Navvab completed his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering, and earned a first class honors masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Babol University of Technology in 2011 with the thesis titled “Time-Optimal Control of Redundant Manipulators and Mobile Robots”. He joined the Advanced Robotics Department at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) to pursue his postgraduate studies, and received his Ph.D. degree in Robotics from University of Genoa in April 2015 with the dissertation entitled “Control and Modeling of Compliant Joint Robots equipped with Variable Impedance Mechanisms”.
He is currently a senior postdoctoral researcher at the Humanoid & Human Centred Mechatronics (HHCM) group, focusing on the development and control of torque-controlled robotic systems. His research interests include modeling, simulation and control of variable impedance joint robots with the focus on friendly physical human-robot interaction, as well as design and development of compliant modules and sensors. He has been serving as a reviewer for high ranked international journals such as T-MECH, T-ASE, T-RO and RAS and international conferences such as ICRA, IROS and RSS. He also served as a guest editor in the Frontiers Journals for the topic on
Wesley Roozing, Navvab Kashiri, Tom Verstraten, Bram Vanderborght, Nikos Tsagarakis, Stefano Stramigioli, "Articulated Actuation Towards Human Capabilities for Robots", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019.
Navvab Kashiri, Jörn Malzahn, and Nikos G. Tsagarakis, "Development of Agile Robots", IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.
Wearable Robots(2017 - 2021) for Augmentation, Assistance or Substitution of Human Motor Functions (CA16116)
CENTAURO(2015 - 2019): Robust Mobility and Dexterous Manipulation in Disaster Response by Full-body Tele-presence in a Centaur-like Robot (H2020-ICT-23-2014)
CogIMon(2015 - 2019): Cognitive Interaction in Motion (H2020-ICT-23-2014)
WALK-MAN(2013 - 2017): Whole-body Adaptive Locomotion and Manipulation (FP7-ICT-2013-10)
N. Kashiri, L. Baccelliere, L. Muratore, A. Laurenzi, Z. Ren, E. Mingo Hoffman, M. Kamedula, G. Rigano, J. Malzahn, S. Cordasco, P. Guria, A. Margan, N. Tsagarakis, CENTAURO: A Hybrid Locomotion and High Power Resilient Manipulation Platform, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2019.
T. Klamt, D. Rodriguez, L. Baccelliere, X. Chen, D. Chiaradia, T. Cichon, M. Gabardi, P. Guria, K. Holmquist, M. Kamedula, H. Karaoguz, N. Kashiri, A. Laurenzi, C. Lenz, D. Leonardis, E. Hoffman,L. Muratore, D. Pavlichenko, F. Porcini, Z. Ren, F. Schilling, M. Schwarz, M. Solazzi, M. Felsberg, A. Frisoli, M. Gustmann, P. Jensfelt,K. Nordberg, J. Roßmann, U. Suss, N. Tsagarakis, S. Behnke, Flexible Disaster Response of Tomorrow: Final Presentation and Evaluation of the CENTAURO System, Robotics and Automation Magazine (RAM), 2019.
T. Klamt, M. Schwarz, C. Lenz, L. Baccelliere, D, Buongiorno, T. Cichon, A. DiGuardo, D. Droeschel, M. Gabardi, M. Kamedula, N. Kashiri, A. Laurenzi, D. Leonardis, L. Muratore, D. Pavlichenko, A. Periyasamy, D. Rodriguez, M. Solazzi, A. Frisoli, M. Gustmann, J. Robmann, U. Suss, N. Tsagarakis, S. Behnke, Remote mobile manipulation with the centauro robot: Full‐body telepresence and autonomous operator assistance, Journal of Field Robotics (JFR), 2019.
Jinoh Lee, Maolin Jin, Navvab Kashiri, Darwin G. Caldwell, and Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Inversion-free force tracking control of piezoelectric actuators using fast finite-time integral terminal sliding-mode, Mechatronics, 2019.
N. Kashiri, A. Abate, S. Abram, A. Albu-Schaffer, P. Clary, M. Daley, S. Faraji, R. Furnemont, M. Garabini, H. Geyer, A. Grabowski, J. Hurst, J. Malzahn, G. Mathijssen, D. Remy, W. Roozing, M. Shahbazi, S. Simha, J-B. Song , N. Smit-Anseeuw, S. Stramigioli, B. Vanderborght, Y. Yesilevskiy, N. Tsagarakis, An Overview on Principles for Energy Efficient Robot Locomotion, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2018.
Emmanouil Spyrakos, Navvab Kashiri, Peter R. N. Childs, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Online Impedance Regulation Techniques for Compliant Humanoid Balancing, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), 2018.
Navvab Kashiri, Jorn Malzahn, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, On the Sensor Design of Torque Controlled Actuators: A Comparison Study of Strain Gauge and Encoder Based Principles, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2017.
Wesley Roozing, Jörn Malzahn, Navvab Kashiri, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos Tsagarakis, On the Stiffness Selection for Torque Controlled Series-Elastic Actuators, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2017.
