Publications

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Feller, R.L., Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Perrin, D.P., Howe, R.D. The Effect of Force Feedback on Remote Palpation, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, 2004

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
A.M. Galea and R.D. Howe Liver Vessel Parameter Estimation from Tactile Imaging Information, in S. Cotin and D.N. Metaxas, eds., ^ÓProceedings of Medical Simulation: International Symposium – ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, June 17-18, 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 3078, Springer-Verlag, pp. 59-66.

Feller, R.L., Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Perrin, D.P., Howe, R.D. The Effect of Force Feedback on Remote Palpation, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, 2004

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Ottensmeyer, M. P., Kerdok, A. E., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. The effects of testing environment on the viscoelastic properties of soft tissues Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.9-18, 2004.

A.M. Galea and R.D. Howe Liver Vessel Parameter Estimation from Tactile Imaging Information, in S. Cotin and D.N. Metaxas, eds., ^ÓProceedings of Medical Simulation: International Symposium – ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, June 17-18, 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 3078, Springer-Verlag, pp. 59-66.

Feller, R.L., Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Perrin, D.P., Howe, R.D. The Effect of Force Feedback on Remote Palpation, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, 2004

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Wagner, C.R., Clatz, O., Perrin, D.P., Feller, R.L., Delingette, H., Ayache, N., Howe, R.D. Integrating Tactile and Force Feedback with Finite Element Models, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.

2004

Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Stoll JA, DuPont PE, Cleveland RO, Howe RD, Triedman JK, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, Savord BJ, Salgo IS, del Nido PJ Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass: a feasibility study, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 128(4):579-87, October 2004.
Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass A feasibility study
T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 2, no. 3, September 2004.
Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly
T. Debus, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Contact State Estimation Using Multiple Model Estimation and Hidden Markov Models, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 23, No. 4-5, pp.399-413, 2004.
Contact State Estimation and Hidden Markov Models
Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.L., Howe, R.D. Design and Performance of a Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors (short paper), Haptics-e: The Electronic Journal Of Haptics Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, Aug 6, 2004. (www.haptics-e.org)
DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A TACTILE SHAPE DISPLAY Using RC servomotors
Liu, Y., Kerdok, A. E. and Howe, R. D. A nonlinear finite element model of soft tissue indentation, Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.67-76, 2004.

Ottensmeyer, M. P., Kerdok, A. E., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. The effects of testing environment on the viscoelastic properties of soft tissues Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.9-18, 2004.

A.M. Galea and R.D. Howe Liver Vessel Parameter Estimation from Tactile Imaging Information, in S. Cotin and D.N. Metaxas, eds., ^ÓProceedings of Medical Simulation: International Symposium – ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, June 17-18, 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 3078, Springer-Verlag, pp. 59-66.

Feller, R.L., Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Perrin, D.P., Howe, R.D. The Effect of Force Feedback on Remote Palpation, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, 2004

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Mechanisms of Performance Enhancement With Force Feedback, First Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Pisa, Italy, March 2005.

Wagner, C.R., Clatz, O., Perrin, D.P., Feller, R.L., Delingette, H., Ayache, N., Howe, R.D. Integrating Tactile and Force Feedback with Finite Element Models, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.

2004

Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Stoll JA, DuPont PE, Cleveland RO, Howe RD, Triedman JK, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, Savord BJ, Salgo IS, del Nido PJ Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass: a feasibility study, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 128(4):579-87, October 2004.
Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass A feasibility study
T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 2, no. 3, September 2004.
Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly
T. Debus, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Contact State Estimation Using Multiple Model Estimation and Hidden Markov Models, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 23, No. 4-5, pp.399-413, 2004.
Contact State Estimation and Hidden Markov Models
Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.L., Howe, R.D. Design and Performance of a Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors (short paper), Haptics-e: The Electronic Journal Of Haptics Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, Aug 6, 2004. (www.haptics-e.org)
DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A TACTILE SHAPE DISPLAY Using RC servomotors
Liu, Y., Kerdok, A. E. and Howe, R. D. A nonlinear finite element model of soft tissue indentation, Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.67-76, 2004.

Ottensmeyer, M. P., Kerdok, A. E., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. The effects of testing environment on the viscoelastic properties of soft tissues Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.9-18, 2004.

A.M. Galea and R.D. Howe Liver Vessel Parameter Estimation from Tactile Imaging Information, in S. Cotin and D.N. Metaxas, eds., ^ÓProceedings of Medical Simulation: International Symposium – ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, June 17-18, 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 3078, Springer-Verlag, pp. 59-66.

Feller, R.L., Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Perrin, D.P., Howe, R.D. The Effect of Force Feedback on Remote Palpation, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, 2004

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Beasley, R.A. and Howe, R.D. Model-Based Error Correction for Flexible Robotic Surgical Instruments, Robotics: Science and Systems, Cambridge, MA, June 2005.

Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Mechanisms of Performance Enhancement With Force Feedback, First Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Pisa, Italy, March 2005.

Wagner, C.R., Clatz, O., Perrin, D.P., Feller, R.L., Delingette, H., Ayache, N., Howe, R.D. Integrating Tactile and Force Feedback with Finite Element Models, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.

2004

Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Stoll JA, DuPont PE, Cleveland RO, Howe RD, Triedman JK, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, Savord BJ, Salgo IS, del Nido PJ Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass: a feasibility study, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 128(4):579-87, October 2004.
Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass A feasibility study
T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 2, no. 3, September 2004.
Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly
T. Debus, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Contact State Estimation Using Multiple Model Estimation and Hidden Markov Models, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 23, No. 4-5, pp.399-413, 2004.
Contact State Estimation and Hidden Markov Models
Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.L., Howe, R.D. Design and Performance of a Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors (short paper), Haptics-e: The Electronic Journal Of Haptics Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, Aug 6, 2004. (www.haptics-e.org)
DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A TACTILE SHAPE DISPLAY Using RC servomotors
Liu, Y., Kerdok, A. E. and Howe, R. D. A nonlinear finite element model of soft tissue indentation, Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.67-76, 2004.

Ottensmeyer, M. P., Kerdok, A. E., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. The effects of testing environment on the viscoelastic properties of soft tissues Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.9-18, 2004.

A.M. Galea and R.D. Howe Liver Vessel Parameter Estimation from Tactile Imaging Information, in S. Cotin and D.N. Metaxas, eds., ^ÓProceedings of Medical Simulation: International Symposium – ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, June 17-18, 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 3078, Springer-Verlag, pp. 59-66.

Feller, R.L., Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Perrin, D.P., Howe, R.D. The Effect of Force Feedback on Remote Palpation, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, 2004

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.
Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe. Design and Evaluation of a Robust Compliant Grasper using Shape Deposition Manufacturing, Proceedings of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Robotics panel of the Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 2005.

Beasley, R.A. and Howe, R.D. Model-Based Error Correction for Flexible Robotic Surgical Instruments, Robotics: Science and Systems, Cambridge, MA, June 2005.

Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Mechanisms of Performance Enhancement With Force Feedback, First Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Pisa, Italy, March 2005.

Wagner, C.R., Clatz, O., Perrin, D.P., Feller, R.L., Delingette, H., Ayache, N., Howe, R.D. Integrating Tactile and Force Feedback with Finite Element Models, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.

2004

Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Stoll JA, DuPont PE, Cleveland RO, Howe RD, Triedman JK, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, Savord BJ, Salgo IS, del Nido PJ Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass: a feasibility study, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 128(4):579-87, October 2004.
Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass A feasibility study
T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 2, no. 3, September 2004.
Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly
T. Debus, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Contact State Estimation Using Multiple Model Estimation and Hidden Markov Models, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 23, No. 4-5, pp.399-413, 2004.
Contact State Estimation and Hidden Markov Models
Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.L., Howe, R.D. Design and Performance of a Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors (short paper), Haptics-e: The Electronic Journal Of Haptics Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, Aug 6, 2004. (www.haptics-e.org)
DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF A TACTILE SHAPE DISPLAY Using RC servomotors
Liu, Y., Kerdok, A. E. and Howe, R. D. A nonlinear finite element model of soft tissue indentation, Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.67-76, 2004.

Ottensmeyer, M. P., Kerdok, A. E., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. The effects of testing environment on the viscoelastic properties of soft tissues Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.9-18, 2004.

A.M. Galea and R.D. Howe Liver Vessel Parameter Estimation from Tactile Imaging Information, in S. Cotin and D.N. Metaxas, eds., ^ÓProceedings of Medical Simulation: International Symposium – ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, June 17-18, 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 3078, Springer-Verlag, pp. 59-66.

Feller, R.L., Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Perrin, D.P., Howe, R.D. The Effect of Force Feedback on Remote Palpation, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, 2004

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Real Time 3-Dimmensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.
A mechanical model of vocal-fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Measuring Hypnosis Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses First Clinical Report
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
Dynamic Contact of the Human Fingerpad Against a Flat Surface
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
Robotics for Surgery
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.
Identification of the Mechanical Impedance at the Human Finger Tip

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.
Practical Force Motion Models for Sliding Manipulation

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
Comparison of Contact Sensor Localization Abilities During Manipulation
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
Tactile Display of Vibratory Information in Teleoperation and Virtual Environments
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.

2024

Daniel Hasegawa, Buse Aktas, Robert D. Howe Tension Jamming for Deployable Structures, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023), Detroit, MI, USA, Oct 1-5, 2023.
Letizia Gionfrida, Richard W. Nuckols, Conor J. Walsh, Robert D. Howe Improved fascicle length estimates from ultrasound using a U-net-LSTM framework, International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics Conference, Singapore, September, 2023.
Maki Soumyajyoti, Sebastian Roubert Martinez, Robert D. Howe Continuous Surface Electromyography and Bioimpedance Sensing from the Same Electrodes, IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, July 2023.
Nariman Khaledian, Pierre-Frederic Villard, Douglas P. Perrin, Marie-Odile Berger Influence of Anisotropy on Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations of Image-Based and Generic Mitral Valves, International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart.
Liu. Z., and Howe, R. D. Beyond Coulomb Stochastic Friction Models for Practical Grasping and Manipulation IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 5140-5147, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3292580

2023

Liu. Z., and Howe, R. D. Beyond Coulomb Stochastic Friction Models for Practical Grasping and Manipulation IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 5140-5147, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3292580
Letizia Gionfrida, Richard W. Nuckols, Conor J. Walsh, Robert D. Howe, Age-Related Reliability of B-Mode Analysis for Tailored Exosuit Assistance , MDPI Sensors, vol. 23, issue 3, Feb. 2023, doi: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/3/1670.
Manuel Zahn and Douglas P. Perrin, Efficient human-in-loop deep learning model training with iterative refinement and statistical result validation arXiv. 2023.
Roubert Martinez, S., Le Floch, P., Liu, J., Howe, R. D., Pure Conducting Polymer Hydrogels Increase Signal-to-Noise of Cutaneous Electrodes by Lowering Skin Interface Impedance Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2023, 2202661. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202202661
Friction Variability and Sensing Capabilities for Data-Driven Slip Detection, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022) Workshop on The Role of Uncertainty and How it is Tackled in Robotic Grasping and Manipulation, Kyoto, Japan, Oct 23-27, 2022.
Alexander Koenig, Zixi Liu, Lucas Janson, and Robert D. Howe The Role of Tactile Sensing in Learning and Deploying Grasp Refinement Algorithms, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), Kyoto, Japan, Oct 23-27, 2022.
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe, General Forward Kinematics for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots IEEE Access,2022
Alperen Degirmenci, Robert D. Howe , and Douglas P. Perrin, Gaussian process regression for ultrasound scanline interpolation, Journal of Medical Imaging, 2022, 9(3)
Clark B. Teeple, Buse Aktas, Michelle C. Yuen, Grace R. Kim, Robert D. Howe, Robert J. Wood,
Controlling Palm-Object Interactions Via Friction for Enhanced In-Hand Manipulation, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022, 7(2)
Zixi Liu, Robert D. Howe Overlooked Variables in Compliant Grasping and Manipulation, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Workshop on Compliant Robot Manipulation: Challenges and New Opportunities, May 2022.


