Book Chapters

Journal Papers

J15. A.  Jaffar, S. Ali, S.H. Gillani, K.F. Iqbal, “Advancement in Conversational AI: A Systematic Review of Chatbot Innovations Utilizing Large Language Models”, Expert Systems with Applications, 2025 (Under Review).

J14. M.S. Sadiq, K.F. Iqbal, S. Ali, Y. Ayaz, “Fast Marching Trees With Dual Tree Structure for Accelerated Motion Planning”, Intelligent Service Robots, 2025 (Under Review).

J13. K. Khalid, Y. Ayaz, S. Ali, K.F. Iqbal, Y. Li, K. Yang, M.A.B. Fayaz, R. Nawaz, “Fast and Efficient Motion Planning: using Hybrid Sampling and Simulated Annealing”, Expert Systems with Applications, 2025 (Under Review)

J12. M. A. Saleem, K.F. Iqbal, M. Sajid, M.T. Nasir, S.M. Hasan, M.Safdar, J. Brusey, “Energy-Efficient HVAC Control via Long-Term Indoor Environment Forecasting: A Data-Driven Approach with Weather Uncertainty”, Energy & Building, 2025 (Under Review).

J11. (Q1, IF 10.9, 2/76 in Thermodynamics) M. Talha,  M. T. Nasir, K. F. Iqbal, W. Khalid, M. Safdar, and N. M. Malik, “Thermo-Economic Evaluation of Working Fluids for a Flue Gas Driven Organic Rankine Cycle Powered Vapor Compression Cycle for Cooling Air Conditioning using a Two-step Intermediate Performance Index”, Energy Conversion & Management, vol 347, 120541, 2026, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120541.

J10. (Q1, Impact Factor: 5.0) M. Huzaifa, W, Ali, K.F. Iqbal, I.  Ahmad, Y. Ayaz, H.  Taimur, Y. Shirayama, M.  Yuasa, “A Markerless Vision-Based Physical Frailty Assessment System for the Older Adults,” AI, vol. 6, no. 9, p. 224, Sep. 2025, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ai6090224.

J9. M. Talha, N. M. Malik, M. T. Nasir, W. Khalid, M. Safdar, and K. F. Iqbal, “Working Fluid Selection for Biogas-Powered Organic Rankine Cycle-Vapor Compression Cycle,” pp. 1–1, Jul. 2025, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2025023001.

J8. (Q2, Impact Factor: 3.0) S. Khan, S. Ali, K.F. Iqbal, Y. Ayaz, J.H. Brusay, M.A. Khan, J. Baili “Active interception of moving ball: a multi-player strategy for humanoid soccer robots,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 84, no. 27, pp. 32487–32503, Dec. 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-024-20491-6.

J7. (Q2, Impact Factor: 3.9) A. Jaffar, S. Ali, K.F. Iqbal,  Y. Ayaz, A.R. Ansari, M.A.B. Fayyaz,  R. Nawaz,  “A Comprehensive Multimodal Humanoid System for Personality Assessment Based on the Big Five Model,” IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 84261–84272, Jan. 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2024.3412931.

J6. (Q2, Impact Factor: 3.1) M. Shahid, S. N. Khan, K. F. Iqbal, S. Ali,  Y. Ayaz, “Dynamic Goal Tracking for Differential Drive Robot Using Deep Reinforcement Learning,” Neural Processing Letters, vol. 55, no. 8, pp. 11559–11576, Oct. 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11063-023-11390-2.

J5. (Q1, Impact Factor: 4.6) S. Batool, S.O. Gilani,A.  Waris, K.F. Iqbal, N.B. Khan, M.I. Khan, S.M. Eldin, F.A. Awwad, “Deploying efficient net batch normalizations (BNs) for grading diabetic retinopathy severity levels from fundus images,” Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, Sep. 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41797-9.

