Publications

Last update: 15/8/2015

[01] F. Connolly, P. Polygerinos, C. J.Walsh, and K. Bertoldi, “Mechanical Programming of Soft Actuators by Varying Fiber Angle”, Soft Robotics, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 26-32, 2015.

[03] P. Polygerinos, Z. Wang, J. T. B. Overvelde, K. C. Galloway, R. J. Wood, K. Bertoldi, C. J. Walsh, “Modeling of Soft Fiber-reinforced Bending Actuators”,IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 31, no. 3. pp. 778-789, 2015.

[04] A. Asbeck, P. Polygerinos, E. T. Roche and C. J. Walsh, “Biologically-inspired Soft Robots”, IEEE Potentials, 2014, (accepted).

[05] J. Overvelde, Y. Menguc, P. Polygerinos, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, C. J. Walsh, R. J. Wood and K. Bertoldi, “Numerical mechanical and electrical analysis of soft liquid-embedded deformation sensors”, Extreme Mechanics Letters, vol.1, 2014.

[06] J. Gafford, Y. Ding, A. Harris, T. McKenna, P. Polygerinos, D. Holland, A. J. Moser and C. Walsh, “Shape Deposition Manufacturing of a Soft, Atraumatic, Deployable Surgical Grasper”, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2014, (accepted).

[07] P. Polygerinos, Z. Wang, K. C. Galloway, R. J. Wood, C. J. Walsh, "Soft robotic glove for combined assistance and at-home rehabilitation", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol.73, pp. 135-143, 2015.

[08] D. Holland, E. J. Park, P. Polygerinos, G. J. Bennett and C. J. Walsh, “The Soft Robotics Toolkit: Shared

Resources for Research and Design for Soft Robotics”, Soft Robotics, 2014 (in print).

Peer-reviewed Conference Publications:

[01] P. Polygerinos, K. C. Galloway, S. Sanan, M. Herman, C. J. Walsh, "EMG Controlled Soft Robotic Glove for Assistance During Activities of Daily Living", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Rehab. Robot. (ICORR 2015). [BEST PAPER AWARD]

[02] P. Polygerinos, K. C. Galloway, E. Savage, M. Herman, K. O’ Donnell and C.J. Walsh, “Soft Robotic Glove for Hand Rehabilitation and Task Specific Training”, in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Robot. Autom.(ICRA 2015), pp. 2913 - 2919, 2015.

[03] E. Rogers, P. Polygerinos, C.J. Walsh, E. Goldfield, "Smart and Connected Actuated Mobile and Sensing Suit to Encourage Motion in Developmentally Delayed Infants", in ASME Design of Medical Devices Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2015.

[04] E. J. Park, D. Holland, P. Polygerinos, G.J. Bennett, C.J. Walsh, “Shared Design Tools to Support Research and Development in Soft Robotics”, in Advances in Soft Robotics Workshop, in conjunction with the 2014 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Berkeley, CA, 2014.

[05] P. Polygerinos, S. Lyne, Z. Wang, L. F. Nicolini, B. Mosadegh, G. M. Whitesides, and C. J. Walsh,

"Towards a Soft Pneumatic Glove for Hand Rehabilitation," in proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent

Robots and Systems (IROS 2013), Tokyo, Japan, 2013.

[06] K. Galloway, P. Polygerinos, C. Walsh, and R.J. Wood, "Mechanically Programmable Bend Radius for

Fiber-Reinforced Soft Actuators", in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Robotics (ICAR 2013), Montevideo,

Uruguay, Nov. 2013.

[07] P. Polygerinos, P. Puangmali, T. Schaeffter, R. Razavi, L. D. Seneviratne and K. Althoefer, “Novel

miniature MRI-compatible fiber-optic force sensor for cardiac catheterization procedures”, in Proc. IEEE

Int. Conf. Robot. Autom. (ICRA 2010), Anchorage, Alaska, 2010, pp. 2598-2603.

[08] A. Ataollahi, P. Polygerinos, P.Puangmali, L. D. Seneviratne and K. Althoefer, “Tactile Sensing Array

Using Prismatic-Tip Optical Fibers for Dexterous Robotic Hands”, in proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference

on Intelligent RObots and Systems (IROS 2010), Taipei, Taiwan, 2010, pp. 910-915.

[09] P. Báez, S. Chhaniyara, A. Ataollahi, P. Polygerinos and K. Althoefer, “Design of a Fiber Optic

Based Tactile Array Sensor”, EPSRC Workshop on Human Adaptive Mechatronics (HAM), Loughborough,

U.K., Oct.13-14, 2010.

