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Rajni V. Patel is affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Engineering, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering and related subfields including Neurology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their work covers a range of main research topics which include:

  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
  • Soft Robotics and Applications
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Surgical Simulation and Training
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders

Rajni V. Patel has published research in several prominent venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Robotics and AI
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Rajni V. Patel are:

  • Haptic Feedback and Force-Based Teleoperation in Surgical Robotics, 2022, Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Robotics and AI for Teleoperation, Tele-Assessment, and Tele-Training for Surgery in the Era of COVID-19: Existing Challenges, and Future Vision, 2021, Frontiers in Robotics and AI
  • A Multi-Functional Lower- and Upper-Limb Stroke Rehabilitation Robot, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
  • Intraoperative Localization of STN During DBS Surgery Using a Data-Driven Model, 2020, IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
  • PHTNet: Characterization and Deep Mining of Involuntary Pathological Hand Tremor using Recurrent Neural Network Models, 2020, Scientific Reports

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • S. Farokh Atashzar
  • Mandar Jog
  • Navid Feizi
  • Christopher M. Schlachta
  • Jagadeesan Jayender

Best Publications

  • Medical robotics—Regulatory, ethical, and legal considerations for increasing levels of autonomy

    Guang Zhong Yang;James Cambias;Kevin Cleary;Eric Daimler

  • Quantitative measures of robustness for multivariable systems

    R. V. Patel;M. Toda

  • A stable neural network-based observer with application to flexible-joint manipulators

    F. Abdollahi;H.A. Talebi;R.V. Patel

  • Curvature, Torsion, and Force Sensing in Continuum Robots Using Helically Wrapped FBG Sensors

    Ran Xu;Aaron Yurkewich;Rajni V. Patel

  • Robustness of linear quadratic state feedback designs in the presence of system uncertainty

    R. Patel;M. Toda;B. Sridhar

  • A layered goal-oriented fuzzy motion planning strategy for mobile robot navigation

    Xiaoyu Yang;M. Moallem;R.V. Patel

  • Modeling and Control of Shape Memory Alloy Actuators

    J. Jayender;R.V. Patel;S. Nikumb;M. Ostojic

  • Haptic interaction in robot-assisted endoscopic surgery: a sensorized end-effector.

    Mahdi Tavakoli;Rajni Patel;Mehrdad Moallem

  • Modified Newton's method applied to potential field-based navigation for mobile robots

    Jing Ren;K.A. McIsaac;R.V. Patel

  • Minimization of needle deflection in robot‐assisted percutaneous therapy

    Niki Abolhassani;Rajni V. Patel;Farzam Ayazi

  • High-Fidelity Bilateral Teleoperation Systems and the Effect of Multimodal Haptics

    M. Tavakoli;A. Aziminejad;R.V. Patel;M. Moallem

  • A force reflective master-slave system for minimally invasive surgery

    M. Tavakoli;R.V. Patel;M. Moallem

  • Application of a radial basis function (RBF) neural network for fault diagnosis in a HVDC system

    K.G. Narendra;V.K. Sood;K. Khorasani;R. Patel

  • Transparent Time-Delayed Bilateral Teleoperation Using Wave Variables

    A. Aziminejad;M. Tavakoli;R.V. Patel;M. Moallem

  • Fault identification in an AC-DC transmission system using neural networks

    N. Kandil;V.K. Sood;K. Khorasani;R.V. Patel

  • Robot-assisted Tactile Sensing for Minimally Invasive Tumor Localization

    A.L. Trejos;J. Jayender;M.T. Perri;M.D. Naish

  • Friction Identification and Compensation in Robotic Manipulators

    M.R. Kermani;R.V. Patel;M. Moallem

  • Autonomous Image-Guided Robot-Assisted Active Catheter Insertion

    J. Jayender;M. Azizian;R.V. Patel

  • On norm bounds for algebraic Riccati and Lyapunov equations

    R. Patel;M. Toda

  • Dynamic 3-D Virtual Fixtures for Minimally Invasive Beating Heart Procedures

    Jing Ren;R.V. Patel;K.A. McIsaac;G. Guiraudon

Frequent Co-Authors

Mehrdad Moallem
Mehrdad Moallem Simon Fraser University
Heidar Ali Talebi
Heidar Ali Talebi Amirkabir University of Technology
Mahdi Tavakoli
Mahdi Tavakoli University of Alberta
Khashayar Khorasani
Khashayar Khorasani Concordia University
Jorge Angeles
Jorge Angeles McGill University
Alexander G. Ivanov
Alexander G. Ivanov University of Western Ontario
Nabil Simaan
Nabil Simaan Vanderbilt University
Norman P. A. Huner
Norman P. A. Huner University of Western Ontario
Shuhui Sun
Shuhui Sun Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Xiangbo Meng
Xiangbo Meng University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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