J4. (Q1, Impact Factor: 4.562) H. Idrees, S. Ali, M. Sajid, M. Rashid, F.I. Khawaja, Z. Ali, M.N. Anwar, “Techno-Economic Analysis of Vacuum Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination,” Membranes, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 339, Mar. 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13030339.

J3. (Q1, Impact Factor: 3.576) F. I. Khawaja, A. Kanazawa, J. Kinugawa, and K. Kosuge, “A Human-Following Motion Planning and Control Scheme for Collaborative Robots Based on Human Motion Prediction,” Sensors, vol. 21, no. 24, p. 8229, Dec. 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/s21248229.

J2. K. F. Iqbal, A. Kanazawa, S. R. Ottaviani, Jun Kinugawa, and Kazuhiro Kosuge, “A real-time motion planning scheme for collaborative robots using HRI-based cost function,” International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 42–42, Jan. 2021, doi: https://doi.org/10.1504/ijma.2021.113727.

J1. S.A. Khan, Y. Ayaz, M. Jamil, S.O. Gillani, M.Naveed, A.H. Qureshi and K.F. Iqbal, "Collaborative Optimal Reciprocal Collision Avoidance for Mobile Robots", International Journal of Control and Automation (IJCA), Vol 8, No 8, pp 203-212, 2015

Conference Papers

C18. U. Asgher, S. Ali, T. Ali, Y. Ayaz, S. Scataglini, S. Nazir, U. Rashed, E. Abdi, F. Khawaja, R. Taiar, J. Arzola-Ruiz, (2023). Socio-Cultural Factors of Industrial Workers in Low-Middle Income Countries (LMIC): Pilot Study. In: Lucas Paletta, Hasan Ayaz and Umer Asgher (eds) Cognitive Computing and Internet of Things. AHFE (2023) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 73. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1003296

C17. S. M. Nashit Arshad, Y. Ayaz, S. Ali, K. F. Iqbal and N. Naseer, "Modeling and Control of Liquid Carrying Aerial Vehicle's Endurance and Performance Based on LQR And PID Control Strategies," 2023 7th International Multi-Topic ICT Conference (IMTIC), Jamshoro, Pakistan, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IMTIC58887.2023.10178472.

C16. (Won best paper award) S. Ali, F. Mehmood, K.F. Iqbal, Y. Ayaz, M. Sajid, M.B. Sial, M.F. Malik, K. Javed., "Human Robot Interaction: Identifying Resembling Emotions Using Dynamic Body Gestures of Robot," 2023 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2023, pp. 39-44, doi: 10.1109/ICAI58407.2023.10136649.

C15. S. Iqbal, S.N. Khan, M. Sajid, S. Ali, F.I. Khawaja, U. Asgher, Y. Ayaz, Y.  (2022). Novel Approach for Sensing the Humanoid Hand Finger Position Using Non-contact TMR Sensor. In: Umer Asgher (eds) Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 35. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001599

C14. M. Ammar, M.M. Ahmed, M.A. Younas, K. Qayyum, F.I. Khawaja, U. Asgher, S. Ali, Y. Ayaz, Y.  (2022). A Chain-Driven Live Roller Mechanism for Loading and Unloading Packages on Autonomous Mobile Robots in Warehouses. In: Umer Asgher (eds) Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 35. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001600

C13. A. Jaffer, S. Ali, F.I. Khawaja, Y. Ayaz, M. Sajid, U. Asgher, (2022). Personality Prediction in Human-Robot-Interaction (HRI). In: Umer Asgher (eds) Industrial Cognitive Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 35. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001601

C12. Z. Khan, F. Naseer, K. F. Iqbal, S. Ali, M. Sajid and Y. Ayaz, "Smooth Gait Generation for Quadrupedal Robots Based on Genetic Algorithm Optimization," 2022 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI), 2022, pp. 122-126, doi: 10.1109/ICAI55435.2022.9773617.

