Publications: Dr Senarath Wasala Herath Mudiyanselage Lalitharatne

Medagedara MH, Ranasinghe A, Lalitharatne TD, Gopura RARC, Nandasiri GK ( 2024 ) . Advancements in Textile-Based sEMG Sensors for Muscle Fatigue Detection: A Journey from Material Evolution to Technological Integration . ACS Sensors vol. 9 , ( 9 ) 4380 - 4401 .

Kodagoda G, Perera GASU, Lakshitha MGD, Senadhilankara KDP, Kularathna AHTS, Lalitharatne TD ( 2024 ) . Field-Tested Drone Spraying System for Precision Agricultural Applications in Sri Lanka: A Case Study in Paddy Fields . Conference: 2024 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) vol. 00 , 706 - 711 .

Widanage KND, De Silva MJ, Lalitharatne TD, Bull AMJ, Gopura RARC ( 2024 ) . Corrigendum to “Developments in circular external fixators: A review” [Injury, Volume 54 Issue 12 (2023), 111157] . Injury vol. 55 , ( 3 )

Widanage KND, De Silva MJ, Lalitharatne TD, Bull AMJ, Gopura RARC ( 2023 ) . Developments in circular external fixators: A review . Injury vol. 54 , ( 12 )

Protpagorn N, Lalitharatne TD, Costi L, Iida F ( 2023 ) . Vocal pain expression augmentation for a robopatient . Frontiers in Robotics and AI vol. 10 ,

Dasanayake NP, Gopura RARC, Ranaweera RKPS, Lalitharatne TD ( 2023 ) . An EMG-based Spatio-spectro-temporal Index for Muscle Fatigue Quantification . Conference: 2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) vol. 00 , 263 - 268 .

Gopura RARC, Lalitharatne TD, Zhang D ( 2023 ) . Editorial: EMG/EEG signals-based control of assistive and rehabilitation robots, volume II . Frontiers in Neurorobotics vol. 17 ,

Mulvey BW, Lalitharatne TD, Nanayakkara T ( 2023 ) . DeforMoBot: A Bio-Inspired Deformable Mobile Robot for Navigation Among Obstacles . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters vol. 8 , ( 6 ) 3827 - 3834 .

He L, Maiolino P, Leong F, Lalitharatne TD, de Lusignan S, Ghajari M, Iida F, Nanayakkara T ( 2023 ) . Robotic Simulators for Tissue Examination Training With Multimodal Sensory Feedback . IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering vol. 16 , 514 - 529 .

Costi L, Lalitharatne TD, Iida F ( 2022 ) . Soft Control Interface for Highly Dexterous Unilateral Remote Palpation . Conference: 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob) vol. 00 , 1 - 8 .

Protpagorn N, Costi L, Lalitharatne TD, Nisky I, Iida F ( 2022 ) . Vocal Pain Expression Augmentation to Improve Interaction Accuracy in Virtual Robopatient . Conference: 2022 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob) vol. 00 , 1 - 7 .

Lalitharatne TD, Costi L, Hashem R, Nisky I, Jack RE, Nanayakkara T, Iida F ( 2022 ) . Face mediated human–robot interaction for remote medical examination . Scientific Reports vol. 12 , ( 1 )

Tan Y, Rérolle S, Lalitharatne TD, van Zalk N, Jack RE, Nanayakkara T ( 2022 ) . Simulating dynamic facial expressions of pain from visuo-haptic interactions with a robotic patient . Scientific Reports vol. 12 , ( 1 )

Ge Y, Lalitharatne TD, Nanayakkara T ( 2022 ) . Origami Inspired Design for Capsule Endoscope to Retrograde Using Intestinal Peristalsis . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters vol. 7 , ( 2 ) 5429 - 5435 .

Kulasekera AL, Arumathanthri RB, Chathuranga DS, Gopura RARC, Lalitharatne TD ( 2021 ) . A thin-walled vacuum actuator (ThinVAc) and the development of multi-filament actuators for soft robotic applications . Sensors and Actuators A Physical vol. 332 ,

Kondarage AI, Poologasundarampillai G, Nommeots‐Nomm A, Lee PD, Lalitharatne TD, Nanayakkara ND, Jones JR, Karunaratne A ( 2021 ) . In situ 4D tomography image analysis framework to follow sintering within 3D‐printed glass scaffolds . Journal of the American Ceramic Society vol. 105 , ( 3 ) 1671 - 1684 .

