Dr Aghil Jafari

Automated cyclic testing of prosthetic knee joints using a 4-axis robotic arm: Enhancing biomechatronics and human-machine interaction (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The complex nature of knee joints makes designing and testing prosthetic replacements challenging. The ISO 10328:2016 standard requires rigorous static, constant, and cyclic force testing, which involves high forces and variable angles, adding to the... Read More about Automated cyclic testing of prosthetic knee joints using a 4-axis robotic arm: Enhancing biomechatronics and human-machine interaction.

Biomechanical energy harvesting for enhanced battery efficiency in robotic prosthetic limbs (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The increasing adoption of robotics in assistive technologies calls for innovative energy management solutions to improve device autonomy and functionality. This paper explores the integration of biomechanical energy harvesting mechanisms in robotic... Read More about Biomechanical energy harvesting for enhanced battery efficiency in robotic prosthetic limbs.

Bio-inspired prosthetic knee joint with pressure sensor-controlled actuation for enhanced human-robot interaction (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The advancement of prosthetics has empowered above-knee amputees to engage in daily activities with minimal disruption. This paper presents the design of a bio-inspired knee joint for prosthetic applications, integrating force-sensitive resistors (FS... Read More about Bio-inspired prosthetic knee joint with pressure sensor-controlled actuation for enhanced human-robot interaction.

Evaluation and future perspectives on "Anthro-Hand" (2024)
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Inspired by nature's evolutionary marvels, this study explores the development of a novel bio-mimetic prosthetic hand, emphasizing a soft robotic approach. Through a meticulous review of various prosthetic designs, focusing on actuation and construct... Read More about Evaluation and future perspectives on "Anthro-Hand".

Sustainable transportation solutions: Life cycle analysis of emissions reduction in heavy duty vehicles under evolving EU standards (2024)
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This paper presents a detailed analysis of operational emissions and energy use for Diesel and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Heavy Duty Vehicles (HDVs) under the evolving EU7 regulatory standards, which are expected to be implemented by 2027. By focus... Read More about Sustainable transportation solutions: Life cycle analysis of emissions reduction in heavy duty vehicles under evolving EU standards.

The robotic socket: A robotic design and biomimetic application of an auto-adjusting prosthetic socket prototype for above-knee amputees (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Comfort in prosthetic sockets remains a significant challenge for many amputees, particularly for above-knee amputees bearing substantial weight on their soft tissue [1], [2]. The predominant source of discomfort often originates from swelling of the... Read More about The robotic socket: A robotic design and biomimetic application of an auto-adjusting prosthetic socket prototype for above-knee amputees.

Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change (2023)
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It has been estimated that approximately 7000 people undergo limb amputation in the UK every year [1]. This issue is even more significant in the US, where over 150,000 people undergo lower limb extremity amputations, and this number is predicted to... Read More about Investigation into the customization of a transfemoral prosthetic socket to minimize discomfort for residual limb (RL) volume change.

Embedding soft synergies into soft materials for intrinsic compliant robotic hand grasping (2022)
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This manuscript covers the development workflow for the prototype of a novel synergy driven soft robotic hand. By embedding the main human grasping synergy to individual soft silicone fingers, we are able to produce a functional under-actuated hand w... Read More about Embedding soft synergies into soft materials for intrinsic compliant robotic hand grasping.

A robotic test rig for performance assessment of prosthetic joints (2022)
Journal Article

Movement within the human body is made possible by joints connecting two or more elements of the musculoskeletal system. Losing one or more of these connections can seriously limit mobility, which in turn can lead to depression and other mental issue... Read More about A robotic test rig for performance assessment of prosthetic joints.

Therapy Easy: A co-designed hand rehabilitation system using Leap motion controller (2022)
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Disability affects over 1 billion people across the globe [1]. About 190 million people in this demographic aged 15 or older require healthcare services due to having significant difficulties in functioning [1]. Upper limb disability is one such issu... Read More about Therapy Easy: A co-designed hand rehabilitation system using Leap motion controller.

Physiological data measurement in digital manufacturing (2022)
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As industry is moving towards a new digital rev-olution, identifying workers' mental and physical status is key to improved productivity in a digital manufacturing scenario. The main objective here is to provide an overview of sensing technologies in... Read More about Physiological data measurement in digital manufacturing.

Mimicking condylar knee to design bio-inspired robotic knee joint based on magnetic resonance imaging (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The process of designing bio-inspired knee joint has been a challenging issue due to the complicated kinematics and dynamics of the human knee joint. This paper addresses this issue by presenting a design methodology that has been used to model the h... Read More about Mimicking condylar knee to design bio-inspired robotic knee joint based on magnetic resonance imaging.

Integration of computer vision in a testing facility for prosthetic joint inspection and performance assessment (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents a computer vision system within a test facility for prosthetic joint inspection and performance by analysing range of motion data. Testing with individuals rather than using a testing facility can cause issues, such as irritation,... Read More about Integration of computer vision in a testing facility for prosthetic joint inspection and performance assessment.

Virtual inertia as an energy dissipation element for haptic interfaces (2022)
Journal Article

Adding virtual damping to dissipate energy has been a major tool for designing stable haptic interfaces in most passivity-based approaches. However, virtual damping is known to dissipate a limited amount of energy. It even generates energy during hig... Read More about Virtual inertia as an energy dissipation element for haptic interfaces.

Bio-inspired knee joint: Trends in the hardware systems development (2021)
Journal Article

The knee joint is a complex structure that plays a significant role in the human lower limb for locomotion activities in daily living. However, we are still not quite there yet where we can replicate the functions of the knee bones and the attached l... Read More about Bio-inspired knee joint: Trends in the hardware systems development.

Application of machine learning towards design optimisation of bio-inspired transfemoral prosthetic socket for robotic leg test rig (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the past century many medical advancements in prosthetics have been achieved, however, discomfort in prosthetic socket remains one of the toughest challenges faced by both amputees and prosthetists. Wearing an uncomfortable socket can lead to user... Read More about Application of machine learning towards design optimisation of bio-inspired transfemoral prosthetic socket for robotic leg test rig.

A de-risked bio-inspired condylar prosthetic knee joint for a robotic leg test rig (2020)
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The design of the human knee joint has been a challenging task due to the presence of intricate parts, complex mechanisms and their interdependence which joins them together. A bio-inspired design for the condylar knee joint has been proposed in earl... Read More about A de-risked bio-inspired condylar prosthetic knee joint for a robotic leg test rig.

Multilateral teleoperation over communication time delay using the time-domain passivity approach (2019)
Journal Article

A general framework to stabilize multilateral teleoperation system over a communication time delay based on the well-known time-domain passivity approach (TDPA) is proposed. The uniqueness of this framework is that it is independent of the amount of... Read More about Multilateral teleoperation over communication time delay using the time-domain passivity approach.

Enhancing the rate-hardness of haptic interaction: Successive force augmentation approach (2019)
Journal Article

© 1982-2012 IEEE. There have been numerous approaches that have been proposed to enlarge the impedance range of haptic interaction while maintaining stability. However, enhancing the rate-hardness of haptic interaction while maintaining stability is... Read More about Enhancing the rate-hardness of haptic interaction: Successive force augmentation approach.

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