Publications

Papers

2026

1. JTEHM

   

   KneeMS to Monitor Knee Acoustic Emissions for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

   Ruchik Mishra, Quentin Goossens, Christopher Nichols, Ahmet Rasim Emirdagi, Chuoqi Chen, Onur Selim Kilic, Mohammad Nikbakht, Prabhkirat Bindra, Catherine Yang, Cate Garretson, Lori Ponder, Sampath Prahalad, and Omer T. Inan

   IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 2026

   TL;DR DOI Bib HTML

   @article{mishra2026kneems,
     title = {KneeMS to Monitor Knee Acoustic Emissions for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Goossens, Quentin and Nichols, Christopher and Emirdagi, Ahmet Rasim and Chen, Chuoqi and Kilic, Onur Selim and Nikbakht, Mohammad and Bindra, Prabhkirat and Yang, Catherine and Garretson, Cate and Ponder, Lori and Prahalad, Sampath and Inan, Omer T.},
     journal = {IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine},
     volume = {14},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.1109/JTEHM.2026.3721498},
   }

2. EMBC

   

   Predicting Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Using KneeMS and Machine Learning

   Ruchik Mishra, Ahmet Rasim Emirdagi, Chuoqi Chen, Catherine Yang, Holland E. Ernst, Lori Ponder, Sampath Prahalad, and Omer T. Inan

   In 48th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), in press, 2026

   TL;DR Bib

   @inproceedings{mishra2026embc,
     title = {Predicting Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Using KneeMS and Machine Learning},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Emirdagi, Ahmet Rasim and Chen, Chuoqi and Yang, Catherine and Ernst, Holland E. and Ponder, Lori and Prahalad, Sampath and Inan, Omer T.},
     booktitle = {48th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), in press},
     year = {2026},
   }

2025

1. RA-L

   

   Personalized Speech Emotion Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction Using Vision Transformers

   Ruchik Mishra, Andrew Frye, Madan Mohan Rayguru, and Dan O. Popa

   IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025

   TL;DR DOI arXiv Bib HTML

   @article{mishra2025speech,
     title = {Personalized Speech Emotion Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction Using Vision Transformers},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Frye, Andrew and Rayguru, Madan Mohan and Popa, Dan O.},
     journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
     volume = {10},
     number = {5},
     pages = {4890--4897},
     year = {2025},
     doi = {10.1109/LRA.2025.3554949},
   }

2. CASE

   Multimodal Sensing and Machine Learning to Compare Printed and Verbal Assembly Instructions Delivered by a Social Robot

   Ruchik Mishra, Laksita Prasanna, Adair Adair, and Dan O. Popa

   In IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2025

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{mishra2025assembly,
     title = {Multimodal Sensing and Machine Learning to Compare Printed and Verbal Assembly Instructions Delivered by a Social Robot},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Prasanna, Laksita and Adair, Adair and Popa, Dan O.},
     booktitle = {IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)},
     year = {2025},
   }

2024

1. AJA

   Empatica E4 Assessment of Child Physiological Measures of Listening Effort During Remote and In-Person Communication

   M. V. Kondaurova, A. Smith, Ruchik Mishra, Q. Zheng, I. Kondaurova, A. L. Francis, and E. Sallee

   American Journal of Audiology, 2024

   DOI Bib HTML

   @article{kondaurova2024empatica,
     title = {Empatica E4 Assessment of Child Physiological Measures of Listening Effort During Remote and In-Person Communication},
     author = {Kondaurova, M. V. and Smith, A. and Mishra, Ruchik and Zheng, Q. and Kondaurova, I. and Francis, A. L. and Sallee, E.},
     journal = {American Journal of Audiology},
     year = {2024},
     doi = {10.1044/2024_AJA-24-00078},
   }

2. Technologies

   MIRA: Multi-Joint Imitation with Recurrent Adaptation for Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation

   A. Ashary, Ruchik Mishra, Madan Mohan Rayguru, and Dan O. Popa

   Technologies, 2024

   Bib HTML

   @article{ashary2024mira,
     title = {MIRA: Multi-Joint Imitation with Recurrent Adaptation for Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation},
     author = {Ashary, A. and Mishra, Ruchik and Rayguru, Madan Mohan and Popa, Dan O.},
     journal = {Technologies},
     volume = {12},
     number = {8},
     pages = {135},
     year = {2024},
   }

3. arXiv

   

   Human-Mediated Large Language Models for Robotic Intervention in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

   Ruchik Mishra, Karla Conn Welch, and Dan O. Popa

   Under review; preprint available on arXiv (arXiv:2402.00260), 2024

   TL;DR arXiv Bib

   @article{mishra2024llm,
     title = {Human-Mediated Large Language Models for Robotic Intervention in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Welch, Karla Conn and Popa, Dan O.},
     journal = {Under review; preprint available on arXiv (arXiv:2402.00260)},
     year = {2024},
   }

2023

1. ACIIW

   

   Social Impressions of the NAO Robot and Its Impact on Physiology

   Ruchik Mishra and Karla Conn Welch

   In 11th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW), 2023

   TL;DR Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{mishra2023social,
     title = {Social Impressions of the NAO Robot and Its Impact on Physiology},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Welch, Karla Conn},
     booktitle = {11th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW)},
     year = {2023},
   }

2. SoutheastCon

   

