Francisco J. Valero Cuevas

61 papers A* 1A 3B 1C 3Journal 40Unranked 12

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	J	`jnl`	Hardware Implementation of a Zero-Prior-Knowledge Approach to Lifelong Learning in Kinematic Control of Tendon-Driven Quadrupeds. CoRR Hesam Azadjou, Suraj Chakravarthi Raja, Ali Marjaninejad, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2024	J	`jnl`	Brain-Body-Task Co-Adaptation can Improve Autonomous Learning and Speed of Bipedal Walking. CoRR Darío Urbina-Meléndez, Hesam Azadjou, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2024	J	`jnl`	Curriculum Is More Influential Than Haptic Information During Reinforcement Learning of Object Manipulation Against Gravity. CoRR Pegah Ojaghi, Romina Mir, Ali Marjaninejad, Andrew Erwin, Michael Wehner, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2024	—	`conf`	Curriculum Learning Influences the Emergence of Different Learning Trends. Humanoids Romina Mir, Pegah Ojaghi, Andrew Erwin, Ali Marjaninejad, Michael Wehner, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2024	—	`conf`	Model-agnostic Bio-inspired Autonomous Lifelong-learning of Kinematic Control in Tendon-driven Quadruped Robots. BioRob Ali Marjaninejad, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2023	J	`jnl`	Dynamical Analyses Show That Professional Archers Exhibit Tighter, Finer and More Fluid Dynamical Control Than Neophytes. Entropy Hesam Azadjou, Michalina Blazkiewicz, Andrew Erwin, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2022	J	`jnl`	Bio-robots step towards brain-body co-adaptation. Nat. Mac. Intell. Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Andrew Erwin
2022	J	`jnl`	Biological underpinnings for lifelong learning machines. Nat. Mach. Intell. Dhireesha Kudithipudi, Mario Aguilar-Simon, Jonathan Babb, Maxim Bazhenov, Douglas Blackiston, Josh C. Bongard, Andrew P. Brna, Suraj Chakravarthi Raja, Nick Cheney, Jeff Clune, Anurag Reddy Daram, Stefano Fusi, Peter Helfer, Leslie Kay, Nicholas Ketz, Zsolt Kira, Soheil Kolouri, Jeffrey L. Krichmar, Sam Kriegman, Michael Levin, Sandeep Madireddy, Santosh Manicka, Ali Marjaninejad, Bruce McNaughton, Risto Miikkulainen, Zaneta Navratilova, Tej Pandit, Alice Parker, Praveen K. Pilly, Sebastian Risi, Terrence J. Sejnowski, Andrea Soltoggio, Nicholas Soures, Andreas S. Tolias, Darío Urbina-Meléndez, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Gido M. van de Ven, Joshua T. Vogelstein, Felix Wang, Ron Weiss, Angel Yanguas-Gil, Xinyun Zou, Hava T. Siegelmann
2021	—	`conf`	Data-efficient Causal Decoding of Spiking Neural Activity using Weighted Voting. EMBC Ali Marjaninejad, Christian Klaes, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2021	—	`conf`	Estimating Center of Pressure of a Bipedal Mechanism Using a Proprioceptive Artificial Skin around its Ankles. EMBC Darío Urbina-Meléndez, Jiaoran Wang, Daniel Wang, Ali Marjaninejad, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2021	J	`jnl`	Force variability is mostly not motor noise: Theoretical implications for motor control. PLoS Comput. Biol. Akira Nagamori, Christopher M. Laine, Gerald E. Loeb, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2021	J	`jnl`	insideOut: A Bio-Inspired Machine Learning Approach to Estimating Posture in Robots Driven by Compliant Tendons. Frontiers Neurorobotics Daniel A. Hagen, Ali Marjaninejad, Gerald E. Loeb, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2020	A	`conf`	A Bio-Inspired Framework for Joint Angle Estimation from Non-Collocated Sensors in Tendon-driven Systems. IROS Daniel A. Hagen, Ali Marjaninejad, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2020	—	`conf`	Autonomous Control of a Tendon-driven Robotic Limb with Elastic Elements Reveals that Added Elasticity can Enhance Learning. EMBC Ali Marjaninejad, Jie Tan, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2020	—	`conf`	Sampling-Based Nonlinear Stochastic Optimal Control for Neuromechanical Systems. EMBC Emily A. Reed, Marcus A. Pereira, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Evangelos A. Theodorou
