Dr Lucas Ferrari Gerez

  • Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)

Biography

Dr Lucas Ferrari Gerez is a lecturer in Biomedical Engineering at the James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow. He obtained his PhD from the University of Auckland (New Zealand), focusing on the development of wearable exoskeletons for grasping capabilities enhancement. After that, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Biodesign Lab (Harvard University) on the design and development of soft, wearable robotic devices for upper-limb rehabilitation and muscle activity monitoring. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow in 2024, Lucas was a Product Development Engineer at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare developing medical devices for acute and chronic respiratory care.

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Research interests

I am interested in improving the quality of life of people by developing devices for rehabilitation, daily life assistance, and human performance augmentation. More specifically, my research focuses on the following areas:

  • Development of soft exoskeletons, with novel, modular, and affordable designs for force augmentation of healthy and limited-mobility people.

  • Design assistive devices to allow people with limited mobility to better execute daily life tasks. 

  • Design of simple robotic and bionic hands for robust grasping and dexterous manipulation.

  • Soft sensors for tracking body activity and improving the performance of athletes during physical training.  

  • Novel materials and manufacturing processes that facilitate the development of wearable systems and sensors.

Publications

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Number of items: 23.

2024

Collimore, A. N., Alvarez, J. T., Sherman, D. A., Gerez, L. F. , Barrow, N., Choe, D. K., Binder-Macleod, S., Walsh, C. J. and Awad, L. N. (2024) A portable, neurostimulation-integrated, force measurement platform for the clinical assessment of plantarflexor central drive. Bioengineering, 11(2), 137. (doi: 10.3390/bioengineering11020137) (PMID:38391623) (PMCID:PMC10885982)

2023

Proietti, T., O’Neill, C., Gerez, L. , Cole, T., Mendelowitz, S., Nuckols, K., Hohimer, C., Lin, D., Paganoni, S. and Walsh, C. (2023) Restoring arm function with a soft robotic wearable for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Science Translational Medicine, 15(681), eadd15. (doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.add1504) (PMID:36724237)

2022

Alvarez, J., Gerez, L. F. , Araromi, O. A., Hunter, J. G., Choe, D. K., Payne, C. J., Wood, R. and Walsh, C. (2022) Towards soft wearable strain sensors for muscle activity monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 30, pp. 2198-2206. (doi: 10.1109/tnsre.2022.3196501) (PMID:35925858) (PMCID:PMC9421605)

Gorjup, G., Gerez, L. , Gao, G. and Liarokapis, M. (2022) On the Efficiency, Usability, and Intuitiveness of a Wearable, Affordable, Open-Source, Generic Robot Teaching Interface. In: 2022 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Vouliagmeni, Greece, 28 June - 01 July 2022, ISBN 9781665406734 (doi: 10.1109/med54222.2022.9837172)

Gerez, L. , Gorjup, G., Zhou, Y. and Liarokapis, M. (2022) A Hybrid, Soft Robotic Exoskeleton Glove with Inflatable, Telescopic Structures and a Shared Control Operation Scheme. In: 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 23-27 May 2022, (doi: 10.1109/icra46639.2022.9812426)

2021

Elangovan, N., Gerez, L. , Gao, G. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) A Multi-Modal Robotic Gripper with a Reconfigurable Base: Improving Dexterous Manipulation without Compromising Grasping Efficiency. In: 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Prague, Czech Republic, 27 Sept - 1 Oct 2021, ISBN 9781665417143 (doi: 10.1109/iros51168.2021.9636392)

Gorjup, G., Chang, C.-M., Gao, G., Gerez, L. , Dwivedi, A., Yu, R., Jarvis, P. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) The ARoA Platform: An Autonomous Robotic Assistant with a Reconfigurable Torso System and Dexterous Manipulation Capabilities. In: 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Prague, Czech Republic, 27 Sept-1 Oct 2021, ISBN 9781665417143 (doi: 10.1109/iros51168.2021.9636604)

Gao, G., Chang, C.-M., Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) A pneumatically driven, disposable, soft robotic gripper equipped with multi-stage, Retractable, telescopic fingers. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 3(3), pp. 573-582. (doi: 10.1109/tmrb.2021.3097143)