Pradeepkumar J, Anandakumar M, Kugathasan V, Lalitharatne TD, De Silva AC, Kappel SL ( 2021 ) . Decoding of Hand Gestures from Electrocorticography with LSTM Based Deep Neural Network . Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) . Conference: 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) vol. 00 , 420 - 423 .

Kondarage AI, Gayani B, Poologasundarampillai G, Nommeots-Nomm A, Lee PD, Lalitharatne TD, Nanayakkara ND, Jones JR et al. ( 2021 ) . Detection and Tracking Volumes of Interest in 3D Printed Tissue Engineering Scaffolds using 4D Imaging Modalities . Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) . Conference: 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) vol. 00 , 1230 - 1233 .

Costi L, Scimeca L, Maiolino P, Lalitharatne TD, Nanayakkara T, Hashem R, Iida F ( 2021 ) . Comparative Analysis of Model-Based Predictive Shared Control for Delayed Operation in Object Reaching and Recognition Tasks With Tactile Sensing . Frontiers in Robotics and AI vol. 8 ,

Kulasekera AL, Arumathanthri RB, Chathuranga DS, Gopura RARC, Lalitharatne TD ( 2021 ) . A Low-Profile Vacuum Actuator (LPVAc) With Integrated Inductive Displacement Sensing for a Novel Sit-to-Stand Assist Exosuit . IEEE Access vol. 9 , 117067 - 117079 .

Phillips JP, Pirrung CJ, Weerasinghe I, Kanishka GK, Satharasinghe Y, Lalitharatne TD, Cavanagh JF, Kodituwakku P et al. ( 2021 ) . Portable Acquisition of Auditory ERPs: A Pilot Study of Premature Infants . Pediatric Neurology vol. 122 , 84 - 88 .

He L, Leong F, Lalitharatne TD, de Lusignan S, Nanayakkara T ( 2021 ) . A Haptic Mouse Design with Stiffening Muscle Layer for Simulating Guarding in Abdominal Palpation Training . Conference: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) vol. 00 , 12588 - 12594 .

Lalitharatne TD, Tan Y, He L, Leong F, Van Zalk N, de Lusignan S, Iida F, Nanayakkara T ( 2021 ) . MorphFace: A Hybrid Morphable Face for a Robopatient . IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters vol. 6 , ( 2 ) 643 - 650 .

Lalitharatne TD, Tan Y, Leong F, He L, Van Zalk N, De Lusignan S, Iida F, Nanayakkara T ( 2020 ) . Facial Expression Rendering in Medical Training Simulators: Current Status and Future Directions . IEEE Access vol. 8 , 215874 - 215891 .

Naim AM, Wickramasinghe K, De Silva A, Perera MV, Lalitharatne TD, Kappel SL ( 2020 ) . Low-cost Active Dry-Contact Surface EMG Sensor for Bionic Arms . Conference: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) vol. 00 , 3327 - 3332 .

Thamel SR, Munasinghe R, Lalitharatne T ( 2020 ) . Motion Planning of Novel Stair-Climbing Wheelchair for Elderly and Disabled People . Conference: 2020 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) vol. 00 , 590 - 595 .

Kulasekera AL, Arumathanthri RB, Chathuranga DS, Lalitharatne TD, Gopura RC ( 2020 ) . A Low-Profile Vacuum Actuator: Towards a Sit-to-Stand Assist Exosuit . Conference: 2020 3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) vol. 00 , 110 - 115 .

De Silva A, Perera MV, Wickramasinghe K, Naim AM, Lalitharatne TD, Kappel SL ( 2020 ) . Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition Using Temporal Muscle Activation Maps of Multi-Channel Semg Signals . Conference: ICASSP 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP) vol. 00 , 1299 - 1303 .

Mallikarachchi S, Chinthaka D, Sandaruwan J, Ruhunage I, Lalitharatne TD ( 2019 ) . Motor Imagery EEG-EOG Signals based Brain Machine Interface (BMI) for a Mobile Robotic Assistant (MRA) . Conference: 2019 IEEE 19th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE) vol. 00 , 812 - 816 .

Jayarathne DU, Vidumal HAKR, Senevirathne SMA, Jayasekara PG, Lalitharatne TD ( 2019 ) . Vision-based Leader-Follower Mobile Robots for Cooperative Object Handling . Conference: 2019 19th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS) vol. 00 , 747 - 752 .

