Publications

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 Journal Articles:
[20] R. M. Bhatt, C. P. Tang, V. N. Krovi, "Formation optimization for a fleet of wheeled mobile robots - A geometric approach", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, available online, Feb 2008. [PDF]
[19] W. A. Khan, C. P. Tang and V. N. Krovi, "Modular and Distributed Forward Dynamic Simulation of Constrained Mechanical Systems – A Comparative Study", Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 558-579, May 2007. [PDF]
[18] M. J. Delsignore, and V. N. Krovi, "Screw-theoretic analysis models for felid jaw mechanisms", Mechanism and Machine Theory, In Press, Available Online, April 2007. [PDF]
[17] G. D. White, R. M. Bhatt, and V. N. Krovi, "Dynamic redundancy resolution in a nonholonomic wheeled mobile manipulator", Robotica, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 147-156, March 2007. [PDF]
[16] C. P. Tang, and V. N. Krovi, "Manipulability-Based Configuration Evaluation of Cooperative Payload Transport by Mobile Manipulator Collectives", Robotica, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 29-42, January 2007. [PDF]
[15] R. M. Bhatt, C. P. Tang, L.-F. Lee, and V. Krovi, "A Case for Scaffolded Virtual Prototyping Tutorial Case-Studies in Engineering Education", International Journal of Engineering Education. (accepted in May 2006) [PDF]
[14] R. M. Bhatt, and V. Krovi, “DynaFlexPro for Maple,” IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 26, No 6, pp 127-138, December 2006. [PDF]
[13] M. Abou-Samah, C. P. Tang, R. M. Bhatt and V. Krovi, "A Kinematically Compatible Framework for Cooperative Payload Transport by Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulators," Autonomous Robots, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 227-242, November 2006. [PDF]
[12] C. P. Tang, and V. Krovi, "Manipulability-Based Configuration Evaluation of Cooperative Payload Transport by Mobile Manipulator Collectives", Robotica, August 2006. [PDF]
[11] C. Jadhav, P. Nair, and V. Krovi, “Individualized Interactive Home-based Haptic Telerehabilitation,” IEEE Multimedia Systems Magazine: Haptic User Interfaces in Multimedia Systems, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 2-9, July 2006. [PDF]
[10] C. P. Tang, R. M. Bhatt, M. Abou-Samah, and V. Krovi, "Screw-Theoretic Analysis Framework for Payload Transport by Mobile Manipulator Collectives," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 169-178, April 2006. [PDF]
[09] S. K. Jun, G. D. White, and V. Krovi, “Kinetostatic Design Considerations for an Articulated Leg-Wheel Locomotion Subsystem,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control,  Vol. 128, No. 1, pp. 112-121, March 2006. [PDF]
[08] W. A. Khan, V. Krovi, S. K. Saha, and J. Angeles, “Recursive Kinematics and Inverse Dynamics for a Planar 3R Parallel Manipulator,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Vol. 127, No. 4, pp. 529-536, December 2005. [PDF]
[07] W. A. Khan, V. Krovi, S. K. Saha, and J. Angeles, “Modular and Recursive Kinematics and Dynamics for Parallel Manipulators,” Multibody Systems Dynamics, Springer Netherlands, Vol. 14, No. 3-4, pp. 419-455, November 2005. [PDF]
[06] X. Nie, and V. Krovi, "Fourier Methods for Kinematic Synthesis of Coupled Serial Chain Mechanisms," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 127, No. 2, pp. 232-241, March 2005. [PDF]
[05] V. Krovi, G. K. Ananthasuresh, and V. Kumar, "Kinematic and Kinetostatic Synthesis of Planar Coupled Serial Chain Mechanisms", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 124, No. 2, pp. 143-155, June 2002. [PDF]
[04] V. Krovi, G. K. Ananthasuresh, and V. Kumar, "Kinematic Synthesis of Spatial R-R Dyads for Path Following With Applications to Coupled Serial Chain Mechanisms", ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 123, No. 3, pp. 359-366, September 2001. [PDF]
[03] V. Krovi, V. Kumar, G. K. Ananthasuresh, and J-M. Vezien, "Design and Virtual Prototyping of Rehabilitation Aids," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 121, No. 3, pp. 456-458, September 1999. [PDF]
[02] V. Krovi, and V. Kumar, "Modeling and Control of a Hybrid Locomotion System, " ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 121, No. 3, pp. 448-455, September 1999. [PDF]
[01] P. Wellman, V. Krovi, V. Kumar, and W. Harwin, "Design of a Wheelchair with Legs for People with Motor Disabilities," IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 343 – 353, December 1995. [PDF]
     
