Research interests

* Neural rehabilitation mechanisms
* Rehabilitation robotic support systems
* Sensorimotor coordination
* Sensory Substitution
* Biosensors
* Prosthetic devices
* Machine Learning
* Functional Electrical Stimulation

Japan Projects

* Man-Machine Mutual Adaptation
* Interference Driven Mechanism
* Biofeedback using Functional Electrical Stimulation
* f-MRI studies for a EMG controled Prosthetic hand with tactile feedback
* Walking support system with Functional Electrical Stimualtion for Hemiplegic patients

Swiss Projects

* ROBOTCUB (ROBotic Open Architecture Technology for Cognition, Understanding and Behaviors, IST-004370)
* Dynamical Coupling in Motor-Sensory Function Substitution

Robotic Applications

* Myoelectrically Controlled Tendon Driven Robotic Hand
* Tendon driven robotic hand

I have been part of the program comitee of the following conferences:

ICINCO 2010

IEEE ICAI 2009

IEEE ICORR 2009

IEEE BIOROB 2008

2010

2009

Hiroshi Yokoi, Kaori Kita, Tatuhiro Nakamura, Ryu Kato, Alejandro Hernandez, Tamio Arai, Katsunori Ikoma, Tamaki Miyamoto, Hitoshi Makino, Takeya Ito: Mutually Adaptable EMG Devices for Prosthetic Hand, International Journal of Factory Automation, Robotics and Soft Computing ISSN 1828 - 6984

Hiroshi Yokoi, Kaori Kita, Tatuhiro Nakamura, Ryu Kato, Alejandro Hernandez, Tamio Arai, Katsunori Ikoma, Tamaki Miyamoto, Hitoshi Makino, Takeya Ito: Mutually Adaptable EMG Devices for Prosthetic Hand, INTERNATIONALSAR ISBN 978-88-901928-7-6 , Resent advances in Control Systems, Robotics and Automation Third edition Volume 2, pp.27-38.

Ryu, K., Hiroshi, Y., Hernandez-Arieta, A., Yu, W., Arai, T. (2009) Mutual Adaptation among Man and Machine by using f-MRI analysis. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 57, Issue 2, ISSM: -0921-8890, pp: 161-166.

W. Yu, J. V. Gonzalez, Y. Ikemoto, C. Murai, B. Yuan, R. Acharya, A. Hernandez Arieta, H Yokoi, Functional Electrical Stimulation for Daily Walking Assist, in Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare, ed. R. Acharya, et. al., American Scientific Publisher, Accepted.

Dana D. Damian, Markus Cadonau, Konstantinos Dermitzakis, Alejandro Hernandez-Arieta (2009). Grip Stabilization of a Robot Hand through a Ridged Artificial Skin, Workshop on Tactile Sensing, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoids.

Dana D. Damian, Alejandro Hernandez-Arieta, Max Lungarella and Rolf Pfeifer (2009). An Automated Metrics Set for Mutual Adaptation between Human and Robotic Device. International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, pp. 139-147

Konstantinos Dermitzakis and Alejandro Hernandez–Arieta (2009). Anthropomimetic approach to the design of a prosthetic robot hand, Workshop on Understanding the Human Hand for Advancing Robotic Manipulation, Robotics Science and Systems Conference, Seattle, WA.

Monika Seps, Jose Gonzalez-Vargas, Alejandro Hernandez-Arieta, Konstantinos Dermitzakis, Rolf Pfeier (2009). Mastering the Man-Machine Communication: Sensory Feedback for the Perceptual Embodiment of a Neuroprosthesis, ZNZ Symposium, Zurich September.

Natalia Estévez, Ambra Valentina Sposito, Michael Villiger, Valerie Bugmann, Marie-Claude Hepp-Reymond, Roger Gassert, Peter Brugger, Sabina Hotz, Angelo Maravita, Spyros Kollias, Alejandro Hernandez-Arieta, Rolf Pfeifer (2009). Can a robot-hand take the place of a missing hand? A project with upper limb amputees. ZNZ Symposium, Zurich September.

2008

Hernandez, A., Dermitzakis, C., Damian, D., Lungarella, M. and Pfeifer, R. (2008). Sensory-motor coupling in rehabilitation robotics. Handbook of Service Robotics, I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria, pp: 21-36.

Hernandez-Arieta, A., Kato, R., Yokoi, H., Yu, W., Pfeifer, R., Tamio, A. (2008). Cross-Modal Interaction in the Brain: An f-MRI study of an Adaptable EMG Prosthetic Hand with Biofeedback. The Encyclopedia of Healthcare Information Systems Eds Wickramasinghe and Geisler published by IGI, Hershey

2007

Hernandez, A. (2007). Development of a multi-channel functional electrical stimulation system for prosthetic applications of limbs. Doctoral Dissertation.

Hernandez-Arieta A., Kato R., Yokoi H., Yu W., (2007). The Man-Machine Interaction: The influence of Artificial Intelligence on Rehabilitation Robotics. In: M.Lungarella, F.Iida, J.C.Bongard, and R.Pfeifer (eds.). Artificial Intelligence in the 21st Century - Designing the Future. Proc. of the 50th Anniversary Summit of AI. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. Springer-Verlag.