2021

Richard W. Nuckols, Sangjun Lee, Krithika Swaminathan, Dorothy Orzel, Robert D. Howe, Conor J. Walsh, Individualization of exosuit assistance based on measured muscle dynamics during versatile walking, Science Robotics, 2021, 6(60):eabj1362.
Buse Aktas, Yashraj S. Narang, Nikolaos Vasios, Katia Bertoldi, and Robert D. Howe A Modeling Framework for Jamming Structures, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 2007554.


2020

Buse Aktas and Robert D. Howe Tunable Anisotropic Stiffness with Square Fiber Jamming, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), New Haven, CT, USA, April 2020.
Rui Ouyang and Robert D. Howe Low-Cost Fiducial-based 6-Axis Force-Torque Sensor, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2020.
Richard W. Nuckols, Krithika Swaminathan, Sangjun Lee, Louis Awad, Conor J. Walsh and Robert D. Howe Automated detection of soleus concentric contraction in variable gait conditions for improved exosuit control, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2020.
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe Slack and Excessive Loading Avoidance in n-Tendon Continuum Robots, IEEE Access, 2020
Paul M. Loschak, Alperen Degirmenci, Cory M Tschabrunn, Elad Anter and Robert D. Howe Automatically steering cardiac catheters in vivo with respiratory motion compensation, International Journal of Robotics Research, 2020
Yashraj S. Narang, Buse Aktas, Sarah Ornellas, Joost J. Vlassak, and Robert D. Howe Lightweight Highly Tunable Jamming-Based Composites, Soft Robotics, 2020


2019

Buse Aktas and Robert D. Howe Flexure Mechanisms with Variable Stiffness and Damping Using Layer Jamming , Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macau, China, November 3-7 2019.
Sibo Cheng, Yashraj S. Narang, Canhui Yang, Zhigang Suo, Robert D. Howe Stick-on large-strain sensors for soft robots, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 6(20):1900985, 2019
Daisuke Yamada, Alperen Degirmenci, Robert D. Howe Ultrasound imaging characterization of soft tissue dynamics of the seated human body, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, BIO-19-1142, 2019.
Vasios N, Narang Y, Aktas B, Howe R, Bertoldi K. Numerical analysis of periodic laminar and fibrous media undergoing a jamming transition, European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 75: 322-329, 2019.

2018

Krithika Swaminathan, Sangjun Lee, Richard W. Nuckols, Dheepak A. Revi, Puneet Singh, Rob Howe, Maurice A. Smith, Conor J. Walsh. Biomechanics Underlying Subject-Dependent Variability in Motor Adaptation to Soft Exosuit Assistance, International Conference on Neurorehabilitation. Pisa, Italy, October 16-19, 2018
Daisuke Yamada, Alperen Degirmenci, and Robert D. Howe Ultrasound Imaging for Identifying Dynamics of Soft Tissue, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Washington, DC, April 4 – 7, 2018
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe An Analytical Loading Model for n-Tendon Continuum Robots, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Volume: PP, Issue: 99, July 2018
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, Michael Fielding, James Mullins, Zoran Najdovski and Robert D. Howe Modular Instrument for a Haptically-Enabled Robotic Surgical System (HeroSurg), IEEE Access, Volume: 6, June 2018
Alperen Degirmenci, Douglas P. Perrin, and Robert D. Howe High Dynamic Range Ultrasound Imaging, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 721-729, May 2018
Leah Gaffney, Paul M. Loschak, and Robert D. Howe A Deployable Transseptal Brace for Stabilizing Cardiac Catheters, Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 140, no. 7, May 2018
Yashraj S. Narang, Joost J. Vlassak and Robert D. Howe Mechanically Versatile Soft Machines Through Laminar Jamming, Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 28, no. 17, Apr 2018
Qian Wan, and Robert D. Howe Modeling the Effects of Contact Sensor Resolution on Grasp Success, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 3, no. 3, Apr 2018
Yashraj S. Narang, Alperen Degirmenci, Joost J. Vlassak, and Robert D. Howe Transforming the Dynamic Response of Robotic Structures and Systems Through Laminar Jamming, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 3, no. 2, Apr 2018
Pierre-Frederic Villard, Peter E. Hammer, Douglas P. Perrin, Pedro J. del Nido, Robert D. Howe Fast Image-Based Mitral Valve Simulation From Individualized Geometry, The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 14.2, 2018

2017

Paul M. Loschak, Alperen Degirmenci, and Robert D. Howe Predictive Filtering in Motion Compensation with Steerable Cardiac Catheters, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, May 29 – June 2, 2017

Alireza Mohammadi, Jim Lavranos, Robert D. Howe, Peter Choong, Denny Oetomo. Grasp Specific and User Friendly Interface Design towards Lowering the Difficulty in Learning to Operate a Myoelectric Hand Prosthesis. IEEE-RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2017

Jacob W. Guggenheim, Leif P. Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, and Robert D. Howe Robust and Inexpensive 6-Axis Force-Torque Sensors using MEMS Barometers, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 22, no. 2, April 2017.
Joshua Gafford, Tommaso Ranzani, Shiela Russo, Alperen Degirmenci, Samuel Kesner, Robert Howe, Robert Wood, Conor Walsh Towards Medical Devices with Integrated Mechanisms, Sensors and Actuators via Printed-Circuit MEMS, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 011007-011018, Jan 2017.
Paul M. Loschak, Laura J. Brattain, and Robert D. Howe Algorithms for Automatically Pointing Ultrasound Imaging Catheters, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Volume 33, Issue 1, pp.81-91, Feb 2017.

2016

Mohsen M. Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe High Speed Vision-based 3D Reconstruction of Continuum Robots Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Budapest, Hungary, October 9-12, 2016.

Qian Wan, Ryan P. Adams, and Robert D. Howe Variability and Predictability in Tactile Sensing During Grasping Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016.

Mohsen M. Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe Fast Vision-based Catheter 3D Reconstruction, Physics in Medicine, Vol. 61, No. 14, pp. 5128-5148, June 2016.
Paul M. Loschak, Alperen Degirmenci, Yaroslav Tenzer, Cory M. Tschabrunn, Elad Anter, and Robert D. Howe A Four Degree of Freedom Robot for Positioning Ultrasound Imaging Catheters, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 8(5), May 2016
Alperen Degirmenci, Paul M. Loschak, Cory M. Tschabrunn, Elad Anter, and Robert D. Howe Compensation for Unconstrained Catheter Shaft Motion in Cardiac Catheters Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016.

2015

Qian Wan and Robert D. Howe On the Variability of Tactile Signals During Grasping, Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Canberra, Australia, December 2-4, 2015.

Alperen Degirmenci, Frank L. Hammond III, Joshua B. Gafford, Conor J. Walsh, Robert J. Wood, and Robert D. Howe Design and Control of a Parallel Linkage Wrist for Robotic Microsurgery, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, September 28 – October 02, 2015.

Paul M. Loschak, Stephen F. Burke, Emiko Zumbro, Alexandra R. Forelli, and Robert D. Howe A Robotic System for Actively Stiffening Flexible Manipulators, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, September 28 – October 02, 2015.

Leif P. Jentoft, Qian Wan, and Robert D. Howe How to Think about Grasping Systems – Basis Grasps and Variation Budgets, International Symposium on Robotics Research, Sestri Levante, Italy, September 12-15, 2015.

Paul M. Loschak, Yaroslav Tenzer, Alperen Degirmenci, and Robert D. Howe A 4-DOF Robot for Positioning Ultrasound Imaging Catheters, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2015, August 2-5, 2015, Boston, MA, USA.

Daniela Faas and Robert D. Howe Case Study for Introductory Mechanical Design Competitions, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2015, August 2-5, 2015, Boston, MA, USA.

2014

Francisco Suárez-Ruiz, Ignacio Galiana, Yaroslav Tenzer, Leif P. Jentoft, Robert D. Howe, and Manuel Ferre Grasp Mapping Between a 3-Finger Haptic Device and a Robotic Hand, EuroHaptics 2014, Versailles, France, June 24-26, 2014.

Laura J. Brattain, Paul M. Loschak, Cory M. Tschabrunn, Elad Anter, and Robert D. Howe Instrument Tracking and Visualization for Ultrasound Catheter Guided Procedures, MICCAI 2014 Workshop on Augmented Environments for Computer Assisted Interventions, Boston, USA, September 14, 2014.

Paul M. Loschak, Laura J. Brattain, and Robert D. Howe Algorithms for Automated Pointing of Cardiac Imaging Catheters, MICCAI 2014 Workshop on Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy, Boston, USA, September 18, 2014.

Joshua Gafford, Samuel B. Kesner, Alperen Degirmenci, Robert J. Wood, Robert D. Howe, and Conor J. Walsh A Monolithic Approach to Fabricating Low-Cost, Millimeter-Scale Multi-Axis Force Sensors for Minimally-Invasive Surgery, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, CN, May 2014.

Leif P. Jentoft, Qian Wan, Robert D. Howe Limits to Compliance and the Role of Tactile Sensing in Grasping IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, CN, May 2014.