 Book Chapters:
[3] Lee, L-F, Krovi, V., “Comparison of Alternate Methods for Distributed Motion Planning of Robot Collectives within a Potential-Field Framework”, in Mobile Robots Motion Planning, New Challenges. ISBN 978-3-902613-35-6, June 2008. [PDF]
[2] V. Krovi, and V. Kumar, " Rapid Design and Prototyping of Customized Rehabilitation Aids," Encyclopedia of Microcomputers, Eds. A. Kent and J. G. Williams, Marcel Dekker, New York, September 1999. [Encyclopedia] [PDF]
[1] V. Kumar, T. Rahman, and V. Krovi. "Assistive Devices for People with Motor Disabilities," Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ed. J. G. Webster, March 1999. [Encyclopedia] [PDF]
     
 Conference Proceedings:
[40] Lee, L-F, and Krovi, V. “Musculoskeletal Simulation of Optimal Gait Frequency in Biped and Human Locomotion,” Proceeding of IEEE BIOROB 2008, Scottsdale, Arizona, October 19-22, 2008. [PDF]
[39] Narayanan, M.S., Kannan, S., Lee, L-F, Krovi, V., and Mendel F., “Virtual Musculoskeletal Scenario-Testing Case-Studies,” Proceedings of 2008 Virtual Rehabilitation, Vancouver, Canada, August 25-27, 2008. [PDF]
[38] Naik, A.P., Lee, L-F., and Krovi, V., “Study of Vehicle Dynamics Modeling Fidelity on Haptic Collaboration in Steer-by-Wire Systems,” Proceedings of the 2007 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2007-41908, Seattle, WA, November 11 -15,  2007. [PDF]
[37] M. J. Del Signore, R. Bhatt, and V. Krovi, "A Screw-Theoretic Analysis Framework for Musculoskeletal Systems", accepted for the Proceedings of 2006 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Vol 1, pp. 394-399, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Sep 10-13, 2006. [PDF]
[36]

Lee, L-F., and Krovi, V., “Musculoskeletal Simulation Based Optimization of Rehabilitation Programs,” Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Workshop on Virtual Rehabilitation, pp. 36-41, New York, NY, August 29 -30, 2006. [IEEEXplore]

