[1] Ajani S. Oladayo and Samy F. M. Assal, “Development of an Autonomous Robotic System for Beard Shaving Assistance of Disabled People Based on an Adaptive Force Tracking Impedance Control,” Proceeding of the institute of mechanical engineering, UK, Part C: journal of mechanical engineering science, Sage Publisher, 2020 [Accepted December  5, 2020]

[2] Ajani S. Oladayo and Samy F. M. Assal, “Hybrid Force Tracking Impedance Control-based Autonomous Robotic System for Tooth Brushing Assistance of Disabled People,” IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 2, no 4, pp. 649-660, Nov. 2020.

[3] Ibrahim A. Seleem, H. El-Hussieny, Samy F. M. Assal and Hiroyuki Ishii,"Development and Stability Analysis of an Imitation Learning-based Pose Planning Approach for Multi-section Continuum Robot," IEEE Access, vol. 8, no. 1, pp 99366-99379, Dec. 2020.

[4] Ibrahim A. Seleem, Samy F. M. Assal, Hiroyuki Ishii and H. El-Hussieny, “Demonstration-Guided Pose Planning and Tracking for Multi-section Continuum Robots Considering Robot Dynamics,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 166690-166703, November 2019.

[5] Ahmed Asker and Samy F. M. Assal, “Development of a parallel manipulator-based multi-function mobility assistive device,” ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, pp. 064503-1-9, vol. 11, no. 6, December, 2019

[6] M. Abdel Naeem and Samy F. M. Assal, “Development of a 4-DOF cane robot to enhance walking activity of elderly,” Proceeding of the institute of mechanical engineering, UK, Part C: journal of mechanical engineering science, Sage Publisher, [Accepted Jan. 7, 2019].

[7] Abdelhameed A. A. Zayed, Samy F. M. Assal, Kimihiko Nakano, Tsutomu Kaizuka and Ahmed M. R. Fath El-Bab, “Design procedure and experimental verification of a broadband quad-stable 2-DOF vibration energy harvester,” Sensors, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, MDPI, vol. 19, no. 13, pp. 2893, June 2019.

[8] Ahmed Asker and Samy F. M. Assal, “A systematic approach for designing a multi-function sit-to-stand mobility assistive device based on performance optimization,” Advanced Robotics, Taylor& Francis, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 90-105, Jan. 2019.

[9] H. El-Hussieny, Samy F. M. Assal and Jee-Hwan Ryu “SoTCM: A scene-oriented task complexity metric for gaze-supported teleoperation tasks,” Intelligent Service Robotics, Springer, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 279-288, July 2018.

[10] Ahmed Asker, Samy F. M. Assal, Ming Ding, Jun Takamatsu, Tsukasa Ogasawara, and A. M. Mohamed, “Modeling of natural sit-to-stand movement based on minimum jerk criterion for natural-like assistance and rehabilitation,” Advanced Robotics, Taylor& Francis, vol. 31, no. 17, pp. 901-917, Oct. 2017.

[11] Samy F. M. Assal, “A novel planar parallel manipulator with high orientation capability for a hybrid machine tool: Kinematics, dimensional synthesis and performance evaluation” Robotica, Cambridge University Press, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 1031-1053, May 2017.

[12] H. El-Hussieny, A. A. Abouelsoud, Samy F. M. Assal, Said M. Megahed, “Adaptive Learning of Human Motor Behaviors: An Evolving Inverse Optimal Control Approach,” The Int. Scientific Journal, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier, vol. 50, pp. 115-124, April 2016.

[13] N. Abdelwahab, A. Fath El-Bab, Samy F. M. Assal and O. Tabata, “Design, characterization and control of SMA springs-based multi-modal tactile display device for biomedical applications,” Mechatronics, Elsevier, vol. 31, pp. 255-263, Oct. 2015.

[14] H. El-Hussieny, Samy F. M. Assal and M. Abdellatif, “Robotic exploration: New heuristic backtracking algorithm, performance evaluation and complexity metric,” Int. J. of Advanced Robotic Systems, Sage Publishing, vol. 12:33, April 10, 2015.

[15] Mahmoud M. Magdy, N. Abdelwahab, A. Fath El-Bab and Samy F. M. Assal, "Human motion spectrum-based 2-DOF energy harvesting device: Design methodology and experimental validation," Procedia Engineering, Elsevier, vol. 87, pp. 1218-1221, 2014.

[16] Mahmoud M. Magdy, A. Fath El-Bab and Samy F. M. Assal, "Design methodology of a micro-scale 2-DOF energy harvesting device for low frequency and wide bandwidth," Journal of Sensor Technology, vol. 4, pp. 37-47, 2014.