Yaroslav Tenzer, Leif P. Jentoft, Robert D. Howe, The Feel of MEMS Barometers: Inexpensive and Easily Customized Tactile Array Sensors, Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 89-95, Sept. 2014.
Frank L. Hammond III, Rebecca K. Kramer, Qian Wan, Robert D. Howe, Robert J. Wood Soft Tactile Sensor Arrays for Force Feedback in Micromanipulation, IEEE Sensors, Vol. 14, No. 5, May 2014
Samuel B. Kesner and Robert D. Howe, Robotic Catheter Cardiac Ablation Combining Ultrasound Guidance and Force Control, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 631-644, April 2014.
Leif P. Jentoft, Aaron M. Dollar, Christopher R. Wagner, Robert, D. Howe, Intrinsic Embedded Sensors for Polymeric Mechatronics: Flexure and Force Sensing, Sensors, Vol. 14, No. 3, 3861-3870, Feb 2014.
Lujie Chen, Viswanath Bavigadda, Theodoros Kofidis, Robert D. Howe Fiber optic projection-imaging system for shape measurement in confined space, The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 206569
Peter E. Hammer and Pedro J. del Nido, Guidelines for Sizing Pericardium for Aortic Valve Leaflet Grafts, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 96, No. 1, pp. e25 – e27, 2014.
Peter E. Hammer, Christina A. Pacak, Robert D. Howe, and Pedro J. del Nido Straightening of Curved Pattern of Collagen Fibers Under Load Controls Aortic Valve Shape, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 341-346, 2014.
Lael U. Odhner, Leif P. Jentoft, Mark R. Claffee, Nicholas Corson, Yaroslav Tenzer, Raymond R. Ma, Martin Buehler, Robert Kohout, Robert D. Howe, Aaron M. Dollar, A Compliant, Underactuated Hand for Robust Manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 736-752, April 2014.
Meaghan Bowthorpe, Mahdi Tavakoli, Herald Becher, Robert D. Howe, Smith Predictor Based Robot Control for Ultrasound-guided Teleoperated Beating-heart Surgery, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 157-166, 2014.

2013

Frank L. Hammond III, Robert D. Howe, Robert J. Wood Dexterous High-Precision Robotic Wrist for Micromanipulation, Proceedings of the The 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov 25-29, 2013.

Leif P. Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, Daniel Vogt, Jia Liu, Robert J. Wood, Robert D. Howe Flexible, Stretchable Tactile Arrays From MEMS Barometers, Proceedings of the The 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov 25-29, 2013.

Qiushi Fu, Arash Ushani, Leif Jentoft, Robert D. Howe, Marco Santello Human reach-to-grasp compensation with object pose uncertainty, 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’13), Osaka, Japan 2013

Peter E. Hammer, Christina A. Pacak, Robert D. Howe, Pedro J. del Nido Collagen bundle orientation explains aortic valve leaflet coaptation, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, FIMH 2013, London, UK, June 20-22, 2013.

Neil A. Tenenholtz, Peter E. Hammer, Assunta Fabozzo, Eric N. Feins, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe Fast Simulation of Mitral Annuloplasty for Surgical Planning, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, FIMH 2013, London, UK, June 20-22, 2013.

Paul M. Loschak, Laura J. Brattain, Robert D. Howe Automated Pointing of Cardiac Imaging Catheters, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013.

Meaghan Bowthorpe, Mahdi Tavakoli, Harald Becher, Robert D. Howe Smith Predictor Based Control in Teleoperated Image-Guided Beating-Heart Surgery, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013.

2012

Peter E. Hammer, Peter C. Chen, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Computational model of aortic valve surgical repair using grafted pericardium, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 45, Issue 7, Pages 1199–1204 (April 30, 2012).
Frank L. Hammond III, Rebecca K. Kramer, Qian Wan, Robert D. Howe, and Robert J. Wood Soft Tactile Sensor Arrays for Micromanipulation, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, Sep., 2012.

Ignacio Galiana, Frank L. Hammond III, Robert D. Howe, Marko B. Popovic Wearable Soft Robotic Device for Post-Stroke Shoulder Rehabilitation: Identifying Misalignments, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, Sep., 2012.

Laura J. Brattain, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, and Robert D. Howe Enabling 3D Ultrasound Procedure Guidance through Enhanced Visualization, P. Abolmaesumi, L. Joskowicz, N. Navab and P. Jannin (Eds.): IPCAI 2012, LNCS 7330, pp. 115-124, 2012. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)

F. Hammond III, J. Weisz, A. de la Llera Kurth, P. Allen, and R. D. Howe Towards a Design Optimization Method for Reducing the Mechanical Complexity of Underactuated Robotic Hands, 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2012

2011

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe, Joint coupling design of underactuated hands for unstructured environments, The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2011 30: 1157.
Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe, Position Control of Motion Compensation Cardiac Catheters, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol 27, No. 6, pp. 1045-1055, December 2011.
Robert J. Schneider, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Mitral annulus segmentation from four-dimensional ultrasound using a valve state predictor and constrained optical flow., Med Image Anal. 2012 Feb; 16(2):497-504. Epub 2011 Dec 4.
Robert J. Schneider, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Real-time image-based rigid registration of three-dimensional ultrasound, Med Image Anal. 2012 Feb; 16(2):402-14. Epub 2011 Nov 15.
Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe, Design Principles for Rapid Prototyping Forces Sensors using 3D Printing, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Special Issue on Sensing Technologies for Biomechatronics, 2011. 2011 July 21; PP(99): 1–5. DOI 10.1109/TMECH.2011.216035.
Michael C. Yip, Mahdi Tavakoli, Robert D. Howe, Performance Analysis of a Haptic Telemanipulation Task under Time Delay, Advanced Robotics (special issue on Physical Human-Robot Interaction Through Force Interface), vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 651-673, 2011.
Peter E. Hammer, Michael S. Sacks, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Mass-Spring Model for Simulation of Heart Valve Tissue Mechanical Behavior, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 1668–1679, June 2011.
P. Jordan, A.E. Kerdok, R.D. Howe, and S. Socrate, Identifying a Minimal Rheological Configuration: A Tool for Effective and Efficient Constitutive Modeling of Soft Tissues, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 4 041006 April 2011.
Leif P. Jentoft and Robert D. Howe Determining Object Geometry with Compliance and Simple Sensors Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011)

Samuel B. Kesner, Leif P. Jentoft, Frank L. Hammond III, Robert D. Howe, and Marko Popovic Design Considerations for an Active Soft Orthotic System for Shoulder Rehabilitation 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11), Boston, MA 2011

Laura J. Brattain and Robert D. Howe Real-time 4D Ultrasound Mosaicing and Visualization G. Fichtinger, A. Martel, and T. Peters (Eds.): MICCAI 2011, Part I, LNCS 6891, pp. 105-112, 2011. Springer, Heidelberg (2011)

Neil A. Tenenholtz, Peter E. Hammer, Robert J. Schneider, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, and Robert D. Howe On the Design of an Interactive, Patient-Specific Surgical Simulator for Mitral Valve Repair Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011).

Robert J. Schneider, Neil A. Tenenholtz, Douglas P. Perrin, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Patient-Specific Mitral Leaflet Segmentation from 4D Ultrasound, 14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2011).

Robert J. Schneider, William C. Burke, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Modeling Mitral Valve Leaflets from Three-Dimensional Ultrasound, Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart. Volume 6666 of LNCS. Springer, Heidelberg (2011) 215-222

Peter E. Hammer, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Anisotropic Mass-Spring Method Accurately Simulates Mitral Valve Closure from Image-Based Models, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, FIMH 2011, New York City, NY, USA, May 25-27, 2011

Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe, Discriminating Tissue Stiffness with a Haptic Catheter: Feeling the Inside of the Beating Heart, IEEE – World Haptics Conference 2011, June 22-24, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

Frank L. Hammond III Task-Specific Multiple-Arm Minimally Invasive Surgical Device Design Using Cooperative Kinematic Isotropy Indices, Proceedings of the 2011 Design of Medical Devices Conference 2011 (DMD2011), April 12-14, 2011, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe Design of a Motion Compensated Tissue Resection Catheter for Beating Heart Cardiac Surgery, Proceedings of the 2011 Design of Medical Devices Conference 2011 (DMD2011), April 12-14, 2011, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe Force Control of Flexible Catheter Robots for Beating Heart Surgery, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, May 9 – 13 2011.

2010

Masashi Nakatani, Robert D. Howe, and Susumu Tachi, Surface Texture can Bias Tactile Form Perception, Journal of Experimental Brain Research, Vol. 208, No. 1, 151-156, 2010 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2464-3.
Shelten G. Yuen, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Force Tracking with Feed-Forward Motion Estimation for Beating Heart Surgery, IEEE Transactions on Robotics Vol. 26, No.5, 888-896, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2010.2053734.
Robert J. Schneider, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe Mitral Annulus Segmentation from 3D Ultrasound Using Graph Cuts, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 20, No. 9, 1676-1687, 2010
Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe The Highly Adaptive SDM Hand: Design and Performance Evaluation, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 29, No. 5, 585-597, 2010
Shelten G. Yuen, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. del Nido , Robert D. Howe Robotic Tissue Tracking for Beating Heart Mitral Valve Surgery, Medical Image Analysis 17 (2013) 1236–1242
Daniel Rudoy, Shelten G. Yuen, Robert D. Howe, Patrick J. Wolfe Bayesian change-point analysis for atomic force microscopy and soft material indentation, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics) 59(4):573-593, 2010, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2010.00715.
Michael Yip, Shelten G. Yuen, and Robert D. Howe A Robust Uniaxial Force Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 1008-1011, May 2010.
Aaron M. Dollar, Leif Jentoft, Jason H. Gao, and Robert D. Howe Contact Sensing and Grasping Performance of Compliant Hands, Autonomous Robots, special issue on Mobile Manipulation, 28(1) 2010
Samuel B. Kesner, Shelten G. Yuen, and Robert D. Howe Ultrasound Servoing of Catheters for Beating Heart Valve Repair Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions (IPCAI), Geneva, Switzerland, June 23, 2010

Michael C. Yip, Mahdi Tavakoli, and Robert D. Howe. Performance Analysis of a Manipulation Task in Time-Delayed Teleoperation Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems – IROS 2010.

Samuel B. Kesner and Robert D. Howe Design and Control of Motion Compensation Cardiac Catheters, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Anchorage, AK, May 2010, pages 1059-1065.

Shelten G. Yuen, Karl-Alex Dubec, and Robert D. Howe Haptic Noise Cancellation: Restoring Force Perception in Robotically-Assisted Beating Heart Surgery, Haptics Symposium, Waltham, March 25-26, 2010.

2009

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, Increasing Accuracy in Image-Guided Robotic Surgery Through Tip Tracking and Model-Based Flexion Correction, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 25(2):292-302, 2009. DOI 10.1109/TRO.2009.2014498.
Shelten G. Yuen, Daniel T. Kettler, Paul M. Novotny, Richard D. Plowes, Robert D. Howe Robotic Motion Compensation for Beating Heart Intracardiac Surgery, International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on Medical Robotics, 2009. October 1; 28(10): 1355-1372.
M. Tavakoli and Robert D. Howe Haptic Effects of Surgical Teleoperator Flexibility, International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on Medical Robotics, October 2009 28(10) 1289-1302
P. Jordan, S. Socrate, T.E. Zickler, R.D. Howe Constitutive modeling of porcine liver in indentation using 3D ultrasound imaging, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Medical Materials, 2:192-201, 2009.
Ravi Balasubramanian, Robert D. Howe, and Yoky Matsuoka Task Performance is Prioritized Over Energy Reduction, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 56(5):1310-7, 2009.
Robert J. Schneider, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, Robert D. Howe. Mitral Annulus Segmentation from Three-Dimensional Ultrasound, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Boston, MA, June 28 – July 1, 2009.