C11. Kainat, S. Ali, K. F. Iqbal, Y. Ayaz and M. Sajid, "A Review on Different Approaches for Assessing Student Attentiveness in Classroom using Behavioural Elements," 2022 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI), 2022, pp. 152-158, doi: 10.1109/ICAI55435.2022.9773418.

C10. Syeda Madiha Qamar, Fahad Iqbal Khawaja, Sara Ali, Ahmed Hussain Qureshi, Yasar Ayaz, Muhammad Naveed and Abdul Ghafoor Abbasi, “An Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System to Solve Perceptual Aliasing for Autonomous Mobile Robots”, The Twenty-Seventh International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics 2022 (AROB 27th 2022), pp 1207-1212, Beppu, Japan, 2022.

C9. Ahmed Hussain Qureshi, Saba Mumtaz, Abdul Ahad Ashfaque Sheikh, Khawaja Fahad Iqbal, Yasar Ayaz, and Osman Hasan, "Augmenting RRT* with Local Trees for Real Time Motion Planning in Complex Cluttered Environments", In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR), pp. 657-662, Miedzydroje, Poland, 2014.

C8. Shahwar Yaseen, Yasar Ayaz, Khawaja Fahad Iqbal, Naveed Muhammad, Syed Omer Gilani, Mohsin Jamil, and Syed Iritza Ali, "Centre of Mass Avoidance Planner using Radius of Gyration for Reciprocal Velocity Obstacles", In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Emerging Allied Technologies in Engineering (iCreate), pp. 118-124, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2014.

C7. Ahmed Hussain Qureshi, Saba Mumtaz, Khawaja Fahad Iqbal, Yasar Ayaz, Mannan Saeed Muhammad and Osman Hasan , "Triangular Geometry based Optimal Motion Planning using RRT*", In Proceedings of International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control (AMC), pp. 380-385, Yokohama, Japan , March 2014.

C6. Badar Ali, Ahmed Hussain Qureshi, Khawaja Fahad Iqbal, Yasar Ayaz, Syed Omer Gilani, Mohsin Jamil, Naveed Muhammad, Faizan Ahmed, Mannan Saeed Muhammad, Whoi-Yul Kim, and Moonsoo Ra , "Human Tracking by a Mobile Robot using 3D Features", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (RoBio), December, 2013.

C5. Ahmed Hussain Qureshi, Khawaja Fahad Iqbal , Saba Mumtaz , Syeda Madiha Qamar , Fahad Islam , Yasar Ayaz, Naveed Muhammad , Mannan Saeed Muhammad, Osman Hasan, Whoi Yul Kim and Moonsoo Ra, "Adaptive Potential Guided Directional-RRT*", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (RoBio), December, 2013.

C4. Badar Ali, Khawaja Fahad Iqbal, Yasar Ayaz, Muhammad Naveed, "Human detection and following by a mobile robot using 3D features", Proceedings of International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), pp. 1714-1719, Takamatsu, Japan, 2013.

C3. Ahmed Hussain Qureshi, Khawaja Fahad Iqbal, Syeda Madiha Qamar, Fahad Islam, Yasar Ayaz, and Muhammad Naveed, "Potential guided directional-RRT* for fast optimal motion planning", Proceedings of International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), pp. 519-524, Takamatsu, Japan, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2013.6617971

C2. Syeda Madiha Qamar, Khawaja Fahad Iqbal, Ahmed Hussain Qureshi, Naveed Muhammad, Yasar Ayaz, and Abdul Ghafoor Abbasi, "A solution to perceptual aliasing through probabilistic fuzzy logic and SIFT", Proceedings of IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Wollongong, Australia, pp. 1393-1398, 2013.

C1. Syed Usman Ahmed, Usman Ali Malik, Khawaja Fahad Iqbal, Yasar Ayaz and Kunwar Faraz, "Sparsed Potential-PCNN for Real Time Path Planning and Indoor Navigation Scheme for Mobile Robots", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), pp. 1729-1734, Beijing, August 2011.