Andy Ruina

About

Born in Providence Rhode Island, USA, on January 13, 1953. Lived in Providence, Champagne Illinois, Alexandria Virginia, Arlington Virginia, Lexington Massachussettes, Chevy Chase Maryland, Cambridge Massachussettes. Spent a gap year, after high school in Israel at the Weizman Institute, Kibbutz Hazor Ashdod, the port of Eilat and on the ship Hahaluz. Got ScB, MS and PhD from Brown University with advisor James R Rice. Worked one year at the Earthquake Hazards reduction Lab, USGS, with James Dieterich in Menlo Park, CA. Professor at Cornell since Monday August 25, 1980. Was in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and now am in Mechanical Engineering.

Employment

• Cornell University Professor
  1980 - Present

Education

• Brown University BS, MS, PHD
  1981 - Present

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (79)

• Steinkamp's toy can hop 100 times but can't stand up
  Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 2017 DOI: 10.1115/1.4035337
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• A helping hand: Soft orthosis with integrated optical strain sensors and EMG control
  IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine 2016 DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2016.2582216
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• Towards a maximally-robust self-balancing robotic bicycle without reaction-moment gyroscopes nor reaction wheels
  Figshare 2016 DOI: 10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.3976596
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• Off-line controller design for reliable walking of ranger
  Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2016 DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487295
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• Towards a maximally-robust self-balancing robotic bicycle without reaction-moment gyroscopes nor reaction wheels
  Figshare 2016 DOI: 10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.3976596.V1
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• Discrete-Decision Continuous-Actuation Control: Balance of an Inverted Pendulum and Pumping a Pendulum Swing
  Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME 2015 DOI: 10.1115/1.4028851
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• Non-linear robust control for inverted-pendulum 2D walking
  Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2015 DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139800
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• Two steps is enough: No need to plan far ahead for walking balance
  Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2015 DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2015.7140083
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• Low-bandwidth reflex-based control for lower power walking: 65 km on a single battery charge
  International Journal of Robotics Research 2014 DOI: 10.1177/0278364914527485
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• Sliding with infinite friction
  Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery 2014 DOI: 10.14288/1.0043965
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