Umer Huzaifa, PhD

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Journals

  1. C. Fuller, U. Huzaifa, and J. Schultz, “Toward Varying Bipedal Walking Gaits Using Rolling Ball-Tray Dynamics at the Walker’s Core,” in IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 143070-143084, 2025, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3598692. (Impact Factor: 3.6, Acceptance Rate: 30%)
  2. D. D. K. Arachchige, T. Sheehan, D. M. Perera, S. Mallikarachchi, U. Huzaifa, I. Kanj, “Efficient Trotting of Soft Robotic Quadrupeds,” in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 22, pp. 14562-14576, 2025, doi: 10.1109/TASE.2025.3553082. (Impact Factor: 5.9, Acceptance Rate: 18%)
  3. D. D. K. Arachchige, D. M. Perera, U. Huzaifa, I. Kanj, I. S. Godage, “Tumbling Locomotion of Tetrahedral Soft-limbed Robots,” in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2024.3375627.
  4. D. D. K. Arachchige, D. M. Perera, S. Mallikarachchi, U. Huzaifa, I. Kanj and I. S. Godage, “Soft Steps: Exploring Quadrupedal Locomotion With Modular Soft Robots,”in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 63136-63148, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3289156.
  5. R. Prasad†, M. El-Rich, M. I. Awad, I. Hussain, H. F. Jelinek, U. Huzaifa, and K. Khalaf, “A Framework for Determining the Performance and Requirements of Cable-Driven Mobile Lower Limb Rehabilitation Exoskeletons,” in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10, 2022.
  6. U. Huzaifa, C. Maguire, and A. LaViers, “Toward an Expressive Bipedal Robot: Variable Gait Synthesis and Validation in a Planar Model,” International Journal of Social Robotics, vol. 12, pg. 129-141, 2020.
  7. A. Jang Sher, U. Huzaifa, J. Li, V. Jain, and A. LaViers,“An Embodied, Platform-invariant Architecture for Connecting High-level Spatial Commands to Platform Articulation,” in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 119, pg. 263-277, 2019.
  8. A. LaViers, C. Cuan, M. Heimerdinger, U. Huzaifa, C. Maguire, R. McNish, A. Nilles, I. Pakrasi, K. Bradley, K. Brooks Mata, N. Chakraborty, I. Vidrin and A. Zurawski, “Choreographic and Somatic Approaches for the Development of Expressive Robotic Systems,” Arts, 7(2), 11. 2018.

Peer-reviewed Conference Presentations

  1. U. Huzaifa, L. Dettori, S. McGee, H. Nalwala and D. D. K. Arachchige, “Assessing the Impact of an Interdisciplinary Engineering Summer Camp on Student Engagement and Interest,” in ASEE 2025 Illinois-Indiana Section Conference, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 2025.
  2. S. Hwang, K. Navghare, U. Huzaifa, I. Ustun, A. Dzewaltowski, C. Connaboy, (2024). “Detecting Outlier Segments in Uncertain Personal Trajectory Data,” In: Gervasi, O., Murgante, B., Garau, C., Taniar, D., C. Rocha, A.M.A., Faginas Lago, M.N. (eds) Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2024. ICCSA 2024. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14814. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-64608-9 28
  3. D. D. K. Arachchige et al., “Study on Soft Robotic Pinniped Locomotion,” in 2023 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Seattle, WA, USA, 2023, pp. 65-71, doi: 10.1109/AIM46323.2023.10196209.
  4. U. Huzaifa, D. Arachchige, M. A. Zaman, U. Syed, “Simplified Modeling of Hybrid Soft Robots with Constant Stiffness Assumption,” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Koh Samui, Thailand, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ROBIO58561.2023.10355009.
  5. J. Knea, and U. Huzaifa. “Cost-Effective Electronic Framework for Lowerlimb Exoskeletons,” 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Koh Samui, Thailand, 2023, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ROBIO58561.2023.10354728.
  6. R. Parasad†, K. Khalaf, M. I. Awad, I. Hussain, H. F. Jelinek, U. Huzaifa, and M. El Rich, “A Generalized Framework for the Assessment of Various Configurations of Cable-driven Mobile Lower limb Rehabilitation Exoskeletons,” in IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Technology (ICBET), 2022, pp. 133-140, doi: 10. 1145/ 3535694. 3535716.
  7. C. Fuller, U. Huzaifa, A. LaViers, and J. Scultz, “Core-centered actuation for Biped Locomotion of Humanoid Robots,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020, pp. 3481-3487, doi: 10. 1109/ IROS45743. 2020. 9341364.
  8. U. Huzaifa, C. Fuller, J. Schultz, and A. LaViers, “Toward a Bipedal Robot with Variable Gait Styles: Sagittal Forces Analysis in a Planar Simulation and a Prototype Ball-Tray Mechanism,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019, pp. 2266-2272, doi: 10. 1109/ IROS40897. 2019. 8968025. (2nd in robotics category MSAR ratings)1
  9. J. Lambert, U. Huzaifa, W. Rizvi, and A. LaViers, “A Comparison of Descriptive and Emotive Labels to Explain Human Perception of Gait Styles on a Compass Walker in Variable Contexts,” IEEE International Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man), 2019, pp. 1- 8, doi: 10. 1109/ RO-MAN46459. 2019. 8956361.
  10. U. Huzaifa, and A. LaViers,“Coordination, Symmetry, and Grouping Pa- rameters for Redundant Movement Strategies for Articulated Platforms,” in IEEE International conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2017, pp. 1460-1467, doi: 10. 1109/ ROBIO. 2017. 8324623 .
  11. U. Huzaifa, C. Bernier, Z. Calhoun, G. Heddy, C. Kolhout, B. Libowitz, A. Moenning, J. Ye, C. Maguire, and A. LaViers, “Embodied Movement Strate- gies for Development of a Core-located Actuation Walker,” in IEEE Interna- tional Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2016, pp. 176-181, doi: 10. 1109/ BIOROB. 2016. 7523618 . (Best Poster Finalist)
  12. U. Huzaifa, and A. LaViers, “Control design for planar model of a core- located actuation walker,” in IEEE International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2016, pp. 170-175, doi: 10. 1109/ BIOROB. 2016. 7523617 .
  13. G. Heddy, U. Huzaifa, P. Beling, Y. Haimes, J. Marvel, B. Weiss, and A. Laviers,“LTL-Based Monitoring of Smart Manufacturing Systems,” in PHM Society Conference, 2015;6:039.
  14. L. Bobadilla, T. T. Johnson, A. LaViers., and U. Huzaifa, “Verified Pla- nar Formation Control Algorithms by Composition of Primitives,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Conference, AIAA Science and Technology Forum (SciTech), p. 1541, 2015

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