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Research: Publications

The following is a sample of my publications...

  • J. A. Smith and A. Seyfarth, "Patient-Adaptable Biomedical Devices: Benefits and Barriers for Granting Patients More Control, Proc. Int. Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices (BIODEVICES), Madeira, Portugal, January 2008. (Poster).
  • J. Rummel, F. Iida, J. Smith, A. Seyfarth "Enlarging Regions of Stable Running with Segmented Legs" in Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pasadena, California, USA, May, 2008.
  • J. A. Smith and A. Seyfarth. "Elastic leg function in a bipedal walking robot." J. Biomech., 40(S2):S306, 2007.
  • J. A. Smith and I. Sharf. "Velocity adjustment in a bounding quadruped." J. Biomech., 40(S2):S305, 2007.
  • J. A. Smith. "Galloping, Bounding and Wheeled-Leg Modes of Locomotion on Underactuated Quadrupedal Robots." PhD Thesis, McGill University, Nov. 2006.
  • J. A. Smith, I. Sharf and M. Trentini. "Bounding Gait in a Hybrid Wheeled-Leg Robot," in 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Beijing, China, October 2006.
  • J. A. Smith, I. Sharf and M. Trentini. "PAW: a Hybrid Wheeled-Leg Robot," in Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, USA, May 2006.
  • B. Beckman, M. Trentini and J. A. Smith, "Intelligent mobility algorithm development: current unmanned ground vehicle research." Proceedings of the 2006 Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Forum, Kananaskis, AB, Canada, May 2006.
  • J. A. Smith and I. Sharf. The PAW v.2.1 User Manual. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 2005.
  • I. Poulakakis, J. A. Smith, and M. Buehler. Modeling and experiments of untethered quadrupedal running with a bounding gait: The Scout II Robot. International Journal of Robotics Research, 24:239-256, April 2005.
  • M. Trentini, J. A. Smith, and I. Sharf. "Intelligent mobility for dynamic behaviours of PAW: a hybrid wheeled-leg robot; robot design and control algorithm development for wheeled mobility behaviours". Unclassified Technical Report, DRDC Suffield / RDDC Suffield, 2005.
  • J. A. Smith and I. Poulakakis. "Rotary gallop in the untethered quadrupedal robot Scout II". In 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Sendai, Japan, October 2004.
  • I. Poulakakis, J. A. Smith, and M. Buehler. "Experimentally validated bounding models for Scout II quadrupedal robot". In Proceedings of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, LA, USA, April 2004. IEEE.
  • I. Poulakakis, J. A. Smith, and M. Buehler. "On the dynamics of bounding and extensions towards the half-bound and the gallop gaits". In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM), pages 453-458, March 2003.
  • J. A. Smith, "Tracking System for a Seismic Surveying Mobile Robot", MSc Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2001.
  • J. A. Smith, A. Saunders, R. Chladny and R. Toogood, "Polar Bear - rugged outdoor mobile robotic platform", Proceedings of 31st Int. Symposium on Robotics, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2000.
  • J. A. Smith, A. Saunders, R. Chladny and R. Toogood, "University of Alberta Autonomous Robotic Vehicle Project: Polar Bear", IGVC 2000 Technical Report. 2nd place in Design Category.