2020	C	`conf`	Sensory-Motor Gestalt: Sensation and Action as the Foundations of Identity, Agency, and Self. ALIFE Jasmine A. Berry, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2020	—	`conf`	Simple Kinematic Feedback Enhances Autonomous Learning in Bio-Inspired Tendon-Driven Systems. EMBC Ali Marjaninejad, Darío Urbina-Meléndez, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2020	J	`jnl`	The utility of tactile force to autonomous learning of in-hand manipulation is task-dependent. CoRR Romina Mir, Ali Marjaninejad, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2019	J	`jnl`	Autonomous Control of a Tendon-driven Robotic Limb with Elastic Elements Reveals that Added Elasticity can Enhance Learning. CoRR Ali Marjaninejad, Jie Tan, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2019	J	`jnl`	Autonomous functional movements in a tendon-driven limb via limited experience. Nat. Mach. Intell. Ali Marjaninejad, Darío Urbina-Meléndez, Brian A. Cohn, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2019	J	`jnl`	Editorial: Neuromechanics and Control of Physical Behavior: From Experimental and Computational Formulations to Bio-inspired Technologies. Frontiers Comput. Neurosci. Manish N. Sreenivasa, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Matthew Tresch, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Alfred C. Schouten, Massimo Sartori
2019	J	`jnl`	Simple Kinematic Feedback Enhances Autonomous Learning in Bio-Inspired Tendon-Driven Systems. CoRR Ali Marjaninejad, Darío Urbina-Meléndez, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2018	J	`jnl`	A Physical Model Suggests That Hip-Localized Balance Sense in Birds Improves State Estimation in Perching: Implications for Bipedal Robots. Frontiers Robotics AI Darío Urbina-Meléndez, Kian Jalaleddini, Monica A. Daley, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2018	—	`conf`	An Analytical Approach to Posture-Dependent Muscle Force and Muscle Activation Patterns. EMBC Ali Marjaninejad, Jasmine A. Berry, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2018	J	`jnl`	Autonomous Functional Locomotion in a Tendon-Driven Limb via Limited Experience. CoRR Ali Marjaninejad, Darío Urbina-Meléndez, Brian A. Cohn, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2018	J	`jnl`	Cardinal features of involuntary force variability can arise from the closed-loop control of viscoelastic afferented muscles. PLoS Comput. Biol. Akira Nagamori, Christopher M. Laine, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2018	J	`jnl`	Feasibility Theory Reconciles and Informs Alternative Approaches to Neuromuscular Control. Frontiers Comput. Neurosci. Brian A. Cohn, May Szedlák, Bernd Gärtner, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2018	—	`conf`	Model-Free Control of Movement in a Tendon-Driven Limb via a Modified Genetic Algorithm. EMBC Ali Marjaninejad, Rohit Annigeri, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2018	J	`jnl`	Quantifying and attenuating pathologic tremor in virtual reality. CoRR Brian A. Cohn, Dilan D. Shah, Ali Marjaninejad, Martin Shapiro, Serhan Ulkumen, Christopher M. Laine, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Kenneth H. Hayashida, Sarah Ingersoll
2017	J	`jnl`	Beta Band Corticomuscular Drive Reflects Muscle Coordination Strategies. Frontiers Comput. Neurosci. Alexander Reyes, Christopher M. Laine, Jason J. Kutch, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2017	—	`conf`	Finger movements are mainly represented by a linear transformation of energy in band-specific ECoG signals. EMBC Ali Marjaninejad, Babak Taherian, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2017	J	`jnl`	Forearm Flexor Muscles in Children with Cerebral Palsy Are Weak, Thin and Stiff. Frontiers Comput. Neurosci. Ferdinand von Walden, Kian Jalaleddini, Björn Evertsson, Johanna Friberg, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Eva Pontén
2017	J	`jnl`	On Neuromechanical Approaches for the Study of Biological Grasp and Manipulation. CoRR Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Marco Santello
2017	J	`jnl`	Shapechanger: Environments for Transfer Learning. CoRR Sébastien M. R. Arnold, Tsam Kiu Pun, Théo-Tim J. Denisart, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2017	B	`conf`	The neural control of movement must contend with trajectory-specific and nonlinearly distorted manifolds of afferent muscle spindle activity. IJCNN Jasmine A. Berry, Robert Ritter, Akira Nagamori, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2016	J	`jnl`	Muscle Synergies Heavily Influence the Neural Control of Arm Endpoint Stiffness and Energy Consumption. PLoS Comput. Biol. Joshua M. Inouye, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2016	—	`conf`	Should Anthropomorphic Systems be "Redundant"? Biomechanics of Anthropomorphic Systems Ali Marjaninejad, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2016	J	`jnl`	Slow Movements of Bio-Inspired Limbs. J. Nonlinear Sci. Sarine Babikian, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Eva Kanso