[17] Samy F. M. Assal, "Learning from hint for the conservative motion of the constrained industrial redundant manipulators," Neural Computing and Applications, Springer, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 1649-1660, 2013.

[18] Samy F. M. Assal, "Self-organizing approach for learning the forward kinematic multiple solutions of parallel manipulators," Robotica, Cambridge University Press, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 951-961, Oct. 2012.

[19] Tamas Szepe, Samy F. M. Assal, "Pure pursuit trajectory tracking approach: comparison and experimental validation," International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Acta Press, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 355-363, 2012.

[20] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Neural network based kinematic inversion of industrial redundant robots using cooperative fuzzy hint for the joint limits avoidance,” IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 593-603, Oct. 2006.

[21] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Fuzzy hint acquisition for the collision avoidance solution of redundant manipulators using neural network,” International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 17-29, Feb. 2006.

[22] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Intelligent control for avoiding the joint limits of redundant planar manipulators,” Journal of Artificial Life and Robotics, Springer, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 141-148, 2006.

[1] Ajani S. Oladayo, Samy F. M. Assal and Haitham El-Hussieny, “Towards Development of an Autonomous Robotic System for Beard Shaving Assistance for Disabled People,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Syst. Man and  Cybernetics (SMC 2019), Bari, Italy, Oct. 6-9, 2019.

[2] Samy F. M. Assal and Ndawula Isaac, “Optimum Design and FEA of a Hybrid Parallel-Deployable Structure-Based 3-DOF Multi-gripper Translational Robot for Field Pot Seedlings Transplanting,” in Proc. of the 16th Int. Conf. on Informatics in control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2019), Prague, Czech Republic, July 29-31, 2019. [Accepted]

[3] Ibrahim A. Seleem, H. El-Hussieny and Samy F. M. Assal, “Development of a demonstrated-guided motion planning for multi-section continuum robots,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Syst. Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2018), Miyazaki, Japan, Oct. 7-10, 2018, pp. 333 - 338.

[4] Ibrahim A. Seleem, H. El-Hussieny and Samy F. M. Assal, “ Motion planning for continuum robots: A learning from demonstration approach,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Robot and Human Interactive communication (RO-MAN 2018), Nanjing, China, August 27-31, 2018.

[5] Heba Amin and Samy F. M. Assal, “Design methodology of a spring roll dielectric elastomer-based actuator for a hand rehabilitation system,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 2018), Changchun, China, August 5-8, 2018, pp. 997 - 1002.

[6] Ndawula Isaac and Samy F. M. Assal, “Conceptual Design and kinematic analysis of a novel open field 3-DOF multi-gripper for seedlings transplanting robot,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 2018), Changchun, China, August 5-8, 2018, pp. 1458–1463.

[7] Ibrahim A. Seleem, Samy F. M. Assal and A. M. Mohamed “Cyclic gait planning and control of underactuated five-link biped robot during single support and impact phases for normal walking,” in Proc. of the 19th IEEE Int. Conf. Industrial Technology (ICIT 2018), Lyon, France, Feb. 20-22, 2018.

[8] Abdelhameed Zayed, Samy F. M. Assal and A. Fath El-Bab, “Wide Bandwidth Nonlinear 2-DOF Energy Harvester: Modeling and Parameters Selection,” in proc of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent systems, Daegu, Korea, Nov. 16-18, 2017, pp. 97-102.

[9] Ibrahim A. Seleem and Samy F. M. Assal, “Sliding Mode Control of Underactuated Five-Link Biped Robot for Climbing Stairs Based on Real Human Data,” in Proc. of the 18th IEEE Int. Conf. Industrial Technology (ICIT 2017), Toronto, Canada, March 22-25, 2017, pp. 878- 883.

[10] Ahmed Asker, Samy F. M. Assal, Ming Ding, Jun Takamatsu, Tsukasa Ogasawara, and A. M. Mohamed, “Experimental Validation of a Motion Generation Model for Natural Robotics-Based Sit to Stand Assistance and Rehabilitation,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics (Robio 2016), Qingdao, China, December 3-7, 2016, pp. 214-219.

[11] Ibrahim Seleem and Samy F. M. Assal, “A neuro fuzzy-based gait trajectory generator for a biped robot using Kinect data,” in Proc. of the 3rd Int. Conf. on Information Science and Control Engineering, IEEE, Beijing, China, July 8-10, 2016, pp. 763-768.