[10] P. Polygerinos, T. Schaeffter, L. D. Seneviratne and K. Althoefer, “A fibre-optic catheter-tip force

sensor with MRI compatibility: A feasibility study”, in proc. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference

(EMBS 2009), Minneapolis, MN, 2009, pp. 1501-1054.

[11] D. Zbyszewski, P. Polygerinos, L. D. Seneviratne and K. Althoefer, “A novel MRI compatible air-

cushion tactile sensor for minimally invasive surgery”, in proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent

RObots and Systems (IROS 2009), St. Louis, MO, 2009, pp. 2647–2652.

[12] P. Polygerinos, T. Schaeffter, L. D. Seneviratne and K. Althoefer, “Measuring tip and side forces of a

novel catheter prototype: A feasibility study”, in proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots

and Systems (IROS 2009), St. Louis, MO, 2009, pp. 966-971.

[13] M. Kavvousanos, G. Palamas, A. Toutountzis and P. Polygerinos, “The development of a

greenhouse robot”, 2nd IFAC International Conference on Modeling and Design of Control Systems in

Agriculture (Agricontrol 2007), 03-05 Sept. 2007.

Other Publications:

[01] P. Polygerinos, C. J. Walsh, “Case Study: Soft Robotic Glove for Hand Assistance”,

Wearable Robots: Biomechatronic Exoskeletons by Jos´e L. Pons (ed.) (Book Chapter), 2014, (accepted).

[02] A. Fabozzo~, E. T. Roche~, Y. Lee*, P. Polygerinos*, L. Schuster, I. Friehs, A. C. Berazaluce, A. Bueno, N. Lang, M. J. N. Pereira , E. Feins, S. Wassermann, E. D. O’ Cearbhaill, N. V. Vasilyev, D. J. Mooney, J. M. Karp, P. J. del Nido, C. J. Walsh, “Enabling minimally invasive atraumatic repair of intracardiac septal defects with light”, American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, 2014, (*submitted – second equally contributing co-author).

[03] E. Park, N. Mehandru, T. L. Beltran, E. Kraus, D. Holland, P. Polygerinos and C. Walsh, “An

Intraventricular Soft Robotic Pulsatile Assist Device For Right Ventricular Heart Failure”, ASME Journal of

Medical Devices, 2014.

[04] A. Degirmenci, B. Goldberg, L. Bielskis, S. Wiggins, P. Polygerinos, D. Holland and C. Walsh, “Cervical

Spine Immobilization Device for Emergency Response”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 2014.

[05] J. Gafford, Y. Ding, A. Harris, T. McKenna, P. Polygerinos, D. Holland and C. Walsh, “Shape Deposition

Manufacturing of a Soft, Atraumatic, Deployable Surgical Grasper”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 2014.

[06] P. Maeder-York, T. Clites, E. Boggs, R. Neff, P. Polygerinos, D. Holland and C. Walsh, “Biologically

Inspired Soft Robot for Thumb Rehabilitation”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, 2014.

[07] P. Polygerinos, Z. Wang, K. Galloway, J. T. B. Overvelde, R. J. Wood, K. Bertoldi and C. J. Walsh,

"Soft Elastomeric Actuators with Fiber Reinforcement", Abstract and Poster presentation in Materials and Research

Society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts, Dec. 1-6, 2013.

[08] P. Polygerinos, D. Holland, G. J. Bennett and C. J. Walsh, "Towards Educational Kits for Soft Robotics

applied to Medical Device Design", Abstract and Poster presentation in International Workshop on Soft Robotics

and Morphological Computation, Ascona, Switzerland, Jul. 14-19, 2013.

[09] M. Kavvousanos, P. Polygerinos, G. Palamas and A. Toutountzis, 2007. “Autonomous robotic

platform suitable for greenhouse works”, Modern Technical Review magazine, no. 186, Nov. 2007.

Patents:

[01] C. J. Walsh, E. T. Roche, P. Polygerinos, L. Schuster, et. al., "Catheter for transmitting and reflecting light", Provisional US Patent App. 61/996,832, 2014.

[02] A. J. Harris, A. J. Moser, P. Polygerinos, and C. J. Walsh, "Soft Robotic Device with Fiber-Reinforced Actuator for Minimally Invasive Surgery", Provisiolnal US Patent App. 61/977,769, 2014.

[03] C. J. Walsh, E. M. Boggs, T. Clites, Z. Dubrovsky, K. C. Galloway, D. Holland, P. Maeder-York. R. Neff and P. Polygerinos, "Multi-segment reinforced actuators and wearable applications", Provisiolnal US Patent App. 61/896,984, 2013.

[04] K. Althoefer, D. Zbyszewski, P. Puangmali, P. Polygerinos and L. K. Seneviratne, "Air cushion sensor for tactile

sensing during minimally invasive surgery", US Patent App. 12/736,957, 2009.