Publications

  • On the optimal spine morphology of rapidly accelerating quadrupeds - C. Fisher and A. Patel in SAIEE Africa Research Journal 112 (3), 126-133

  • Machine Learning-Based Service Differentiation in the 5G Core Network - M. R. M. Anfar and J. Mwangama in 2021 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication (ICAIIC), 2021, pp. 144-149

  • Tails, flails and sails: How appendages improve terrestrial maneuverability by improving stability - S. Shield, R. Jericevich, A. Patel and A. Jusufi in Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021

  • Future Tail Tales: A Forward-Looking, Integrative Perspective on Tail Research - M.J. Schwaner, S.T. Hsieh, I. Braasch, S. Bradley, C.B. Campos, C.E. Collins, C.M. Donatelli, F.E. Fish, O.E. Fitch, B.E. Flammang, B.E. Jackson, A. Jusufi, P.J. Mekdara, A. Patel, B.J. Swalla, M. Vickaryous and C.P. McGowan in Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2021

  • AcinoSet: A 3D Pose Estimation Dataset and Baseline Models for Cheetahs in the Wild - D. Joska, L. Clark, N. Muramatsu, R. Jericevich, F. Nicolls, A. Mathis, M.W. Mathis and A. Patel in arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.13282, 2021

  • Leveraging Aerodynamic Drag for Tails in Legged Robot Locomotion - J. Norby, J.Y. Li, C. Selby, A. Patel and A.M. Johnson in Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2021

  • Cheetah tail behavior during pursuit - A. Patel, R. Jericevich, A. Knemeyer and A. Jusufi in Integrative and Comparitive Biology 61, E687-E688

  • Enabling Dynamic Behaviors With Aerodynamic Drag in Lightweight Tails - J. Norby, J.Y. Li, C. Selby, A. Patel and A.M. Johnson in IEEE Transactions on Robotics

  • Automated Tackle Injury Risk Assessment in Contact-Based Sports - A Rugby Union Example - Z. Martin, S. Hendricks and A. Patel in Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Workshops, 2021, pp. 4594-4603

  • Kinematic State Estimation Using Multiple DGPS/MEMS-IMU Sensors - D.Y. Ku and A. Patel in in IEEE Sensors Letters 4 (12), 1-4

  • Waste Not, Want Not: Lessons in Rapid Quadrupedal Gait Termination from Thousands of Suboptimal Solutions - S. Shield and A. Patel in 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

  • Minor Change, Major Gains: The Effect of Orientation Formulation on Solving Time for Multi-body Trajectory Optimization - A. Knemeyer, S. Shield and A. Patel in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

  • The Ollie: A Case Study in Trajectory Optimization with Varied Contacts - N. Anderson, S. Shield and A. Patel in 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 2020

  • On the Effectiveness of Silly Walks as Initial Guesses for Optimal Legged Locomotion Problems - S. Shield and A. Patel in 2020 International SAUPEC/RobMech/PRASA Conference, Cape Town, South Africa

  • Baleka: A Bipedal Robot for Studying Rapid Maneuverability - C. Fisher, A. Blom and A. Patel in Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering 6 (2020): 54

  • Effects of Limb Morphology on Transient Locomotion in Quadruped Robots - L. Raw, C. Fisher and A. Patel in 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019, pp. 3349-3356

  • Do Intermediate Gaits Matter When Rapidly Accelerating? - C. Fisher, C. Hubicki and A. Patel in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 3418-3424, 2019

  • Using DeepLabCut for 3D markerless pose estimation across species and behaviors - T. Nath, A. Mathis, A. Chen, A. Patel, M. Bethge and M. Mathis in Nature Protocols, 2019

  • Contact-Implicit Trajectory Optimization using Orthogonal Collocation - A. Patel, S. Shield, S. Kazi, A. Johnson and L. Biegler in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019

  • Investigation of a Bipedal Platform for Rapid Acceleration and Braking Manoeuvres - A. Blom and A. Patel in IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018, pp. 426-432

  • Balancing stability and maneuverability during rapid gait termination in fast biped robots - S. Shield and A. Patel in Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, 2017, pp. 4523-4530

  • Tracking the cheetah tail using animal-borne cameras, GPS, and an IMU - A. Patel, B. Stocks, C. Fisher, F. Nicolls, and E. Boje in IEEE sensors letters, vol. 1, pp. 1-4, 2017

  • Tracking the Cheetah Tail and Spine using Animal-borne Cameras and a Wireless Sensor Network - A. Patel, C. Fisher, B. Stocks, F. Nicolls, and E. Boje in INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, 2017, pp. E373-E373

  • The effect of spine morphology on rapid acceleration in quadruped robots - C. Fisher, S. Shield, and A. Patel in Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, 2017, pp. 2121-2127

  • Minimum time sprinting from rest in a planar quadruped - N.F. Steenkamp and A. Patel in Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, 2016, pp. 3866-3871

  • Quasi-steady state aerodynamics of the cheetah tail - A. Patel, E. Boje, C. Fisher, L. Louis, and E. Lane in Biology Open, vol. 5, pp. 1072-1076, 2016

  • A spider-inspired dragline enables aerial pitch righting in a mobile robot - S. Shield, C. Fisher, and A. Patel in Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, 2015, pp. 319 - 324

  • An actuated tail increases rapid acceleration manoeuvres in quadruped robots - A. Patel and M. Braae in Innovations and Advances in Computing, Informatics, Systems Sciences, Networking and Engineering, Springer International Publishing, 2015, pp. 69-76

  • On the Conical Motion and Aerodynamics of the Cheetah Tail - A. Patel and E. Boje in Robotics Science and Systems (RSS) 2015 - Workshop, 2015

  • On the conical motion of a two-degree-of-freedom tail inspired by the Cheetah - A. Patel and E. Boje in IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 31, pp. 1555-1560, 2015

  • FlipBot: A Lizard Inspired Stunt Robot - C. Fisher and A. Patel in IFAC Proceedings Volumes, Volume 47, Issue 3, 2014, pp. 4837-4842

  • Rapid acceleration and braking: Inspirations from the cheetah's tail - A. Patel and M. Braae in Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on, 2014, pp. 793-799

  • Rapid turning at high-speed: Inspirations from the cheetah's tail - A. Patel and M. Braae in Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, 2013, pp. 5506-5511

  • UAV collision avoidance: A specific acceleration matching control approach - A. Patel and S. Winberg in AFRICON, 2011, 2011, pp. 1-6