Selected Publications

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, E. Klingbeil, and and O. Khatib (2016), Adaptive Human-Inspired Compliant Contact Primitives to Perform Surface-Surface Contact under Uncertainty, The International Journal of Robotics Research.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and O. Khatib (2015), Learning Potential Functions from Human Demonstrations with Encapsulated Dynamic and Compliant Behaviors, Autonomous Robots.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2014), Learning Control Lyapunov Function to Ensure Stability of Dynamical System-based Robot Reaching Motions. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 62, num 6, p. 752-765.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2012), A Dynamical System Approach to Realtime Obstacle Avoidance, Autonomous Robots, vol. 32, num 4, p. 433-454.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2011), Learning Stable Non-Linear Dynamical Systems with Gaussian Mixture Models, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 27, num 5, p. 943-957.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh (2012), A Dynamical System-based Approach to Modeling Stable Robot Control Policies via Imitation Learning, PhD Thesis.


Thesis

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh (2012), A Dynamical System-based Approach to Modeling Stable Robot Control Policies via Imitation Learning, PhD Thesis.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh (2008), Vision-Based Controller for Autonomous Close Proximity Operations, MSc Thesis.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh (2005), Design of an Optimal Tracking Controller for Cruise Flight, BSc Thesis.


Journal Papers

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, E. Klingbeil, and and O. Khatib (2016), Adaptive Human-Inspired Compliant Contact Primitives to Perform Surface-Surface Contact under Uncertainty, The International Journal of Robotics Research.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and O. Khatib (2015), Learning Potential Functions from Human Demonstrations with Encapsulated Dynamic and Compliant Behaviors, Autonomous Robots.

K. Kronander, S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, and A. Billard (2015), Incremental Motion Learning with Locally Modulated Dynamical Systems, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 70, pp 52-62.

A. Lemme, Y. Meirovitch, S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, T. Flash, A. Billard, and J. J. Steil (2015), Open-source benchmarking for learned reaching motion generation in robotics, Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, vol. 6, num. 1, p. 30-41.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2014), Learning Control Lyapunov Function to Ensure Stability of Dynamical System-based Robot Reaching Motions, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 62, num 6., p. 752-765.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2012), A Dynamical System Approach to Realtime Obstacle Avoidance, Autonomous Robots, vol. 32, num. 4, p. 433-454.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, K. Kronander, and A. Billard (2012), Learning to Play Minigolf: A Dynamical System-based Approach, Advanced Robotics, vol. 26, num. 17, p. 1967-1993.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2011), Learning Stable Non-Linear Dynamical Systems with Gaussian Mixture Models, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 27, num. 5, p. 943-957.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and F. Saghafi (2011), Vision-Based Navigation in Autonomous Close Proximity Operations using Neural Networks, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 47, num. 2, p. 864-883.

E. Gribovskaya and S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2010), Learning Nonlinear Multivariate Dynamics of Motion in Robotic Manipulators, The International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 30, p. 1-37.


Workshop Organization

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, S. Menon, S. Chung, and O. Khatib (2015), Whole-Body Multi-Task Multi-Contact Humanoid Robots, IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Seoul, Korea.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, S. Calinon, D. Lee, and O. Khatib (2015), Compliant and Versatile Robot Control in Human Environments: Bridging the Gap between Learning and Control, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Seattle, USA.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, A. Lemme, Y. Meirovitch, B. Schrauwen, M. Giese, A. Ijspeert, A. Billard, and J. Steil (2015), Benchmarking of State-of-the-Art Algorithms in Generating Human- Like Robot Reaching Motions, IEEE International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Atlanta, USA.


Peer-reviewed Conference Papers

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, K. Kronander, and A. Billard (2014), Modeling robot discrete movements with state-varying stiffness and damping: A framework for integrated motion generation and impedance control, Proc. of Robotics: Science and Systems X (RSS 2014).

K. Kronander, S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, and A. Billard (2011), Learning to control planar hitting motions in a minigolf-like task, Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), p. 710-717, Received the JTSC Novel Technology Paper Award.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2010), Imitation learning of globally stable non-linear point-to-point robot motions using nonlinear programming, Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), p. 2676-2683.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2010), BM: An iterative algorithm to learn stable non-linear dynamical systems with Gaussian Mixture Models, Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), p. 2381-2388.

F. Saghafi, S. Pouya, and S.M. Khansari-Zadeh (2009), Intelligent Landing of Autonomous Aerial Vehicles Using Fuzzy Logic Control, Proceeding of IEEE Aerospace Conference.

F. Saghafi and S.M. Khansari-Zadeh (2008), Vision-Based Trajectory Tracking Controller for Autonomous Close Proximity Operations, Proceeding of IEEE Aerospace Conference.


Conference Workshops and Abstracts

K. Kronander, S.M. Khansari-Zadeh, and A. Billard (2014), Incremental Motion Learning with Gaussian Process Modulated Dynamical Systems, Electronic proc. of the Workshop on Learning Plans with Context From Human Signals, RSS 2014.

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2012), Realtime Avoidance of Fast Moving Objects: A Dynamical System-based Approach, Electronic proc. of the Workshop on Robot Motion Planning: Online, Reactive, and in Real-Time [IROS 2012].

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2011), Learning to Play Mini-Golf from Human Demonstration using Autonomous Dynamical Systems, Presented at International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML).

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2009), Learning and Control of UAV maneuvers Based on Demonstrations, Presented at Robotics Science and Systems (RSS).


Technical Reports

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2010), The derivatives of the SEDS optimization cost function and constraints with respect to the learning parameters, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.


Online Dataset

S.M. Khansari-Zadeh and A. Billard (2011), LASA Handwriting Dataset, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.