PUBLICATIONS

Book and Book Chapters

  1. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Mechanics of Localized Slippage in Tactile Sensing, ISBN: 978-3-319-04122-3, Springer, 2014.

  2. Van Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Understanding Slip Perception of Soft Fingertips by Modeling and Simulating Stick-Slip Phenomenon, Hugh Durrant-Whyte, Nicholas Roy, and Pieter Abbeel eds., Robotics: Science and Systems VII, ISBN: 9780262306881, The MIT Press, pp.129-136, 2012

Journals

  1. Van Anh Ho et al., Wrin'Tac: Tactile Sensing System with Wrinkle's Morphological Change, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (OPEN ACCESS)
  2. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Design and Analysis of a Soft-Fingered Hand with Contact Feedback, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol 2, Issue 2, pp. 491-498, April, 2017.
  3. Van Anh Ho, H. Honda, and Shinichi Hirai, Development of a Novel Slip Haptic Display Device Based on the Localized Displacement Phenomenon, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol. 1. Issue 1, pp. 585-592, Feb., 2016.
  4. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, A Novel Model for Assessing Sliding Mechanics and Tactile Sensation of Human-like Figertips during Slip Action, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Elsevier), Vol. 63. No. 3, pp. 253-267, Jan., 2015.
  5. Van Anh Ho, M. Makikawa and Shinichi Hirai, Flexible Fabric Sensor toward a Humanoid Robotics Skin: Fabrication, Characterization, and Perceptions, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 13, No. 10, pp. 4065-4080, Oct. 2013.
  6. Z. K Wang, L. Wang, Van Anh Ho, S. Morikawa, and Shinichi Hirai, A 3-D Nonhomogeneous FE Model of Human Fingertip Based on MRI Measurement, IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 61, No. 13, pp. 3147-3157, Dec. 2012.
  7. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Modeling and Analysis of a Frictional Sliding Soft Fingertip, and Experimental Validations, Advanced Robotics, Vol.25, No.3, pp.291-311, 2011.
  8. Van Anh Ho, V. D. Dao, S. Sugiyama, and Shinichi Hirai, Development and Analysis of a Sliding Tactile Soft Fingertip Embedded With a Microforce/Moment Sensor, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, Vol.27, No.3, pp.411-424, June, 2011.

International Conference Papers (with review)

