Refereed Journal Articles

Aaron M. Dollar and Hugh Herr
Lower Extremity Exoskeletons and Active Orthoses: Challenges and State of the Art, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, special issue on Biorobotics, vol. 24(1), February 2008.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe
A Robust Compliant Grasper via Shape Deposition Manufacturing, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 11(2), pp.154-161, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe
Towards Grasping in Unstructured Environments: Grasper Compliance and Configuration Optimization, Advanced Robotics, vol. 19(5), pp. 523-543, 2005.

Refereed Conference Papers

Aaron M. Dollar and Hugh Herr
Design of a Quasi-Passive Knee Exoskeleton to Assist Running, proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2008).

Peter Deckers, Aaron M. Dollar, and Robert D. Howe
Guiding Grasping with Proprioception and Markov Models, proceedings of the Workshop on Robot Manipulation: Sensing and Adapting to the Real World, Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS), Atlanta, GA, June 30, 2007.

Aaron M. Dollar and Hugh Herr
Active Orthoses for the Lower Limbs: Challenges and State of the Art, proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Noordwijk, Netherlands, June 12-15, 2007.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe
The SDM Hand as a Prosthetic Terminal Device: A Feasibility Study, Winner of the Best Student Paper Award, proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Noordwijk, Netherlands, June 12-15, 2007.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe
Simple, Robust Autonomous Grasping in Unstructured Environments, proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 10-14, 2007.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe
Joint Coupling Design of Underactuated Grippers, proceedings of the ASME 30th Annual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 10-13, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe
Designing Robust Robotic Graspers for Unstructured Environments, proceedings of the Workshop on Manipulation for Human Environments, 2006 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference (RSS), Philadelphia, PA, Aug. 19, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar, Christopher R. Wagner, and Robert D. Howe
Embedded Sensors for Biomimetic Robotics via Shape Deposition Manufacturing, proceedings of the first IEEE / RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), selected for a single-track podium presentation, Pisa, Italy, Feb. 20-22, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar, Amy E. Kerdok, Solomon Gilbert Diamond, Paul M. Novotny, and Robert D. Howe
Starting on the Right Track: Introducing Students to Mechanical Engineering with a Project-Based Machine Design Course, Proceedings of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Mechanical Engineering Education Symposium, 2005.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe
Design and Evaluation of a Robust Compliant Grasper using Shape Deposition Manufacturing, Proceedings of the 2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), Robotics panel of the Dynamic Systems and Control Division, 2005.

Aaron M. Dollar and R.D. Howe
Towards Grasping in Unstructured Environments: Optimization of Grasper Compliance and Configuration, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003), Las Vegas, NV, October 27-31, 2003.

Other Publications

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe
Simple, Robust Autonomous Grasping in Unstructured Environments, proceedings of the Workshop on Contact Interface in Robotic Manipulation, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Rome, Italy, April 14, 2007.

Aaron M. Dollar
Design Principles for Robust Grasping in Unstructured Environments, Ph.D. Dissertation, Harvard University, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, October, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar
A Robust Robotic Hand for Unstructured Environments, First Place, 2006 ASME Student Mechanism Design Competition, Graduate Division, 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 10-13, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar and Daniela Rus
Teaching Robotics Everywhere: Spotlight on the Robotics Curriculum Clearinghouse, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Education Editorial Column, vol. 13(2), pp. 7-8, 2006.

Aaron M. Dollar and Robert D. Howe
Passive Compliant Grasping for Unstructured Environments (poster), Workshop on Humanoid Manipulation, Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, Cambridge, MA, June 2005.

Aaron M. Dollar
Arthropod Grasping and Manipulation: A Literature Review, Harvard BioRobotics Laboratory Technical Report, April 5, 2001.

Aaron M. Dollar
The Effect of Load Carrying on the Speed of Locomotion in Arthropods and a Biomimetic Arthropod Robot, Harvard BioRobotics Laboratory Technical Report, May 23, 2001.

Aaron M. Dollar
A Comparison of the Force Dynamics of the Precision Grip of Humans and Robots, Harvard BioRobotics Laboratory Technical Report, January 17, 2001.

Aaron M. Dollar
Mental Processes during a Quadrilateral Folding Task, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, May 2000.