Publications

V. Vashista, Y. Singh, A. B. Shinde, and S. Nakka, IIT Gandhinagar, Cable Actuation and Routing unit for Exosuit (CARE).

Patent Application no. 202321058498 | Filed on: 31-08-2023.

V. Vashista, S. Bhardwaj, A. B. Shinde, R. Singh, S. Agarwal, N. Shivasubramanian, and K. Mohanavelu, IIT Gandhinagar, Passive Back Assist Exosuit (BASE) for Manual Material Handling Applications.

Patent Application no. 202311050112 | Filed on: 25-07-2023.

V. Vashista, and Y. Singh, IIT Gandhinagar, 2022, IIT Gandhinagar, A Wearable Single Sensor-Based Gait Behavior Characterization Device.

Patent Application no. 202321000039 | Filed on: 02-01-2023.

V. Vashista, and P. Prajapati, IIT Gandhinagar, 2022, IIT Gandhinagar, A Device for Facilitating Collaborative Interface between Humans and Robots.

Patent Application no. 202321002954 | Filed on: 14-01-2023.

S. K. Agrawal, V. Vashista, K. Jiyeon, and X. Jin, Columbia University of New York, September 2019, Human movement research, therapeutic and diagnostic devices, methods, and systems, US-10406059-B2.

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S. K. Agrawal, M. S. Kurbanhusen, and V. Vashista, University of Delaware, August 2012, Pelvic orthosis systems and methods, U.S. Patent Application 13/358,959.

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Y. Singh, A. B. Shinde, S. M. Faraz, R. Baishya, Y. K. Meena, and V. Vashista, High-Level Framework in Wearable Exosuits Involving Virtual Reality and Human-Robot Intent Interaction for Gait Intervention, in R. Vinjamuri (ed), Discovering the Frontiers of Human-Robot Interaction: Insights and Innovations in Collaboration, Communication, and Control, pp. 135-156, October 2024, Springer, Cham.

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T. K. Mamidi, Y. Singh, T. Matej, A. Olenšek, M. Zadravec, Z. Matjačić, and V. Vashista, Active-Passive Exoskeletons for Assistive and Resistive Interventions in Human Walking, in R. Vinjamuri (ed), Discovering the Frontiers of Human-Robot Interaction: Insights and Innovations in Collaboration, Communication, and Control, pp. 157-185, October 2024, Springer, Cham.

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S. Jadav, K. S. Karvaje, S. D. Kadam, V. Vashista, J. Sulzer, A. Deshpande, and H. J. Palanthandalam-Madapusi, Kinematic Performance of a Customizable Single Degree-of-Freedom Gait Trainer for Cost-Effective Therapy Aimed at Neuromuscular Impairments, in Journal of Medical Devices, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 011003, March 2024.

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S. Nakka, and V. Vashista, External Dynamics Dependent Human Gait Adaptation Using a Cable-Driven Exoskeleton, in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 6036-6043, August 2023.

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P. Prajapati, and V. Vashista, Aerial Physical Human Robot Interaction for Payload Transportation, in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 4903-4910, June 2023.

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A. Shaik, S. Bhardwaj, and V. Vashista, Learning Complex Upper-limb Movements through Practicing Movement Elements, in Human Movement Science, vol. 90, p. 103121, June 2023.

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S. Nakka, and V. Vashista, Manipulability Analysis of Cable-Driven Serial Chain Manipulators, in S. Caro, A. Pott, T. Bruckmann (eds) Cable-Driven Parallel Robots CableCon 2023, Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol. 132, pp. 16-29, June 2023, Springer Cham.

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S. Bhardwaj, A. Shinde, R. Singh, and V. Vashista, Manipulating Device-to-body Forces in Passive Exosuit: An Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Moment Arm Orientation Using Passive Back-assist Exosuit Emulator, in Wearable Technologies, vol. 4, no. e17, May 2023.

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P. Prajapati, and V. Vashista, Motion Planning and Control of Two Quadcopters with Cable-Suspended Point Mass Payload, in V. K. Gupta, C. Amarnath, P. Tandon, M. Z. Ansari (eds) Recent Advances in Machines and Mechanisms, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 577-585, October 2022, Springer Singapore.

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S. Nakka, and V. Vashista, Effect of Passive Springs on Taskspace Stiffness of a Cable-Driven Serial Chain Manipulator, in V. K. Gupta, C. Amarnath, P. Tandon, M. Z. Ansari (eds) Recent Advances in Machines and Mechanisms, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 601-612, October 2022,  Springer, Singapore.

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Y. Singh, S. K. Agrawal, and V. Vashista, Throwing Strategy in a Dual-Motor-Task of Aiming at the Bullseye While Walking in Virtual Reality, in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 9091-9098, Oct. 2022.

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S. Bhardwaj, A. B. Shinde, R. Singh, and V. Vashista, Passive Exosuit Emulator for Material Handling Applications, in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 7605-7611, July 2022.

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C. Jategaonkar, Y. Singh, and V. Vashista, Effect of External Damping on Ankle Motion During the Swing Phase of Walking, in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 7612-7619, July 2022.