[12] M. Abdel Naeem, Samy F. M. Assal and A. Abouelsoud “Modeling and real-time dynamic control of cane robot for fall prevention,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Control, Decision and Information Technology (CoDIT 2016), Malta, April 6-8, 2016.

[13] H. El-Hussieny, Samy F. M. Assal, A. A. Abouelsoud, Said M. Megahed, and T. Ogasawara, “Incremental learning of reach-to-grasp behavior: A PSO-based inverse optimal control approach,” in Proc. of the 7th Int. Conf. on Soft computing and pattern recognition, Fukuoka, Japan, Nov. 13-15, 2015.

[14] A. Asker, Samy F. M. Assal and A. M. Mohamed, “Dynamic analysis of a parallel manipulator-Based multi-function mobility assistive device for elderly,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Syst. Man and Cybernetics (SMC 2015), Hong Kong, Oct. 9-12, pp. 1409-1414, 2015.

[15] A. Asker and Samy F. M. Assal, “Kinematic analysis of a parallel manipulator-Based multi-function mobility assistive device for elderly,” in Proc. of the IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2015), Busan, Korea, July 7-11, pp. 676-681, 2015.

[16] N. Abdelwahab, A. Fath El-Bab and Samy F. M. Assal, “A novel SMA-based micro tactile display device for elasticity range of human soft tissues: Design and simulation,” in Proc. of the IEEE/ASME Int. Conf. on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2015), Busan, Korea, July 7-11, pp. 447-452, 2015.

[17] Samy F. M. Assal, “Piecewise kinematically redundant planar parallel manipulator for a hybrid machine tool,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. Industrial Technology (ICIT 2015), Sevilla, Spain, March 17-19, pp. 3196-3201, 2015.

[18] H. El-Hussieny, Samy F. M. Assal, A. A. Abouelsoud, and Said M. Megahed “A Novel Intention Prediction Strategy for a Shared Control Tele-manipulation System in Unknown Environments,” in Proc. of the IEEE/IES Int. Conf. on Mechatronics (ICM 2015), Nagoya, Japan, 6-8 Mar. 2015.

[19] A. Khalifa, A. Ramadan, K. Ibrahim, M. Fanni, Samy F. M. Assal and A. Abo-Ismail, “Workspace mapping and control of a tele-operated endoscopic surgical robot,” ," in Proc. of the 19th Int. Conf. on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR 2014), Poland, 2-5 Sept. 2014.

[20] Mahmoud M. Magdy, N. Abdelwahab, A. Fath El-Bab and Samy F. M. Assal, "Human motion spectrum-based 2-DOF energy harvesting device: Design methodology and experimental validation," in Proc. of the 28th European Conf. on Solid-State Transducers (Eurosensor 2014), Italy, Sept. 7-10, 2014.

[21] A. Asker, Samy F. M. Assal and A. Fath El-Bab, “Dynamic modeling of a parallel manipulator-based mobility assistive device for elderly people,” in Proc. of the 22nd Mediterranean Conf. on control & Automation (MED 14), Palermo, Italy, June 16-19, 2014.

[22] A. Asker, O. Salah, A. Fath El-Bab, A. Ramadan, Samy F. M. Assal, S. Sessa and A. Abo-Ismail, “ANFIS based Jacobian for a parallel manipulator mobility assistive device,” in Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Control (CONTROL 2014), UK, July 9-11, 2014.

[23] Abdalla Algamal, A. Aboelsoud and Samy F. M. Assal, “Fuzzy-based gain scheduling of exact feedforward linearization controller for magnetic ball levitation system,” in Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Control (CONTROL 2014), UK, July 9-11, 2014.

[24] M. Lashin, Abdall Algamal, A. Ramadan, A. Aboelsoud, Samy F. M. Assal and A. Abo-Ismail, “Fuzzy-based gain scheduling of exact feedforward linearization control and sliding mode control for magnetic ball levitation system: A comparative study,” in Proc. of the IEEE-TTTC Int. Conf. on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics (AQTR 2014), Romania, May 22-24, 2014.

[25] H. El-Hussieny, Samy F. M. Assal and M. Abdellatif, “Improved sensor-based mobile robot exploration of novel environments,” in Proc. of the 6th Int. Conf. on Intelligent Computing and Information Systems (ICICIS 2013), Cairo, Egypt, December 14-16, 2013, pp. 43-49.

[26] Samy F. M. Assal, “Non-singular 3-DOF planar parallel manipulator with high orientation capability for a hybrid machine tool,” in Proc. of the 16th Int. Conf. on Advanced Robotics, IEEE (ICAR 2013) Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov. 25-29, 2013.

