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37
Citations
6015
World Ranking
2369
National Ranking
854

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Thomas G. Sugar is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Medicine, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering and Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy, and Rehabilitation within those domains.

Themes prominent in their work include Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics, Muscle Activation and Electromyography Studies, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, as well as Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation research. Other topics covered include Spinal Cord Injury Research, Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications, and Dielectric Materials and Actuators.

They have published multiple papers in peer-reviewed venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • A robust phase oscillator design for wearable robotic systems (2020) in Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • Origami-Inspired Wearable Robot for Trunk Support (2022) in IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • Multi-tasking deteriorates trunk movement control during and after obstacle avoidance (2022) in Human Movement Science
  • Current State, Needs, and Opportunities for Wearable Robots in Military Medical Rehabilitation and Force Protection (2024) in Actuators
  • From homo sapiens to homo superior? Wearable robotics as the platform for transhumanist marketing (2023) in Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

Frequent publication venues for Thomas G. Sugar include Human Movement Science, International Robotics & Automation Journal, Actuators, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, and IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.

Repeated collaborations have been established with several co-authors, notably:

  • Sangram Redkar
  • Kevin W. Hollander
  • Hyunglae Lee
  • W. Brandon Martin
  • Sandesh G. Bhat

Their expertise intersects with fields of study emphasizing rehabilitation technologies, with a record of contributions in related multidisciplinary areas including surgery and cognitive neuroscience.

Thomas G. Sugar has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since 2015.

Best Publications

  • Compliant actuator designs

    R. Ham;T. Sugar;B. Vanderborght;K. Hollander

  • Design and Control of RUPERT: A Device for Robotic Upper Extremity Repetitive Therapy

    T.G. Sugar;Jiping He;E.J. Koeneman;J.B. Koeneman

  • SPARKy 3: Design of an active robotic ankle prosthesis with two actuated degrees of freedom using regenerative kinetics

    R.D. Bellman;M.A. Holgate;T.G. Sugar

  • An Active Foot-Ankle Prosthesis With Biomechanical Energy Regeneration

    Joseph K. Hitt;Thomas G. Sugar;Matthew Holgate;Ryan Bellman

  • Control of cooperating mobile manipulators

    T.G. Sugar;V. Kumar

  • An efficient robotic tendon for gait assistance.

    Kevin W. Hollander;Robert Ilg;Thomas G. Sugar;Donald Herring

  • Adjustable robotic tendon using a 'Jack Spring'/spl trade/

    K.W. Hollander;T.G. Sugar;D.E. Herring

  • An architecture for tightly coupled multi-robot cooperation

    L. Chaimowicz;T. Sugar;V. Kumar;M.F.M. Campos

  • Comparison of Mechanical Design and Energy Consumption of Adaptable, Passive-compliant Actuators

    Bram Vanderborght;Ronald Van Ham;Dirk Lefeber;Thomas G. Sugar

  • Robotic transtibial prosthesis with biomechanical energy regeneration

    Joseph Hitt;Thomas Sugar;Matthew A. Holgate;Ryan Bellman

  • A novel control algorithm for wearable robotics using phase plane invariants

    Matthew A. Holgate;Thomas G. Sugar;Alexander W. Bohler

  • Decentralized control of cooperating mobile manipulators

    T. Sugar;V. Kumar

  • The SPARKy (Spring Ankle With Regenerative Kinetics) Project: Design and Analysis of a Robotic Transtibial Prosthesis With Regenerative Kinetics

    Joseph K. Hitt;Ryan Bellman;Matthew Holgate;Thomas G. Sugar

  • Design of a Robotic Gait Trainer using Spring Over Muscle Actuators for Ankle Stroke Rehabilitation

    Kartik Bharadwaj;Thomas G. Sugar;James B. Koeneman;Edward J. Koeneman

  • Design, implementation and test results of a robust control method for a powered ankle foot orthosis (AFO)

    A.W. Boehler;K.W. Hollander;T.G. Sugar;Dosun Shin

  • The SPARKy (Spring Ankle with Regenerative kinetics) project: Choosing a DC motor based actuation method

    M.A. Holgate;J.K. Hitt;R.D. Bellman;T.G. Sugar

  • Dynamically Controlled Ankle-Foot Orthosis (DCO) with Regenerative Kinetics: Incrementally Attaining User Portability

    J. Hitt;A.M. Oymagil;T. Sugar;K. Hollander

  • A novel selective compliant actuator

    Thomas G. Sugar

  • Control algorithms for ankle robots: A reflection on the state-of-the-art and presentation of two novel algorithms

    M.A. Holgate;A.W. Bohler;T.G. Sugar

  • A powered prosthetic ankle joint for walking and running.

    Martin Grimmer;Matthew Holgate;Robert Holgate;Alexaander Boehler

  • Decentralized control of cooperating mobile manipulators

    T. G. Sugar

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiping He
Jiping He Beijing Institute of Technology
Bram Vanderborght
Bram Vanderborght Vrije Universiteit Brussel
George Wolf
George Wolf University of California, Berkeley
Jaydev P. Desai
Jaydev P. Desai Georgia Institute of Technology
Dirk Lefeber
Dirk Lefeber Radboud University
Xiaoping Yun
Xiaoping Yun Naval Postgraduate School
Nicola Vitiello
Nicola Vitiello Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
Alain Berthoz
Alain Berthoz Collège de France
Clark C. Presson
Clark C. Presson Arizona State University
Yasuhisa Hasegawa
Yasuhisa Hasegawa Nagoya University

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