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Joseph Micah Prendergast

5 accepted papers

2026

Fitts' List Revisited: An Empirical Study on Function Allocation in a Two-Agent Physical Human-Robot Collaborative Position/Force Task

RA-L 2026

In this letter, we investigate whether classical function allocation—the principle of assigning tasks to either a human or a machine—holds for physical Human-Robot Collaboration, which is important for providing insights for Industry 5.0 to guide how to best augment rather than replace workers. This

Cited by 2SourceScholar
2023

Robotic Skill Mutation in Robot-to-Robot Propagation During a Physically Collaborative Sawing Task

RA-L 2023

Skill propagation among robots without human involvement can be crucial in quickly spreading new physical skills to many robots. In this respect, it is a good alternative to pure reinforcement learning, which can be time-consuming, or learning from human demonstration, which requires human involveme

Cited by 2SourceScholar
2021

Biomechanics Aware Collaborative Robot System for Delivery of Safe Physical Therapy in Shoulder Rehabilitation

RA-L 2021

In this work, we explore using computational musculoskeletal modeling to equip an industrial collaborative robot with awareness of the internal state of a patient to safely deliver physical therapy. A major concern of robot-mediated physical therapy is that robots may unwittingly injure patients. Fo

Cited by 27SourceScholar
2018

A Modular Endoscopy Simulation Apparatus (MESA) for Robotic Medical Device Sensing and Control Validation

RA-L 2018

Much of ongoing robotic endoscope research is focused on locomotion, with only limited exploration into feedback control and autonomy in the unconventional and dynamic in vivo environment. This letter presents a modular endoscopy simulation apparatus (MESA) to quickly, affordably, and repeatedly tes

Cited by 11SourceScholar
2018

A Platform for Developing Robotic Navigation Strategies in a Deformable, Dynamic Environment

RA-L 2018

While in vivo robotic locomotion has demonstrated its potential through a number of means, sensing and closed-loop control for such devices have not been at the forefront of research. By enabling real-time navigation, capsule endoscopy could transform from passive capsule endoscopes (CEs) and remote

Cited by 19SourceScholar