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[35] Lee, L-F., and Krovi, V., “A Standardized Testing-Ground for Artificial Potential-Field based Motion Planning for Robot Collectives,” Proceedings of the 2006 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems Workshop, pp. 232-239, Gaithersburg, MD, August 21 -23, 2006. [PerMIS'06] [PDF]
[34] R. Bhatt, C. P. Tang, M. Abou-Samah, and V. Krovi, "A Screw-Theoretic Analysis Framework for Payload Manipulation by Mobile Manipulator Collectives," IMECE2005-81525, Proceedings of 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 5-11, 2005. [PDF]
[33] T. S. Bhabrawala, and V. Krovi, “Shape Recovery from Medical Data Using Extended Superquadrics,” Proceedings of the 2005 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, DETC2005-84738, Long Beach, California USA, September 24-28, 2005. [PDF]
[32] S. S. Patwardhan, C. L. Bloebaum, and V. Krovi, “Using Anthropometric Modeling for Optimal Ergonomic Considerations in Automobile Interior Design,” Proceedings of the 2005 Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Symposium, Paper No. 2005-01-2718, Iowa City, Iowa, June 14-16, 2005. [PDF]
[31] M. J. Del Signore, V. Krovi and F. Mendel, "Virtual Prototyping and Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for Musculoskeletal System Analysis", accepted for 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Vol. 1, pp.394-399, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, July 29 - August 1, 2005. [IEEEXplore] [PDF]
[30] Lee, L.-F., Bhatt, R. M., and Krovi, V., "Comparison of Alternate Methods for Distributed Motion Planning of Robot Collectives within a Potential-Field Framework", Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, April 18 - 22, 2005. [IEEEXplore] [PDF]
[29] Jun, S. K., and Krovi, V., “Design Considerations for an Articulated Leg-Wheel Locomotion Subsystem,” Proceedings of the 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, California, November 13 - 19, 2004. [PDF]
[28] Tang, C. P., and Krovi, V., "Manipulability-Based Configuration Evaluation of Cooperative Payload Transport by Mobile Robot Collectives," Proceedings of the 2004 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computer and Information in Engineeing Conference, Salt Lake City Utah, September 28 - October 2, 2004. [PDF]
[27] Nowak, C., Krovi, V., and Rae, W., “Flight Data Recorder for an American Football,” Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on the Engineering of Sport, Davis, California, September 13-16, 2004. [PDF]
[26] Jadhav, C. G., and Krovi, V., "A Low-Cost Framework for Individualized Interactive Telerehabilitation," 26th Annual International Conference in IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), San Francisco, California, September 1-5, 2004. [IEEEXplore] [PDF]
[25] Bhatt, R. M., Tang, C. P., and Krovi, V., “Geometric Motion Planning and Formation Optimization for a Fleet of Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Robots,” Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 26-May 1, 2004. [IEEEXplore] [PDF]
[24] Tang, C. P., Bhatt, R. M., and Krovi, V., “Decentralized Kinematic Control of Payload Transport by a System of Mobile Manipulators,” Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 26-May 1, 2004. [IEEEXplore] [PDF]
[23] Jadhav, C., Krovi, V., “In-Vivo Estimation of Unknown Upper-Limb Kinematic Parameters”, 11th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, (NaCoMM-2003), Delhi, India, December 18-19, 2003. [PDF]
[22] Khan, W. A., Krovi, V., Saha, S.K., and Angeles, J., “Recursive Kinematics and Inverse Dynamics for Parallel Manipulators”, IMECE2003-42868, Proceedings of the 2003 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Washington D.C., November 15 - 21, 2003. [PDF]
[21] Nair, P., Jadhav, C., Krovi, V., “Development and Testing of a Low-Cost Diagnostic Tool for Upper Limb Dysfunction,” IEEE/RSJ IROS 2003, Proceedings of  2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems, Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 27-31, 2003. [PDF]
[19] Jun, S. K., and Krovi, V., “The Smart Car Project: Development and Implementation of a Modular Scaled Testbed,” DETC2003/CIE-48258, Proceedings of the 2003 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Chicago, Illinois, September 2 -6, 2003. [PDF]
[18] Bhatt, R. M., Tang, C. P., Lee, L.-F. and Krovi, V., “Web-Based Self-Paced Virtual Prototyping Tutorials,” DETC2003/CIE-48201, Proceedings of DETC’03 ASME 2003 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Chicago, Illinois USA, September 2-6, 2003. [PDF]
[17] Abou-Samah M. and Krovi, V., “Decentralized Kinematic Control Of Cooperating System Of Mobile Manipulators,” IMECE2002-32691, Proceedings of the 2002 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New Orleans, November 17 - 22, 2002. [PDF]
[16] Khan, W. A., and V. Krovi, V.,  “Comparison of Two Alternate Methods for Distributed Forward Dynamic Simulation of a Four-Bar Linkage,” Proceedings of the NSF Workshop on Fundamental Issues and Future Research Directions for Parallel Mechanisms and Manipulators, Eds. C. M. Gosselin and I. Ebert-Uphoff, Quebec City, Canada, October 3–4, 2002. [PDF]
[15] Abou-Samah M. and Krovi, V., “Optimal Configuration Selection For A Cooperating System Of Mobile Manipulators,” DETC2002/MECH-34358, Proceedings of the 2002 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 29 - October 2, 2002. [PDF]
[14] Nie, X., and Krovi, V., “Passive Reconfigurable Manipulation Assistive Aids,” Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vol. 2, pp. 1036-42, Maui, Hawaii, October 29-November 3, 2001. [PDF]
[13] Nie, X., and Krovi, V., “Design Of Passive Reconfigurable Manipulation Assistive Aids,” DETC2001/DAC-21087, Proceedings of the 2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, September 9-12, 2001. [PDF]
[12] Pang, Y.-W., and  Krovi, V., “Kinematic Synthesis of Coupled Serial Chain Mechanisms for Planar Path Following Tasks using Fourier Methods,” DETC2000/MECH-14188, Proceedings of the 2000 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Baltimore, Maryland, September 10-13, 2000. [PDF]
[11] Pang, Y.-W., and  Krovi, V., “Fourier Methods For Synthesis Of Coupled Serial Chain Mechanisms,”  In 7th International Symposium on Advances in Robot Kinematics, Piran-Portoroz, Slovenia, June 26 - June 30, 2000. PDF]
[10] Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V., "Kinematic Synthesis of Spatial R-R dyads for Path Following Revisited using the Rotation Matrix Approach," DETC99/DAC-8670, Proceedings of the 1999 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 12-15, 1999. [PS, PDF]
[09] Song, P., Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V. "Design and Virtual Prototyping of Human-Worn Manipulation Devices," DETC99/CIE-9029, Proceedings of the 1999 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 12-15, 1999. [PS] [PDF]
[08] Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V. "Synthesis of Spatial Two-Link Coupled Serial Chains," DETC98/MECH-5890, Proceedings of the 1998 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Atlanta, Georgia, September 13-16, 1998. [PS] [PDF]
[07] Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V. "Kinetostatic Synthesis of Coupled Serial Chains," DETC98/MECH-5977, Proceedings of the 1998 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Atlanta, Georgia, September 13-16, 1998. [PS] [PDF]
[06] Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V. "Synthesis of Coupled Multi-Link Serial Chain Mechanisms," Proceedings of the 5th National Applied Mechanisms & Robotics Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 12-15, 1997. [PS] [PDF]
[05] Krovi, V., Feehery, P., Heinrichs, T., Ternus, J., and Kumar, V. "Design and Virtual Prototyping of a Head Controlled Feeder," Proceedings of the 5th National Applied Mechanisms & Robotics Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 12-15, 1997.   (Winner of the Proctor and Gamble Best Student Paper Award) [PS] [PDF]
[04] Krovi, V., Kumar, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Vezien J-M. "Design and Virtual Prototyping of Rehabilitation Aids," DETC97/DFM-4361 Proceedings of the 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Sacramento, California, September 14-17, 1997. [PS] [PDF]
[03] Krovi, V.,and Kumar, V., "Optimal Traction Control in a Wheelchair with Legs and Wheels," Proceedings of the 4th National Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Cincinnati, OH, December 10-14 1995, Paper No. AMR-030.  (Winner of the Proctor and Gamble Best Student Paper Award) [PS] [PDF]
[02] Krovi, V., Wellman, P., and Kumar, V., "Design of a Walking Wheelchair for the Motor Disabled,"  In 4th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, Wilmington, DE, June 1994, pp. 125 - 130. [PS] [PDF]
[01] Wellman, P.,Krovi, V., and Kumar, V., "An Adaptive Mobility system for the Disabled," Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Diego, CA, May 8-13 1994, pp. 2006 - 2011. [PDF]
     
