Publication
Peer-reviewed Papers
L. Cheng and M. Tavakoli, “Neural Network-based Physiological Organ Prediction and Robot Impedance Control for Teleoperation Beating-Heart Surgery,” Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2021.102423, 2021.
L. Cheng, A. Maddahi, M. Kalvandi, Y. Maddahi, and M. Tavakoli, “Application of DenTeach in Remote Dentistry Teaching and Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study,” Frontiers in Robotics and AI, doi: 10.3389/frobt.2020.611424, 2021.
L. Cheng, J. Carriere, J. Piwowarczyk, D. Aalto, N. Zemiti, M. de Boutray, and M. Tavakoli, “Semi-Autonomous Control of a Robotic Assistant for Fibula Osteotomies in Mandible Reconstruction Surgery,” Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020, 2000158 (1-8).
L. Cheng and M. Tavakoli, “COVID-19 Pandemic Spurs Medical Telerobotic Systems: A Survey of Applications Requiring Physiological Organ Motion Compensation,” Frontiers in Robotics and AI, doi:10.3389/frobt.2020.594673, 2020.
L. Cheng and M. Tavakoli, “A Multilateral Impedance-Controlled System for Haptics-Enabled Surgical Training and Cooperation in Beating-Heart Surgery,” International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 314-325, 2019.
L. Cheng and M. Tavakoli, “Neural-Network-Based Heart Motion Prediction for Ultrasound- Guided Beating-Heart Surgery,” IEEE 15th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, 2019. Also, selected for poster presentation at the International Symposium on Medical Robotics, Atlanta, GA, 2019.
L. Cheng, J. Fong, M. Tavakoli, “Semi-Autonomous Surgical Robot Control for Beating-Heart Surgery,” IEEE 15th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, 2019.
L. Cheng and M. Tavakoli, “Control of a Mechatronics-Assisted System for Surgeries with Flexible Tools,” IEEE 15th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, 2019.
L. Cheng and M. Tavakoli, “Ultrasound Image Guidance and Robot Impedance Control for Beating-Heart Surgery,” Control Engineering Practice (A Journal of IFAC), vol. 81, pp. 9-17, 2018.
L. Cheng and M. Tavakoli, “Switched-Impedance Control of Surgical Robots in Teleoperated Beating-Heart Surgery,” Journal of Medical Robotics Research, vol. 3, no. 03n04, pp. 1841003, 2018.
L. Cheng, M. Sharifi, M. Tavakoli, “Towards Robot-Assisted Anchor Deployment in Beating-Heart Mitral Valve Surgery,” The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. e1900, 2018. Also, selected for poster presentation at the International Symposium on Medical Robotics, Atlanta, GA, 2018.
L. Cheng, Z. Jiang, H. Li, B. Wei and Q. Huang, “Target-tools recognition method based on an image feature library for space station cabin service robots,” Robotica, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 925- 941, 2016.
L. Cheng, Z. Jiang, H. Li, and Q. Huang, “A Robust and Efficient Algorithm for Tool Recognition and Localization for Space Station Robot,” International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 193(1-15), 2014.
Book Chapters
B. Fallahi, L. Cheng and M. Tavakoli, State Observation and Feedback Control in Robotic Systems for Therapy and Surgery. In Ahmad Taher Azar (Ed.), Control System Design of Bio- Robotics and Bio-Mechatronic with Advanced Applications, Elsevier, B978-0-12-817463-0.09988- 3, 2019.
J. Carriere, L. Cheng and Mahdi Tavakoli. Enhancing Situational Awareness and Kinesthetic Assistance for Clinicians via Augmented-Reality and Haptic Shared-Control Technologies. In Troy McDaniel and Xueliang Liu (Eds.), Multimedia for Accessible Human Computer Interfaces, Springer, ISBN 978-3-030-70716-3, 2021.