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. Link to paper.
[2025] Nourhan 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. Link to paper.
[2025] Anas 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. Link to paper.
[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. Open access.
[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". ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI). (accepted, link to paper)
[2023] Nourhan Abdulazeem, Yue Hu. "Human Factors Considerations for Quantifiable Human States in Physical Human-Robot Interaction: A Literature Review". In Special Issue "Robotic Contact with the Human Body in Physical Human–Robot Interaction", MDPI Sensors. Open access.
[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). Preprint.
[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". In IEEE Transaction on Human-Machine Systems (THMS). Preprint.
[2020] Yue Hu, Mehdi Benallegue, Gentiane Venture, Eiichi Yoshida. "Interact with me: an Exploratory Study on Interaction Factors for Active Physical Human-Robot Interaction". In IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L). Preprint.
[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). Preprint.
[2018] Debora Clever, Yue Hu, Katja Mombaur. "Humanoid gait generation in complex environments based on template models and optimality principles learned from human beings". In International 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 MDPI Applied Sciences. Open access.
Conference publications
[2025] Siméon 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).
[2025] Cheng 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". In IEEE 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". In 3rd International Jc-IFToMM Symposium.
[2019] Mohamed Elobaid, Giulio Romualdi, Yue Hu, Stefano Dafarra, Jan Babic, Daniele Pucci. "Telexistence and teleoperation for walking humanoid robots". In SAI 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". In IEEE-RAS Humanoids.
[2017] Yue Hu, Katja Mombaur. "Optimal control based push recovery strategy for the iCub humanoid robot with series elastic actuators". In IEEE/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". In IEEE-RAS Humanoids.
[2017] Yue Hu, Katja Mombaur. "Influence of compliance modulation on human locomotion". In IEEE 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". In IEEE-RAS Humanoids.
[2016] Yue Hu, Katja Mombaur. "Analysis of human leg joints compliance in different walking scenarios with an optimal control approach". In IEEE ICRA.
[2016] Yue Hu, Francesco Nori, Katja Mombaur. "Squat motion generation for the humanoid robot iCub with Series Elastic Actuators". In IEEE-EMBS BioRob.
[2015] Stephane Caro, Damien Chablat, Yue Hu. "Algorithm for the Actuation Mode Selection of the Parallel Manipulator NAVARO". In 38th 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". In IEEE-RAS Humanoids.
Book chapters
[2017] Katja Mombaur, Heike Vallery, Yue Hu, et al.. "Control of Motion and Compliance". In Bioinspired 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". In Workshop 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". In Workshop 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". In Workshop 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". In Dynamic Walking.
Dissertations
[2017] Yue Hu. The role of compliance in humans and humanoid robots locomotion. PhD Dissertation, Heidelberg University.