Shelten G. Yuen, Michael C. Yip, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Douglas P. Perrin, Pedro J. Del Nido, and Robert D. Howe. Robotic Force Stabilization for Beating Heart Intracardiac Surgery, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), London, UK, Sept. 20-24, 2009. Accepted.

Riichiro Tadakuma and Robert D. Howe A Whole-Arm Tactile Display System, Third Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems Salt Lake City, UT, USA, March 18-20, 2009.

2008

NV Vasilyev, PM Novotny, JF Martinez, H Loyola, IS Salgo, RD Howe, and PJ del Nido Stereoscopic vision display technology in real-time three-dimensional echocardiography-guided intracardiac beating-heart surgery, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 135(6):1334-1341, 2008.
Diamond, S.G., Davis, O.C. and Howe, R.D. Heart rate variability as a quantitative measure of trance depth, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 56(1):1-18, 2008.
Linguraru, M.G. Vasilyev, N. Marx, G.R. Tworetzky, W. Del Nido, P.J. Howe, R.D. Fast Block Flow Tracking of Atrial Septal Defects in 4D Ultrasound of the Heart, Medical Image Analysis, 12:397–412, 2008.
M. Tavakoli and Robert D. Howe. Haptic Implications of Tool Flexibility in Surgical Teleoperation, 2008 Haptics Symposium, Reno, NV, March 2008.

S.G. Yuen, P.M. Novotny, R.D. Howe. Quasiperiodic Predictive Filtering for Robot-Assisted Beating Heart Surgery, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pasadena, CA, May 19-23, 2008, pages 3875-3880.

Petr Jordan, Simona Socrate, Todd E. Zickler, Robert D. Howe A Nonrigid Image Registration Framework for Identification of Tissue Mechanical Parameters, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4190, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, New York, NY, pp. 930-938, September 6-10, 2008.

Shelten G. Yuen, Samuel B. Kesner, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. Del Nido, and Robert D. Howe. 3D Ultrasound-Guided Motion Compensation System for Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), New York, NY, Sept. 6-10, 2008.

Hammer PE, Vasilyev NV, Perrin DP, del Nido PJ, Howe RD. Fast image-based model of mitral valve closure for surgical planning, MICCAI 2008 Workshop Proceedings: Computational Biomechanics for Medicine III: 15-26.

2007

Wagner, C.R; Howe, R. D Force Feedback Benefit Depends on Experience in Multiple Degree of Freedom Robotic Surgery Task, IEEE Transactions on Robotics 23(6), 2007.
PM Novotny, JA Stoll, NV Vasilyev, PJ del Nido, PE Dupont, TE Zickler, and RD Howe GPU based real-time instrument tracking with three-dimensional ultrasound, Medical Image Analysis, 11:458-464, 2007.
Marius G. Linguraru, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. Del Nido, and Robert D. Howe Statistical Segmentation of Surgical Instruments in 3-D Ultrasound Images, Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., Vol. 33, No. 8, 2007
Linguraru, M.G. Kabla, A. Marx, G.R. del Nido, P.J. Howe, R.D. Real-Time Tracking and Shape Analysis of Atrial Septal Defects in 3D Echocardiography, Academic Radiology, Vol. 14, No. 11, 2007 (Invited Paper).
M. Tavakoli and R.D. Howe. The Effect of Joint Elasticity on Bilateral Teleoperation, Best Paper Award Finalist, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), San Diego, CA, Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2007.

D.T. Kettler, R.D. Plowes, P.M. Novotny, N.V. Vasilyev, P.J. del Nido, and R.D. Howe, An Active Motion Compensation Instrument for Beating Heart Mitral Valve Surgery, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) San Diego, CA, Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2007.

S.Yuen, D. Rudoy, R. D. Howe and P. J. Wolfe Bayesian changepoint detection through switching regressions: contact point determination in material indentation experiments, IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, Madison, WI, August 26-29, 2007.

Marius G. Linguraru, Alexandre Kabla, Nikolay Vasilyev, Pedro del Nido, Robert Howe Real-Time Block Flow Tracking of Atrial Septal Defect Motion in 4D Cardiac Ultrasound, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Washington, DC, April 12-15, 2007.

Peter Deckers, Aaron M. Dollar, and Robert D. Howe. Guiding Grasping with Proprioception and Markov Models, Proceedings of the Workshop on Robot Manipulation: Sensing and Adapting to the Real World, Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS), Atlanta, GA, June 30, 2007.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe. The SDM Hand as a Prosthetic Terminal Device: A Feasibility Study, Winner of the Best Student Paper Award, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Noordwijk, Netherlands, June 12-15, 2007.

Novotny, P.M., Stoll, J.A., Dupont, P.E., Howe, R.D. Real-Time Visual Servoing of a Robot Using Three Dimensional Ultrasound, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April, 2007.

Maria Oyarzabal, Masashi Nakatani, Robert D. Howe. Vibration Enhances Geometry Perception with Tactile Shape Displays, Second World Haptics Conference, 22-24 March 2007, Tsukaba, Japan pp. 44-49

Linguraru, M.G. Vasilyev, N. Marx, G.R. Tworetzky, W. Del Nido, P.J. Howe, R.D. Real-Time Block Flow Tracking of Atrial Septal Defect Motion in 4D Cardiac Ultrasound, The Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI2007), 356-359, 12-15 April 2007

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe Simple, Robust Autonomous Grasping in Unstructured Environments” to be presented at the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

2006

PM Novotny, SK Jacobsen, NV Vasilyev, DT Kettler, IS Salgo, PE Dupont, PJ Del Nido, RD Howe 3D ultrasound in robotic surgery: performance evaluation with stereo displays Int J Med Robotics Comput Assist Surg, 2:279-285, 2006.
Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Jackson, P. G., Howe, R.D. The Benefit of Force Feedback in Surgery: Examination of Blunt Dissection, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Vol. 16, No. 3, Pages 252-262, 2007.
Diamond, S.G., Davis, O.C., Schaechter, J.D. and Howe, R.D. Hypnosis for Rehabilitation after Stroke: Six Case Studies, Contemporary Hypnosis, 23(4):173-180, 2006.
Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe A Robust Compliant Grasper via Shape Deposition Manufacturing, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 11(2), 2006.
Amy E. Kerdok, Mark P. Ottensmeyer, Robert D. Howe Effects of Perfusion on the Viscoelastic Characteristics of Liver, Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 39, pp. 2221–2231, 2006.
Novotny, PM, Stoll, JA, Vasilyev, NV, Del Nido, PJ, Dupont, PE, and Howe, RD GPU Based Real-time Instrument Tracking with Three Dimensional Ultrasound, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention -MICCAI, 2006.

Linguraru, M.G., Vasilyev, N., Del Nido, P.J., Howe, R.D. Atrial Septal Defect Tracking in 3D Cardiac Ultrasound, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4190, Springer New York, pp. 596-603, 2006.

Novotny, PM, Kettler, DT, Jordan, P, Dupont, PE, Del Nido, PJ, and Howe, RD Stereo Display of 3D Ultrasound Images for Surgical Robot Guidance, IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006.

Jeffrey Stoll, Paul Novotny, Robert Howe, and Pierre Dupont Real-time 3D Ultrasound-based Servoing of a Surgical Instrument, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, May 15-19, 2006

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe. Joint Coupling Design of Underactuated Grippers, proceedings of the ASME 30th Annual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 10-13, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe. Designing Robust Robotic Graspers for Unstructured Environments” proceedings of the Workshop on Manipulation for Human Environments, 2006 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS), Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 19, 2006.

Ross L. Feller, Douglas P. Perrin, and Robert D. Howe. Validation and Explanation of Waterhammer-Based Locomotion, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar, Christopher R. Wagner, and Robert D. Howe. Embedded Sensors for Biomimetic Robotics via Shape Deposition Manufacturing, proceedings of the first IEEE / RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), selected for a single-track podium presentation, Pisa, Italy, Feb. 20-22, 2006.

Wagner, C.R., Vasilyev, N., Perrin, D.P., del Nido, P.J., Howe, R.D. Force Feedback in a Three-Dimensional Ultrasound-Guided Surgical Task, submitted to the 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Washington, D.C., USA, 2006.

2005

Gunter HE, Howe RD, Zeitels SM, Kobler JB, Hillman RE Measurement of vocal fold collision forces during phonation: Methods and preliminary data, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 48(3):567-76, June 2005
Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe Towards Grasping in Unstructured Environments: Grasper Compliance and Configuration Optimization, Advanced Robotics, vol. 19(5), pp. 523-543, 2005.
Thomas J. Debus, Pierre E. Dupont, and Robert D. Howe Distinguishability and Identifiability Testing of Contact State Models, Advanced Robotics, vol. 19(5), pp. 545-566, 2005.
Samosky J, Burstein D, Grimson WE, Howe R, Martin S, Gray ML Spatially-localized correlation of dGEMRIC-measured GAG distribution and mechanical stiffness in the human tibial plateau, Journal of Orthopedic Research 23(1):93-101, January 2005.
Aaron M. Dollar, Amy E. Kerdok, Solomon Gilbert Diamond, Paul M. Novotny, and Robert D. Howe. Starting on the Right Track: Introducing Students to Mechanical Engineering with a Project-Based Machine Design Course, Proceedings of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Mechanical Engineering Education Symposium, 2005.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe. Design and Evaluation of a Robust Compliant Grasper using Shape Deposition Manufacturing, Proceedings of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Robotics panel of the Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 2005.

Beasley, R.A. and Howe, R.D. Model-Based Error Correction for Flexible Robotic Surgical Instruments, Robotics: Science and Systems, Cambridge, MA, June 2005.

Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Mechanisms of Performance Enhancement With Force Feedback, First Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Pisa, Italy, March 2005.

Wagner, C.R., Clatz, O., Perrin, D.P., Feller, R.L., Delingette, H., Ayache, N., Howe, R.D. Integrating Tactile and Force Feedback with Finite Element Models, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.

2004

Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Stoll JA, DuPont PE, Cleveland RO, Howe RD, Triedman JK, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, Savord BJ, Salgo IS, del Nido PJ Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass: a feasibility study, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 128(4):579-87, October 2004.
T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 2, no. 3, September 2004.
T. Debus, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Contact State Estimation Using Multiple Model Estimation and Hidden Markov Models, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 23, No. 4-5, pp.399-413, 2004.
Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.L., Howe, R.D. Design and Performance of a Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors (short paper), Haptics-e: The Electronic Journal Of Haptics Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, Aug 6, 2004. (www.haptics-e.org)
Liu, Y., Kerdok, A. E. and Howe, R. D. A nonlinear finite element model of soft tissue indentation, Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.67-76, 2004.

Ottensmeyer, M. P., Kerdok, A. E., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. The effects of testing environment on the viscoelastic properties of soft tissues Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.9-18, 2004.

A.M. Galea and R.D. Howe Liver Vessel Parameter Estimation from Tactile Imaging Information, in S. Cotin and D.N. Metaxas, eds., ^ÓProceedings of Medical Simulation: International Symposium – ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, June 17-18, 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 3078, Springer-Verlag, pp. 59-66.