Elangovan, N., Gerez, L. , Gao, G. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) Improving robotic manipulation without sacrificing grasping efficiency: a multi-modal, adaptive gripper with reconfigurable finger bases. IEEE Access, 9, pp. 83298-83308. (doi: 10.1109/access.2021.3086802)

Gorjup, G., Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) Enhancing Robot Perception in Grasping and Dexterous Manipulation through Crowdsourcing and Gamification. In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi'an, China, 30 May - 5 Jun 2021, ISBN 9781728190778 (doi: 10.1109/icra48506.2021.9562114)

Gorjup, G., Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) Leveraging human perception in robot grasping and manipulation through crowdsourcing and gamification. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, 652760. (doi: 10.3389/frobt.2021.652760) (PMID:33996927) (PMCID:PMC8116898)

2020

Gerez, L. , Chang, C.-M. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) A Hybrid, Encompassing, Three-Fingered Robotic Gripper Combining Pneumatic Telescopic Mechanisms and Rigid Claws. In: 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 04-06 Nov 2020, ISBN 9781665403900 (doi: 10.1109/ssrr50563.2020.9292622)

Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) A Pneumatically Driven, Disposable, Soft Robotic Gripper Equipped with Retractable, Telescopic Fingers. In: 2020 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), New York, NY, USA, 29 Nov - 01 Dec 2020, ISBN 9781728159072 (doi: 10.1109/biorob49111.2020.9224292)

Gerez, L. , Gao, G. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) Laminar Jamming Flexure Joints for the Development of Variable Stiffness Robot Grippers and Hands. In: 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 24 Oct 2020 - 24 Jan 2021, ISBN 9781728162126 (doi: 10.1109/iros45743.2020.9340752)

Hasan, W., Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) Model-Free, Vision-Based Object Identification and Contact Force Estimation with a Hyper-Adaptive Robotic Gripper. In: 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 24 Oct 2020 - 24 Jan 2021, ISBN 9781728162126 (doi: 10.1109/iros45743.2020.9340952)

Gerez, L. , Gao, G., Dwivedi, A. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) A hybrid, wearable exoskeleton glove equipped with variable stiffness joints, abduction capabilities, and a telescopic thumb. IEEE Access, 8, pp. 173345-173358. (doi: 10.1109/access.2020.3025273)

Meng, J., Gerez, L. , Chapman, J. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) A Tendon-Driven, Preloaded, Pneumatically Actuated, Soft Robotic Gripper with a Telescopic Palm. In: 2020 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), New Haven, CT, USA, 15 May - 15 July 2020, ISBN 9781728165707 (doi: 10.1109/robosoft48309.2020.9115986)

2019

Chang, C.-M., Gerez, L. , Elangovan, N., Zisimatos, A. and Liarokapis, M. (2019) On alternative uses of structural compliance for the development of adaptive robot grippers and hands. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 13, 91. (doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2019.00091) (PMID:31787889) (PMCID:PMC6854005)

Dwivedi, A., Gerez, L. , Hasan, W., Yang, C.-H. and Liarokapis, M. (2019) A soft exoglove equipped with a wearable muscle-machine interface based on forcemyography and electromyography. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(4), pp. 3240-3246. (doi: 10.1109/lra.2019.2925302)

Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2019) An Underactuated, Tendon-Driven, Wearable Exo-Glove With a Four-Output Differential Mechanism. In: 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, Germany, 23-27 July 2019, ISBN 9781538613115 (doi: 10.1109/embc.2019.8856517)

Gerez, L. , Chen, J. and Liarokapis, M. (2019) On the development of adaptive, tendon-driven, wearable exo-gloves for grasping capabilities enhancement. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(2), pp. 422-429. (doi: 10.1109/lra.2019.2890853)

2018

Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2018) A Compact Ratchet Clutch Mechanism for Fine Tendon Termination and Adjustment. In: 2018 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Auckland, New Zealand, 09-12 July 2018, ISBN 9781538618547 (doi: 10.1109/aim.2018.8452246)

2017

Magalhães Souza, A., Kemmoku, D., Moro, F. H., Schiavon, G. B., Gerez, L. , Nascimento, L., Silveira, Z.C. and Kaneko, P. (2017) Development of a Wrist-hand Orthosis for Children with Neurological and Motor Disabilities: Conceptual Design and Mock-up. In: 24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, 2017, (doi: 10.26678/abcm.cobem2017.cob17-0485)

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Number of items: 23.

