shingo Shimoda, The Effect of Visual, Auditory, Tactile and Cognitive feedback in Motor Skill Training: A pilot study based on VR gaming,  Joint 12th IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems, Robotics, and Vehicles 1st IFAC Workshop on Robot Control, September 18-20, 2019, Korea. [PDF] [Link].

10. [Journal 2019] S. Okajima, F. S. Alnajjar, Á. Costa, G. Asin-Prieto, J. L. Pons, J. C. Moreno, Y. Hasegawa, and S. Shimoda, “Theoretical approach for designing the rehabilitation robot controller,” Advanced Robotics, vol. 33, no. 14, pp. 674–686, Jul. 2019. [Abstract]

11. [Journal 2019] H. R. Yamasaki, Q. An, M. Kinomoto, K. Takahashi, T. Fujii, H. Kogami, N. Yang, H. Yamakawa, Y. Tamura, M. Itkonen, M. Sonoo, F. S. K. Alnajjar, A. Yamashita, H. Otomune, N. Hattori, H. Asama, I. Miyai, and S. Shimoda, “Organization of functional modularity in sitting balance response and gait performance after stroke,” Clinical Biomechanics, vol. 67, pp. 61–69, Jul. 2019. [Abstract].

12. [Journal 2019] M. Gochoo, T.-H. Tan, S.-C. Huang, T. Batjargal, J.-W. Hsieh, F. S. Alnajjar, and Y.-F. Chen, “Novel IoT-Based Privacy-Preserving Yoga Posture Recognition System Using Low-Resolution Infrared Sensors and Deep Learning,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, pp. 1–1, 2019. (Abstract).

13. [USRC2019] Ruqaya Saleh, Fady Alnajjar "Building an Artificial Brain into a NAO Robot: A Study to Understand Human Performance under Pressure", 5th Undergraduate Student Research Conference, April 2019, UAE.

14. [EDUCON2019] Fady S. Alnajjar, Abdulrahman Renawi, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Omar Mubain "A Low-Cost Autonomous Attention Assessment System for Robot Intervention with Autistic Children", IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, 9–11 April, 2019, Dubai, UAE. [Abstract]

15. [ASET2019] Omer Eldirdiry, Riadh Zaier, Fady Alnajjar, Amur Al-Yahmedi, Issam Bahadur, "Foot Modelling for Investigating Foot-Drop Problem Using Biomechanical Legs", Advances in Science and Engineering Technology, 26th to 28thMarch, 2019, UAE.[Abstract]

16. [ASET2019] Aikaterini D. Koutsou, Fady Alnajjar, Sergio Lerma Lara, Beatriz Moral, Riadh Zaier, Juan C. Moreno "Analysis of muscle activation patterns during walking in patients with foot drop: insights for the design of an advanced FES controller", Advances in Science and Engineering Technology, 26th to 28thMarch, 2019, UAE. [Abstract]

17. [Journal 2019] F. S. Alnajjar, J. C. Moreno, K. Ozaki, I. Kondo, and S. Shimoda, “Motor Control System for Adaptation of Healthy Individuals and Recovery of Poststroke Patients: A Case Study on Muscle Synergies,” Neural Plasticity, vol. 2019, pp. 1–13, Mar. 2019. [Abstract]

18. [MHS2018] Shotaro Okajima, Fady S. Alnajjar, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Shingo Shimoda, "Cooperative movement in grasping and development of grasping-training robot", 29th 2018 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS2018), (From Micro & Nano Scale Systems to Robotics & Mechatronics Systems), Nagoya, Japan. Best Paper Award, [Link]

19. [EmboSS2018] Ningjia Yang, et al., Clarification of Altered Muscle Synergies during Sit-to-stand Motion in Stroke Patients, The 2nd International Symposium on Embodied-Brain Systems Science (EmboSS2018), Dec. 5-6, 2018, Tokyo.[Link]

20. [EmboSS2018] Qi An, et al., Rehabilitation Intervention of Physical Therapists Improves Muscle Synergy during Standing-up Motion of Stroke Patients, The 2nd International Symposium on Embodied-Brain Systems Science (EmboSS2018), Dec. 5-6, 2018, Tokyo. [Link]

