Publications

			Journal Papers
			A weighted cost function to deal with the muscle force sharing problem in injured subjects: A single case study   G. Serrancolí, J.M. Font-Llagunes, A. Barjau Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics, published online.   Get PDF
			Parameter identification method for a three-dimensional foot-ground contact model   R. Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes, U. Lugrís, J. Cuadrado Mechanism and Machine Theory, vol. 75, pp. 107-116, 2014.   Get PDF
			Combining vibrational linear-by-part dynamics and kinetic-based decoupling of the dynamics for multiple smooth impacts with redundancy   A. Barjau, J.A. Batlle, J.M. Font-Llagunes Multibody System Dynamics, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 497-517, 2014.   Get PDF
			New biomechanical model for clinical evaluation of the upper extremity motion in subjects with neurological disorders: an application case   J. Lobo-Prat, J.M. Font-Llagunes, C. Gómez-Pérez, J. Medina-Casanovas, R.M. Angulo-Barroso Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 1144-1156, 2014.   Get PDF
			Solution methods for the double-support indeterminacy in human gait   U. Lugrís, J. Carlín, R. Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Cuadrado Multibody System Dynamics, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 247-263, 2013.   Get PDF
			Analysis of different uncertainties in the inverse dynamic analysis of human gait   R. Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Cuadrado, F.J. Alonso Mechanism and Machine Theory, vol. 58, pp. 153-164, 2012.   Get PDF
			Dynamic analysis of impact in swing-through crutch gait using impulsive and continuous contact models   J.M. Font-Llagunes, A. Barjau, R. Pàmies-Vilà, J. Kövecses Multibody System Dynamics, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 257-282, 2012.   Get PDF
			A simple approach to estimate muscle forces and orthosis actuation in powered assisted walking of spinal cord-injured subjects   F.J. Alonso, F. Romero, R. Pàmies-Vilà, U. Lugrís, J.M. Font-Llagunes Multibody System Dynamics, vol. 28, no. 1-2, pp. 109-124, 2012.   Get PDF
			Robots humanoides i tecnologia per assistir la marxa humana   J.M. Font-Llagunes Revista de Tecnologia (IEC), vol. 4, pp. 29-38, 2011.   Get PDF
			Dynamics and energetics of impacts in crutch walking   C. Carpentier, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses J. Applied Biomechanics, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 473-483, 2010.   Get PDF
			Calibration for mobile robots with invariant jacobian   J.A. Batlle, J.M. Font-Llagunes, A. Barjau Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 10-15, 2010.   Get PDF
			Efficient dynamic walking: Design strategies to reduce energetic losses of a compass walker at heel strike   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 259-282, 2009.   Get PDF
			Dynamics and energetics of a class of bipedal walking systems   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses Mechanism and Machine Theory, vol. 44, no. 11, pp. 1999-2019, 2009.   Get PDF
			Consistent triangulation for mobile robot localization using discontinuous angular measurements   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J.A. Batlle Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 57, no. 9, pp. 931-942, 2009.   Get PDF
			An eigenvalue problem for the analysis of variable topology mechanical systems   J. Kövecses, J.M. Font-Llagunes ASME J. Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 4, no. 3, paper 031006, pp. 1-9, 2009.   Get PDF
			New method that solves the three-point resection problem using straight lines intersection   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J.A. Batlle ASCE J. Surveying Engineering, vol. 135, no. 2, pp. 39-45, 2009.   Get PDF
			Posicionamiento dinámico y guiado de un robot móvil con cinemática de triciclo    J.M. Font Llagunes, J.A. Batlle Rev. Iberoamericana de Ingeniería Mecánica, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 3-13, 2006.   PDF
			Posicionamiento de robots móviles mediante un filtro de Kalman angular y triangulación    J.M. Font, J.A. Batlle Rev. Int. Información Tecnológica, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 9-14, 2006.   PDF
			Book Chapters
			Analytical and experimental studies of the dynamics of variable topology systems   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots (Eds. J.S. Dai, M. Zoppi, X. Kong), KC Edizioni, Italy, pp. 299-307, 2009, ISBN: 978-88-89007-37-2.   Get PDF
			Dynamics of heel strike in bipedal systems with circular feet   J.M. Font, J. Kövecses Proceedings of EUCOMES 08: The Second European Conference on Mechanism Science (Ed. M. Ceccarelli), Springer, Germany, pp. 455-462, 2009, ISBN: 978-1-4020-8914-5.   Get PDF
			Conference Proceedings
			Forward dynamics for gait analysis as an intermediate step to motion prediction   J. Cuadrado, R. Pàmies-Vilà, U. Lugrís, J.M. Font-Llagunes 1st International and 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, Proceedings CD, Roorkee, India, December 2013.   PDF
