Research

General areas of robotics and controls; biomechatronics and bio-inspired robotics; robotic rehabilitation and virtual gait retraining; assistive devices and exoskeletons for walking; dynamics of walking for robots and biological systems; stability and effi ciency of biped
walking and passive dynamics walking; linear, nonlinear, and learning control theory; general mechatronic design process and simulation; advanced sensing and actuation technologies; robotic arm design and control; optimization methods for design and control.

Application

New rehabilitation technologies for post-stroke patients; assistive devices for people with walking disability and elderly; development and control of intelligent legged robots; biomedical robots; design and analysis of robotic systems for aerospace applications.

Activities

• Committee Member of International Conference on Robotics and Applications (2008-2011)
• Session Chair of IEEE Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics AIM (2010)
• Technical Program Member of International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications ICIRA (2011)
• Invited Speaker for Clarkson University, New York (2010)
• Invited Speaker for Elizabeth Bruyere Hospital, Ottawa (2011)

Journal Articles

M. Ahmadi, H. Michalska, and M. Buehler (2007), “Control and Stability Analysis of Limit Cycles in a Hopping Robot,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics 23(3): 553-563.
Conference Publications

R. Beranek, A. Morbi, and M. Ahmadi, “A Fuzzy Controller for Mobile Robots with Adjustable Length on Steep Sloping Terrains,” CSME, Jun 2008.

M. Ahmadi, A. Guigue, M. Gibeault, and F.C. Tang, “Mechatronic Design of Redundant Robotic Systems for Captive Trajectory Simulation Applications,” Control Applications, May 2008.

A. Guigue, M. Ahmadi, M.J.D. Hayes, and F.C. Tang, “A Dynamic Programming Approach to Redundancy Resolution with Multiple Criteria,” International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Apr 2007.