   Towards Forecasting Engagement in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Social Robots and Deep Learning

   Ruchik Mishra and Karla Conn Welch

   In IEEE SoutheastCon, 2023

   TL;DR Awarded Bib HTML

   Finalist, 2023 IEEE-HKN Best Student Paper Award

   @inproceedings{mishra2023forecasting,
     title = {Towards Forecasting Engagement in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Using Social Robots and Deep Learning},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Welch, Karla Conn},
     booktitle = {IEEE SoutheastCon},
     year = {2023},
   }

3. ICRA-W

   Social Impressions of the NAO Robot and Applications in Robotic Intervention of Autism Spectrum Disorder

   Ruchik Mishra and Karla Conn Welch

   In Socially Acceptable Robots Workshop, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023

   Bib

   @inproceedings{mishra2023icraw,
     title = {Social Impressions of the NAO Robot and Applications in Robotic Intervention of Autism Spectrum Disorder},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Welch, Karla Conn},
     booktitle = {Socially Acceptable Robots Workshop, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
     year = {2023}
   }

2022

1. ACIIW

   

   Towards Adaptive and Personalized Robotic Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

   Ruchik Mishra

   In 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW), 2022

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{mishra2022adaptive,
     title = {Towards Adaptive and Personalized Robotic Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik},
     booktitle = {10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW)},
     year = {2022},
   }

2. ICICT

   A Low-Cost and Portable Subcutaneous Vein Detection System Using a Combination of Segmentation Methods

   P. Saxena, Ri. Mishra, K. Gupta, R. Gupta, and Ruchik Mishra

   In Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT), 2022

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{saxena2022vein,
     title = {A Low-Cost and Portable Subcutaneous Vein Detection System Using a Combination of Segmentation Methods},
     author = {Saxena, P. and Mishra, Ri. and Gupta, K. and Gupta, R. and Mishra, Ruchik},
     booktitle = {Sixth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (ICICT)},
     pages = {869--878},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2022},
   }

2020

1. ICCAR

   Indoor Navigation of a Service Robot Platform Using Multiple Localization Techniques Using Sensor Fusion

   Ruchik Mishra, C. Vineel, and A. Javed

   In 6th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), 2020

   Bib

   @inproceedings{mishra2020indoor,
     title = {Indoor Navigation of a Service Robot Platform Using Multiple Localization Techniques Using Sensor Fusion},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Vineel, C. and Javed, A.},
     booktitle = {6th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR)},
     year = {2020}
   }

2019

1. ARSO

   Ego-Centric Framework for a Three-Wheel Omni-Drive Telepresence Robot

   Ruchik Mishra, Y. Ajmera, N. Mishra, and A. Javed

   In IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO), 2019

   Bib

   @inproceedings{mishra2019ego,
     title = {Ego-Centric Framework for a Three-Wheel Omni-Drive Telepresence Robot},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Ajmera, Y. and Mishra, N. and Javed, A.},
     booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO)},
     year = {2019}
   }

2018

1. ICCAR

   ROS-Based Service Robot Platform

   Ruchik Mishra and A. Javed

   In 4th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), 2018

   Bib

   @inproceedings{mishra2018ros,
     title = {ROS-Based Service Robot Platform},
     author = {Mishra, Ruchik and Javed, A.},
     booktitle = {4th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR)},
     year = {2018}
   }

Abstracts and posters

2026

1. Abstract

   KneeMS for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis [abstract]

   Ruchik Mishra, Catherine Yang, Quentin Goossens, Christopher Nichols, Ahmet Rasim Emirdagi, Chuoqi Chen, Onur Selim Kilic, Cate Garretson, Mohammad Nikbakht, Prabhkirat Bindra, Lori Ponder, Omer T. Inan, and Sampath Prahalad

   Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2026

   2026 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium (PRSYM), Minneapolis, MN, March 18–21, 2026

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2024

1. Poster

   Simulated Industrial Assembly: Robot vs. Paper Instructions

   Laksita Prasanna, Adair Adair, Ruchik Mishra, and Karla Conn Welch

   2024
2. Poster

   Assessment of Child Physiological Measures of Listening Effort During Telepractice

   M. Kondaurova, A. Smith, Ruchik Mishra, Q. Zheng, I. Kondaurova, A. Francis, E. Wooten, and S. King

   2024
3. Poster

   Real-Time Biomedical Data as a Shaper of Robot Behavior in Human-Robot Interaction

   Ruchik Mishra, Gerhardus Olde Loohuis, and Karla Conn Welch

   2024

   Awarded

   Mark of Distinction

2023

1. Poster

   Accuracy Analysis of Program Compliance and Additional Developments for Human Robot Interaction in the Observation of Autism Spectrum Disorder

   Armand Zedric Greenwell, Ruchik Mishra, and Karla Conn Welch

   2023

2022

1. JASA

   The Effect of a Social Robot Mediator on Speech Characteristics of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

   A. Shah, M. V. Kondaurova, Ruchik Mishra, R. Pennington, Karla Conn Welch, G. M. Kuravackel, and Q. Zheng

   The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2022

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2. Poster

   Severity Metric Development for Diagnosis of Autism Using Social Robots

   Ruchik Mishra, Irina Kondaurova, and Nazita Taghavi

   2022

   Awarded

   1st Place, Doctoral Engineering Student Award