Mr Achintha Abayasiri
Associate Lecturer
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Journal Articles
Abayasiri, Achintha M., Bo, Antonio Padilha Lanari, Baghaei, Nilufar and Dick, Taylor J. M. (2026). Virtual reality illusions systematically perturb balance in young and older adults. Gait and Posture, 128 110172, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2026.110172
Abayasiri, R. Achintha M., Padilha Lanari Bo, Antonio, Dick, Taylor J. M. and Baghaei, Nilufar (2025). Influence of virtual reality illusions on balance performance and immersive user experience in young adults: a within-subject experimental study. JMIR Serious Games, 13 e70376, e70376-e70376. doi: 10.2196/70376
Lake, Kaitlyn, Mc Kittrick, Andrea, Desselle, Mathilde, Padilha Lanari Bo, Antonio, Abayasiri, Rammuni Achintha Mihiran, Fleming, Jennifer Michelle, Baghaei, Nilufar and Kim, Dan Dongseong (2024). Cyber security and privacy issues in extended reality healthcare applications: scoping review. JMIR XR and Spatial Computing, 1 e59409, e59409-e59409. doi: 10.2196/59409
Abayasiri, R. A. M., Jayasekara, A. G. B. P., Gopura, R. A. R. C. and Kiguchi, Kazuo (2024). Intelligent object manipulation for a wheelchair‐mounted robotic arm. Journal of Robotics, 2024 (1) 1516737, 1-15. doi: 10.1155/2024/1516737
Conference Papers
Abayasiri, Achintha M., Dick, Taylor J. M., Padilha Lanari Bo, Antonio and Baghaei, Nilufar (2025). Age-related differences in immersive experience during a balance task with VR illusions. OZCHI '25: 37th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Sydney, Australia, 29 November - 3 December 2025. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3764687.3764724
Abayasiri, R. Achintha M., Dick, Taylor J. M., Baghaei, Nilufar and Bo, Antonio P. L. (2025). Investigating the Impact of Virtual Illusions on Upper Limb Motion: Age-Related Differences and Rehabilitation Implications. 2025 47th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Copenhagen, Denmark, 14-18 July 2025. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/embc58623.2025.11253162
Zhang, Suki Yuanxin, Abayasiri, R. Achintha M., Yang, Yanzhuo, Liang, Hai-Ning, Xu, Wenge and Baghaei, Nilufar (2025). Impact of Visual Embellishments on Player Experience in Virtual Reality Exergames. CHI EA '25: Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 26 April 2025- 1 May 2025. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3706599.3721252
R. Achintha M. Abayasiri (2023). Influence of virtual illusions and perturbations on kinematics and balance during treadmill walking. Doctoral Consortium of 35th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (OzCHI), Wellington, New Zealand, 2 - 6 December 2023.
Abayasiri, R. A. M., Jayasekara, A. G. B. P., Gopura, R. A. R. C. and Kiguchi, Kazuo (2021). EMG based controller for a wheelchair with robotic manipulator. 2021 3rd International Conference on Electrical Engineering (EECon), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 24 September 2021. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/EECon52960.2021.9580949
Abayasiri, R. A. M., Abayasiri, R. S. T., Gunawardhana, R. A. G. M., Premakumara, R. M. C., Mallikarachchi, Sanjaya, Gopura, R. A. R. C., Lalitharatne, Thilina Dulantha and Madusanka, D. G. K. (2020). An under-actuated hand prosthesis with finger abduction and adduction for human like grasps. International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), Singapore, 20-23 April 2020. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/iccar49639.2020.9107986
Abayasiri, R. A. M. and Gopura, R. A. R. C. (2019). A redundant trans-humeral ortho-prosthesis with novel shoulder orthosis for human like motion generation. 2019 14th Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 18-20 December 2019. Piscataway, NJ USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/iciis47346.2019.9063342
Ranaweera, R. K. P. S., Abayasiri, R. A. M., Gopura, R. A. R. C., Jayawardena, T. S. S. and Mann, G. K. I. (2019). Design and analysis of an anthropomorphic two-dof ankle-foot orthosis. 2019 5th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR), Unknown, 19-22 April 2019. Piscataway, NJ USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/iccar.2019.8813375
Abayasiri, R. A. M. and Gopura, R. A. R. C. (2018). A study on manipulability of a 9 DoF trans-humeral ortho-prosthesis. 112th Annual Sessions of Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 18 - 19 October 2018. Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka.
Abayasiri, R. A. M., Gopura, R. A. R. C. and Kiguchi, Kazuo (2018). A transhumeral ortho-prosthesis for the amputees with weak stump arms. 6th Conference on Sri Lanka - Japan Collaborative Research (SLJCR), Sri Lanka, 1 September 2018.
Bayasiri, R. A.M.A., Gopura, R. A.R.C. and Ranaweera, R. K.P.S. (2018). A trans-humeral ortho-prosthesis: towards power assistive prostheses. International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics, Auckland, New Zealand, 20-23 April 2018. NEW YORK: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/iccar.2018.8384722
Abayasiri, R. Achintha M., Madusanka, D. G. Kanishka, Arachchige, N. M. P., Silva, A. T. S. and Gopura, R. A. R. C. (2017). MoBio: a 5 DOF trans-humeral robotic prosthesis. 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), Unknown, 17-20 July 2017. Piscataway, NJ USA: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/icorr.2017.8009481
Theses
Abayasiri, Achintha (2026). Effects of immersive virtual reality illusions on balance, gait, and user experience. PhD Thesis, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/b720852
Abayasiri, R. A. M. (2022). Incorporating biological signals for understanding user intentions for intelligent wheelchair. MPhil Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Abayasiri, R. A. M. (2019). Development of a robotic ortho-prosthesis for trans-humeral amputees. M.Sc Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.