Journal publications
[2025] Nourhan Abdulazeem, Yue Hu,"Exploring the Impact of Robots’ Facial Emotional Expressions on Physical Exercise Across Different Age Groups",International Journal of Social Robotics, 1-21. .
2025Nourhan Abdulazeem, Nils Sichert, Ji Yuan Feng, Yue Hu, “Quantifying Human Mental State in Interactive pHRI: Maintaining Balancing”, IEEE-RAS Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 10 (3), pages 2958 - 2965.
2025Anas Mahdi, Zonghao Dong, Jonathan Lin, Yue Hu , Yasuhisa Hirata, Katja Mombaur , "Real-time Sit-to-Stand Phase Classification with a Mobile Assistive Robot From Close Proximity Utilizing 3D Visual Skeleton Recognition", IEEE-RAS Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L),10 (3), pages 2160 - 2167. .
[2024] Geoffrey Hanks, Gentiane Venture, Yue Hu, "Comparing Skill Transfer Between Full Demonstrations and Segmented Sub-Tasks for Neural Dynamic Motion Primitives". Machines, 12(12), 872.
[2024] Naoko Abe, Yue Hu, Mehdi Benallegue,Natsuki Yamanobe,Gentiane Venture,Eiichi Yoshida. "Human Understanding and Perception of Unanticipated Robot Action in the Context of Physical Interaction".ACMTransactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI). (accepted, )
[2023] Nourhan Abdulazeem, Yue Hu. "Human Factors Considerations for Quantifiable Human States in Physical Human-Robot Interaction: A Literature Review". InSpecial Issue "Robotic Contact with the Human Body in Physical Human–Robot Interaction", MDPI Sensors.
[2023] Patrick M Wensing, Michael Posa, Yue Hu, Adrien Escande, Nicolas Mansard, Andrea Del Prete. "Optimization-Based Control for Dynamic Legged Robots". IEEE-RAS Transaction on Robotics (T-RO). .
[2022] Yue Hu,Naoko Abe,Mehdi Benallegue,Natsuki Yamanobe,Gentiane Venture,Eiichi Yoshida. "Toward Active Physical Human–Robot Interaction: Quantifying the Human State During Interactions". InIEEE Transaction on Human-Machine Systems (THMS).
[2020] Yue Hu,Mehdi Benallegue,Gentiane Venture,Eiichi Yoshida. "Interact with me: an Exploratory Study on Interaction Factors for Active Physical Human-Robot Interaction". InIEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L).
[2020] Giulio Romualdi,Stefano Dafarra,Yue Hu,Prashanth Ramadoss,Francisco Javier Andrade Chavez,Silvio Traversaro,Daniele Pucci. "A Benchmarking of DCM-Based Architectures for Position, Velocity and Torque-Controlled Humanoid Robots". In International Journal of Humanoid Robots (IJHR).
[2018] Debora Clever,Yue Hu,Katja Mombaur. "Humanoid gait generation in complex environments based on template models and optimality principles learned from human beings". InInternational Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR).
[2018] Yue Hu,Katja Mombaur. "Bio-Inspired Optimal Control Framework to Generate Walking Motions for the Humanoid Robot iCub Using Whole Body Models". In MDPIApplied Sciences.
Conference publications
2025Siméon Capy, Thomas M. Kwok, Kevin Joseph, Yuichiro Kawasumi, Koichi Nagashima, Tomoya Sasaki, Yue Hu, Eiichi Yoshida,"From Canada to Japan: How 10,000 km Affect User Perception in Robot Teleoperation",IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids).
[2025] Jeffrey Lee, Teresa Marotta, Stewart McLachlin, Alexander Wong, Yue Hu,"VAISI: Vision-Based Adaptive Impedance-Control for Surgical Incisions", IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids).
[2025] JaeEun Shin, Amr Hamdi, Bella An, Yue Hu, Leah Zhang-Kennedy,"Toward Safe Interaction with Social Robots: Children and Parents’ Mental Models of Security and Privacy in Humanoid Social Robots",International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR)
[2025] Jeffrey Lee, Alexander Wong, Yue Hu,"VAIRO: A Vision-Based Adaptive Impedance-Control Robotic Framework",IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).
[2025] Thomas M. Kwok, Jiaan Li, Yue Hu,"Leveraging GCN-based Action Recognition for Teleoperation in Daily Activity Assistance",IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).
[2025] Kevin Joseph, Yue Hu,"Gaze to Grasp: Grasping Assistance for Teleoperation", IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).
2025Cheng Tang, Diogo Barradas, Urs Hengartner, Yue Hu,"Evaluating Privacy Implications of Robot Arms: Fingerprinting Joint-Level Controllers",International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES).
[2025] Anas Mahdi, Zonghao Dong, Yue Hu, Yasuhisa Hirata, Katja Mombaur, "Dual-Module Vision-Based Framework for Close-Proximity Real-Time Fall Detection",International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC).
[2025] Cheng Tang, Diogo Barradas, Urs Hengartner, Yue Hu, "Uncovering Robot Joint-Level Controller Actions with Encrypted Network Traffic Analysis",IFIP International Conference on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection, pp 121-135.
[2024]Victoria Yang, Yue Hu, Kerstin Dautenhahn, "Towards Robot-Assisted Learning for Refugee Children and their Families - Interviews with Professionals", International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR).