Articles

Collimore, A. N., Alvarez, J. T., Sherman, D. A., Gerez, L. F. , Barrow, N., Choe, D. K., Binder-Macleod, S., Walsh, C. J. and Awad, L. N. (2024) A portable, neurostimulation-integrated, force measurement platform for the clinical assessment of plantarflexor central drive. Bioengineering, 11(2), 137. (doi: 10.3390/bioengineering11020137) (PMID:38391623) (PMCID:PMC10885982)

Proietti, T., O’Neill, C., Gerez, L. , Cole, T., Mendelowitz, S., Nuckols, K., Hohimer, C., Lin, D., Paganoni, S. and Walsh, C. (2023) Restoring arm function with a soft robotic wearable for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Science Translational Medicine, 15(681), eadd15. (doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.add1504) (PMID:36724237)

Alvarez, J., Gerez, L. F. , Araromi, O. A., Hunter, J. G., Choe, D. K., Payne, C. J., Wood, R. and Walsh, C. (2022) Towards soft wearable strain sensors for muscle activity monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 30, pp. 2198-2206. (doi: 10.1109/tnsre.2022.3196501) (PMID:35925858) (PMCID:PMC9421605)

Gao, G., Chang, C.-M., Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) A pneumatically driven, disposable, soft robotic gripper equipped with multi-stage, Retractable, telescopic fingers. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 3(3), pp. 573-582. (doi: 10.1109/tmrb.2021.3097143)

Elangovan, N., Gerez, L. , Gao, G. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) Improving robotic manipulation without sacrificing grasping efficiency: a multi-modal, adaptive gripper with reconfigurable finger bases. IEEE Access, 9, pp. 83298-83308. (doi: 10.1109/access.2021.3086802)

Gorjup, G., Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) Leveraging human perception in robot grasping and manipulation through crowdsourcing and gamification. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, 652760. (doi: 10.3389/frobt.2021.652760) (PMID:33996927) (PMCID:PMC8116898)

Gerez, L. , Gao, G., Dwivedi, A. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) A hybrid, wearable exoskeleton glove equipped with variable stiffness joints, abduction capabilities, and a telescopic thumb. IEEE Access, 8, pp. 173345-173358. (doi: 10.1109/access.2020.3025273)

Chang, C.-M., Gerez, L. , Elangovan, N., Zisimatos, A. and Liarokapis, M. (2019) On alternative uses of structural compliance for the development of adaptive robot grippers and hands. Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 13, 91. (doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2019.00091) (PMID:31787889) (PMCID:PMC6854005)

Dwivedi, A., Gerez, L. , Hasan, W., Yang, C.-H. and Liarokapis, M. (2019) A soft exoglove equipped with a wearable muscle-machine interface based on forcemyography and electromyography. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(4), pp. 3240-3246. (doi: 10.1109/lra.2019.2925302)

Gerez, L. , Chen, J. and Liarokapis, M. (2019) On the development of adaptive, tendon-driven, wearable exo-gloves for grasping capabilities enhancement. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 4(2), pp. 422-429. (doi: 10.1109/lra.2019.2890853)

Conference Proceedings

Gorjup, G., Gerez, L. , Gao, G. and Liarokapis, M. (2022) On the Efficiency, Usability, and Intuitiveness of a Wearable, Affordable, Open-Source, Generic Robot Teaching Interface. In: 2022 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Vouliagmeni, Greece, 28 June - 01 July 2022, ISBN 9781665406734 (doi: 10.1109/med54222.2022.9837172)

Gerez, L. , Gorjup, G., Zhou, Y. and Liarokapis, M. (2022) A Hybrid, Soft Robotic Exoskeleton Glove with Inflatable, Telescopic Structures and a Shared Control Operation Scheme. In: 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Philadelphia, PA, USA, 23-27 May 2022, (doi: 10.1109/icra46639.2022.9812426)

Elangovan, N., Gerez, L. , Gao, G. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) A Multi-Modal Robotic Gripper with a Reconfigurable Base: Improving Dexterous Manipulation without Compromising Grasping Efficiency. In: 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Prague, Czech Republic, 27 Sept - 1 Oct 2021, ISBN 9781665417143 (doi: 10.1109/iros51168.2021.9636392)

