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Vincent Crocher

vcrocher@scicomm.xyz

Researcher interested in rehabilitation robotics, technologies for rehabilitation and physical human-robot interaction.

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Current position

2013-today : Senior Research Fellow, Human Robotics Lab (check out our videos and code repository), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne (Australia).

Previous positions

  • 2012-2013 : Postdoctoral Research Associate, Hand Rehabilitation Lab, University Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • 2008-2012 : PhD candidate, ISIR, University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris, France) under the supervision of Anis Sahbani and Guillaume Morel. PhD dissertation (French): pdf.
  • 2008-2012 : Teaching assistant, Polytech'Paris-UPMC engineering school (practical works in experimental robotics, modeling, robotics industrial projects...)

Publications

[ Bibtex file ] [0000-0001-9643-8389]

2024

Fundamentals of rehabilitation robotics (engineering perspective)

Vincent Crocher, Justin Fong.
In Rehabilitation Robots for Neurorehabilitation in High, Low, and Middle Income Countries, pp. 39-65, Academic Press, Cambridge, 2024.
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Asia Pacific Region and Middle East: Australia

Marlena Klaic, Vincent Crocher.
In Rehabilitation Robots for Neurorehabilitation in High, Low, and Middle Income Countries, pp. 179-194, Academic Press, Cambridge, 2024.
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2023

Using sEMG Signal Frequency to Evaluate Post-Stroke Elbow Spasticity

Xinliang Guo, Jiaxi Tang, Vincent Crocher, Marlena Klaic, Denny Oetomo, Qing Xie, Chuanxin M Niu, Ying Tan.
2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 1-4, 2023.
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Circular makerspace as means to support sustainable engineering education – instructor, student and facility perspectives

Katja Holtta-Otto, Vincent Crocher, Denny Oetomo, Sara McFarlane, Wen Li, Kevin Otto.
2023 34th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Annual Conference (AAEE), pp. 1-9, 2023.
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2022

Technology-assisted assessment of spasticity: A systematic review

Xinliang Guo, Rebecca Wallace, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo, Marlena Klaic, Vincent Crocher.
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Vol. 19, pp. 1-17, 2022.
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A Practical Post-Stroke Elbow Spasticity Assessment Using an Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robot: A Validation Study

Xinliang Guo, Jiaxi Tang, Vincent Crocher, Marlena Klaic, Denny Oetomo, Qing Xie, Mary P Galea, Chuanxin M Niu, Ying Tan.
2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 4159-4162, 2022.
pdf Google scholar Poster
Application of the extended technology acceptance model to explore clinician likelihood to use robotics in rehabilitation

Marlena Klaic, Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Katie Davies, Kim Brock, Emma Sutton, Denny Oetomo, Ying Tan, Mary P Galea.
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, pp. 1-8, 2022.
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2021

Inducing Human Motor Adaptation Without Explicit Error Feedback: A Motor Cost Approach

Yangmengfei Xu, Vincent Crocher, Justin Fong, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 29, pp. 1403-1412, 2021.
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Towards a Gaze-Informed Movement Intention Model for Robot-Assisted Upper-Limb Rehabilitation

Vincent Crocher, Ronal Singh, Joshua Newn, Denny Oetomo.
2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 6155-6158, 2021.
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2020

Promoting clinical best practice in a user-centred design study of an upper limb rehabilitation robot

Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Marlena Klaic, Katie Davies, Andrew Rowse, Emma Sutton, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo, Kim Brock, Mary P Galea.
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, pp. 1-8, 2020.
pdf Google scholar Video
CANopen Robot Controller (CORC) An open software stack for human robot interaction development

Justin Fong, Emek Baris Kucuktabak, Vincent Crocher, Ying Tan, Kevin M Lynch, Jose L Pons, Denny Oetomo.
Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2020, and of WearRAcon Europe 2020, pp. 287-291, 2020.
pdf Google scholar Poster Code repo

2019

Interaction force estimation using extended state observers: an application to impedance based assistive and rehabilitation robotics

Gijo Sebastian, Zeyu Li, Vincent Crocher, Demy Kremers, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 4, pp. 1156-1161, 2019.
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Direct versus indirect visual feedback: the effect of technology in neurorehabilitation

Vincent Crocher, Justin Fong, Marlena Klaic, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo.
2019 9th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), pp. 105-109, 2019.
pdf Google scholar Poster
Capturing Upper Limb Gross Motor Categories Using the Kinect Sensor

Na Jin Seo, Vincent Crocher, Egli Spaho, Charles R Ewert, Mojtaba F Fathi, Pilwon Hur, Sara A Lum, Elizabeth M Humanitzki, Abigail L Kelly, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan.
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Vol. 73, pp. 1-10, 2019.
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Indirect Robotic Movement Shaping through Motor Cost Influence

Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo.
2019 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 977-982, 2019.
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2018

Dual-loop iterative optimal control for the finite horizon LQR problem with unknown dynamics

Justin Fong, Ying Tan, Vincent Crocher, Denny Oetomo, Iven Mareels.
Systems & Control Letters, Vol. 111, pp. 49-57, 2018.
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Modulation of shoulder muscle and joint function using a powered upper-limb exoskeleton