Feller, R.L., Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Perrin, D.P., Howe, R.D. The Effect of Force Feedback on Remote Palpation, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, 2004

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.

2024

Daniel Hasegawa, Buse Aktas, Robert D. Howe Tension Jamming for Deployable Structures, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023), Detroit, MI, USA, Oct 1-5, 2023.
Letizia Gionfrida, Richard W. Nuckols, Conor J. Walsh, Robert D. Howe Improved fascicle length estimates from ultrasound using a U-net-LSTM framework, International Consortium for Rehabilitation Robotics Conference, Singapore, September, 2023.
Maki Soumyajyoti, Sebastian Roubert Martinez, Robert D. Howe Continuous Surface Electromyography and Bioimpedance Sensing from the Same Electrodes, IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium, Ottawa, Canada, July 2023.
Nariman Khaledian, Pierre-Frederic Villard, Douglas P. Perrin, Marie-Odile Berger Influence of Anisotropy on Fluid-Structure Interaction Simulations of Image-Based and Generic Mitral Valves, International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart.
Liu. Z., and Howe, R. D. Beyond Coulomb Stochastic Friction Models for Practical Grasping and Manipulation IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 5140-5147, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3292580

2023

Liu. Z., and Howe, R. D. Beyond Coulomb Stochastic Friction Models for Practical Grasping and Manipulation IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 5140-5147, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2023.3292580
Letizia Gionfrida, Richard W. Nuckols, Conor J. Walsh, Robert D. Howe, Age-Related Reliability of B-Mode Analysis for Tailored Exosuit Assistance , MDPI Sensors, vol. 23, issue 3, Feb. 2023, doi: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/3/1670.
Manuel Zahn and Douglas P. Perrin, Efficient human-in-loop deep learning model training with iterative refinement and statistical result validation arXiv. 2023.
Roubert Martinez, S., Le Floch, P., Liu, J., Howe, R. D., Pure Conducting Polymer Hydrogels Increase Signal-to-Noise of Cutaneous Electrodes by Lowering Skin Interface Impedance Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2023, 2202661. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202202661
Friction Variability and Sensing Capabilities for Data-Driven Slip Detection, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022) Workshop on The Role of Uncertainty and How it is Tackled in Robotic Grasping and Manipulation, Kyoto, Japan, Oct 23-27, 2022.
Alexander Koenig, Zixi Liu, Lucas Janson, and Robert D. Howe The Role of Tactile Sensing in Learning and Deploying Grasp Refinement Algorithms, International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022), Kyoto, Japan, Oct 23-27, 2022.
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe, General Forward Kinematics for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots IEEE Access,2022
Alperen Degirmenci, Robert D. Howe , and Douglas P. Perrin, Gaussian process regression for ultrasound scanline interpolation, Journal of Medical Imaging, 2022, 9(3)
Clark B. Teeple, Buse Aktas, Michelle C. Yuen, Grace R. Kim, Robert D. Howe, Robert J. Wood,
Controlling Palm-Object Interactions Via Friction for Enhanced In-Hand Manipulation, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022, 7(2)
Zixi Liu, Robert D. Howe Overlooked Variables in Compliant Grasping and Manipulation, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Workshop on Compliant Robot Manipulation: Challenges and New Opportunities, May 2022.


2021

Richard W. Nuckols, Sangjun Lee, Krithika Swaminathan, Dorothy Orzel, Robert D. Howe, Conor J. Walsh, Individualization of exosuit assistance based on measured muscle dynamics during versatile walking, Science Robotics, 2021, 6(60):eabj1362.
Buse Aktas, Yashraj S. Narang, Nikolaos Vasios, Katia Bertoldi, and Robert D. Howe A Modeling Framework for Jamming Structures, Advanced Functional Materials, 2021, 2007554.


2020

Buse Aktas and Robert D. Howe Tunable Anisotropic Stiffness with Square Fiber Jamming, IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), New Haven, CT, USA, April 2020.
Rui Ouyang and Robert D. Howe Low-Cost Fiducial-based 6-Axis Force-Torque Sensor, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2020.
Richard W. Nuckols, Krithika Swaminathan, Sangjun Lee, Louis Awad, Conor J. Walsh and Robert D. Howe Automated detection of soleus concentric contraction in variable gait conditions for improved exosuit control, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2020.
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe Slack and Excessive Loading Avoidance in n-Tendon Continuum Robots, IEEE Access, 2020
Paul M. Loschak, Alperen Degirmenci, Cory M Tschabrunn, Elad Anter and Robert D. Howe Automatically steering cardiac catheters in vivo with respiratory motion compensation, International Journal of Robotics Research, 2020
Yashraj S. Narang, Buse Aktas, Sarah Ornellas, Joost J. Vlassak, and Robert D. Howe Lightweight Highly Tunable Jamming-Based Composites, Soft Robotics, 2020


2019

Buse Aktas and Robert D. Howe Flexure Mechanisms with Variable Stiffness and Damping Using Layer Jamming , Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macau, China, November 3-7 2019.
Sibo Cheng, Yashraj S. Narang, Canhui Yang, Zhigang Suo, Robert D. Howe Stick-on large-strain sensors for soft robots, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 6(20):1900985, 2019
Daisuke Yamada, Alperen Degirmenci, Robert D. Howe Ultrasound imaging characterization of soft tissue dynamics of the seated human body, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, BIO-19-1142, 2019.
Vasios N, Narang Y, Aktas B, Howe R, Bertoldi K. Numerical analysis of periodic laminar and fibrous media undergoing a jamming transition, European Journal of Mechanics-A/Solids, 75: 322-329, 2019.

2018

Krithika Swaminathan, Sangjun Lee, Richard W. Nuckols, Dheepak A. Revi, Puneet Singh, Rob Howe, Maurice A. Smith, Conor J. Walsh. Biomechanics Underlying Subject-Dependent Variability in Motor Adaptation to Soft Exosuit Assistance, International Conference on Neurorehabilitation. Pisa, Italy, October 16-19, 2018
Daisuke Yamada, Alperen Degirmenci, and Robert D. Howe Ultrasound Imaging for Identifying Dynamics of Soft Tissue, Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), Washington, DC, April 4 – 7, 2018
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe An Analytical Loading Model for n-Tendon Continuum Robots, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Volume: PP, Issue: 99, July 2018
Mohsen Moradi Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, Michael Fielding, James Mullins, Zoran Najdovski and Robert D. Howe Modular Instrument for a Haptically-Enabled Robotic Surgical System (HeroSurg), IEEE Access, Volume: 6, June 2018
Alperen Degirmenci, Douglas P. Perrin, and Robert D. Howe High Dynamic Range Ultrasound Imaging, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 721-729, May 2018
Leah Gaffney, Paul M. Loschak, and Robert D. Howe A Deployable Transseptal Brace for Stabilizing Cardiac Catheters, Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 140, no. 7, May 2018
Yashraj S. Narang, Joost J. Vlassak and Robert D. Howe Mechanically Versatile Soft Machines Through Laminar Jamming, Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 28, no. 17, Apr 2018
Qian Wan, and Robert D. Howe Modeling the Effects of Contact Sensor Resolution on Grasp Success, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 3, no. 3, Apr 2018
Yashraj S. Narang, Alperen Degirmenci, Joost J. Vlassak, and Robert D. Howe Transforming the Dynamic Response of Robotic Structures and Systems Through Laminar Jamming, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 3, no. 2, Apr 2018
Pierre-Frederic Villard, Peter E. Hammer, Douglas P. Perrin, Pedro J. del Nido, Robert D. Howe Fast Image-Based Mitral Valve Simulation From Individualized Geometry, The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 14.2, 2018

2017

Paul M. Loschak, Alperen Degirmenci, and Robert D. Howe Predictive Filtering in Motion Compensation with Steerable Cardiac Catheters, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, May 29 – June 2, 2017

Alireza Mohammadi, Jim Lavranos, Robert D. Howe, Peter Choong, Denny Oetomo. Grasp Specific and User Friendly Interface Design towards Lowering the Difficulty in Learning to Operate a Myoelectric Hand Prosthesis. IEEE-RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 2017

Jacob W. Guggenheim, Leif P. Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, and Robert D. Howe Robust and Inexpensive 6-Axis Force-Torque Sensors using MEMS Barometers, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 22, no. 2, April 2017.
Joshua Gafford, Tommaso Ranzani, Shiela Russo, Alperen Degirmenci, Samuel Kesner, Robert Howe, Robert Wood, Conor Walsh Towards Medical Devices with Integrated Mechanisms, Sensors and Actuators via Printed-Circuit MEMS, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 011007-011018, Jan 2017.
Paul M. Loschak, Laura J. Brattain, and Robert D. Howe Algorithms for Automatically Pointing Ultrasound Imaging Catheters, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Volume 33, Issue 1, pp.81-91, Feb 2017.

2016

Mohsen M. Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe High Speed Vision-based 3D Reconstruction of Continuum Robots Proc. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Budapest, Hungary, October 9-12, 2016.

Qian Wan, Ryan P. Adams, and Robert D. Howe Variability and Predictability in Tactile Sensing During Grasping Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016.

Mohsen M. Dalvand, Saeid Nahavandi, and Robert D. Howe Fast Vision-based Catheter 3D Reconstruction, Physics in Medicine, Vol. 61, No. 14, pp. 5128-5148, June 2016.
Paul M. Loschak, Alperen Degirmenci, Yaroslav Tenzer, Cory M. Tschabrunn, Elad Anter, and Robert D. Howe A Four Degree of Freedom Robot for Positioning Ultrasound Imaging Catheters, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 8(5), May 2016
Alperen Degirmenci, Paul M. Loschak, Cory M. Tschabrunn, Elad Anter, and Robert D. Howe Compensation for Unconstrained Catheter Shaft Motion in Cardiac Catheters Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016.

2015

Qian Wan and Robert D. Howe On the Variability of Tactile Signals During Grasping, Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, Canberra, Australia, December 2-4, 2015.

Alperen Degirmenci, Frank L. Hammond III, Joshua B. Gafford, Conor J. Walsh, Robert J. Wood, and Robert D. Howe Design and Control of a Parallel Linkage Wrist for Robotic Microsurgery, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, September 28 – October 02, 2015.

Paul M. Loschak, Stephen F. Burke, Emiko Zumbro, Alexandra R. Forelli, and Robert D. Howe A Robotic System for Actively Stiffening Flexible Manipulators, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, September 28 – October 02, 2015.

Leif P. Jentoft, Qian Wan, and Robert D. Howe How to Think about Grasping Systems – Basis Grasps and Variation Budgets, International Symposium on Robotics Research, Sestri Levante, Italy, September 12-15, 2015.

Paul M. Loschak, Yaroslav Tenzer, Alperen Degirmenci, and Robert D. Howe A 4-DOF Robot for Positioning Ultrasound Imaging Catheters, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2015, August 2-5, 2015, Boston, MA, USA.

Daniela Faas and Robert D. Howe Case Study for Introductory Mechanical Design Competitions, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2015, August 2-5, 2015, Boston, MA, USA.