     
 Theses/ Dissertations:
[14] Hao,Su, "Cooperative Control of Nonholonomic Wheeled Mobile Manipulator Collectives", M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Sep. 2008. [PDF]
[13] QiuShi,Fu, "Kinematics of Articulated Wheeled Robot: Exploiting Reconfigurability and Redundancy", M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Sep. 2008. [PDF]
[12] Yu, Kun, "Simultaneous Trajectory Tracking and Stiffness Control of Cable Driven Parallel Manipulator", M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Sep 2007. [PDF]
[11] Naik, A., Role of Vehicle Dynamic Modeling Fidelity with Haptic Collaboration in Steer-By-Wire Systems, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Feb 2008. [PDF]
[10] Bhatt, R.M., Towards Modular Cooperation between Multiple Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulators, PhD Dissertation, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Feb 2007. [PDF]
[09] White, G. D., Simultaneous Motion and Interaction Force Control of a Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulator, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Jun. 2006. [PDF]
[08] Del Signore, M. J., A Screw-Theoretic Framework for Musculoskeletal System Modeling and Analysis, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Feb. 2006. [PDF] [PPS]
[07] Bhabhrawala, T. S., Shape Recovery from Medical Image Data using Extended Superquadrics, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Feb. 2005. [PDF] [PPS]
[06] Lee, L.-F., Decentralized Motion Planning within an Artificial Potential Framework (APF) for Cooperative Payload Transport by Multi-Robot Collectives, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Feb. 2005. [PDF] [PPS]
[05] Jadhav, C. G., A Low-Cost Framework for Individualized Interactive Telerehabilitation, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Sep. 2004. [PDF] [PPS]
[04] Tang, C. P., Manipulability-Based Analysis for Payload Transport by Robot Collectives, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Jun. 2004. [PDF] [PPS]
[03] Jun, S. K., Kinetostatic Design of an Articulated Leg-Wheel Subsystem, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Jun. 2004. [PDF] [PPS]
[02] Nair, P., Development of Quantitative Measures for Characterization of Upper Limb Dysfunction, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Feb. 2004. [PDF] [PPS]
[01] Bhatt, R. M., Formation Motion Planning for Payload Transport by Modular Wheeled Mobile Manipulators, M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Feb. 2004. [PDF] [PPS]
     
     

Last Update: 07/09/2008