N. Tsagarakis, D. Caldwell, F Negrello, W. Choi, L. Baccelliere, V.G. Loc, J. Noorden, L. Muratore, A. Margan, A. Cardellino, L. Natale, E. Mingo Hoffman, H. Dallali, N. Kashiri, J. Malzahn, J. Lee, P. Kryczka, D. Kanoulas, M. Garabini, M. Catalano, M. Ferrati, V. Varricchio, L. Pallottino, C. Pavan, A. Bicchi, A. Settimi, A. Rocchi, A. Ajoudani, WALK-MAN: A High-Performance Humanoid Platform for Realistic Environments, Journal of Field Robotics (JFR), 2017.
Navvab Kashiri, Matteo Laffranchi, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Dynamics and Control of an Anthropomorphic Compliant Arm equipped with Friction Clutches, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (TMECH), 2015.
Navvab Kashiri, Jinoh Lee, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Michael Van Damme , Bram Vanderborght, Darwin G. Caldwell, Proxy-based Position Control of Manipulators with Passive Compliant Actuators: Stability Analysis and Experiments, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS), 2015.
Matteo Laffranchi, Lisha Chen, Navvab Kashiri, Jinoh Lee, Nikos Tsagarakis, Darwin Caldwell, Development and control of a series elastic actuator equipped with a semi active friction damper for human friendly robots, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS); Vol. 62, 1827-1836, 2014.
Mohamad H.Ghasemi, Navvab Kashiri*, Morteza Dardel, Time-optimal trajectory planning of robot manipulators in point-to-point motion using an indirect method, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (IMechE - C), 226(2), 2012. (*corresponding Author)
Mohamad H.Ghasemi, Navvab Kashiri*, Morteza Dardel, Near Time-Optimal Control of Redundant Manipulators along a Specified Path with Jerks Constraint, Advanced Robotics, 25(18), 2011. (*corresponding Author)
Navvab Kashiri, Mohamad H.Ghasemi, Morteza Dardel, An iterative method for time optimal control of dynamic systems, Archives of Control Sciences, 21(1), 2011.
Reza A.Alashti and Navvab Kashiri, The effect of temperature variation on the free vibration of a simply supported curved sandwich beam with a flexible core, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science (IMechE - C), 225(3), 2011.
Book Chapters:
N. Tsagarakis, F. Negrello, M. Garabini, W. Choi, L. Baccelliere, V. Loc, J. Noorden, M. Catalano, M. Ferrati, L. Muratore, P. Kryczka, E. Mingo, A. Settimi, A. Rocchi, A. Margan, S. Cordasco, D. Kanoulas, A. Cardellino, L. Natale, H. Dallali, J. Malzahn, N. Kashiri, V. Varricchio, L. Pallottino, C. Pavan, J. Lee, A. Ajoudani, D. Caldwell, A. Bicchi, WALK-MAN Humanoid Platform, The DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals: Humanoid Robots To The Rescue, 2018.
Navvab Kashiri, Nikos Tsagarakis, Michael Van Damme , Bram Vanderborght, and Darwin Caldwell, Proxy-based Sliding Mode Control of Compliant Joint Manipulators, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE), 2016.
Conference Papers:
Cheng Fang, Navvab Kashiri,Giuseppe F. Rigano, Arash Ajoudani, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Exploitation of Environment Support Contacts for Manipulation Effort Reduction of a Robot Arm, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019.
N. Kashiri, L. Baccelliere, L. Muratore, A. Laurenzi, Z. Ren, E. Mingo Hoffman, M. Kamedula, G. Rigano, J. Malzahn, S. Cordasco, P. Guria, A. Margan, N. Tsagarakis, CENTAURO: A Hybrid Locomotion and High Power Resilient Manipulation Platform, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019.
Zeyu Ren, Navvab Kashiri, Chengxu Zhou, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, HERI II: A Robust and Flexible Robotic Hand Based on Modular Finger Design and Under Actuation Principles, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.
Wesley Roozing, Navvab Kashiri, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Enhanced Explosive Motion for Torque Controlled Actuators through Field Weakening Control, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.
Mohammad Shahbazi, Navvab Kashiri, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, On the Orientation Planning with Constrained Angular Velocity and Acceleration at Endpoints, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.
Malgorzata Kamedula, Navvab Kashiri, Nikos G. Tsagarakis,On the Kinematics of Wheeled Motion Control of a Hybrid Wheeled-Legged CENTAURO Robot, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018.
Cheng Fang, Giuseppe F. Rigano, Navvab Kashiri, Arash Ajoudani, Jinoh Lee,Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Online Joint Stiffness Transfer from Human Arm to Anthropomorphic Arm, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), 2018.
Luca Muratore, Arturo Laurenzi, Enrico Mingo Hoffman, Lorenzo Baccelliere, Navvab Kashiri, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Enhanced Tele-Interaction in Unknown Environments Using Semi-Autonomous Motion and Impedance Regulation Principles, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2018.
Mohammad Shahbazi, Navvab Kashiri, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Orientation Planning in Task Space Using Quaternion Polynomials, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2017.
