Francisco Valero-Cuevas
Dean's Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
Studies neuromechanics of human movement and bio-inspired robotics.
Francisco Valero-Cuevas's lab at USC works on soft, surgical & micro robots and medical image analysis. 19 papers since 2023, 1 at top venues, mostly PNAS. 5 PhD students and 1 master's student. 132 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 5/ year
- at T1 venues
- 5%
- PhD students
- 5
- MS students
- 1
- alumni listed
- 132
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 3 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 3 papers2025 · T1 0
- 6 papers2024 · T1 1
- 7 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: PNAS
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- movement2 papers
- Soft, surgical & micro robots0 papers
- Medical image analysis0 papers
- biomedical engineering0 papers
- bio-inspired0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20263 papers
- Experimental PhysiologyGalvanic vestibular stimulation reveals disruption of ipsilesional brainstem pathways in hemiparetic stroke survivors (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in PhysiologyIntermuscular coherence during arm movement changes significantly with shoulder abduction and age, but not with limb dominance (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of The Royal Society InterfacePerception in action: a robotic system that can teach itself to melodiously play music by ear (opens in a new tab)
20253 papers
- Science AdvancesCurriculum is more influential than haptic feedback when learning object manipulation (opens in a new tab)
- International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical EngineeringThe Bundles of Intercrossing Fibers of the Extensor Mechanism of the Fingers Greatly Influence the Transmission of Muscle Forces (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of PhysiologyVestibular motor output is also gated by voluntary action of the arm (opens in a new tab)
20246 papers
- Human KineticsA Commentary on Latash: “Useful and Useless Misnomers in Motor Control” (opens in a new tab)
- PNAS (T1)A computational study of how an α-to γ-motoneurone collateral can mitigate velocity-dependent stretch reflexes during voluntary movement (opens in a new tab)
- Bioinspiration & BiomimeticsBrain-body-task co-adaptation can improve autonomous learning and speed of bipedal walking. (opens in a new tab)
- Royal Society Open ScienceGeneralizability of footplacement control strategiesduring unperturbed andperturbed gait (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationNSF DARE—Transforming modeling in neurorehabilitation: Four threads for catalyzing progress (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of NeuroEngineering and RehabilitationTransforming modeling in neurorehabilitation: clinical insights for personalized rehabilitation (opens in a new tab)
20237 papers
- Frontiers in Sports and Active Living‘Fine synergies’ describe motor adaptation in people with drop foot in a way that supplements traditional ‘coarse synergies’ (opens in a new tab)
- Applied SciencesA Novel Passive Implantable Differential Mechanism to Restore Individuated Finger Flexion during Grasping following Tendon Transfer Surgery: A Pilot Study (opens in a new tab)
- EntropyDynamical Analyses Show That Professional Archers Exhibit Tighter, Finer and More Fluid Dynamical Control than Neophytes (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in PhysiologyEdge Computing in Nature: Minimal pre-processing of multi-muscle ensembles of spindle signals improves discriminability of limb movements (opens in a new tab)
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthMountain Hiking: Prolonged Eccentric Muscle Contraction during Simulated Downhill Walking Perturbs Sensorimotor Control Loops Needed for Safe Dynamic Foot–Ground Interactions (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in Rehabilitation SciencesMuscle redundancy is greatly reduced by the spatiotemporal nature of neuromuscular control (opens in a new tab)
- Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingTask-dependent alteration of beta-band intermuscular coherence is associated with ipsilateral corticospinal tract excitability (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went132 listed
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