Publications
2019
Marionette-based programming of a soft textile inflatable actuator. John Nassour. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 291:93-98, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2019.03.017https://youtu.be/McOv6qq9rdw
Concrete Action Representation Model: from Neuroscience to Robotics. John Nassour, Tran Duy Hoa, Payam Atoofi, and Fred Hamker. Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems. [in press].http://doi.org/10.1109/TCDS.2019.2896300
2018
A Humanoid Robot Learns to Recover Perturbation During Swinging Motion. Tran Duy Hoa, Fred Hamker, John Nassour. IEEE Transactions on System Man, and Cybernetics: Systems. 1:12, 21 December 2018. http://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2018.2884619 https://youtu.be/d4IWRDpwNm8
Design of New Sensory Soft Hand: Combining Air-Pump Actuation with Superimposed Curvature and Pressure Sensors. John Nassour, Vishal Ghadiya, Vincent Hugel, Fred Hamker. The First IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft2018). Livorno, Italy, April 24-28, 2018. http://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOSOFT.2018.8404914 http://youtu.be/nhA2buUm7R0
Gait Transition between Simple and Complex Locomotion in Humanoid Robots. Sidhdharthkumar Vaghani, Yuxiang Pan, Fred Hamker, John Nassour. The 15th International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB2018). Frankfurt, Germany, 26 July, 2018. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97628-0_10 http://youtu.be/-Mrsa0l_na8
Tactile and Proximity Servoing by A Multi-modal Sensory Soft Hand. John Nassour, Fred Hamker. The International Symposium on Wearable Robotics (Werob2018). Pisa, Italy, 14 October, 2018. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_76 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Y8KoyeJPsDesign of Soft Exosuit for Elbow Assistance Using Butyl Tubes Rubber and Textile. John Nassour, Sidhdharthkumar Vaghani, Fred Hamker. The International Symposium on Wearable Robotics (Werob2018). Pisa, Italy, 14 October, 2018. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01887-0_81 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BOO6PC-9Pc
Humanoid robot grasping with a soft gripper through a learned inverse model of a central pattern generator and tactile servoing. Yuxiang Pan, Fred Hamker, John Nassour. IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS 2018), Beijing, China, November 6-9, 2018. http://doi.org/10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2018.8625035 https://youtu.be/O6AxZUecGg8
2016
Minimized-Torque-Oriented Design of Parallel Modular Mechanism for Humanoid Waist. Mouna Souissi, Vincemt Hugel, Samir Garbaya, John Nassour. Advances in Robot Kinematics, Volume: 4, Page(s): 171-180, 2016. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56802-7_18
2014
Learning Diverse Motor Patterns with a single Multi-Layered Multi-Pattern CPG for a Humanoid Robot. Shoubhik Debnath, John Nassour and Gordon Cheng. IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS 2014), Madrid, Spain, November 18th-20th, 2014. http://doi,org/10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2014.7041489 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woCq9TOR1Vc
Extending Cortical-Basal Inspired Reinforcement Learning Model with Success-Failure Experience. Shoubhik Debnath, John Nassour. Paper accepted for publication in IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics (ICDL-EPIROB), Genoa, Italy, October 13th-16th, 2014. http://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2014.6982996 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhnMI2O1rOA
Multi-Layered Multi-Pattern CPG for Adaptive Locomotion of Humanoid Robots. John Nassour, Patrick Hénaff, Fathi Ben Ouezdou and Gordon Cheng. Journal of Biological Cybernetics, Volume: 108, Issue: 3, Page(s): 291-303, June 2014. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-014-0592-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG6wczzJ4uY
Success-Failure Learning for Humanoid: study on bipedal walking. John Nassour. Joint-PhD Thesis, Technical University of Munich (Germany) & University of Versailles (France), 2014. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/?id=1173171
2013
Qualitative Adaptive Reward Learning with Success Failure Maps: Applied to Humanoid Robot Walking. John Nassour, Vincent Hugel, Fethi Benouezdou and Gordon Cheng. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Page(s): 81-93. January, 2013. http://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2012.2224370 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koE3dkf25-M
2012
Cognitive development through a neurologically-based learning framework. John Nassour and Gordon Cheng. Paper in Workshop on Developmental Robotics, International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Osaka, Japan, Nov. 29th - Dec. 1st, 2012. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1160756/550158
Biologically-inspired neural controller based on adaptive reward learning. John Nassour and Gordon Cheng. Front. Comput. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: Bernstein Conference 2012. doi: 10.3389/conf.fncom.2012.55.00164. http://doi.org/10.3389/conf.fncom.2012.55.00164
Exploiting past success failure for effective and robust task learning. John Nassour, Fathi Ben Ouezdou and Gordon Cheng. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys2012), Vienna, Austria, poster No.81, 2012. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1116617/200300
2011
Experience-based Learning Mechanism with a Concept of Vigilance. John Nassour, Patrick Hénaff, Fathi Ben Ouezdou and Gordon Cheng. Front. Comput. Neurosci. Conference Abstract: BC11 : Computational Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Bernstein Conference & Neurex Annual Meeting 2011. http://doi.org/10.3389/conf.fncom.2011.53.00099
Bipedal Locomotion Control with Rhythmic Neural Circuits. John Nassour, Patrick Hénaff, Fathi Ben Ouezdou and Gordon Cheng. International workshop on bio-inspired robots. 6-8 April 2011. Nantes, France. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1118082/322003
2010
A Study of Adaptive Locomotive Behaviors of a Biped Robot: Patterns Generation and Classification. John Nassour, Patrick Hénaff, Fathi Ben Ouezdou and Gordon Cheng. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2010, Volume 6226, From Animals to Animats 11, Pages 313-324. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15193-4_30
Adaptive Locomotive Behaviors of a Biped Robot: Patterns Generation and Classification, (Abstract). John Nassour, Patrick Hénaff, Fathi Ben Ouezdou and Gordon Cheng. Les journées nationales de la robotique humanoïde 3 - 4 Juin 2010. Poitiers, France.
2009
Experience-based Learning Mechanism for Neural Controller Adaptation: Application to Walking Biped Robots. John Nassour, Patrick Henaff, Fethi Ben Ouezdou and Gordon Cheng. In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. St. Louis, MO, USA. http://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2009.5354797 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmD8YJOf7bQ