2014

Francisco Suárez-Ruiz, Ignacio Galiana, Yaroslav Tenzer, Leif P. Jentoft, Robert D. Howe, and Manuel Ferre Grasp Mapping Between a 3-Finger Haptic Device and a Robotic Hand, EuroHaptics 2014, Versailles, France, June 24-26, 2014.

Laura J. Brattain, Paul M. Loschak, Cory M. Tschabrunn, Elad Anter, and Robert D. Howe Instrument Tracking and Visualization for Ultrasound Catheter Guided Procedures, MICCAI 2014 Workshop on Augmented Environments for Computer Assisted Interventions, Boston, USA, September 14, 2014.

Paul M. Loschak, Laura J. Brattain, and Robert D. Howe Algorithms for Automated Pointing of Cardiac Imaging Catheters, MICCAI 2014 Workshop on Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy, Boston, USA, September 18, 2014.

Joshua Gafford, Samuel B. Kesner, Alperen Degirmenci, Robert J. Wood, Robert D. Howe, and Conor J. Walsh A Monolithic Approach to Fabricating Low-Cost, Millimeter-Scale Multi-Axis Force Sensors for Minimally-Invasive Surgery, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, CN, May 2014.

Leif P. Jentoft, Qian Wan, Robert D. Howe Limits to Compliance and the Role of Tactile Sensing in Grasping IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, CN, May 2014.

Yaroslav Tenzer, Leif P. Jentoft, Robert D. Howe, The Feel of MEMS Barometers: Inexpensive and Easily Customized Tactile Array Sensors, Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 89-95, Sept. 2014.
Frank L. Hammond III, Rebecca K. Kramer, Qian Wan, Robert D. Howe, Robert J. Wood Soft Tactile Sensor Arrays for Force Feedback in Micromanipulation, IEEE Sensors, Vol. 14, No. 5, May 2014
Samuel B. Kesner and Robert D. Howe, Robotic Catheter Cardiac Ablation Combining Ultrasound Guidance and Force Control, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 631-644, April 2014.
Leif P. Jentoft, Aaron M. Dollar, Christopher R. Wagner, Robert, D. Howe, Intrinsic Embedded Sensors for Polymeric Mechatronics: Flexure and Force Sensing, Sensors, Vol. 14, No. 3, 3861-3870, Feb 2014.
Lujie Chen, Viswanath Bavigadda, Theodoros Kofidis, Robert D. Howe Fiber optic projection-imaging system for shape measurement in confined space, The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 206569
Peter E. Hammer and Pedro J. del Nido, Guidelines for Sizing Pericardium for Aortic Valve Leaflet Grafts, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol. 96, No. 1, pp. e25 – e27, 2014.
Peter E. Hammer, Christina A. Pacak, Robert D. Howe, and Pedro J. del Nido Straightening of Curved Pattern of Collagen Fibers Under Load Controls Aortic Valve Shape, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 341-346, 2014.
Lael U. Odhner, Leif P. Jentoft, Mark R. Claffee, Nicholas Corson, Yaroslav Tenzer, Raymond R. Ma, Martin Buehler, Robert Kohout, Robert D. Howe, Aaron M. Dollar, A Compliant, Underactuated Hand for Robust Manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 33, No. 5, pp. 736-752, April 2014.
Meaghan Bowthorpe, Mahdi Tavakoli, Herald Becher, Robert D. Howe, Smith Predictor Based Robot Control for Ultrasound-guided Teleoperated Beating-heart Surgery, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 157-166, 2014.

2013

Frank L. Hammond III, Robert D. Howe, Robert J. Wood Dexterous High-Precision Robotic Wrist for Micromanipulation, Proceedings of the The 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov 25-29, 2013.

Leif P. Jentoft, Yaroslav Tenzer, Daniel Vogt, Jia Liu, Robert J. Wood, Robert D. Howe Flexible, Stretchable Tactile Arrays From MEMS Barometers, Proceedings of the The 16th International Conference on Advanced Robotics, ICAR 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov 25-29, 2013.

Qiushi Fu, Arash Ushani, Leif Jentoft, Robert D. Howe, Marco Santello Human reach-to-grasp compensation with object pose uncertainty, 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’13), Osaka, Japan 2013

Peter E. Hammer, Christina A. Pacak, Robert D. Howe, Pedro J. del Nido Collagen bundle orientation explains aortic valve leaflet coaptation, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, FIMH 2013, London, UK, June 20-22, 2013.

Neil A. Tenenholtz, Peter E. Hammer, Assunta Fabozzo, Eric N. Feins, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe Fast Simulation of Mitral Annuloplasty for Surgical Planning, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, FIMH 2013, London, UK, June 20-22, 2013.

Paul M. Loschak, Laura J. Brattain, Robert D. Howe Automated Pointing of Cardiac Imaging Catheters, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013.

Meaghan Bowthorpe, Mahdi Tavakoli, Harald Becher, Robert D. Howe Smith Predictor Based Control in Teleoperated Image-Guided Beating-Heart Surgery, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013.

2012

Peter E. Hammer, Peter C. Chen, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Computational model of aortic valve surgical repair using grafted pericardium, Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 45, Issue 7, Pages 1199–1204 (April 30, 2012).
Frank L. Hammond III, Rebecca K. Kramer, Qian Wan, Robert D. Howe, and Robert J. Wood Soft Tactile Sensor Arrays for Micromanipulation, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, Sep., 2012.

Ignacio Galiana, Frank L. Hammond III, Robert D. Howe, Marko B. Popovic Wearable Soft Robotic Device for Post-Stroke Shoulder Rehabilitation: Identifying Misalignments, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Vilamoura, Portugal, Sep., 2012.

Laura J. Brattain, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, and Robert D. Howe Enabling 3D Ultrasound Procedure Guidance through Enhanced Visualization, P. Abolmaesumi, L. Joskowicz, N. Navab and P. Jannin (Eds.): IPCAI 2012, LNCS 7330, pp. 115-124, 2012. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)

F. Hammond III, J. Weisz, A. de la Llera Kurth, P. Allen, and R. D. Howe Towards a Design Optimization Method for Reducing the Mechanical Complexity of Underactuated Robotic Hands, 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2012

2011

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe, Joint coupling design of underactuated hands for unstructured environments, The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2011 30: 1157.
Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe, Position Control of Motion Compensation Cardiac Catheters, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol 27, No. 6, pp. 1045-1055, December 2011.
Robert J. Schneider, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Mitral annulus segmentation from four-dimensional ultrasound using a valve state predictor and constrained optical flow., Med Image Anal. 2012 Feb; 16(2):497-504. Epub 2011 Dec 4.
Robert J. Schneider, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Real-time image-based rigid registration of three-dimensional ultrasound, Med Image Anal. 2012 Feb; 16(2):402-14. Epub 2011 Nov 15.
Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe, Design Principles for Rapid Prototyping Forces Sensors using 3D Printing, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Special Issue on Sensing Technologies for Biomechatronics, 2011. 2011 July 21; PP(99): 1–5. DOI 10.1109/TMECH.2011.216035.
Michael C. Yip, Mahdi Tavakoli, Robert D. Howe, Performance Analysis of a Haptic Telemanipulation Task under Time Delay, Advanced Robotics (special issue on Physical Human-Robot Interaction Through Force Interface), vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 651-673, 2011.
Peter E. Hammer, Michael S. Sacks, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Mass-Spring Model for Simulation of Heart Valve Tissue Mechanical Behavior, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 1668–1679, June 2011.
P. Jordan, A.E. Kerdok, R.D. Howe, and S. Socrate, Identifying a Minimal Rheological Configuration: A Tool for Effective and Efficient Constitutive Modeling of Soft Tissues, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 133, No. 4 041006 April 2011.
Leif P. Jentoft and Robert D. Howe Determining Object Geometry with Compliance and Simple Sensors Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011)

Samuel B. Kesner, Leif P. Jentoft, Frank L. Hammond III, Robert D. Howe, and Marko Popovic Design Considerations for an Active Soft Orthotic System for Shoulder Rehabilitation 33rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC ’11), Boston, MA 2011

Laura J. Brattain and Robert D. Howe Real-time 4D Ultrasound Mosaicing and Visualization G. Fichtinger, A. Martel, and T. Peters (Eds.): MICCAI 2011, Part I, LNCS 6891, pp. 105-112, 2011. Springer, Heidelberg (2011)

Neil A. Tenenholtz, Peter E. Hammer, Robert J. Schneider, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, and Robert D. Howe On the Design of an Interactive, Patient-Specific Surgical Simulator for Mitral Valve Repair Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2011).

Robert J. Schneider, Neil A. Tenenholtz, Douglas P. Perrin, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Patient-Specific Mitral Leaflet Segmentation from 4D Ultrasound, 14th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2011).

Robert J. Schneider, William C. Burke, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Modeling Mitral Valve Leaflets from Three-Dimensional Ultrasound, Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart. Volume 6666 of LNCS. Springer, Heidelberg (2011) 215-222

Peter E. Hammer, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Anisotropic Mass-Spring Method Accurately Simulates Mitral Valve Closure from Image-Based Models, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, FIMH 2011, New York City, NY, USA, May 25-27, 2011

Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe, Discriminating Tissue Stiffness with a Haptic Catheter: Feeling the Inside of the Beating Heart, IEEE – World Haptics Conference 2011, June 22-24, 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

Frank L. Hammond III Task-Specific Multiple-Arm Minimally Invasive Surgical Device Design Using Cooperative Kinematic Isotropy Indices, Proceedings of the 2011 Design of Medical Devices Conference 2011 (DMD2011), April 12-14, 2011, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe Design of a Motion Compensated Tissue Resection Catheter for Beating Heart Cardiac Surgery, Proceedings of the 2011 Design of Medical Devices Conference 2011 (DMD2011), April 12-14, 2011, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Samuel B. Kesner, Robert D. Howe Force Control of Flexible Catheter Robots for Beating Heart Surgery, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Shanghai, China, May 9 – 13 2011.

2010

Masashi Nakatani, Robert D. Howe, and Susumu Tachi, Surface Texture can Bias Tactile Form Perception, Journal of Experimental Brain Research, Vol. 208, No. 1, 151-156, 2010 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2464-3.
Shelten G. Yuen, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe, Force Tracking with Feed-Forward Motion Estimation for Beating Heart Surgery, IEEE Transactions on Robotics Vol. 26, No.5, 888-896, 2010. DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2010.2053734.
Robert J. Schneider, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, and Robert D. Howe Mitral Annulus Segmentation from 3D Ultrasound Using Graph Cuts, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, Vol. 20, No. 9, 1676-1687, 2010
Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe The Highly Adaptive SDM Hand: Design and Performance Evaluation, The International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 29, No. 5, 585-597, 2010
Shelten G. Yuen, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. del Nido , Robert D. Howe Robotic Tissue Tracking for Beating Heart Mitral Valve Surgery, Medical Image Analysis 17 (2013) 1236–1242
Daniel Rudoy, Shelten G. Yuen, Robert D. Howe, Patrick J. Wolfe Bayesian change-point analysis for atomic force microscopy and soft material indentation, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics) 59(4):573-593, 2010, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2010.00715.
Michael Yip, Shelten G. Yuen, and Robert D. Howe A Robust Uniaxial Force Sensor for Minimally Invasive Surgery, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering vol. 57, no. 5, pp. 1008-1011, May 2010.
Aaron M. Dollar, Leif Jentoft, Jason H. Gao, and Robert D. Howe Contact Sensing and Grasping Performance of Compliant Hands, Autonomous Robots, special issue on Mobile Manipulation, 28(1) 2010
Samuel B. Kesner, Shelten G. Yuen, and Robert D. Howe Ultrasound Servoing of Catheters for Beating Heart Valve Repair Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions (IPCAI), Geneva, Switzerland, June 23, 2010

Michael C. Yip, Mahdi Tavakoli, and Robert D. Howe. Performance Analysis of a Manipulation Task in Time-Delayed Teleoperation Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems – IROS 2010.

