Lucas is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Auckland (New Zealand) and member of the New Dexterity research group. Lucas holds a MSc and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil). His research focuses on modelling, design, and control of adaptive, wearable exoskeleton gloves for rehabilitation and human augmentation.

Publications

J - Journal | C - Conference

2020 (6)

[#15 | J #4 | OPEN ACCESS | PDF]
Lucas Gerez, Geng Gao, Anany Dwivedi, and Minas Liarokapis, "A Hybrid Exoskeleton Glove Equipped with Variable Stiffness Joints, Abduction Capabilities, and a Telescopic Thumb," IEEE Access, 2020.

[#14 | C #11 | PDF | IROS #4]
Lucas Gerez, Geng Gao, Minas Liarokapis, "Laminar Jamming Flexure Joints for the Development of Variable Stiffness Robot Grippers and Hands," IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020.

[#13 | C #10 | PDF | IROS #3]
Waris Hasan, Lucas Gerez, and Minas Liarokapis, "Learning and Vision Based Object Identification and Contact Force Estimation with a Hyper-Adaptive Robotic Gripper," IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020.

[#12 | C #9 | PDF | ICRA #2]
Lucas Gerez, Anany Dwivedi, and Minas Liarokapis, "A Hybrid, Soft Exoskeleton Glove Equipped with a Telescopic Extra Thumb and Abduction Capabilities," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020.

[#11 | C #8 | PDF]
Lucas Gerez and Minas Liarokapis, "A Pneumatically Driven, Disposable, Soft Robotic Gripper Equipped with Retractable, Telescopic Fingers," IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 2020.

[#10 | C #7 | PDF]
Jiawei Meng, Lucas Gerez, Jayden Chapman, and Minas Liarokapis, "A Tendon-Driven, Preloaded, Pneumatically Actuated, Soft Robotic Gripper with a Telescopic Palm," IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, 2020.

2019 (8)

[#9 | J #3 | OPEN ACCESS | PDF]
Che-Ming Chang, Lucas Gerez, Nathan Elangovan, Agisilaos Zisimatos, and Minas Liarokapis, "On Alternative Uses of Structural Compliance for the Development of Adaptive Robot Grippers and Hands," Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2019.

[#8 | J #2 | PDF | RA-L #2 \ IROS #2]
Anany Dwivedi, Lucas Gerez, Waris Hasan, Chi-Hung Yang, and Minas Liarokapis, "A Soft Exoglove Equipped with a Wearable Muscle-Machine Interface Based on Forcemyography and Electromyography," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2019.

[#7 | J #1 | PDF | RA-L #1 \ ICRA #1]
L. Gerez, J. Chen, and M. Liarokapis, "On the Development of Adaptive, Tendon-Driven, Wearable Exo-Gloves for Grasping Capabilities Enhancement," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2019.

[#6 | C #6 | PDF]
Nathan Elangovan, Anany Dwivedi, Lucas Gerez, Che-Ming Chang, Minas Liarokapis, "Employing IMU and ArUco Marker Based Tracking to Decode the Contact Forces Exerted by Adaptive Hands," IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Toronto, Canada, 2019.

[#5 | C #5 | PDF]
Che-Ming Chang, Lucas Gerez, Nathan Elangovan, Agisilaos Zisimatos, and Minas Liarokapis, "Unconventional Uses of Structural Compliance in Adaptive Hands," IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN), New Delhi, India, 2019.

[#4 | C #4 | PDF | IROS #1]
Lucas Gerez, Geng Gao, and Minas Liarokapis, "Employing Magnets to Improve the Force Exertion Capabilities of Adaptive Robot Hands in Precision Grasps," IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macau, China, 2019.

[#3 | C #3 | PDF]
L. Gerez and M. Liarokapis, "An Underactuated, Tendon-Driven, Wearable Exo-Glove With a Four-Output Differential Mechanism," 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, Germany, 2019.

[#2 | C #2 | PDF]
G. Gao, L. Gerez, and M. Liarokapis, "Adaptive, Tendon-Driven, Affordable Prostheses for Partial Hand Amputations: On Body-powered and Motor Driven Implementations," 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, Germany, 2019.

2018 (1)

[#1 | C #1 | PDF]
Lucas Gerez and Minas Liarokapis, "A Compact Ratchet Clutch Mechanism for Fine Tendon Termination and Adjustment," IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Auckland, New Zealand, 2018.

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