Wen Wu, Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Peter VS Lee, Denny Oetomo, Ying Tan, David C Ackland.
Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 72, pp. 7-16, 2018.
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Effect of arm deweighting using end-effector based robotic devices on muscle activity

Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Raneem Haddara, David Ackland, Mary Galea, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo.
2018 40th International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), pp. 2470-2474, 2018.
pdf Google scholar Poster Video
Upper limb deweighting using underactuated end-effector-based backdrivable manipulanda

Vincent Crocher, Justin Fong, Teun Jan Bosch, Ying Tan, Iven Mareels, Denny Oetomo.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 3, pp. 2116-2122, 2018.
pdf Google scholar Video

2017

EMU: A transparent 3D robotic manipulandum for upper-limb rehabilitation

Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo, Iven Mareels.
2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 771-776, 2017.
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2016

Learning control in robot-assisted rehabilitation of motor skills-a review

Shou-Han Zhou, Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo, Iven Mareels.
Journal of Control and Decision, Vol. 3, pp. 19-43, 2016.
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Upper-limb robotic exoskeletons for neurorehabilitation: a review on control strategies

Tommaso Proietti, Vincent Crocher, Agnes Roby-Brami, Nathanael Jarrasse.
IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 9, pp. 4-14, 2016.
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Usability evaluation of low-cost virtual reality hand and arm rehabilitation games

Na Jin Seo, Jayashree Arun Kumar, Pilwon Hur, Vincent Crocher, Binal Motawar, Kishor Lakshminarayanan.
Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, Vol. 53, pp. 321-333, 2016.
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ArmSleeve: a patient monitoring system to support occupational therapists in stroke rehabilitation

Bernd Ploderer, Justin Fong, Anusha Withana, Marlena Klaic, Siddharth Nair, Vincent Crocher, Frank Vetere, Suranga Nanayakkara.
Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems, pp. 700-711, 2016.
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Modifying Kinect placement to improve upper limb joint angle measurement accuracy

Na Jin Seo, Mojtaba F Fathi, Pilwon Hur, Vincent Crocher.
Journal of Hand Therapy, Vol. 29, pp. 465-473, 2016.
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Calibration free upper limb joint motion estimation algorithm with wearable sensors

Max Lith van, Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Ying Tan, Iven Mareels, Denny Oetomo.
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), pp. 1-6, 2016.
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Quantifying task similarity for skill generalisation in the context of human motor control

Gijo Sebastian, Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Ying Tan, Denny Oetomo, Iven Mareels.
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), pp. 1-6, 2016.
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2015

An investigation into the reliability of upper-limb robotic exoskeleton measurements for clinical evaluation in neurorehabilitation

Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Denny Oetomo, Ying Tan.
2015 7th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER), pp. 795-798, 2015.
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Effects of robotic exoskeleton dynamics on joint recruitment in a neurorehabilitation context

Justin Fong, Vincent Crocher, Denny Oetomo, Ying Tan, Iven Mareels.
2015 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 834-839, 2015.
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2014

A tool to address movement quality outcomes of post-stroke patients

Vincent Crocher, Justin Fong, Marlena Klaic, Denny Oetomo, Ying Tan.
Replace, Repair, Restore, Relieve-Bridging Clinical and Engineering Solutions in Neurorehabilitation, pp. 329-339, 2014.
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Robotic exoskeletons: a perspective for the rehabilitation of arm coordination in stroke patients

Nathanaël Jarrassé, Tommaso Proietti, Vincent Crocher, Johanna Robertson, Anis Sahbani, Guillaume Morel, Agnès Roby-Brami.
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol. 8, pp. 1-13, 2014.
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2013

Low-cost virtual rehabilitation games: House of quality to meet patient expectations

Vincent Crocher, Pilwon Hur, Na Jin Seo.
2013 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), pp. 94-100, 2013.
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2012

Constraining upper limb synergies of hemiparetic patients using a robotic exoskeleton in the perspective of neuro-rehabilitation

Vincent Crocher, Anis Sahbani, Johanna Robertson, Agnès Roby-Brami, Guillaume Morel.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 20, pp. 247-257, 2012.
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A Method for measuring the upper limb motion and computing a compatible exoskeleton trajectory

Nathanaël Jarrassé, Vincent Crocher, Guillaume Morel.
2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 3461-3466, 2012.
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2011

Changing human upper-limb synergies with an exoskeleton using viscous fields

Vincent Crocher, Nathanaël Jarrassé, Anis Sahbani, Agnes Roby-Brami, Guillaume Morel.
2011 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4657-4663, 2011.
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2010

A methodology to quantify alterations in human upper limb movement during co-manipulation with an exoskeleton

Nathanael Jarrasse, Michele Tagliabue, Johanna VG Robertson, Amina Maiza, Vincent Crocher, Agnès Roby-Brami, Guillaume Morel.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 18, pp. 389-397, 2010.
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Imposing joint kinematic constraints with an upper limb exoskeleton without constraining the end-point motion

Vincent Crocher, Anis Sahbani, Guillaume Morel.
2010 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 5028-5033, 2010.
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Contact

vcrocher AT unimelb DOT edu DOT au