			Human motion analysis of a healthy subject wearing active orthoses   F. Romero, R. Pàmies-Vilà, U. Lugrís, F.J. Alonso, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Cuadrado III Reunión del Capítulo Español de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica, Book of abstracts, Barcelona, Spain, October 2013.   PDF
			Formulation to predict lower limb muscle forces during gait   G. Serrancolí, J.P. Walter, A.L. Kinney, A. Barjau, B.J. Fregly, J.M. Font-Llagunes III Reunión del Capítulo Español de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica, Book of abstracts, Barcelona, Spain, October 2013.   PDF
			Validation of the inverse dynamic analysis of human gait using a forward dynamics approach   R. Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 9th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, Proceedings CD, Portland, USA, August 2013.   PDF
			Optimization problem formulation for predicting knee muscle and contact forces during gait   G. Serrancolí, J.P. Walter, A.L. Kinney, B.J. Fregly, J.M. Font-Llagunes XIV International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics, Book of abstracts, Natal, Brazil, August 2013.   PDF
			Configuration-dependent performance indicators for the analysis of foot impact in running gait   J.M. Font-Llagunes, R. Pàmies-Vilà, J. Kövecses ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Multibody Dynamics, Proceedings CD, Zagreb, Croatia, July 013.   PDF
			Gait analysis of incomplete spinal cord injured subjects walking with an active orthosis and crutches   J.M. Font-Llagunes, F. Romero, U. Lugrís, R. Pàmies-Vilà, F.J. Alonso, J. Cuadrado Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Proceedings USB, Bilbao, Spain, June 2013.   PDF
On the use of multibody dynamics techniques for the inverse and forward dynamic analysis of human gait   R. Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes, U. Lugrís, J. Cuadrado Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Proceedings USB, Bilbao, Spain, June 2013.   PDF
Determination of the strategy for solving the muscle force sharing problem in patients suffering ACL rupture   G. Serrancolí, J.M. Font-Llagunes, A. Barjau Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Proceedings USB, Bilbao, Spain, June 2013.   PDF
Application of a mixed displacement-pressure finite element formulation based on the absolute nodal coordinate framework to biomechanical problems   E. Altarriba, J.M. Font-Llagunes, A. Mikkola Congress on Numerical Methods in Engineering, Proceedings USB, Bilbao, Spain, June 2013.   PDF
Design of an active stance-control knee-ankle-foot orthosis to assist the gait of incomplete spinal cord-injured subjects   J.M. Font-Llagunes, R. Pàmies-Vilà, F. Romero, F.J. Alonso, U. Lugrís, J. Cuadrado COST Symposium Rehabilitation Robotics - Clinical Evidence and Technical Development, Poster presentation, Enschede, The Netherlands, April 2013.   PDF
Aplicación de técnicas de dinámica multicuerpo al diseño de ortesis activas para ayuda a la marcha   J. Cuadrado, U. Lugrís, F.J. Alonso, J.M. Font-Llagunes XIX Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Proceedings USB, Castelló de la Plana, Spain, November 2012.   PDF
Estimación de los parámetros del modelo de contacto pie-suelo en la marcha humana (Best basic research paper Award)   R. Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes, U. Lugrís, J. Cuadrado XIX Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Proceedings USB, Castelló de la Plana, Spain, November 2012.   PDF
Design of an innovative gait-assistive active orthosis for incomplete spinal cord injured subjects based on human motion analysis   F. Romero, R. Pàmies-Vilà, U. Lugrís, F.J. Alonso, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Cuadrado II Reunión del Capítulo Nacional Español de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica, Proceedings CD, Sevilla, Spain, October 2012.   PDF
On the force sharing problem in patients suffering joint pain   G. Serrancolí, J.M. Font-Llagunes, A. Barjau 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 45, supp. 1, p. S483, Lisboa, Portugal, July 2012.   Get PDF
Clinical evaluation of the upper extremity motion in subjects with neurological disorders   J. Lobo-Prat, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Medina-Casanovas, R.M. Angulo-Barroso 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 45, supp. 1, p. S291, Lisboa, Portugal, July 2012.   Get PDF
Dynamic analysis of walking with a powered stance-control knee-ankle-foot orthosis   J.M. Font-Llagunes, R. Pàmies-Vilà, J. Alonso, J. Cuadrado 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 45, supp. 1, p. S514, Lisboa, Portugal, July 2012.   Get PDF
Muscle forces adaptation in assisted walking using a powered SCKAFO   F. Romero, J. Alonso, S.H. HosseinNia, B. Vinagre, J.M. Font-Llagunes 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 45, supp. 1, p. S521, Lisboa, Portugal, July 2012.   Get PDF
