Education

• Tufts University, PhD 1985
• Tufts University, MS 1972
• Tufts University, BS 1972

Research Interests

• Neuromusular/Rehabilitation Engineering,
• Neural Control of Human Movement
• Machine Recognition of Human Gesture
• Gesture Dynamics
• Telemanipulation
• Haptic and Kinesthetic Systems
• Multimodal Human/Machine Interaction
• Mechatronics

Publications

• Kazi, Z. Foulds, R. (1998) Knowledge-based Telemanipulation in an Unstructured Environment. Roboticav. 16.
• Chen, S., Kazi, Z., Foulds, R., Chester, D., (1998) Color and 3D-based Telemanipulation. Image and Vision Computing Journal , 16, pp. 265-274.
• Chen, S., Rahman, T., Foulds, R. Heredia, E. Harwin, W., (1998) Virtual Headstick for People with Spinal Cord Injuries. Robotica v. 16, pp. 499-507.
• Kazi, Z., Chen, S., Beitler, M., Chester, D., and Foulds, R., (1998) Speech and Gesture Mediated Intelligent Teleoperation, In Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence: Assistive Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Edited by Mittal, V.O., Yanko, H., Aronis, J., and Simpson, R.. Springer-Verlag
• Saxe, D., Foulds, R., Joyce, A., (1998) Dual Level Intraframe Coding for Increased Video Telecommunication Bandwidth, In ASSETS ‘98- Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies,  pp. 130-135.
• Foulds, R., Joyce, A., (1998) Expanded Interactions: Broadening Human-Centered Computing,  In ASSETS ‘98- Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies,  pp. 49-50.
• Erenshteyn, R., Laskov, P., Foulds, R., (1997) Human Gesture Recognition Using Neural Networks and Multiclass Encoding.  Proceedings of the Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, St. Louis, MO. (Nov. 1997)
• Harwin, W., Rahman, T., Foulds, R. (1995) A Review of Design Issues in Rehabilitation Robotics with Reference to North American Research. IEEE Transaction on Rehabilitation Engineering. v 3, n 1, Pp. 3-13.
• Erenshteyn, R., Foulds, R., Galuska, S. (1994), Is Designing a Neural Network Application an Art or a Science?. SIGCHI Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 23-29.
• Foulds, R., (1994) The Applied Science and Engineering Laboratories at he University of Delaware and the A.I. duPont Institute, Technology and Disability, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 291-306.
• Roy, D.M., Panayi, M., Foulds, R., Erenshteyn, R., Harwin, W., Fawcus, R. (1994). The Enhancement of Interaction for People with Severe Speech and Physical Impairment through the Computer Recognition of Gesture and Manipulation. Presence - Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Vol. 3, No. 3, MIT Press, pp. 227-235.

 Honors/Awards

•  Annual Award for Research Accomplishment in Engineering, Tufts University,  Department of Mechanical Engineering May 1996
• Fellow,  American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, January, 1992
• Fellow, Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, June, 1991
• Leonard and Isabelle Goldenson Award for Rehabilitation Research, May, 1990
• The United Cerebral Palsy National Research Foundation
• Senior Fulbright Scholar, July-December, 1986
• Robotics and Communication Research at the Institute for Rehabilitation Research, The Netherlands