Premarathna C, Kulasekera A, Chathuranga D, Lalitharatne T ( 2019 ) . A Novel Fabrication Method for Rapid Prototyping of Soft Structures with Embedded Pneumatic Channels . Conference: 2019 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) vol. 00 , 430 - 435 .

Premarathna C, Kulasekera A, Chathuranga D, Lalitharatne T ( 2019 ) . Development of Wearable Fingertip Tactile Display Driven by Bowden Cables . Conference: 2019 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) vol. 00 , 621 - 626 .

Wijayathunga N, Lalitharatne TD, Chathuranga DS, Jayasekara B ( 2019 ) . Development of a Robotic Manipulator to be used in Multirotor Aerial Vehicle . Conference: 2019 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon) vol. 00 , 638 - 643 .

Ruhunage I, Mallikarachchi S, Chinthaka D, Sandaruwan J, Lalitharatne TD ( 2019 ) . Hybrid EEG-EMG Signals Based Approach for Control of Hand Motions of a Transhumeral Prosthesis . Conference: 2019 IEEE 1st Global Conference on Life Sciences and Technologies (LifeTech) vol. 00 , 50 - 53 .

Sandakalum T, Suraji S, Weerasekara I, Lalitharatne T, Chathuranga D ( 2018 ) . Design and Characterization of a 1-axis Compact Torque Sensor for a Collaborative Robot Arm . Conference: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS) vol. 00 , 1 - 6 .

Arumathanthri RB, Abeygoonawardana BSK, Kumarasinghe IDCD, Chathuranga DS, Lalitharatne TD, Kulasekera AL ( 2018 ) . A Soft Robotic Gripper with Sensory Feedback Fabricated by Latex using Coagulant Dipping Process . Conference: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) vol. 00 , 2082 - 2087 .

Ruhunage I, Perera CJ, Munasinghe I, Lalitharatne TD ( 2018 ) . EEG-SSVEP based Brain Machine Interface for Controlling of a Wheelchair and Home Appliances with Bluetooth Localization System . Conference: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) vol. 00 , 2520 - 2525 .

Premarathna CP, Ruhunage I, Chathuranga DS, Lalitharatne TD ( 2018 ) . Haptic Feedback System for an Artificial Prosthetic Hand for Object Grasping and Slip Detection: A Preliminary Study . Conference: 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) vol. 00 , 2304 - 2309 .

Athukorala A, Ranasinghe N, Herath K, Jayasekara P, Lalitharatne TD ( 2018 ) . Scalable Autonomous Agronomical Smartbot . Conference: 2018 14th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA) vol. 00 , 1 - 6 .

H. MCMH, R. ARCG, Thilina DL ( 2018 ) . An Underactuated Linkage Finger Mechanism for Hand Prostheses . Modern Mechanical Engineering vol. 08 , ( 02 ) 121 - 139 .

Premarathna CP, Chathuranga DS, Lalitharatne TD ( 2017 ) . Fabrication of a Soft Tactile Display Based on Pneumatic Balloon Actuators and Voice Coils: Evaluation of Force and Vibration Sensations . Conference: 2017 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)763 - 768 .

Herath HMCM, Gopura RARC, Lalitharatne TD ( 2017 ) . Prosthetic Hand with a Linkage Finger Mechanism for Power Grasping Applications . Conference: 2017 IEEE Life Sciences Conference (LSC)304 - 307 .

Weerakkody TH, Lalitharatne TD, Gopura RARC ( 2017 ) . Adaptive Foot in Lower‐Limb Prostheses . Journal of Robotics vol. 2017 , ( 1 ) 1 - 15 .

Herath HMCWB, Herath HMS, Sumangala SW, de Silva O, Chathuranga D, Lalitharatne TD ( 2017 ) . Design and Development of an Automated Battery Swapping and Charging Station for Multirotor Aerial Vehicles . Conference: 2017 17th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS)356 - 361 .

Ruhunage I, Perera CJ, Nisal K, Subodha J, Lalitharatne TD ( 2017 ) . EMG Signal Controlled Transhumeral Prosthetic with EEG-SSVEP Based Approch for Hand Open/Close . Conference: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)3169 - 3174 .

Atapattu SH, Senevirathna NM, Shan HLU, Madusanka TBT, Lalitharatne TD, Chathuranga DS ( 2017 ) . Design and Development of a Wearable Haptic Feedback Device to Recognize Textured Surfaces: Preliminary Study . Conference: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)16 - 21 .