Two approaches to estimate foot-ground contact model parameters using optimization techniques   R.Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes, U. Lugrís, J. Cuadrado The 2nd Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics, Proceedings USB, Stuttgart, Germany, May-June 2012.   PDF
Dynamic analysis of foot models for human locomotion   F. Gholami, J. Kövecses, J.M. Font-Llagunes The 2nd Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics, Proceedings USB, Stuttgart, Germany, May-June 2012.   PDF
A linear-by-part approach for dissipative multiple-point collisions in smooth multibody systems with perfect constraints   A. Barjau, J.A. Batlle, J.M. Font-Llagunes The 2nd Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics, Proceedings USB, Stuttgart, Germany, May-June 2012.   PDF
A powered lower limb orthosis to assist the gait of incomplete spinal cord injured patients   J.M. Font-Llagunes, F. Romero, S.H. HosseinNia, F.J. Alonso, B.M. Vinagre, U. Lugrís XXIX Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica, Proceedings USB, Cáceres, Spain, November 2011.   PDF
EMG signal smoothing using singular spectrum analysis   F. Romero, F.J. Alonso, J. Cubero, J.M. Font-Llagunes, U. Lugrís, B.M. Vinagre, S.H. HosseinNia XXIX Congreso Anual de la Sociedad Española de Ingeniería Biomédica, Proceedings USB, Cáceres, Spain, November 2011.   PDF
Application of multibody dynamics techniques to active orthosis design for gait assistance   R. Pàmies-Vilà, F. Romero, U. Lugrís, J.M. Font-Llagunes, F.J. Alonso, J. Cuadrado I Reunión del Capítulo Nacional Español de la Sociedad Europea de Biomecánica, Book of abstracts, p. 40, Zaragoza, Spain, November 2011.   PDF
A powered lower limb orthosis for gait assistance in incomplete spinal cord injured subjects   J.M. Font-Llagunes, G. Arroyo, G. Serrancolí, F. Romero 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, Proceedings USB, Barcelona, Spain, October 2011.   PDF
Hybrid modeling and fractional control of a SCKAFO orthosis for gait assistance   S.H. HosseinNia, F. Romero, B.M. Vinagre, F.J. Alonso, I. Tejado, J.M. Font-Llagunes ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Proceedings CD, Washington, USA, August 2011.   PDF
A linear approach for multiple-point impact in multibody systems   J.A. Batlle, A. Barjau, J.M. Font-Llagunes ECCOMAS Thematic Conference Multibody Dynamics, Book of Abstracts, Proceedings USB, Brussels, Belgium, July 2011.   PDF
Parametric analysis of impact configurations in crutch walking   F. Gholami, J. Kövecses, J.M. Font-Llagunes ECCOMAS Thematic Conference Multibody Dynamics, Book of Abstracts, Proceedings USB, Brussels, Belgium, July 2011.   PDF
Simulation and design of an active orthosis for an incomplete spinal cord injured subject   J.M. Font-Llagunes, R. Pàmies-Vilà, F.J. Alonso, U. Lugrís IUTAM Symposium on Human Body Dynamics: From Multibody Systems to Biomechanics, Procedia IUTAM, vol. 2, pp. 68-81, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, June 2011.   Get PDF
A simple approach to estimate muscle forces and orthosis actuation in powered assisted walking of spinal cord-injured subjects   F.J. Alonso, F. Romero, R. Pàmies-Vilà, U. Lugrís, J.M. Font-Llagunes EUROMECH Colloquium 511: Biomechanics of Human Motion, Proceedings CD, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, March 2011.   PDF
Two approaches for the dynamic analysis of impact in biomechanical systems   J.M. Font-Llagunes, A. Barjau, R. Pàmies-Vilà, J. Kövecses Symposium on Brain, Body and Machine, Proceedings CD, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 2010.   PDF
Análisis dinámico de impactos en sistemas mecánicos de topología variable   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses XVIII Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Proceedings CD, Ciudad Real, Spain, November 2010.   PDF
Cálculo de esfuerzos musculares en la marcha humana mediante optimización estática-fisiológica   F.J. Alonso, G. Galán-Marín, D.R. Salgado, R. Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes XVIII Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Proceedings CD, Ciudad Real, Spain, November 2010.   PDF
Efectos del error en las mediciones de la fuerza de contacto pie-suelo en el análisis dinámico inverso de la marcha humana   R. Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Cuadrado, F.J. Alonso XVIII Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Proceedings CD, Ciudad Real, Spain, November 2010.   PDF
Diseño de una ortesis activa para ayuda a la marcha de lesionados medulares   J.M. Font-Llagunes, G. Arroyo, F.J. Alonso, B.M. Vinagre XVIII Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Proceedings CD, Ciudad Real, Spain, November 2010.   PDF
Some aspects of heel strike impact dynamics in the stability of bipedal locomotion   J. Ros, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses The 5th Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics, Proceedings CD, Kyoto, Japan, August 2010.   PDF
Influence of input data errors on the inverse dynamics analysis of human locomotion   R. Pàmies-Vilà, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Cuadrado, F.J. Alonso The 1st Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics, Proceedings CD, Lappeenranta, Finland, May 2010.   PDF