Gorjup, G., Chang, C.-M., Gao, G., Gerez, L. , Dwivedi, A., Yu, R., Jarvis, P. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) The ARoA Platform: An Autonomous Robotic Assistant with a Reconfigurable Torso System and Dexterous Manipulation Capabilities. In: 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Prague, Czech Republic, 27 Sept-1 Oct 2021, ISBN 9781665417143 (doi: 10.1109/iros51168.2021.9636604)

Gorjup, G., Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2021) Enhancing Robot Perception in Grasping and Dexterous Manipulation through Crowdsourcing and Gamification. In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi'an, China, 30 May - 5 Jun 2021, ISBN 9781728190778 (doi: 10.1109/icra48506.2021.9562114)

Gerez, L. , Chang, C.-M. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) A Hybrid, Encompassing, Three-Fingered Robotic Gripper Combining Pneumatic Telescopic Mechanisms and Rigid Claws. In: 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 04-06 Nov 2020, ISBN 9781665403900 (doi: 10.1109/ssrr50563.2020.9292622)

Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) A Pneumatically Driven, Disposable, Soft Robotic Gripper Equipped with Retractable, Telescopic Fingers. In: 2020 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), New York, NY, USA, 29 Nov - 01 Dec 2020, ISBN 9781728159072 (doi: 10.1109/biorob49111.2020.9224292)

Gerez, L. , Gao, G. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) Laminar Jamming Flexure Joints for the Development of Variable Stiffness Robot Grippers and Hands. In: 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 24 Oct 2020 - 24 Jan 2021, ISBN 9781728162126 (doi: 10.1109/iros45743.2020.9340752)

Hasan, W., Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) Model-Free, Vision-Based Object Identification and Contact Force Estimation with a Hyper-Adaptive Robotic Gripper. In: 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, 24 Oct 2020 - 24 Jan 2021, ISBN 9781728162126 (doi: 10.1109/iros45743.2020.9340952)

Meng, J., Gerez, L. , Chapman, J. and Liarokapis, M. (2020) A Tendon-Driven, Preloaded, Pneumatically Actuated, Soft Robotic Gripper with a Telescopic Palm. In: 2020 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft), New Haven, CT, USA, 15 May - 15 July 2020, ISBN 9781728165707 (doi: 10.1109/robosoft48309.2020.9115986)

Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2019) An Underactuated, Tendon-Driven, Wearable Exo-Glove With a Four-Output Differential Mechanism. In: 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, Germany, 23-27 July 2019, ISBN 9781538613115 (doi: 10.1109/embc.2019.8856517)

Gerez, L. and Liarokapis, M. (2018) A Compact Ratchet Clutch Mechanism for Fine Tendon Termination and Adjustment. In: 2018 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Auckland, New Zealand, 09-12 July 2018, ISBN 9781538618547 (doi: 10.1109/aim.2018.8452246)

Magalhães Souza, A., Kemmoku, D., Moro, F. H., Schiavon, G. B., Gerez, L. , Nascimento, L., Silveira, Z.C. and Kaneko, P. (2017) Development of a Wrist-hand Orthosis for Children with Neurological and Motor Disabilities: Conceptual Design and Mock-up. In: 24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, 2017, (doi: 10.26678/abcm.cobem2017.cob17-0485)

This list was generated on Thu Nov 21 02:04:44 2024 GMT.

Prior publications

ORCiD

Jonathan T. Alvarez, Ariane de Marcillac, Yichu Jin, Lucas F. Gerez, Oluwaseun A. Araromi, Conor J. Walsh, (2024) Surface‐Level Muscle Deformation as a Correlate for Joint Torque Advanced Materials Technologies (doi: 10.1002/admt.202400444); source: Crossref

(2020) Employing Pneumatic, Telescopic Actuators for the Development of Soft and Hybrid Robotic Grippers Frontiers in Robotics and AI (doi: 10.3389/frobt.2020.601274)(issn: 2296-9144); source: Lucas Ferrari Gerez

Additional information

We are always seeking exceptional students in our team. If you are interested in pursuing a MEng, MSc, or a PhD degree, you are encouraged to contact Dr. Lucas Ferrari Gerez. For more information about our research visit the ARARA Lab website.