  1. Van Anh Ho and S. Hirai, Design and Analysis of a Soft-Fingered Hand with Contact Feedback 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, May 27 - June 2, 2017 (Accepted)
  2. Van Anh Ho, H. Yamashita, K. Shibuya, Z. Wang, S. Hirai, Morphological Computation in Tactile Sensing: Role of Wrinkle, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, May 27 - June 2, 2017 (Accepted)
  3. Van Anh Ho, H. Yamashita, K. Shibuya, Z. Wang, S. Hirai, J. Nagase, K. Tsutsumi, Function- Selectable Tactile Sensing System with Morphological Change, 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), Sapporo, Japan, December 13-15, 2016 (Best Paper Award Finalist)
  4. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Fabric Interface with Proximity and Tactile Sensation for Human- Robot Interaction, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 238-245, Daejeon, Korea, Oct. 9 - 14, 2016
  5. Van Anh Ho, H. Honda, and Shinichi Hirai, Development of a Novel Slip Haptic Display Device Based on the Localized Displacement Phenomenon, 2016 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Stockhokm, Sweden, May 16-21, 2016.
  6. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Measuring McKibben Actuator Shrinkage using Fiber Sensor, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Kobe, Japan, Aug. 31st - Sept. 4th, 2015
  7. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Multimodal Flexible Sensor for Healthcare Systems, 36th Annual Int. Conf. of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC2014), Chicago, Illinois, USA, Aug. 26-30, 2014
  8. Van Anh Ho, Z. K. Wang, and Shinichi Hirai, Beam Bundle Model of Human like Fingertip for Investigation of Tactile Mechanism, 2013 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 4491-4498, Tokyo, Nov. 3-7, 2013
  9. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Toward a Platform of Human-Like Fingertip Model in Haptic Environment for Studying Tactile Mechanism, Robotics: Science and Systems 2013 (RSS), Berlin, Germany, June 24-28, 2013
  10. D. Vithanage, Van Anh Ho, and Shinichi Hirai, Investigation of the Bio-mimetic Fingertipfs Ability to Discriminate Fabrics Based on Surface Textures, 2013 IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 1667-1674, Australia, July 9-12, 2013.
  11. Van Anh Ho, T. Nagatani, A. Noda, and Shinichi Hirai, What Can Be Inferred From a Tactile Arrayed Sensor in Autonomous In-Hand Manipulation?, 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), pp.457-464, Seoul, Korea, Aug. 20-24, 2012.
  12. Van Anh Ho, T. Araki, M. Makikawa, and Shinichi Hirai, Experimental Investigation of Surface Identification Ability of a Low-Profile Fabric Tactile Sensor, 2012 IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp.4497-4504, Algarve, Portugal, Oct. 7-12, 2012.
  13. D. Vithanage, Van Anh Ho, and Shinichi Hirai, A Bio-mimetic Fingertip That Detects Force and Vibration Modalities and its Application to Surface Identification, 2012 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), pp.575-581, , Guangzhou, China, Dec. 11-14, 2012.
  14. D. Vithanage, Van Anh Ho, and Shinichi Hirai,A biomimetic soft fingertip applicable to haptic feedback systems for texture identification, 2013 IEEE International Symposium onHaptic Audio Visual Environments and Games (HAVE), Istanbul, Turkey.
  15. Van Anh Ho, D. Kondo, S. Okada, T. Araki, E. Fujita, M. Makikawa, and Shinichi Hirai, Development of a Low-Profile Sensor Using Electro-conductive Yarns in Recognition of Slippage, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp.1946-1953, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., Sept. 25-30, 2011
  16. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Understanding Slip Perception of Soft Fingertips by Modeling and Simulating Stick-Slip Phenomenon, Robotics: Science and Systems VII (RSS), pp.129-136, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A., June 27 - July 1, 2011.
  17. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Three-Dimensional Modeling and Simulation of the Sliding Motion of a Soft Fingertip with Friction, Focusing on Stick-Slip Transition, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp.5233-5239, Shanghai, China, May 9-13, 2011.
  18. Van Anh Ho and Shinichi Hirai, Two-Dimensional Dynamic Modeling of a Sliding Motion of a Soft Fingertip Focusing on Stick-To-Slip Transition, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp.4315-4321, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., May 3-8, 2010.
  19. Van Anh Ho, V. D. Dao, S. Sugiyama, and Shinichi Hirai, Design of a Small-Scale Tactile Sensor with Three Sensing Points for Using in Robotic Fingertips, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp.4855-4860, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A., May 3-8, 2010.
  20. Dzung V. Dao, Nima Izadi, Van Anh Ho, S. Sugiyama, S. Hirai, A three Sensing Points Tactile Finger Tip, The 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology, Perth, Australia, July, 2010.
  21. Van Anh Ho, V. D. Dao, S. Sugiyama, and Shinichi Hirai, Analysis of Sliding of a Soft Fingertip Embedded with a Novel Micro Force/Moment Sensor: Simulation, Experiment, and Application, IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp.889-894, Kobe, Japan, May 12-17, 2009.
  22. Van Ho Anh, Viet Dzung Dao, Susumu Sugiyama, and Shinichi Hirai, Force/Moment Sensing During Sliding Motion using a Micro Sensor Embedded in a Soft Fingertip, Proc. 10th Int. Conf. on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2008), pp.161-166, 10.1109/ICARCV.2008.4795510, Hanoi, Vietnam, Dec. 17-20, 2008

Patents

  1. Ho Anh Van and Koji Shibuya, A Sensing Device, Filed Number: 2017-060520 (2017/03/27).
  2. Ho Anh Van and Shinichi Hirai, A Robot Hand, Filed Number: 2016-247067 (2016/12/20).
  3. Ho Anh Van, A Haptic Device, Filed Number: 2016-163247 (2016/08/24)
  4. Ho Anh Van, A Haptic Device, Filed Number: 2015-213500 (2015/10/27)
  5. Ho Anh Van, Tada, Yokoyama, Moroe, Satake, Takiguchi, An Inverter Control Device, Number: 5868564