Nisal K, Ruhunge I, Subodha J, Perera CJ, Lalitharatne TD ( 2017 ) . Design, Implementation and Performance Validation of UOMPro Artificial Hand: Towards Affordable Hand Prostheses**This research is partially supported by the University of Moratuwa final year project research grant scheme . Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) . Conference: 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) vol. 2017 , 909 - 912 .

Perera CJ, Lalitharatne TD, Kiguchi K ( 2017 ) . EEG-Controlled Meal Assistance Robot with Camera-Based Automatic Mouth Position Tracking and Mouth Open Detection . Conference: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)1760 - 1765 .

Weerakkody TH, Lalitharatne TD, Gopura RARC, Liyanaarachchi N, Herath C ( 2017 ) . Development of an Active Shoulder Prosthesis with Low-Level Control Validation . Conference: Modelling, Identification and Control

Perera CJ, Naotunna I, Sadaruwan C, Gopura RARC, Lalitharatne TD ( 2016 ) . SSVEP Based BMI for a Meal Assistance Robot . Conference: 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)002295 - 002300 .

Abeysinghe A, Abeysiriwardena S, Nanayakkarawasam R, Wimalsiri W, Lalitharatne TD, Tennakoon S ( 2016 ) . Development of A Numerically Controlled Hot Wire Foam Cutting Machine for Wing Mould Construction . Conference: 2016 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon)60 - 65 .

Perera CJ, Naotunna I, Sandaruwan C, Kelly-Boxall NJ, Gopura RARC, Lalitharatne TD ( 2016 ) . Electrooculography Signal based Control of a Meal Assistance Robot . Conference: Biomedical Engineering

Naotunna I, Perera CJ, Sandaruwan C, Gopura RARC, Lalitharatne TD ( 2015 ) . Meal Assistance Robots: A Review on Current Status, Challenges and Future Directions . Conference: 2015 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)211 - 216 .

Lalitharatne TD, Teramoto K, Hayashi Y, Tamura K, Kiguchi K ( 2014 ) . EEG-based evaluation for perception-assist in upper-limb power-assist exoskeletons . Conference: 2014 World Automation Congress (WAC)1 - 6 .

Lalitharatne TD, Teramoto K, Hayashi Y, Kiguchi K ( 2014 ) . Evaluation of Perception-Assist with an Upper-Limb Power-Assist Exoskeleton using EMG and EEG Signals . Conference: Proceedings of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control524 - 529 .

Lalitharatne TD, Teramoto K, Hayashi Y, Kiguchi K ( 2013 ) . Towards Hybrid EEG-EMG-Based Control Approaches to be Used in Bio-robotics Applications: Current Status, Challenges and Future Directions . Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics vol. 4 , ( 2 ) 147 - 154 .

Lalitharatne TD, Hayashi Y, Teramoto K, Kiguchi K ( 2013 ) . Compensation of the Effects of Muscle Fatigue on EMG-Based Control using Fuzzy Rules Based Scheme*The part of this work was supported by Japan Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Science Research (C) 23560293 . Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) . Conference: 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) vol. 2013 , 6949 - 6952 .

KIGUCHI K, LALITHARATNE TD, HAYASHI Y ( 2013 ) . Estimation of Forearm Supination/Pronation Motion Based on EEG Signals to Control an Artificial Arm . Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing vol. 7 , ( 1 )

LALITHARATNE TD, TERAMOTO K, HAYASHI Y, NANAYAKKARA T, KIGUCHI K ( 2013 ) . Evaluation of Fuzzy-Neuro Modifiers for Compensation of the Effects of Muscle Fatigue on EMG-Based Control to be Used in Upper-Limb Power-Assist Exoskeletons . Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing vol. 7 , ( 4 )

Gunasekara JMP, Gopura RARC, Jayawardane TSS, Lalitharathne SWHMTD ( 2012 ) . Control Methodologies for Upper Limb Exoskeleton Robots . Conference: 2012 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)19 - 24 .

Lalitharatne TD, Hayashi Y, Teramoto K, Kiguchi K ( 2012 ) . A Study on Effects of Muscle Fatigue on EMG-Based Control for Human Upper-Limb Power-Assist . Conference: 2012 IEEE 6th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability124 - 128 .

Lalitharatne TD, Yoshino A, Hayashi Y, Teramoto K, Kiguchi K ( 2012 ) . Toward EEG Control of Upper Limb Power-Assist Exoskeletons: A Preliminary Study of Decoding Elbow Joint Velocities Using EEG Signals . Conference: 2012 International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS)421 - 424 .