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Robotics and human–robot interaction, with a current focus on trust and state anxiety in physically coupled settings. The featured paper below is downloadable directly.

Peer-reviewed

Real-Time State Anxiety Estimation for Adaptive Wearable Exoskeleton Control

Mahta Akhyani, Pilwon Hur

Proc. 41st ICROS Annual Conference (ICROS 2026), Daegu, Korea, pp. 199–200, Jul. 2026

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M. Akhyani and P. Hur, “Real-Time State Anxiety Estimation for Adaptive Wearable Exoskeleton Control,” in Proc. 41st ICROS Annual Conference (ICROS 2026), Daegu, Korea, pp. 199–200, Jul. 2026.

Under review

Trust in Physically Coupled Human–Robot Interaction (pHRI): A Review and Measurement Framework for Direct Body–Robot Coupling

Kwonseung Cho, Mahta Akhyani, Pilwon Hur

ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction — major revision submitted

Preprints

Modular Customizable ROS-Based Framework for Rapid Development of Social Robots

Mahta Akhyani, Hadi Moradi

arXiv:2311.15780, 2023

arXiv Project page

Mapping Pipelines and Simultaneous Localization for Petrochemical Industry Robots

Mahta Akhyani

arXiv:2311.11948, 2023

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In preparation

Empathy toward Robotic vs. Human Social Environments: A Comparison between Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Typically Developing Individuals

Pegah Soleiman, Mahta Akhyani, Alireza Kargar, Hadi Moradi

Manuscript in preparation