RTFNet: RGB-thermal fusion network for semantic segmentation of urban scenes

Y Sun, W Zuo, M Liu - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Semantic segmentation is a fundamental capability for autonomous vehicles. With the
advancements of deep learning technologies, many effective semantic segmentation …

A review of terrain detection systems for applications in locomotion assistance

AHA Al-dabbagh, R Ronsse - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2020 - Elsevier
Terrain detection systems have been developed for a large body of applications. For
instance, a bionic leg prosthesis would have to adapt its behavior as a function of the terrain …

A review of the evolution of scientific literature on technology-assisted approaches using RGB-D sensors for musculoskeletal health monitoring

NK Mangal, AK Tiwari - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The human musculoskeletal (MSK) system (also known as the locomotor system) provides
strength and assistance to perform functional tasks and daily life activities. The MSK health …

Deep ConvLSTM with self-attention for human activity decoding using wearable sensors

SP Singh, MK Sharma, A Lay-Ekuakille… - IEEE Sensors …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Decoding human activity accurately from wearable sensors can aid in applications related to
healthcare and context awareness. The present approaches in this domain use recurrent …

Environmental context prediction for lower limb prostheses with uncertainty quantification

B Zhong, RL Da Silva, M Li, H Huang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reliable environmental context prediction is critical for wearable robots (eg, prostheses and
exoskeletons) to assist terrain-adaptive locomotion. This article proposed a novel vision …

Improving imu-based prediction of lower limb kinematics in natural environments using egocentric optical flow

A Sharma, E Rombokas - IEEE Transactions on Neural …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We seek to predict knee and ankle motion using wearable sensors. These predictions could
serve as target trajectories for a lower limb prosthesis. In this manuscript, we investigate the …

Efficient environmental context prediction for lower limb prostheses

B Zhong, RL Da Silva, M Tran… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Environmental context prediction is important for wearable robotic applications, such as
terrain-adaptive control. System efficiency is critical for wearable robots, in which system …

Depth vision-based terrain detection algorithm during human locomotion

AHA Al-Dabbagh, R Ronsse - IEEE Transactions on Medical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In locomotion tasks like walking or stair ascending, leg joints produce mechanical energy
with task-specific kinematic and kinetic patterns. Consequently, locomotion assistive devices …

Active perception for foreground segmentation: An RGB-D data-based background modeling method

Y Sun, M Liu, MQH Meng - IEEE Transactions on Automation …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Foreground moving object segmentation is a fundamental problem in many computer vision
applications. As a solution for foreground segmentation, background modeling has been …

Foot placement prediction for assistive walking by fusing sequential 3D gaze and environmental context

K Zhang, H Liu, Z Fan, X Chen, Y Leng… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Predicting the locomotion intent of humans is important for controlling assistive robots.
Previous studies have investigated assistive walking on structured terrains, but only a few …