2016	J	`jnl`	The Dynamics of Voluntary Force Production in Afferented Muscle Influence Involuntary Tremor. Frontiers Comput. Neurosci. Christopher M. Laine, Akira Nagamori, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2014	J	`jnl`	Anthropomorphic tendon-driven robotic hands can exceed human grasping capabilities following optimization. Int. J. Robotics Res. Joshua M. Inouye, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2014	—	`ch.`	Optimizing the Topology of Tendon-Driven Fingers: Rationale, Predictions and Implementation. The Human Hand as an Inspiration for Robot Hand Development Joshua M. Inouye, Jason J. Kutch, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2013	—	`conf`	Capacity of small groups of muscles to accomplish precision grasping tasks. EMBC Joseph D. Towles, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Vincent R. Hentz
2013	J	`jnl`	Spatio-temporal analysis reveals active control of both task-relevant and task-irrelevant variables. Frontiers Comput. Neurosci. Kornelius Rácz, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2012	J	`jnl`	A Novel Synthesis of Computational Approaches Enables Optimization of Grasp Quality of Tendon-Driven Hands. IEEE Trans. Robotics Joshua M. Inouye, Jason J. Kutch, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2012	J	`jnl`	Challenges and New Approaches to Proving the Existence of Muscle Synergies of Neural Origin. PLoS Comput. Biol. Jason J. Kutch, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2012	J	`jnl`	Extrapolatable Analytical Functions for Tendon Excursions and Moment Arms From Sparse Datasets. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. Manish U. Kurse, Hod Lipson, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2012	J	`jnl`	Functional Inference of Complex Anatomical Tendinous Networks at a Macroscopic Scale via Sparse Experimentation. PLoS Comput. Biol. Anupam Saxena, Hod Lipson, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2011	C	`conf`	Neuromuscular stochastic optimal control of a tendon driven index finger model. ACC Evangelos A. Theodorou, Emanuel Todorov, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2010	J	`jnl`	Slower Visuomotor Corrections with Unchanged Latency are Consistent with Optimal Adaptation to Increased Endogenous Noise in the Elderly. PLoS Comput. Biol. Michael Sherback, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Raffaello D'Andrea
2009	J	`jnl`	Improving the Fitness of High-Dimensional Biomechanical Models via Data-Driven Stochastic Exploration. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. Veronica J. Santos, Carlos D. Bustamante, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2009	C	`conf`	Linear quadratic optimal control of contact transition with fingertip. ACC Weiwei Li, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2008	J	`jnl`	Epoch length to accurately estimate the amplitude of interference EMG is likely the result of unavoidable amplitude cancellation. Biomed. Signal Process. Control. Kevin G. Keenan, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2008	J	`jnl`	Estimating Effective Degrees of Freedom in Motor Systems. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. Robert H. Clewley, John M. Guckenheimer, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2007	J	`jnl`	Beyond Parameter Estimation: Extending Biomechanical Modeling by the Explicit Exploration of Model Topology. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Vikrant V. Anand, Anupam Saxena, Hod Lipson
2007	A	`conf`	Growing form-filling tensegrity structures using map L-systems. GECCO John Rieffel, Hod Lipson, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2007	J	`jnl`	The Tendon Network of the Fingers Performs Anatomical Computation at a Macroscopic Scale. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Jae-Woong Yi, Daniel Brown, Robert V. McNamara, Chandana Paul, Hod Lipson
2006	J	`jnl`	Design and control of tensegrity robots for locomotion. IEEE Trans. Robotics Chandana Paul, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas, Hod Lipson
2006	J	`jnl`	Reported anatomical variability naturally leads to multimodal distributions of Denavit-Hartenberg parameters for the human thumb. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng. Veronica J. Santos, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2005	A	`conf`	Evolutionary form-finding of tensegrity structures. GECCO Chandana Paul, Hod Lipson, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2005	J	`jnl`	From robotic hands to human hands: a visualization and simulation engine for grasping research. Ind. Robot Andrew T. Miller, Peter K. Allen, Veronica J. Santos, Francisco J. Valero Cuevas
2000	A*	`conf`	Applying Principles of Robotics to Understand the Biomechanics, Neuromuscular Control and Clinical Rehabilitation of Human Digits. ICRA Francisco J. Valero Cuevas