[27] O. Salah, A. Asker, A. Fath El-Bab, Samy F. M. Assal, A. Ramadan, S. Sessa and A. Abo-Ismail, “Development of parallel manipulator sit to stand assistive device for elderly people,” in Proc. of the IEEE workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO 2013), Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 7-9, pp. 27-32, 2013.

[28] H. El-Hussieny, Samy F. M. Assal and M. Abdellatif, “Improving backtracking algorithm for efficient sensor-based random tree exploration,” in Proc. of the 5th Int. Conf. on Computational Intelligence, Communication systems and Networks (CICSyN 2013), IEEE, Madrid, Spain, June 5-7, 2013, pp. 19-24.

[29] Samy F. M. Assal, “Learning multiple solution branches for the direct kinematics of parallel manipulators,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. on Mechatronics (ICM 2011), Istanbul, Turkey, April 13-15, 2011, pp. 791-796.

[30] Samy F. M. Assal, “Intelligent system for the forward kinematics of planar parallel manipulators,” in Proc. of Int. Conf. on Modeling, Simulation and Control (ICMSC 2010), Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 2-4, 2010, pp.164-168.

[31] Samy F. M. Assal, “Neural network learning from hint for the cyclic motion of the constrained redundant arm,” in Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2006), Orlando, Florida, May 15-19, 2006, pp. 3679-3684.

[32] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Neural network learning from hint for the inverse kinematics problem of redundant arm subject to joint limits,” in Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Aug. 2-6, 2005, pp. 821-826.

[33] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Cooperative fuzzy hint acquisition for industrial redundant robots to avoid the joint limits,” in Proc. of the IEEE Int. Workshop on Soft Computing as Transdisciplinary Science and Technology, Muroran, Japan, May 25-27, 2005, pp. 41-50.

[34] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Intelligent control system for industrial redundant robots subject to joint limits,” in Proc. of the 4th Asian Conf. on Industrial Automation and Robotics, CD-ROM, Bangkok, Thailand, May 11-13, 2005.

[35] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Cooperative fuzzy hint acquisition for redundant manipulators to avoid the joint limits,” in Proc. of Mechatronics and Robotics 2004 IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (MechRob 2004), Aachen, Germany, September 13-15, 2004, pp. 756-761.

[36] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Cooperative fuzzy hint acquisition for avoiding joint limits of redundant manipulators,” in Proc. of the 30th Annual Conf. of the IEEE Industrial Electronic Society (IECON 2004), WC5-6 in CD-ROM, Busan, Korea, November 2-6, 2004.

[37] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Exploring motion acquisition of manipulators with multiple degrees-of-redundancy using soft computing techniques,” in Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2004), Sendai, Japan, Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2004, pp. 3086-3091.

[38] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe and Kiyotaka Izumi, “Fuzzy hint acquisition for the inverse kinematic solution of redundant manipulators using neural network: tracking unknown enclosed trajectory,” in Proc. of the 9th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Beppu, Oita, Japan, vol. 2, January 28-30, 2004, pp. 539-542.

[39] Samy F. M. Assal, Keigo Watanabe, Kiyotaka Izumi and Kazuo Kiguchi, “Acquisition of exploration motion inside tube by redundant manipulators: formulation and basic concept on 3-link manipulators,” in Proc. of SICE System Integration Division Annual Conference, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 19-21, 2003, pp. 528-529.

• Teaching Undergraduate Courses at E-JUST

MCE 111: Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics

MTE 314: Mechanical Vibrations

MTE 321: Project Based Learning on MTE

MTE 431 Mobile Robots

• Teaching Postgraduate Courses at E-JUST

MTR 508: Robot Kinematics, Dynamics and Control

MTR 501: Advanced Mechatronic Systems Design

MTR 702: Seminar on Advanced Mechatronics and Robotics Systems

• Teaching Undergraduate Courses at Tanta University

MPD2109: Theory of Machines

MPD3115: Theory of Vibrations

PD4236: Industrial Robotics

MPD3223: Automatic Control in Mechanical Systems

MPD2210: Machine Design 1

Machine Drawing

• Teaching Postgraduate Courses at Tanta University:

MDP 618: Robotics

MDP 547: Advanced Vibrations

MDP 619: Mechatronics

• Teaching Undergraduate Courses at Kafr El-Shakh University (Part Time)

Mechanical Vibrations (2006-2010)

Theory of Machines (2007-2010)

• Teaching Undergraduate Courses at Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport (Part Time)

Robotic Applications (2006-2009)