Publications

2025

Ergodic Imitation with Corrections: Learning from Implicit Information in Human Feedback.
J. Pang, Q. Anderson-Watson, and K. Fitzsimons
Transaction on Human-Machine Systems, 2025. PDF URL

Evaluating factors affecting the perception of multi-sensory vibration and skin-squeeze cues during voluntary movement.
Z. Logan, Q. Deitrick, and K. Fitzsimons
Transaction on Haptics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp.789-795, 2025. PDF URL

2023

Developing an affordable multi-course electronics kit for increased software and mechatronic literacy in mechanical engineering.
Z. Lu, H. Pangborn, and K. Fitzsimons
ASEE Zone 1 Conference, 2023. PDF URL

2022

Ergodic Shared Control: Closing the loop on pHRI based on information encoded in motion.
K. Fitzsimons and T. D. Murphey
ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, vol. 11, no. 4, pp.1-20, 2022. PDF

2021

Ergodic imitation: Learning from what to do and what not to do
A. Kalinowska, A. Prabhakar, K. Fitzsimons, and T. D. Murphey
IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 3648–3654, 2021. PDF

2020

Task-based hybrid shared control for training through forceful interaction
K. Fitzsimons, A. Kalinowska, J. Dewald, and T. D. Murphey
International Journal of Robotics Research, vol. 39, no. 9, pp. 1138-1154, 2020. PDF

Shoulder abduction loading affects motor coordination in individuals with chronic stroke, informing targeted rehabilitation
A. Kalinowska, K. Rudy, M. Schlafly, K. Fitzsimons, J. Dewald and T. D. Murphey
IEEE RAS/EMBS Int. Conf. on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2020. PDF

2019

Ergodicity reveals assistance and learning in physical human robot interaction
K. Fitzsimons, A. M. Acosta, J. Dewald, and T. D. Murphey
Science Robotics, vol. 4, no. 29, 2019.
For a video and a freely accessible link to the paper, click here.

Dynamical system segmentation for information measures in motion
T. Berrueta, A. Pervan, K. Fitzsimons, and T. D. Murphey
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 169–176, 2019. PDF

2018

Online user assessment for minimal intervention during task-based robotic assistance
A. Kalinowska, K. Fitzsimons, J. Dewald, and T. D. Murphey
Robotics: Science and Systems Proceedings, 2018. PDF

2016

Optimal human-in-the-loop interfaces based on Maxwell’s demon
K. Fitzsimons, E. Tzorakoleftherakis, and T. D. Murphey
American Controls Conf. (ACC), pp. 4397 – 4402, 2016. PDF