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Kaveh Akbari Hamed

Dr. Kaveh Akbari Hamed
Dr. Kaveh Akbari Hamed
Office Location:
225 Goodwin Hall
635 Prices Fork Rd.
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department

Education

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2011
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2006
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Tabriz, 2004

 

Selected Papers

K. Akbari Hamed, J. Kim, and A. Pandala, ``Quadrupedal locomotion via event-based predictive control and QP-based virtual constraints,'' IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 4463-4470, July 2020. [html]

K. Akbari Hamed, V. R. Kamidi, W-L. Ma, A. Leonessa, and A. D. Ames, ``Hierarchical and safe motion control for cooperative locomotion of robotic guide dogs and humans: A hybrid systems approach,'' IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, pp. 56-63, September 2019. [html]

K. Akbari Hamed and R. D. Gregg, ``Decentralized event-based controllers for robust stabilization of hybrid periodic orbits: Application to underactuated 3D bipedal walking,'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 2266-2281, June 2019. [html

 

Selected Projects

Collaborative Research: Intelligent and Agile Robotic Legged Locomotion in Complex Environments: From Planning to Safety and Robust Control (PI: K. Akbari Hamed, Co-PI: A. D. Ames)

NRI: FND: COLLAB: Hierarchical, Safe, and Distributed Feedback Control of Multiagent Legged Robots for Cooperative Locomotion and Manipulation (PI: K. Akbari Hamed, Co-PI: A. D. Ames)

NRI: Decentralized Feedback Control Design for Cooperative Robotic Walking with Application to Powered Prosthetic Legs  (PI: K. Akbari Hamed, Co-PI: R. D. Gregg)