Samuel B. Kesner and Robert D. Howe Design and Control of Motion Compensation Cardiac Catheters, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Anchorage, AK, May 2010, pages 1059-1065.

Shelten G. Yuen, Karl-Alex Dubec, and Robert D. Howe Haptic Noise Cancellation: Restoring Force Perception in Robotically-Assisted Beating Heart Surgery, Haptics Symposium, Waltham, March 25-26, 2010.

2009

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, Increasing Accuracy in Image-Guided Robotic Surgery Through Tip Tracking and Model-Based Flexion Correction, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 25(2):292-302, 2009. DOI 10.1109/TRO.2009.2014498.
Shelten G. Yuen, Daniel T. Kettler, Paul M. Novotny, Richard D. Plowes, Robert D. Howe Robotic Motion Compensation for Beating Heart Intracardiac Surgery, International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on Medical Robotics, 2009. October 1; 28(10): 1355-1372.
M. Tavakoli and Robert D. Howe Haptic Effects of Surgical Teleoperator Flexibility, International Journal of Robotics Research, Special Issue on Medical Robotics, October 2009 28(10) 1289-1302
P. Jordan, S. Socrate, T.E. Zickler, R.D. Howe Constitutive modeling of porcine liver in indentation using 3D ultrasound imaging, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Medical Materials, 2:192-201, 2009.
Ravi Balasubramanian, Robert D. Howe, and Yoky Matsuoka Task Performance is Prioritized Over Energy Reduction, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 56(5):1310-7, 2009.
Robert J. Schneider, Douglas P. Perrin, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Gerald R. Marx, Pedro J. del Nido, Robert D. Howe. Mitral Annulus Segmentation from Three-Dimensional Ultrasound, 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Boston, MA, June 28 – July 1, 2009.

Shelten G. Yuen, Michael C. Yip, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Douglas P. Perrin, Pedro J. Del Nido, and Robert D. Howe. Robotic Force Stabilization for Beating Heart Intracardiac Surgery, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), London, UK, Sept. 20-24, 2009. Accepted.

Riichiro Tadakuma and Robert D. Howe A Whole-Arm Tactile Display System, Third Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems Salt Lake City, UT, USA, March 18-20, 2009.

2008

NV Vasilyev, PM Novotny, JF Martinez, H Loyola, IS Salgo, RD Howe, and PJ del Nido Stereoscopic vision display technology in real-time three-dimensional echocardiography-guided intracardiac beating-heart surgery, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 135(6):1334-1341, 2008.
Diamond, S.G., Davis, O.C. and Howe, R.D. Heart rate variability as a quantitative measure of trance depth, International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 56(1):1-18, 2008.
Linguraru, M.G. Vasilyev, N. Marx, G.R. Tworetzky, W. Del Nido, P.J. Howe, R.D. Fast Block Flow Tracking of Atrial Septal Defects in 4D Ultrasound of the Heart, Medical Image Analysis, 12:397–412, 2008.
M. Tavakoli and Robert D. Howe. Haptic Implications of Tool Flexibility in Surgical Teleoperation, 2008 Haptics Symposium, Reno, NV, March 2008.

S.G. Yuen, P.M. Novotny, R.D. Howe. Quasiperiodic Predictive Filtering for Robot-Assisted Beating Heart Surgery, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Pasadena, CA, May 19-23, 2008, pages 3875-3880.

Petr Jordan, Simona Socrate, Todd E. Zickler, Robert D. Howe A Nonrigid Image Registration Framework for Identification of Tissue Mechanical Parameters, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4190, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, New York, NY, pp. 930-938, September 6-10, 2008.

Shelten G. Yuen, Samuel B. Kesner, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. Del Nido, and Robert D. Howe. 3D Ultrasound-Guided Motion Compensation System for Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), New York, NY, Sept. 6-10, 2008.

Hammer PE, Vasilyev NV, Perrin DP, del Nido PJ, Howe RD. Fast image-based model of mitral valve closure for surgical planning, MICCAI 2008 Workshop Proceedings: Computational Biomechanics for Medicine III: 15-26.

2007

Wagner, C.R; Howe, R. D Force Feedback Benefit Depends on Experience in Multiple Degree of Freedom Robotic Surgery Task, IEEE Transactions on Robotics 23(6), 2007.
PM Novotny, JA Stoll, NV Vasilyev, PJ del Nido, PE Dupont, TE Zickler, and RD Howe GPU based real-time instrument tracking with three-dimensional ultrasound, Medical Image Analysis, 11:458-464, 2007.
Marius G. Linguraru, Nikolay V. Vasilyev, Pedro J. Del Nido, and Robert D. Howe Statistical Segmentation of Surgical Instruments in 3-D Ultrasound Images, Ultrasound in Med. & Biol., Vol. 33, No. 8, 2007
Linguraru, M.G. Kabla, A. Marx, G.R. del Nido, P.J. Howe, R.D. Real-Time Tracking and Shape Analysis of Atrial Septal Defects in 3D Echocardiography, Academic Radiology, Vol. 14, No. 11, 2007 (Invited Paper).
M. Tavakoli and R.D. Howe. The Effect of Joint Elasticity on Bilateral Teleoperation, Best Paper Award Finalist, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), San Diego, CA, Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2007.

D.T. Kettler, R.D. Plowes, P.M. Novotny, N.V. Vasilyev, P.J. del Nido, and R.D. Howe, An Active Motion Compensation Instrument for Beating Heart Mitral Valve Surgery, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) San Diego, CA, Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2007.

S.Yuen, D. Rudoy, R. D. Howe and P. J. Wolfe Bayesian changepoint detection through switching regressions: contact point determination in material indentation experiments, IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop, Madison, WI, August 26-29, 2007.

Marius G. Linguraru, Alexandre Kabla, Nikolay Vasilyev, Pedro del Nido, Robert Howe Real-Time Block Flow Tracking of Atrial Septal Defect Motion in 4D Cardiac Ultrasound, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Washington, DC, April 12-15, 2007.

Peter Deckers, Aaron M. Dollar, and Robert D. Howe. Guiding Grasping with Proprioception and Markov Models, Proceedings of the Workshop on Robot Manipulation: Sensing and Adapting to the Real World, Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS), Atlanta, GA, June 30, 2007.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe. The SDM Hand as a Prosthetic Terminal Device: A Feasibility Study, Winner of the Best Student Paper Award, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Noordwijk, Netherlands, June 12-15, 2007.

Novotny, P.M., Stoll, J.A., Dupont, P.E., Howe, R.D. Real-Time Visual Servoing of a Robot Using Three Dimensional Ultrasound, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April, 2007.

Maria Oyarzabal, Masashi Nakatani, Robert D. Howe. Vibration Enhances Geometry Perception with Tactile Shape Displays, Second World Haptics Conference, 22-24 March 2007, Tsukaba, Japan pp. 44-49

Linguraru, M.G. Vasilyev, N. Marx, G.R. Tworetzky, W. Del Nido, P.J. Howe, R.D. Real-Time Block Flow Tracking of Atrial Septal Defect Motion in 4D Cardiac Ultrasound, The Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI2007), 356-359, 12-15 April 2007

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe Simple, Robust Autonomous Grasping in Unstructured Environments” to be presented at the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

2006

PM Novotny, SK Jacobsen, NV Vasilyev, DT Kettler, IS Salgo, PE Dupont, PJ Del Nido, RD Howe 3D ultrasound in robotic surgery: performance evaluation with stereo displays Int J Med Robotics Comput Assist Surg, 2:279-285, 2006.
Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Jackson, P. G., Howe, R.D. The Benefit of Force Feedback in Surgery: Examination of Blunt Dissection, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Vol. 16, No. 3, Pages 252-262, 2007.
Diamond, S.G., Davis, O.C., Schaechter, J.D. and Howe, R.D. Hypnosis for Rehabilitation after Stroke: Six Case Studies, Contemporary Hypnosis, 23(4):173-180, 2006.
Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe A Robust Compliant Grasper via Shape Deposition Manufacturing, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 11(2), 2006.
Amy E. Kerdok, Mark P. Ottensmeyer, Robert D. Howe Effects of Perfusion on the Viscoelastic Characteristics of Liver, Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 39, pp. 2221–2231, 2006.
Novotny, PM, Stoll, JA, Vasilyev, NV, Del Nido, PJ, Dupont, PE, and Howe, RD GPU Based Real-time Instrument Tracking with Three Dimensional Ultrasound, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention -MICCAI, 2006.

Linguraru, M.G., Vasilyev, N., Del Nido, P.J., Howe, R.D. Atrial Septal Defect Tracking in 3D Cardiac Ultrasound, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4190, Springer New York, pp. 596-603, 2006.

Novotny, PM, Kettler, DT, Jordan, P, Dupont, PE, Del Nido, PJ, and Howe, RD Stereo Display of 3D Ultrasound Images for Surgical Robot Guidance, IEEE International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006.

Jeffrey Stoll, Paul Novotny, Robert Howe, and Pierre Dupont Real-time 3D Ultrasound-based Servoing of a Surgical Instrument, International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, May 15-19, 2006

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe. Joint Coupling Design of Underactuated Grippers, proceedings of the ASME 30th Annual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 10-13, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe. Designing Robust Robotic Graspers for Unstructured Environments” proceedings of the Workshop on Manipulation for Human Environments, 2006 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS), Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 19, 2006.

Ross L. Feller, Douglas P. Perrin, and Robert D. Howe. Validation and Explanation of Waterhammer-Based Locomotion, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, FL, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar, Christopher R. Wagner, and Robert D. Howe. Embedded Sensors for Biomimetic Robotics via Shape Deposition Manufacturing, proceedings of the first IEEE / RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), selected for a single-track podium presentation, Pisa, Italy, Feb. 20-22, 2006.

Wagner, C.R., Vasilyev, N., Perrin, D.P., del Nido, P.J., Howe, R.D. Force Feedback in a Three-Dimensional Ultrasound-Guided Surgical Task, submitted to the 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Washington, D.C., USA, 2006.