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S. Nakka, and V. Vashista, Stiffness Modulation of a Cable-Driven Serial-Chain Manipulator Via Cable Routing Alteration, in Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 021009, June 2022.

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P. Prajapati, S. Parekh, and V. Vashista, On-board cable attitude measurement and controller for outdoor aerial transportation, in Robotica, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 1650-1664, May 2022.

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Y. Singh, and V. Vashista, Gait Classification With Gait Inherent Attribute Identification From Ankle’s Kinematics, in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 30, pp. 833-842, March 2022.

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Bhardwaj, S., Negi, V., and Vashista, V., Vibratory cue training elicits anticipatory postural responses to an external perturbation, in Experimental Brain Research, vol. 240, pp. 1105-1116, February 2022.

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V. Vashista, and Y. Singh, Single-Joint Angle Computation using Inertial Sensors with Feedback on Smartphone, in Proceedings of the 2021 5th International Conference on Advances in Robotics, no. 30, pp. 1-6, December 2021, ACM, Kanpur, India.

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V. Vashista, and S. Nakka, Lower-limb Muscle Force analysis for a Knee Joint Intervention Strategy, in Proceedings of the 2021 5th International Conference on Advances in Robotics, no. 41, pp. 1-6, December 2021, ACM, Kanpur, India.

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S. Nakka, Y. Singh, and V. Vashista, Recent Advances in Lower-Extremity Exoskeletons in Promoting Performance Restoration, in Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering, vol. 20, p. 100338, December 2021.

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S. Nakka, and V. Vashista, Stiffness modulation of a cable-driven leg exoskeleton for effective human–robot interaction, in Robotica, vol. 39, no. 12, pp. 2172-2192, December 2021.

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H. Modi, and V. Vashista, Development and Demonstration of a Wheat Harvester for Small Farms of India, in D. Sen, S. Mohan, G. Ananthasuresh (eds) Mechanism and Machine Science, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 459-470, December 2021, Springer, Singapore.

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Y. Singh, V. Rodrigues, A. Prado, S. K. Agrawal, and V. Vashista, Lower-limb strategy assessment during a virtual reality based dual-motor-task, in 2020 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), pp. 252-257, October 2020, IEEE, NY, USA.

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P. Prajapati, S. Parekh, and V. Vashista, On the Human Control of a Multiple Quadcopters with a Cable-suspended Payload System, in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 2253-2258, September 2020, IEEE, Paris, France.

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S. S. Iyer, J. V. Joseph, and V. Vashista, Evolving towards Subject Specific Gait Rehabilitation through Single Joint Resistive Force Interventions, in Frontiers in Neurorobotics, vol. 14, no. 15, March 2020.

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P. Pratik, S. Parekh, and V. Vashista, Collaborative Transportation of Cable-Suspended Payload using Two Quadcopters with Human in the loop, in 2019 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 1-6, January 2020, IEEE, New Delhi, India.

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Y. Singh, M. Kher, and V. Vashista, Intention detection and gait recognition (IDGR) system for gait assessment: a pilot study, in 2019 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 1-6, January 2020, IEEE, New Delhi, India. Best Indian Students Award (Finalist).

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S. S. Iyer, J. V. Joseph, S. Nakka, Y. Singh, and V. Vashista, Development and Applicability of a Cable-driven Wearable Adaptive Rehabilitation Suit (WeARS), in 2019 28th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 1-6, January 2020, IEEE, New Delhi, India. Best Research Award (Finalist).

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S. Lanje, and V. Vashista, Minimum Swing Controller for Quadrotor Suspended Load System, in Proceedings of the 2019 4th International Conference on Advances in Robotics, no. 27, pp. 1-6, January 2020, ACM, Chennai, India.

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S. Nakka, and V. Vashista, Effect of Cable Co-sharing on the Workspace of a cable-Driven Serial Chain Manipulator, in Proceedings of the 2019 4th International Conference on Advances in Robotics, no. 55, pp. 1-6, January 2020, ACM, Chennai, India.

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A. Parab, C. Sonar, P. Mane, J. S. Kiran, P. L. Saini, and V. Vashista, Design and development of an efficient onion harvester for Indian farms, in D. Badodkar, T. Dwarakanath (eds), Machines, Mechanism and Robotics, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 541-548, August 2018, Springer, Singapore.

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N. Panchal, S. Nakka, and V. Vashista, Lower limb musculoskeletal stiffness analysis during swing phase as a cable-driven serial chain system, in 2018 7th IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (Biorob) , pp. 934-939, October 2018, IEEE, Enschede, Netherlands.

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J. Kang, D. Martelli, V. Vashista, I. Martinez-Hernandez, H. Kim, and S. K. Agrawal, Robot-driven downward pelvic pull to improve crouch gait in children with cerebral palsy, in Science Robotics, vol. 2, no. 8, July 2017.

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J. Kang, V. Vashista, and S. K. Agrawal, On the adaptation of pelvic motion by applying 3-dimensional guidance forces using TPAD, in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1558-1567, March 2017.