[2024]Anas Mahdi, Zonghao Dong, Yue Hu, Yasuhisa Hirata, Katja Mombaur, "Enabling Safe Sit-to-Stand Support With Mobile Robots: 3D Visual Pose Estimation in Close Quarters and Support Adaptation", International Conference on Neurorehabilitation (ICNR2024)
[2023] Nourhan Abudlazeem, Yue Hu. "The Impact of Robots’ Facial Emotional Expressions on Light Physical Exercises".International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR).Best Paper Award.
[2023] Cheng Tang, Y. Feng, Yue Hu. "RoboSync: Efficient Real-Time Operating System for Social Robots with Customizable Behaviour". International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR).
[2021] Marie Yamamoto,Yue Hu,Enrique Coronado,Gentiane Venture. "Impression evaluation of robot’s behavior when assisting humans in a cooking task". InIEEE RO-MAN.
[2021] Yue Hu,Naoko Abe,Mehdi Benallegue,Natsuki Yamanobe,Gentiane Venture,Eiichi Yoshida. "Active Physical Human-Robot Interaction: an experiment towards quantifying human interactions". In3rd International Jc-IFToMM Symposium.
[2019] Mohamed Elobaid,Giulio Romualdi,Yue Hu,Stefano Dafarra,Jan Babic,Daniele Pucci. "Telexistence and teleoperation for walking humanoid robots". InSAI Intelligent Systems Conference.
[2018] Giulio Romualdi,Stefano Dafarra,Yue Hu,Daniele Pucci. "A Benchmarking of DCM Based Architectures for Position and Velocity Controlled Walking of Humanoid Robots". InIEEE-RAS Humanoids.
[2017] Yue Hu,Katja Mombaur. "Optimal control based push recovery strategy for the iCub humanoid robot with series elastic actuators". InIEEE/RSJ IROS.
[2017] Kevin Stein,Yue Hu,Manuel Kudruss,Maximilien Naveau,Katja Mombaur. "Closed loop control of walking motions with adaptive choice of directions for the iCub humanoid robot". InIEEE-RAS Humanoids.
[2017] Yue Hu,Katja Mombaur. "Influence of compliance modulation on human locomotion". InIEEE ICRA.
[2016] Yue Hu,Jorhabib Eljaik,Kevin Stein,Francesco Nori,Katja Mombaur. "Walking of the iCub humanoid robot in different scenarios: Implementation and performance analysis". InIEEE-RAS Humanoids.
[2016] Yue Hu,Katja Mombaur. "Analysis of human leg joints compliance in different walking scenarios with an optimal control approach". InIEEE ICRA.
[2016] Yue Hu,Francesco Nori,Katja Mombaur. "Squat motion generation for the humanoid robot iCub with Series Elastic Actuators". InIEEE-EMBS BioRob.
[2015] Stephane Caro,Damien Chablat,Yue Hu. "Algorithm for the Actuation Mode Selection of the Parallel Manipulator NAVARO". In38th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference.
[2014] Yue Hu,Martin Felis,Katja Mombaur. "Compliance analysis of human leg joints in level ground walking with an optimal control approach". InIEEE-RAS Humanoids.
Book chapters
[2017] Katja Mombaur,Heike Vallery,Yue Hu,et al.. "Control of Motion and Compliance". InBioinspired Legged Locomotion.
Extended abstracts
[2025] Jeffrey Lee, Teresa Marotta, Stewart McLachlin, Alexander Wong, Yue Hu, "See, Cut, Control: A Stereo Vision Scalpel for Surgical Robotics", Workshop on The Evolving Landscape of Surgical Robotics: Towards AI-Powered Unconventional
Instruments and Technologies in the Operating Theatre, IEEE International Conference on Robot and Automation (ICRA).
[2023] A. Mahdi, Z. Dong, J. FS. Lin, Y. Hu, Y. Hirata and K. Mombaur. "Improving Elderly Mobility: A Brief Introduction of Robot SkyWalker for Walking & Sit-To-Stand Assistance".Assistive Robotics for Citizens Workshop, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots (IROS).
[2022] Y. Hu, N. Abe, M. Benallegue, N. Yamanobe, G. Venture and E. Yoshida.Workshop on Multidisciplinary Approaches for pHRI, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
[2019] Yue Hu,Mehdi Benallegue,Gentiane Venture,Eiichi Yoshida. "Interact with me: active physical human robot interaction". InWorkshop on Progress in Ergonomic Human-Robot Collaboration (IROS2019).
[2019] Yue Hu,Mehdi Benallegue,Gentiane Venture,Eiichi Yoshida. "Interact with me: first insights into active pHRI". InWorkshop on Human Movement Science for Physical Human-Robot Collaboration (ICRA2019).
[2017] Yue Hu,Katja Mombaur. "Walking of the iCub Humanoid Robot with Series Elastic Actuators: an Optimal Control Approach". InWorkshop on Human Movement Understanding for Humanoidsand Wearable Robots (IROS2017).
[2015] Yue Hu,Francesco Nori,Katja Mombaur. "Squat motion generation for the humanoid robot iCub with Series Elastic Actuators". InDynamic Walking.
Dissertations
[2017] Yue Hu.. PhD Dissertation,Heidelberg University.