2005

Gunter HE, Howe RD, Zeitels SM, Kobler JB, Hillman RE Measurement of vocal fold collision forces during phonation: Methods and preliminary data, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 48(3):567-76, June 2005
Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe Towards Grasping in Unstructured Environments: Grasper Compliance and Configuration Optimization, Advanced Robotics, vol. 19(5), pp. 523-543, 2005.
Thomas J. Debus, Pierre E. Dupont, and Robert D. Howe Distinguishability and Identifiability Testing of Contact State Models, Advanced Robotics, vol. 19(5), pp. 545-566, 2005.
Samosky J, Burstein D, Grimson WE, Howe R, Martin S, Gray ML Spatially-localized correlation of dGEMRIC-measured GAG distribution and mechanical stiffness in the human tibial plateau, Journal of Orthopedic Research 23(1):93-101, January 2005.
Aaron M. Dollar, Amy E. Kerdok, Solomon Gilbert Diamond, Paul M. Novotny, and Robert D. Howe. Starting on the Right Track: Introducing Students to Mechanical Engineering with a Project-Based Machine Design Course, Proceedings of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Mechanical Engineering Education Symposium, 2005.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe. Design and Evaluation of a Robust Compliant Grasper using Shape Deposition Manufacturing, Proceedings of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Robotics panel of the Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 2005.

Beasley, R.A. and Howe, R.D. Model-Based Error Correction for Flexible Robotic Surgical Instruments, Robotics: Science and Systems, Cambridge, MA, June 2005.

Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Mechanisms of Performance Enhancement With Force Feedback, First Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Pisa, Italy, March 2005.

Wagner, C.R., Clatz, O., Perrin, D.P., Feller, R.L., Delingette, H., Ayache, N., Howe, R.D. Integrating Tactile and Force Feedback with Finite Element Models, 2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2005.

2004

Suematsu Y, Marx GR, Stoll JA, DuPont PE, Cleveland RO, Howe RD, Triedman JK, Mihaljevic T, Mora BN, Savord BJ, Salgo IS, del Nido PJ Three-dimensional echocardiography-guided beating-heart surgery without cardiopulmonary bypass: a feasibility study, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 128(4):579-87, October 2004.
T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Multi-Channel Vibrotactile Display for Teleoperated Assembly, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 2, no. 3, September 2004.
T. Debus, P. Dupont, and R. Howe Contact State Estimation Using Multiple Model Estimation and Hidden Markov Models, International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 23, No. 4-5, pp.399-413, 2004.
Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.L., Howe, R.D. Design and Performance of a Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors (short paper), Haptics-e: The Electronic Journal Of Haptics Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, Aug 6, 2004. (www.haptics-e.org)
Liu, Y., Kerdok, A. E. and Howe, R. D. A nonlinear finite element model of soft tissue indentation, Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.67-76, 2004.

Ottensmeyer, M. P., Kerdok, A. E., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. The effects of testing environment on the viscoelastic properties of soft tissues Second International Symposium on Medical Simulation. Springer Verlag, Boston, MA. pp.9-18, 2004.

A.M. Galea and R.D. Howe Liver Vessel Parameter Estimation from Tactile Imaging Information, in S. Cotin and D.N. Metaxas, eds., ^ÓProceedings of Medical Simulation: International Symposium – ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, June 17-18, 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 3078, Springer-Verlag, pp. 59-66.

Feller, R.L., Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Perrin, D.P., Howe, R.D. The Effect of Force Feedback on Remote Palpation, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, New Orleans, 2004

R.A. Beasley, R.D. Howe, and P.E. Dupont. Kinematic Error Correction for Minimally Invasive Surgical Robots, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

D.P. Perrin, A. Kwon, R.D. Howe. A Novel Actuated Tether Design for Rescue Robots Using Hydraulic Transients, 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2004),New Orleans, LA, April 26th to May 1st, 2004.

Lau, C.K.L., Wagner, C.R., Howe, R.D. Algorithms for Tactile Rendering in Compliant Environments, 12th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Chicago, 2004

2003

J.W. Cannon, J.A. Stoll, S.D. Selha, P.E. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D.F. Torchiana Port Placement Planning in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(5): 912-17, October 2003.
J. W. Cannon, J. A. Stoll, I. S. Salgo, H. B. Knowles, R. D. Howe, P. E. Dupont, G. R. Marx, and P. J. del Nido Real Time 3-Dimensional Ultrasound for Guiding Surgical Tasks, submitted to Computer Aided Surgery, 2003.
Gunter, H.E. A mechanical model of vocal fold collision with high spatial and temporal resolution, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(2):994-1000, 2003.

2002

R. A. Beasley and R.D. Howe. Tactile Tracking of Arteries in Robotic Surgery, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11 – 15, 2002.

T. Debus, T.-J. Jang, P. Dupont and R. Howe. Multi-channel vibrotactile display for teleoperated assembly 2002 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Washington, DC, May 11- 15, 2002.

Wagner, C.R., Stylopoulos, N., Howe, R.D. The Role of Force Feedback in Surgery: Analysis of Blunt Dissection, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

Wagner, C.R., Lederman, S.J., Howe, R.D. A Tactile Shape Display Using RC Servomotors, Haptics Symposium, Orlando, March 24-25, 2002

2001

Diamond S.G., Howe R.D., Measuring Hypnosis: Relating the Subjective Experience to Systematic Physiological Changes, InterJournal of Complex Systems, Article, Manuscript Number 541.
Wellman, P.S, Dalton, E.P., Krag, D., Kern, K.A., Howe, R.D. Tactile Imaging of Breast Masses: First Clinical Report, Archives of Surgery 136(2):204-08 Feb. 2001.
S. S. Park, R.D. Howe, and D. F. Torchiana. “Virtual Fixtures for Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery,”Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

S. Selha ,P. Dupont, R.D. Howe, and D. Torchiana. “Optimal Port Placement in Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,” Fourth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Kerdok, A. E., Cotin, S. M., Ottensmeyer, M. P., Galea, A. M., Howe, R. D. and Dawson, S. L. Truth cube: Establishing physical standards for real time soft tissue simulation International Workshop on Deformable Modeling and Soft Tissue Simulation, Bonn, Germany, 2001.

J. P. Desai and R. D. Howe. Towards the development of a humanoid arm by minimizing interaction forces through minimum impedance control, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Seoul, Korea, May 23-25, 2001.

2000

T. Debus, P. Dupont and R.D. Howe. Automatic Identification of Local Geometric Properties During Teleoperation, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 3428-3434.

F. Lai and R.D. Howe Evaluating Control Modes for Constrained Robotic Surgery Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 2000, pp. 603-609.

1999

Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic contact of the human fingerpad against a flat surface, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(6):605-611, December 1999.
P. Dupont, T. Schulteis, P. Millman, and R. D. Howe Automatic Identification of Environment Haptic Properties, Presence 8(4):392-409, August 1999.
Pawluk, D.T.V. and Howe, R.D. Dynamic Lumped Element Response of the Human Fingerpad, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 121(2):178- 184, April 1999.
R. D. Howe and Y. Matsuoka Robotics for Surgery, Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 1:211-240, 1999.
F. Lai, R.D. Howe, P.A. Millman, and S. Sur. Frame Mapping And Dexterity For Task Performance In Robotic Endoscopic Surgery,”in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

M. Shibata and R.D. Howe. Effect of Gloving on Perceptual and Manipulation Task Performance in N. Olgac, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Nov. 14-19, 1999, DSC-Vol. 67.

T. Debus P. Dupont, and R.D. Howe. Automatic Property Identification via Parameterized Constraints, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May 1999, pp. 1876-81.

Wellman, P.S. and Howe, R.D. Extracting features from tactile maps, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI’99. Second International Conference. Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol.1679), 1999, start page: 1133.

1998

D. T. V. Pawluk, J. S. Son, P. S. Wellman, W. J. Peine, and R. D. Howe A Distributed Pressure Sensor for Biomechanical Measurements, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 102(2):302-305, April 1998.
W.J. Peine and R.D. Howe. Do humans sense finger deformation or distributed pressure to detect lumps in soft tissue?,in R.J. Furness, ed., Proc. of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, Nov. 19-20, 1998, DSC-Vol. 64, pp. 273-278.

A. M. Okamura, J. T. Dennerlein and R. D. Howe. Vibration Feedback Models for Virtual Environments, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Leuven, Belgium” May 16-20, 1998, pp. 674-679.

1997

A. Z. Hajian and R. D. Howe Identification of the mechanical impedance at the human finger tip, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 119(1):109-114, Feb. 1997. Also presented at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chicago, IL, November 1994, Proceedings ed. C. J. Radcliffe, DSC-vol. 55-1, p. 319-327.

1996

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Practical force-motion models for sliding manipulation, International Journal of Robotics Research,15(6):557-572, December 1996.

1995

J. S. Son, M. R. Cutkosky, and R. D. Howe Comparison of contact sensor localization abilities during manipulation, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 17(4):217-233, June 1996. Also presented at IROS ’95: IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, August 5-9, 1995, Proceedings vol. 2, p. 96-101.
D. A. Kontarinis and R. D. Howe Tactile display of vibratory information in teleoperation and virtual environments, Presence, 4(4):387-402, 1995.
R. D. Howe, W. J. Peine, D. A. Kontarinis, and J. S. Son Remote palpation technology, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 14(3):318-323, May/June 1995.

1994

R. D. Howe Tactile sensing and control of robotic manipulation, Journal of Advanced Robotics, 8(3):245-261, 1994.

1993

R. D. Howe and M. R. Cutkosky Dynamic tactile sensing: Perception of fine surface features with stress rate sensing, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 9(2):140-151, April 1993.
B. Edin, R. D. Howe, G. Westling, and M. R. Cutkosky A physiological method for relaying frictional information to a human teleoperator, IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(2):427-432, March/April 1993.

1986

M. G. Allen, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Digital imaging of reaction zones in hydrocarbon-air flames using planar laser-induced fluorescence,” Optics Letters 11:126-128, 1986.

1984

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, M. D. Drake, R. Pitz, M. Lapp, and C. M. Penny The visualization of turbulent flame fronts with planar laser-induced fluorescence, Science 224:382-384, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, K. Knapp, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Flow visualization in combustion gases using nitric oxide fluorescence,” American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Journal 22:153, 1984.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Quantitative flow visualization techniques for measurements in combustion gases,” Applied Optics 23:704-712, 1984. Also presented at the Ninth International Colloquium on Explosions and Reactive Systems, Poitier, France, July 1983, and reprinted in R. N. Hindy and J. H. Hunt, eds, Selected Papers on Laser Beam Diagnostics, SPIE Milestone Series vol. MS 126, Bellingham, WA, SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1996.

1982

G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, and R. K. Hanson “Spatially resolved combustion measurements using cross-beam saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Applied Optics 23:1303-1305, 1984. Also presented at the 1982 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Phoenix, AZ, April 14-16, 1982.
G. Kychakoff, R. D. Howe, R. K. Hanson, and J. C. McDaniel “Quantitative visualization of combustion species in a plane,” Applied Optics 21:3225-3227, September 15, 1982.