Hiroshi Yokoi, Ryu Katoh, Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Tamaki Miyamoto, Katsunori Ikoma, Takashi Onishi, Wenwei Yu and Tamio Arai^. (2007) Cerebral reorganization by adaptable robot hand. Neuroscience Research Volume 58, Supplement 1, 2007, Page S29 The 30th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society - (Neuro2007), The 30th Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society

2006

Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Ryu Kato, Hiroshi Yokoi, Wenwei Yu, "Development of a multi-DOF electromyography prosthetic system using the adaptive joint mechanism". Applied Bionics and Biomechanics. Dol: 101533/abbi 2005 0060, Vol 3. No 2. pp 101-111, 2006 (PDF)

Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Kato Ryu, Hiroshi Yokoi, Takashi Ohnishi, and Tamio Arai An fMRI Study on the Effects of Electrical Stimulation as Biofeedback. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 1-4244-0259-X/06/$20.00 ?2006 IEEE, pp 4336-4342, (2006) (PDF)

Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Hiroshi Yokoi. The Man-Machine Interaction: FMRI Study for an EMG Prosthetic Hand with Biofeedback. Proceedings of the 50th anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence. Pp 103-104. Ascona, Switzerland. (2006). (PDF)

Ryu Kato, Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Kojiro Matsushita, Hiroshi Yokoi. Acquirement of Body Schema Using Intelligent EMG Prosthetic Hand. Proceedings of the 50th anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence. Pp 187-188. Ascona, Switzerland. (2006). (PDF)

Hernandez A, A., Yu, W., Yokoi, H., Arai, A fMRI study of the Cross-Modal Interaction in the Brain with an Adaptable EMG Prosthetic Hand with Biofeedback, Proc. of the 28th annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering In Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS06), 1280-1284 (2006). (PDF)

Hernandez A, A., Yokoi, H., Arai, T., Sensation Generation using Electrical Stimulation for a Prosthetic System. 2006 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics. (ROBOMEC06), 2P2-B22. (2006) (PDF)
2006 Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Hiroshi Yokoi, Takashi Ohnishi, and Tamio Arai: An f-MRI Study of an EMG Prosthetic Hand Biofeedback System, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9, IOS Press, ISBN 1-58603-595-9, pp.921-929, (2006) (PDF)

Hiroshi Yokoi, Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Ryu Katoh, Takashi Ohnishi, Wenwei Yu and Tamio Arai. Mutual Adaptation Among Man and Machine by Using f-MRI Analysis. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-9) .Tokyo, Japan, pages 954-962, IOS Press, Tokyo, Japan, (2006). (PDF)

Gomez, Gabriel, Hernandez, Alejandro and Eggenberger Hotz, Peter, "An adaptive neural controller for a tendon driven robotic hand", in: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-9) .Tokyo, Japan, pages 298-307, IOS Press, Tokyo, Japan, (2006)

2005

Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Wenwei Yu, Hiroshi Yokoi, Tamio Arai: FES as Biofeedback for an EMG Controlled Prosthetic Hand, Proceedings Tencon'05 conference of the IEEE Region 10.(TENCON05), 49, (2005) (PDF)

Gomez, Gabriel, Hernandez, Alejandro, Eggenberger Hotz, Peter and Pfeifer, Rolf, An adaptive learning mechanism for teaching a robot to grasp, in: International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2005), Sept 25th-30th, Ilmenau, Germany., 2005.

Hernandez Arieta, A.; Yokoi, H.; Arai, T.; Wenwei Yu, "Study on the Effects of Electrical Stimulation on the Pattern Recognition for an EMG Prosthetic Application" Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the Volume , Issue , 2005 Page(s):6919 - 6922 Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616097 (PDF)

2004

Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Wenwei Yu, Masaharu Maruishi, Hiroshi Yokoi, Yushinori Kakazu: Integration of a Muti-D.O.F. Individual Adaptive with Tactile Feedback for an EMG Prosthetic System, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 8, IOS, ISBN 1-58603-414-6, pp.1013-1021, (2004) (PDF)

Yokoi, H., Hernandez A, A., Katoh, R., Yu, W., Watanabe, I., Maruishi, M., Mutual Adaptation in a Prosthetics Application, Embodied Artificial Intelligence edited by Fumiya Iida, Rolf Pfeifer, Luc Steels, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, LNCS/LNAI series of Springer, Springer (PDF)

Tetsushiro Fujita, Ryu Katoh, Alejandro Hernandez Arieta, Hiroshi Yokoi and Tamio Arai: SOM based Analysis of Prosthetics Application for Mutual Adaptation, Proc. of Int. Workshop on Man-Machine Symbiotic Systems, pp.231-240 (2004)

Hernandez A, A., Kato, R., Yu, W., Yokoi, H., Kakazu, Y., Prosthetic hand control with tactile sensory feedback. 2003 JSME Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics. (ROBOMEC03), 2P2-3F-A7.(2003) (PDF)