Publications

Journal Articles 

1. Lim, S., Luo, Y., Lee-Confer, J., & D’Souza, C. (2023). Obstacle clearance performance in individuals with high body mass index. Applied Ergonomics, 106, 103879. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103879

2. Luo, Y., Grimaldi, N., Zheng, H., Giang, W. C., & Hu, B. (2022). Distraction From Smartphones Changed Pedestrians’ Walking Behaviors in Open Areas. Motor control, 1(aop), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1123/mc.2022-0023

3. Luo, Y., Lu, X., Grimaldi, N. S., Ahrentzen, S., & Hu, B. (2022). Salient Targets and Fear of Falling Changed the Gait Pattern and Joint Kinematic of Older Adults. Sensors, 22(23), 9352. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22239352

4. Chen, Y., Luo, Y., Yang, C., Yerebakan, M. O., Hao S., Grimaldi, N. S., Li, S., Hayes, R., & Hu, B. (2022). Human mobile robot interaction in the retail environment. Scientific data, 9, 673. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01802-8

5. Lu, X., Luo, Y., & Hu, B. (2022). Exploring Older Adults’ Nighttime Trips to the Bathroom Under Different Lighting Conditions: An Exploratory Field Study. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867221113067

6. Chen, Y., Luo, Y., & Hu, B. (2022). Towards Next Generation Cleaning Tools: Factors Affecting Cleaning Robot Usage and Proxemic Behaviors Design. Frontiers in Electronics, 3, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/felec.2022.895001

7. Li, S., Yerebakan, M. O., Luo, Y., Amaba, B., Swope, B., & Hu, B. (2022). The effect of different occupational background noises on voice recognition accuracy. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 1-30.https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053521

8. Luo, Y., Yang, F., Yerebakan, M. O., Zhang, J., & Hu, B. (2021). Load Carriage Modes and Limb Crossing Patterns Altered Gait during Obstacle Negotiation. Journal of Motor Behavior, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222895.2021.2017837

9. Luo, Y., Lu, X., Ahrentzen, S., & Hu, B. (2021). Impact of destination-based visual cues on gait characteristics among adults over 75 years old: A pilot study. Gait & Posture, 87, 110-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.04.030

10. Lu, X., Luo, Y., Hu, B., Park, N. K., & Ahrentzen, S. (2021). Testing of path-based visual cues on patterned carpet to assist older adults' gait in a continuing care retirement community. Experimental Gerontology, 111307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2021.111307

11. Luo, Y., Coppola, S. M., Dixon, P. C., Li, S., Dennerlein, J. T., & Hu, B. (2020). A database of human gait performance on irregular and uneven surfaces collected by wearable sensors. Scientific data, 7(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0563-y


Conference Proceedings 

1. Luo, Y., Chen, Y., & Hu, B. (2023). Multisensory Evaluation of Human-Robot Interaction in Retail Stores-The Effect of Mobile Cobots on Individuals' Physical and Neurophysiological Responses. Companion of the 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 403-406). https://doi.org/10.1145/3568294.3580115

2. Luo, Y., Chen, Y., Yerebakan, M. O., Hao, S., Grimaldi, N., Yang, C., ... & Hu, B. (2022). How Do Humans Adjust Their Motion Patterns in Mobile Robots Populated Retail Environments? In 2022 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHMS56717.2022.9980607

3. Chen, Y., Luo, Y., Yerebakan, M. O., Xia, S., Behdad, S., & Hu, B. (2022). Human Workload and Ergonomics during Human-Robot Collaborative Electronic Waste Disassembly. In 2022 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHMS56717.2022.9980828

4. Hu, B., Luo, Y., & Chen, Y. (2022). Evaluating Human Locomotion Safety in Mobile Robots Populated Environments. In 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering Workshops (ISSREW) (pp. 381-386). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSREW55968.2022.00096

5. Luo, Y., Grimaldi, N. S., Lu, X., Ahrentzen, S., & Hu, B. (2022). Repurposing design in bedrooms to improve home accessibility: task and motion analysis using the virtual reality environment. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), 368–372. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181322661133

6. Grimaldi, N. S., Luo, Y., Lu, X., Ahrentzen, S., & Hu, B. (2022). Safety and accessibility assessment of a kitchen repurposing design: A gait and task efficiency analysis. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), 1756–1760. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181322661211

7. Chen, Y., Luo, Y., Ozkan Yerebakan, M., & Hu, B. (2022). Human Acceptance of the Cleaning Robot in Grocery Environments During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), 177–181. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181322661138

8. Luo, Y., Lu, X., Grimaldi, N. S., Ahrentzen, S., & Hu, B. (2021). Effects of Light Conditions and Falls Concerns on Older Adults’ Gait Characteristics: A Preliminary Study. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 1332–1336). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181321651082

- Won “Arnold M. Small Memorial Award for Outstanding Student Paper."

9. Luo, Y., Zheng, H., Chen, Y., Giang, W. C., & Hu, B. (2020). Influences of Smartphone Operation on Gait and Posture During Outdoor Walking Task. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 1723-1727). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641418

10. Luo, Y., Ouyang, S., Lockwood, C., Ferraz, M. D., & Hu, B. (2020). Publicly Accessible Wearable Motion Databases for Human Gait Studies. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 1718-1722). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641417

11. Zheng, H., Luo, Y., Hu, B., & Giang, W. C. (2020). A comparison of workload demands imposed by different types of distracted walking tasks and its effect on gait. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting(Vol. 64, No. 1, pp. 1713-1717). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181320641416

12. Lim, S., Luo, Y., Ebert, S., Jones, M. L., Varban, O., & D’Souza, C. (2018). Preliminary Study of Obstacle Clearance and Compensatory Movements in Individuals with High Body Mass Index. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 388-392). Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621089