21. [EmboSS2018] Hiroki Kogami, et al., Effect of Physical Therapy on Joint Angle of Hemiplegic Patients during Standing-up Motion, The 2nd International Symposium on Embodied-Brain Systems Science (EmboSS2018), Dec. 5-6, 2018, Tokyo. [Link]

22. [Book Chapter, springer 2018] G. M. Bani Musa, F. Alnajjar, A. Al-Jumaily, and S. Shimoda, “Upper Limb Recovery Prediction After Stroke Rehabilitation Based on Regression Method,” Biosystems & Biorobotics, pp. 380–384, Oct. 2018.[Link]

23. [Book Chapter, springer 2018] B. Alsinglawi, F. Alnajjar, O. Mubin, and M. Novoa, “A Framework for Home-Based Stroke Rehabilitation Using Interactive Games and Augmented Reality Feedback,” Biosystems & Biorobotics, pp. 252–255, Oct. 2018.[Link]

24. [Book Chapter, springer 2018] G. Asín-Prieto, A. Martínez-Expósito, F. Alnajjar, S. Shimoda, J. L. Pons, and J. C. Moreno, “Feasibility of Submaximal Force Control Training for Robot–Mediated Therapy After Stroke,” Biosystems & Biorobotics, pp. 256–260, Oct. 2018 [Link]

25. [Conference 2018] Nouf N. Alsaedi, Fady Alnajjar,Fatima H. Alnyadi, Qi An, Shingo Shimoda, Avatar-Robot Therapy to Enhance the Interaction of the Children with Autism during the Rehabilitation Sessions, AUAPAF2018, 20-22 Oct. 2018, Tsinghua University China. [link]

26. [Conference 2018] Ningjia Yang, et al., Clarification of Muscle Synergy Structure During Standing-up Motion of Healthy Young, Elderly and Post-Stroke Patients, http://ssi2018.sice.or.jp/ the paper published In Japanese (paper ID 167) & English (paper ID 151)[link][link]

27. [Journal 2018] Okajima, Shotaro, Maxime Tournier, Fady S. Alnajjar, Mitsuhiro Hayashibe, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, and Shingo Shimoda. “Generation of Human-Like Movement from Symbolized Information.” Frontiers in Neurorobotics 12 (July 17, 2018). doi:10.3389/fnbot.2018.00043 [link]

28. [Journal 2018] M. Gochoo, T.-H. Tan, S.-H. Liu, F.-R. Jean, F. Alnajjar, and S.-C. Huang, “Unobtrusive Activity Recognition of Elderly People Living Alone Using Anonymous Binary Sensors and DCNN,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, pp. 1–1, 2018 [Abstract]

29. [Symposium 2018] Fady Alnajjar, Abdulrahman Renawi, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Autism Rehabilitation and Scoring System, 1st International Symposium on NeuroRehabilitation for Kids, Mantra on Edward, Brisbane 26th May 2018. [PDF]

30. [ICRA2018 Conference] Shotaro Okajima, Fady Alnajjar, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Matti Itkonen, Álvaro Costa, Yasuhisa Hasegawa, Shingo Shimoda, Grasp-Training Robot to Activate Neural Control Loop for Reflex and Experimental Verification, International Conference on Robotics and Automation | 21-25 May 2018 | Brisbane.  

31. [ICRA2018 Workshop] Fady Alnajjar, M. Gochoo, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Shingo Shimoda, Intelligent Agent to assess and assist attention and engagement level of children with ASD, CogRob-CoRo Joint Workshop, 25 May 2018 , Brisban [Link]

32. [IOP Conference] H. Al Jassmi, F. Al Najjar, and A.-H. I. Mourad, “Large-Scale 3D Printing: The Way Forward,” IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 324, p. 012088, Mar. 2018. [Full Paper]

33. [Journal 2018] H. Kogami, Q. An, N. Yang, H. Yamakawa, Y. Tamura, A. Yamashita, H. Asama, S. Shimoda, H. Yamasaki, M. Itkonen, F. Alnajjar, N. Hattori, M. Kinomoto, K. Takahashi, T. Fujii, H. Otomune, and I. Miyai, “Effect of Physical Therapy on Muscle Synergy Structure during Standing-up Motion of Hemiplegic Patients,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Volume: PP Issue: 99, pp. 1–1, 2018. [abstract]

