John Nassour Web Page

2019

Enfolded textile actuator for soft wearable robots. John Nassour, Fred Hamker. IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems. 18-20 September 2019. Technical University of Munich, Germany. https://youtu.be/fdyEAYRZ86g 

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  

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