News (2023-2025)

May 21, 2025: Dr. Sharifi presented research outcomes in two workshops in the field of physically assistive robotics and showcased the industrial design of the ARMS Lab's lower limb exoskeleton in the "Arts in Robotics" session at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), Atlanta, GA. 

May 9, 2025: Sanad A. Shabbar has received the 2025 Mechanical Engineering Student of the Year award. (link)

April 25, 2025: Dr. Sharifi presented at the 7th NorCal Control Workshop in Davis, CA. He gave a talk on the development and optimization of a control strategy for a lower limb exoskeleton, designed to assist in rehabilitation exercises for adults with total knee arthroplasty. (link) 

April 16, 2025: Publication in the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems: Reinforcement Learning Methods for Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotic Systems: A Survey. (link)

March 27, 2025: Publication in the ASME Journal of Medical Devices: Mechatronics Development and Control of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton With High-Torque Assistance Available. (link)

December 20, 2024: Celebrating the graduation of two master’s students from ARMS Lab who graduated from the Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering departments. Both have secured full-time roles as senior engineers — Alex Martin-Ginnold at Noah Medical and Ashwin Unnikrishnan at Tesla. 

November 20, 2024: Dr. Sharifi served as a topic organizer and session chair under three tracks (3, 6, and 7) at the ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) in Portland, OR, and presented four research studies together with our intern, Asteya Laxmanan. 

August 26, 2024: Dr. Sharifi served as a session chair at the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC-CIE) in Washington, DC, and presented two research studies. 

July 18, 2024: Dr. Sharifi served as a session chair at the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) Conference in Boston, and presented two research studies. 

June 4, 2024: Yu Xian Lim presented his work at ARMS Lab on the Design and Development of a Chain-Based Cable-Driven Upper-Limb Exoskeleton under the topic of Rehabilitation and Assistive Robotics. (Link) 

April 17, 2024: Dr. Sharifi was selected as one of SJSU's honorees in 2023 due to his invention in the field of assistive robotics. (link)

April 15, 2024: Students at ARMS Lab received the "Most Innovative Project" award in the SJSU's College of Engineering Showcase 2024. They showcased 6 products in the field of assistive robotics for the lower and upper extremities. (link)

March 7, 2024: Dr. Sharifi served as a topic organizer for the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC-CIE). 

February 20, 2024: Sanad Shabbar received the 2024-2025 Research and Innovation Student RSCA Fellowship from the SJSU Office of Research. (link)

December 28, 2023: Anubhav Sharma and Jerry Lopez completed their master's projects on the design & fabrication, and motion planning & control of a smart walker. (link)

November 29, 2023: Dr. Sharifi is selected as an Associate Editor for the ASME Journal of Medical Diagnostics and Therapy. 

November 22, 2023: The first prototype of a hand exoskeleton is tested successfully by Ezekiel John Saldajeno, Rubin Gonsalves, and Yoseph Chaka at ARMS Lab. 

November 1, 2023: Three paper presentations at the ASME's International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE) in New Orleans, USA, on the design and development of the knee, ankle, and upper limb exoskeletons under the topic of Rehabilitation Robotics. (link) 

October 30, 2023: Troy Schmidt and Avadh Vanparia have been selected as Davidson Student Scholars (DSS) of the SJSU College of Engineering in Fall 2023. 

October 4, 2023: First experiment with the EXO-H3. Successfully tested in step-by-step and continuous walking motions. (link)

August 15, 2023: Josiah Kligmann, Ana Patricia Olmos Fuenates, and Maxim Arshinov from different community colleges completed their internship in the summer of 2023 with their wonderful poster presentations on Insole Sensor Data Profile for Control of Assistive Technologies and Enhancing Upper Limb Exoskeleton by Running Tests and Fixing Technical Issues to Prevent Sudden Motor Jumps. (link)

July 8, 2023: Publication in the ASME Journal of Medical Diagnostics and Therapy in addition to ASME IMECE 2023: Design and Fabrication of a Soft-Rigid Wearable Robotic Knee Exoskeleton paper. (link)

July 5, 2023: Publication in the ASME Journal of Medical Diagnostics and Therapy in addition to ASME IMECE 2023: Development of an Assistive Ankle-Foot Exoskeleton With a Wireless Sensorized Silicone-Based Insole paper. (link)

June 28, 2023: Publication and presentation of a paper at the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) in Seattle, USA: Design and Development of a Lightweight, High-Torque, and Cost-Effective Hip Exoskeleton. (link 1) (link 2)

June 22, 2023: First human test in a collaborative project on the fabricated and controlled lower limb exoskeleton at SJSU College of Engineering by Dr. Sharifi. (link)

May 25, 2023: Celebrating the graduation of undergraduate and graduate students, and appreciating their hard work and achievements at SJSU College of Engineering. Alumni from ARMS Lab: Jose Jaime Esquivel Patricio, Sai (Andrew) Hein Si Thu, Tc Cheng, Yu Xian Lim, Anthony Lacuata Nathanael Lacuata, and Anthony John. (link)

May 17, 2023: Tiancheng Cheng and Jose Jaime Esquivel Patricio successfully completed their master's projects on the ankle-foot exoskeleton and mechatronics development for exoskeletons. (link)

May 16, 2023: Dr. Sharifi received an NSF award from the Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering (DARE) program for Enhancing The Autonomy and Safety of Lower-Limb Exoskeletons to Assist Humans in Locomotion and Other Activities.  (link)

May 15, 2023: Dhurba Shrestha completed his master's project on the structural design and fabrication of the hip lower limb exoskeleton. (link)

May 8, 2023: Sai Hein Si Thu received the 2023 Mechanical Engineering Student of the Year award. (link)

May 8, 2023: Ashwin Unnikrishnan received the 2023 David A. Brown Fellowship in Mechatronics award. (link)

May 8, 2023: Ana Isabel Espinosa Agundis received the 2023 Gilead Sciences Mechanical Engineering award. (link)

April 24, 2023: The SJSU Research and Innovation video was released showcasing some of our products developed by many undergraduate and graduate students of this lab. (link)

April 24, 2023: ARMS Lab participated in the SJSU Research Week DEMO DAY university-wide event showcasing research and innovation to public visitors. Many visitors showed great interest in all the projects demonstrated at the booth. (link)

April 13, 2023: The upper limb exoskeleton team received The Most Engaging Project award at the SJSU College of Engineering showcase event. The smart walker, hip, knee, and ankle lower limb exoskeleton projects also participated and received significant attention from the audience. (link)

April 13, 2023: Diego Rivera for received the 2023 San Jose State University Davidson Student Scholarship. (link)