Comparison of impulsive and compliant contact models for impact analysis in biomechanical multibody systems   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses, R. Pàmies-Vilà, A. Barjau The 1st Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics, Proceedings CD, Lappeenranta, Finland, May 2010.   PDF
Dynamic and energetic analysis of impacts in crutch locomotion   C. Carpentier, J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses 7th EUROMECH Solid Mechanics Conference: Mini-symposium on Biomechanics of Human Locomotion, Proceedings CD, Lisboa, Portugal, September 2009.   PDF
Dynamics of non-ideal topology transitions in multibody mechanical systems   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Proceedings CD, paper DETC2009-86883, San Diego, CA, USA, August-September 2009.   PDF
A single-step smoothing-differentiation procedure using the Newmark method   F.J. Alonso, J. Cuadrado, J.M. Font-Llagunes, P. Pintado XXII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Proceedings CD, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2009.   PDF
Analysis of topology changes in multibody systems   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses ECCOMAS Thematic Conference Multibody Dynamics, Book of Abstracts, pp. 54-55, Proceedings CD, paper 259, Warsaw, Poland, June-July 2009.   PDF
Analytical and experimental studies of the dynamics of variable topology systems   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses ASME/IFToMM International Conference on Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots, Book of Proceedings, pp. 299-307, London, UK, June 2009.   PDF
On the use of impulsive bilateral constraints to characterize topology transitions   J.M. Font-Llagunes, J. Kövecses 2009 CCToMM Symposium on Mechanisms, Machines, and Mechatronics, Proceedings CD, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, May 2009.   PDF
Effects of mass distribution and configuration on the energetic losses at impacts of bipedal walking systems   J.M. Font, J. Kövecses ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings CD, paper IMECE2008-66684, Boston, MA, USA, November 2008.   PDF
Dynamics of heel strike in bipedal systems with circular feet   J.M. Font, J. Kövecses 2nd European Conference on Mechanism Science EUCOMES 08, Book of Proceedings (Springer), pp. 455-462, Cassino, Italy, September 2008.   PDF
Modelling dynamic walking bipeds as variable topology mechanical systems     J.M. Font, J. Kövecses Conference on Dynamic Walking, Poster presentation, Delft, The Netherlands, May 2008.   PDF
Mobile robot localization. Revisiting the triangulation methods   J.M. Font, J.A. Batlle 8th International IFAC Symposium on Robot Control, Proceedings CD, Bologna, Italy, September 2006.   PDF
Localization of a mobile robot with omnidirectional wheels using angular Kalman filtering and triangulation   J.M. Font, J.A. Batlle 8th Biennial ASME Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Proceedings CD, paper ESDA2006-95412, Torino, Italy, July 2006.   PDF
Dynamic triangulation for mobile robot localization using an angular state Kalman filter   J.M. Font, J.A. Batlle 2nd European Conference on Mobile Robots ECMR 05, Book of Proceedings, pp. 20-25, Ancona, Italy, September 2005.   PDF
Photogrammetry based error analysis of indoor mobile robot localization   J. Escoda, A.B. Martínez, A. Benedico, J.M. Font 2nd European Conference on Mobile Robots ECMR 05, Book of Proceedings, pp. 80-85, Ancona, Italy, September 2005.   PDF
Posicionamiento láser dinámico de robots móviles mediante ángulos absolutos    J.M. Font, J.A. Batlle XVI Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Book of Proceedings, vol. 4., pp. 3003-3008, León, Spain, December 2004.   PDF
Guiado de un robot móvil con cinemática de triciclo    J.A. Batlle, J.M. Font, J. Escoda XVI Congreso Nacional de Ingeniería Mecánica, Book of Proceedings, vol. 4., pp. 2981-2986, León, Spain, December 2004.   PDF
Dynamic positioning of a mobile robot using a laser-based goniometer   J.A. Batlle, J.M. Font, J. Escoda 5th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, Proceedings CD, Lisboa, Portugal, July 2004.   PDF
Books
Contribució al posicionament dinàmic de robots mòbils per mitjà d'un sistema làser    J.M. Font Llagunes Ph.D. Dissertation, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain, 2007, 263p.   PDF
Teaching Publications
Apunts de Manutenció    M.A. de los Santos, L. Ferrer, J.M. Font Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Publicacions d'Abast, Barcelona, Spain, 2004, 170p.
Reviewer
Mechanism and Machine Theory
Multibody System Dynamics
ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics
ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
Clinical Biomechanics
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
Artificial Organs
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Robotica
Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines
ASCE Journal of Surveying Engineering
Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial