ANNOUNCEMENT

Announcement
Workshop on Humanoid/Biped Robots and Artificial Intelligence: Manipulation, Locomotion and Applications on December 1, 2020, (Tuesday, December 1, 2020 (GMT+03:00))

12:50-14:00: Opening Session--(Click for the video)

•Prof. Ayşegül UÇAR: “Humanoid Robots and Artificial Intelligence”

•Simge Nur Aslan: “Robot Learning from Demonstration”

14:00-15:00: First Session--(Click for the video)

Locomotion and AI Research at the Biomechatronics Laboratory of Özyegin University

• Assist. Prof. Barkan Uğurlu: “Learning to Walk Efficiently Through the Use of Passive Compliance”

•Sara Hamdan: “Human-to-Robot Skill Transfer for Robot Aided Polishing Task”

•Ahmed Soliman: “3-D Walking Planning and Control for a Self-Balancing Lower Body Exoskeleton”

15:00-16:00: Second Session--(Click for the video)

•Assoc. Prof. Önder Tutsoy and Fatma Güngör: “Robot Doctors: Recognition, Assessments and Dialog Based Intervention”

16:00-17:00: Third Session--(Click for the video)

•Prof. Jacky Baltes: “Humanoid Robot Athletes”

17:00-18:00: Fourth Session--(Click for the video)

•Prof. Jessy W. Grizzle: “Feedback Control for Agile Bipedal Locomotion”

Biography 1 (Assistant Professor Dr.Barkan Ugurlu)

Barkan Ugurlu received his B.E. (with high honors) in Electrical Engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, and his M.E. degree in Mechatronics Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2006. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Humanoid Robotics field, from Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan, in 2010, with the Monbukagakusho scholarship granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Technology of Japan. From May 2010 to March 2013, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher, at the Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy, and Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan. From April 2013 to January 2015, he was a Research Scientist at the Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Kyoto, Japan. As of February 2015, he is working at the Department of Mechanical Engineering as an Assistant Professor in Ozegin University. His research interests include biological sensorimotor control and motor recovery, active orthoses and exoskeletons, robot-aided rehabilitation, humanoid/quadruped locomotion control, and multibody dynamics, force, and compliance control.

Biography 2 (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onder Tutsoy )

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onder Tutsoy from Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University Saricam Campus Adana, Turkey. 

Onder Tutsoy received his Ph.D. degree, The University of Manchester, The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Manchester, England, 2009-2013. • Thesis Title: On the Reinforcement Learning Analysis and Learning the Control of Humanoid Robot Leg • Supervised by: Dr. Martin Brown and Prof. Hong Wang Master of Science, (MSc), The University of Manchester, Advanced Systems and Control Engineering, Manchester, England, 2008-2009 • Dissertation Title: Robust Experimental Design and Control of Biological Systems • Supervised by: Dr. Martin Brown Academic Preparation, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England 2007-2008 • Dissertation Title: Nuclear Power Plants; An Overview • Supervised by: A number of lecturers from the academic preparation department. Research Interests / Research Profile • Control • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Autonomous Systems: Modeling, Analyis and Control • Object Recognition • Signal Processing

Biography 3 (Prof. Jacky Baltes )

Jacky Baltes received his Ph.D. degree in 1996 from the University of Calgary in Artificial Intelligence. From 1996 to 2002, he worked as a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand. From 2002 to 2016, he has been a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has worked as an Outstanding Professor and head of Educational Robotics Center at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, since 2016. He has also been a vice president of the FIRA robotic soccer association, chair of the HuroCup competition, and a member of the RoboCup executive committee. His research interests are intelligent robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer vision.

Biography 4 (Prof. Jessy W. Grizzle)

Jessy W. Grizzle is the Director of the Michigan Robotics Institute. He received the Ph.D. in electrical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1983. He is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, where he holds the titles of the Elmer Gilbert Distinguished University Professor and the Jerry and Carol Levin Professor of Engineering. He jointly holds sixteen patents dealing with emissions reduction in passenger vehicles through improved control system design. Professor Grizzle is a Fellow of the IEEE and IFAC. He received the Paper of the Year Award from the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society in 1993, the George S. Axelby Award in 2002, the Control Systems Technology Award in 2003, the Bode Prize in 2012 and the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award in 2014. His work on bipedal locomotion has been the object of numerous plenary lectures and has been featured on CNN, ESPN, Discovery Channel, The Economist, Wired Magazine, Discover Magazine, Scientific American and Popular Mechanics.

Biography 5 PhD  and Master Students
Sara Hamdan
Ahmed Soliman
Fatma Güngör
Simge Nur Aslan

Opening Session (12:50-14:00): “Locomotion and Manipulation at the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Firat University in Elazig, Turkey ”

• Prof. Ayşegül UÇAR: “Humanoid Robots and Artificial Intelligence”

•Simge Nur Aslan: “Robot Learning from Demonstration”

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First Session (14:00-15:00): “Locomotion and AI Research at the Biomechatronics Laboratory of Özyeğin University in Istanbul, Turkey ”

• Assist. Prof. Dr. Barkan Uğurlu: “Learning to Walk Efficiently Through the Use of Passive Compliance”

•Sara Hamdan: “Human-to-Robot Skill Transfer for Robot Aided Polishing Task”

•Ahmed Soliman: “3-D Walking Planning and Control for a Self-Balancing Lower Body Exoskeleton”

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Second Session (15:00-16:00): “Robot Doctors: Recognitions, Assessments and Dialog Based Interventions”

•Assoc. Prof. Dr. Önder Tutsoy and Fatma Güngör, Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology University, Adana, Turkey.

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Third Session (16:00-17:00): “Humanoid Robot Athletes”

•Prof. Jacky Baltes, the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) Educational Robotics Center, Taipei, Taiwan.

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Fourth Session (17:00-18:00): “Feedback Control for Agile Bipedal Locomotion”

•Prof. Jessy W. Grizzle, University of Michigan EECS Department Electrical & Computer Engineering, the US.

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