34. [Journal 2018] A. Costa, M. Itkonen, H. Yamasaki, F. Alnajjar, and S. Shimoda, “A Novel Approach to the Segmentation of sEMG Data Based on the Activation and Deactivation of Muscle Synergies During Movement,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Volume: PP Issue: 99, pp. 1–1, 2018. [abstract]

35. [ACCRAC2018, Int. Conference, 2018] Heid Haavik, Imran Khan Niazi, Jens Duehr, Muhammed Samran Navid, Fady Alnajjar, Kemal Turker, Chiropractic care alters TMS induced I-wave excitability and cortical silent period duration, 25th educational Conference and Research Agenda Conference, March 8- 10, 2018, Dallas, Texas

36. [ACCRAC2018, Int. Conference, 2018] Alice Cade, Kelly Jones, Kelly Holt, Abdul Moiz Penkar, Fady Alnajjar, Heidi Haavik, The effects of chiropractic care on oculomotor control in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A pilot study. 25th educational Conference and Research Agenda Conference, March 8- 10, 2018, Dallas, Texas

37. [ICECTA’2017, Int. Conference, 2017]  Munkhjargal Gochoo,  Tan-Hsu Tan,  Shing-Hong Liu ,  Shih-Chia Huang,  Fady Alnajjar, DCNN-Based Elderly Activity Recognition Using Anonymous Binary Sensors.

38. [ICECTA’2017, Int. Conference, 2017]  Mohammad Wedyan,  Fady Alnajjar,  Peer Mohamad Muhamed Ali,  Shingo Shimoda,  Adel Al-Jumaily, A Wearable Robotics Assistive Device: Design, Technical Solutions, and Implementation.

39. [SSI2017, Conference, 2017] Ningjia Yang, Qi An, Hiroki Kogami, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Yusuke Tamura, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama, Shingo Shimoda, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Matti Itkonen, Fady Alnajjar, et al., 片麻痺患者の起立動作のリハビリテーションにおける理学療法士の技能の解析. 

40. [SSI2017, Int. Conference, 2017] Ningjia Yang, Qi An, Hiroki Kogami, Hiroshi Yamakawa, Yusuke Tamura, Atsushi Yamashita, Hajime Asama, Shingo Shimoda, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Matti Itkonen, Fady Alnajjar, et al., Clarification of Muscle Synergy Structure During Standing-up Motion of Healthy Elderly and Post-Stroke Patients

41. [IEEE EMBC, Int. Conference, 2017] Á. Costa, M. Itkonen, H. Yamasaki, F. S. Alnajjar and S. Shimoda, "Importance of muscle selection for EMG signal analysis during upper limb rehabilitation of stroke patients," 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Jeju Island, South Korea, 2017, pp. 2510-2513.doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8037367. [Link]

42. [IEEE ICMA Int. Conference, 2017]  Moza Alahbabi, Fatima Almazroei, Mariam Almarzoqi, Aysha Almeheri, Mariam Alkabi, A. Al Nuaimi, Massimiliano Cappuccio, Fady Alnajjar, "Avatar based interaction therapy: A potential therapeutic approach for children with Autism," 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), Takamatsu, Japan, 2017, pp. 480-484. doi: 10.1109/ICMA.2017.8015864. [Link]

43. [Journal 2016] Oyama, Shintaro, Shingo Shimoda, Fady Alnajjar, Katsuyuki Iwatsuki, Minoru Hoshiyama, Hirotaka Tanaka, and Hitoshi Hirata. “Biomechanical Reconstruction Using the Tacit Learning System: Intuitive Control of Prosthetic Hand Rotation.” Frontiers in Neurorobotics 10 (November 29, 2016). doi:10.3389/fnbot.2016.00019.[Link]

44. [Book Chapter, Springer 2016]  Alnajjar, F., Harib, F., AlAmeri, S., Almarzoqi, A., Itkonen, M., Yamasaki, H., … Shimoda, S. (2016). The Role of Inputs Combination to Enhance the Internal Model and Body Control Ability. Biosystems & Biorobotics, 901–905. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46669-9_146.[Link]

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