Lorenzo Baccelliere, Navvab Kashiri*, Luca Muratore, Arturo Laurenzi, Malgorzata Kamedula, Alessio Margan, Stefano Cordasco, Jörn Malzahn, Nikos Tsagarakis, Development of a Human Size and Strength Compliant Bi-Manual Platform for Realistic Heavy Manipulation Tasks, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017. (*corresponding Author)
Jörn Malzahn, Navvab Kashiri, Wesley Roozing, Nikos Tsagarakis, Darwin G. Caldwell, What is the Torque Bandwidth of this Actuator?, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017.
Wesley Roozing, Jörn Malzahn, Navvab Kashiri, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos Tsagarakis, On the Stiffness Selection for Torque Controlled Series-Elastic Actuators, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017.
Navvab Kashiri, Emmanouil Spyrakos, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Exploiting the Natural Dynamics of Compliant Joint Robots for Cyclic Motions, International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR), Miedzyzdroje, 2017.
Navvab Kashiri, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, A Self-Adaptive Variable Impedance Actuator Based on Intrinsic Non-linear Compliance and Damping Principles, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, 2017.
Navvab Kashiri, Jorn Malzahn, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, On the Sensor Design of Torque Controlled Actuators: A Comparison Study of Strain Gauge and Encoder Based Principles, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, 2017.
Malgorzata Kamedula, Navvab Kashiri, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, A Compliant Actuation Dynamics Gazebo-ROS Plugin for Effective Simulation of Soft Robotics Systems: Application to CENTAURO Robot, International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Lisbon, 2016.
Navvab Kashiri, Arash Ajoudani, Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Evaluation of Hip Kinematics Influence on the Performance of a Quadrupedal Robot Leg, International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Lisbon, 2016.
Emmanouil Spyrakos, Navvab Kashiri, Jinoh Lee, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Darwin G. Caldwell, Online Impedance Parameter Tuning for Compliant Biped Balancing, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (HUMANOIDS), Seoul, 2015.
Navvab Kashiri, Gustavo Medrano-Cerda, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Matteo Laffranchi, Darwin G. Caldwell, Feedback Damping Control of an Intrinsic Variable Damping Compliant Actuator, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Seattle, 2015.
Loc Vo-Gia, Navvab Kashiri, Francesca Negrello, Nikos Tsagarakis, Darwin Caldwell, Development of a 7-DOF Soft Manipulator Arm for the Compliant Humanoid Robot COMAN, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), Bali, 2014.
Navvab Kashiri, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Michael Van Damme , Bram Vanderborght, Darwin G. Caldwell, Enhanced Physical Interaction Performance for Compliant Joint Manipulators using Proxy-based Sliding Mode Control, International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Vienna, 2014.
Houman Dallali, Gustavo Medrano-Cerda, Navvab Kashiri, Nikos Tsagarakis, Darwin Caldwell, Decentralized Feedback Design for a Compliant Robot Arm, European Modelling Symposium (EMS), Pisa, 2014.
Navvab Kashiri, Matteo Laffranchi, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Alessio Margan, Darwin G. Caldwell, Physical Interaction detection and Control of Compliant Manipulators Equipped with Friction Clutches, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong, 2014.
Jinoh Lee, Matteo Laffranchi, Navvab Kashiri, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Darwin G. Caldwell, Model-Free Force Tracking Control of Piezoelectric Actuators: Application to Variable Damping Actuator, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong, 2014.
Navvab Kashiri, Matteo Laffranchi, Jinoh Lee, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Lisha Chen, Darwin Caldwell, Real-Time Damping Estimation for Variable Impedance Actuators, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Hong Kong, 2014.
Lisha Chen, Matteo Laffranchi, Jinoh Lee, Navvab Kashiri, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Darwin G. Caldwell, Link position control of a compliant actuator with unknown transmission friction torque, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Tokyo, 2013.
Navvab Kashiri, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Matteo Laffranchi, Darwin G. Caldwell, On the stiffness design of intrinsic compliant manipulators, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Wollongong, 2013.
Lisha Chen, Manolo Garabini, Matteo Laffranchi, Navvab Kashiri, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Antonio Bicchi, Darwin G. Caldwell, Optimal control for maximizing velocity of the CompAct™ compliant actuator, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Karlsruhe, 2013.
Navvab Kashiri, Matteo Laffranchi, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Irene Sardellitti, Darwin G. Caldwell, Dynamic modeling and adaptable control of the CompAct™ arm, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics (ICM), Vicenza, 2013.
Navvab Kashiri, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Michael Van Damme , Bram Vanderborght, Darwin G. Caldwell, Enhanced Physical Interaction Performance for Compliant Joint Manipulators using Proxy-based Sliding Mode Control, International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics.
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Emmanouil Spyrakos, Navvab Kashiri, Jinoh Lee, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Darwin G. Caldwell, Online Impedance Parameter Tuning for Compliant Biped Balancing, International Conference on Humanoid Robots.
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