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T. Narayanan, R. S. Vishnu, R. R. Bhavani, and V. Vashista, A cable driven parallel robot for coconut farm, in 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI), pp. 864-870, September 2017, IEEE, Udupi, India.

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S. Nakka, and V. Vashista, On the stiffness analysis of a cable driven leg exoskeleton, in 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 455-460, August 2017, IEEE, London, UK.

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S. Nakka, and V. Vashista, Workspace Analysis of a Cable Driven Leg Exoskeleton, in Proceedings of the 2017 3rd International Conference on Advances in Robotics, no. 47, p. 1-6, June 2017, ACM, New Delhi, India.

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A. Mazumder, and V. Vashista, Development of an adaptive gait characterizer, in Proceedings of the 2017 3rd International Conference on Advances in Robotics, no. 49, p. 1-6, June 2017, ACM, New Delhi, India.

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V. Vashista, M. Khan, and S. K. Agrawal, A novel approach to apply gait synchronized external forces on the pelvis using A-TPAD to reduce walking effort, in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 1118-1124, July 2016.

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D. Martelli, V. Vashista, S. Micera, and S.  K. Agrawal, Direction-dependent adaptation of dynamic gait stability following waist-pull perturbations, in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 1304-1313, December 2016.

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V. Vashista, D. Martelli, and S.  K. Agrawal, Locomotor adaptation to an asymmetric force on the human pelvis directed along the right leg, in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 872-881, August 2016.

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L. Bishop, J. Stein, V. Vashista, M. Khan, S. Hinds, and S.  K. Agrawal, Stroke Survivor Gait Adaptations Using Asymmetric Forces with the Tethered Pelvic Assist Device, in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, vol. 96, no. 12, p. e20, December 2015.

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D. Martelli, V. Vashista, S. Micera, and S.  K. Agrawal, Locomotor adaptations following repeated waist-pull perturbations, in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 636-641, October 2015, IEEE, Singapore.

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J. Kang, V. Vashista, and S.  K. Agrawal, A novel assist-as-needed control method to guide pelvic trajectory for gait rehabilitation, in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 630-635, October 2015, IEEE, Singapore.

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Q. Duan, V. Vashista, and S.  K. Agrawal, Effect on wrench-feasible workspace of cable-driven parallel robots by adding springs, in Mechanism and Machine Theory, vol. 86, pp. 201-210, April 2015.

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J.-H. Park, D. Zanotto, V. Vashista, X. Jin,  P. Stegall, and S.  K. Agrawal, Second Spine: a device to relieve stresses on the upper body during loaded walking, in IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pp.  689-694, October 2014, IEEE, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

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V. Vashista, X. Jin, and S. K. Agrawal, Active Tethered Pelvic Assist Device (A-TPAD) to study force adaptation in human walking, in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp.  718-723, September 2014, IEEE, Hong Kong, China.

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B. Lenzo, D. Zanotto, V. Vashista, A. Frisoli, and S. K. Agrawal,  A new constant pushing force device for human walking analysis, in 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp.  6174-6179, September 2014, IEEE, Hong Kong, China.

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J.-H., Park, P. Stegall, D. Zanotto, V. Vashista, X. Jin, and S. K. Agrawal, Design of the second spine: A secondary pathway to transfer loads from the shoulders to the pelvis, in Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, 37th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, vol. 6B, p. V06BT07A008, February 2014, ASME, Portland, Oregon, USA.

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V. Vashista, X. Chen, and S. K. Agrawal, Adult-Human Learning on a Robotic Wheelchair Using a Force Feedback Joystick, in Proceedings of the 1st International and 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM2013), pp. 794-799, December 2013, Roorkee, India.

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V. Vashista, N. Agrawal, S. Shaharudin, D. S. Reisman, and S. K. Agrawal, Force adaptation in human walking with symmetrically applied downward forces on the pelvis, in IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 21, no. 6, pp.  969-978, November 2013.

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V. Vashista, D. S. Reisman, and S. K. Agrawal, Asymmetric adaptation in human walking using the tethered pelvic assist device (TPAD), in 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp.  1-5, October 2013, IEEE, Seattle, WA, USA.

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V. Vashista, N. Agrawal, S. Shaharudin, D. S. Reisman, and S. K. Agrawal, Force adaptation in human walking with symmetrically applied downward forces on the pelvis, in 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, pp. 3312-3315, September 2012, IEEE, San Diego, California, USA.

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V. Vashista, S. K. Mustafa, and S. K. Agrawal, Experimental studies on the human gait using a tethered pelvic assist device (T-PAD), in 2011 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, pp. 1-6, August 2011, IEEE, Zurich, Switzerland.

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V. Vashista, A. Jere, S. Rane, V. Grover, and S. K. Saha, Synthesis and analysis of a new mechanism for sheep shearing machine, in 13th National Conference on Mechanisms and Machines (NaCoMM07), no. 60, December 2007, Bangalore, India.

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S. Rane, V. Grover, V. Vashista, A. Jere, and S. K. Saha, Computer-aided analysis of a sheep shearing machine, in National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering ETME-07, pp. 1-7, June 2007, Surat, India.

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