Robotics

Dr. John Hedley

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School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
Interests: autonomous mobile robotics; AI; sensors; systems engineering
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Dr. J. Michael Herrmann

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University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Interests: autonomous behaviours; learning algorithms; swarm robotics; neurorobotics

Prof. Dr. Bernardo Innocenti

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BEAMS Department (Bio Electro and Mechanical Systems), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Interests: biomechanics; numerical modeling; human knee joint
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Prof. Dr. Shafiqul Islam

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Department of Computer Science, Physical Sciences and Engineering Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA 70125 USA
Interests: machine learning for autonomous multi-vehicles (aerial, ground, underwater)/robotics (medical, industrial) network systems; collaborative learning control and manipulation for cyber-physical systems; intelligent robotics; mechatronics and unmanned vehicles
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Prof. Dr. Iyad Kanj

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The School of Computing, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
Interests: parameterized complexity; graph theory and algorithms; combinatorial optimization; computational geometry; robotics

Prof. Dr. Erdal Kayacan

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Interests: artificial intelligence; intelligent control; robotics; mchatronics; sliding mode control; unmanned aerial vehicles

Prof. Dr. Min Cheol Lee

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School of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, 30 Jangjeon-Dong, Kumjung-Ku, Busan 609-735, Korea
Interests: intelligent robotics; mechatronics; control of robotic systems; biomedical; rehabilitation and surgical robotics

Prof. Dr. Shaoyuan Li

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School of Electronic Information and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Interests: adaptive control; model-based predictive control; distributed control systems; networked control for cyber-physical systems

Dr. Claudio Loconsole

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Department of Engineering and Science, Universitas Mercatorum, Rome, Italy
Interests: human-robot interaction; computer vision; artificial intelligence
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Dr. Antonio M. López Rodríguez

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Electrical Enginnering Department, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
Interests: human activity and behavior recognition for ubiquitous computing and human machine interaction; body worn sensing; pedestrian navigation systems; emotion recognition; human movement prediction; dynamics and control systems; intelligent systems

Dr. Sotiris Makris

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Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS), Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, 26504 Rio Patras, Greece
Interests: smart intralogistics, robotics; virtual reality; augmented reality; virtual collaborative environments; AI
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Dr. Monica Malvezzi

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Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics, University of Siena, Via Roma 56, 53100 Siena, Italy
Interests: grippers; haptic interfaces; biomechanics; dexterous manipulators; human-robot interaction; manipulator kinematics; medical robotics; patient rehabilitation; wearable robot; exoskeleton device; actuators
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Prof. Dr. Ken Masamune

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Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Toyko Women’s Medical University, Toyko, Japan
Interests: medical engieering; surgical devices; computer-aided surgery; visualization devices; systems for surgery
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Dr. Stefano Mazzoleni

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Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
Interests: biorobotics; medical and surgical robotics; rehabilitation and assistive robotics; adaptive control and learning algorithms; human-robots interaction; medical signal processing; dexterous manipulators; robot kinematics; control of robotic systems; human-machine interfaces

Dr. Pierre Melchior

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IMS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Interests: fractional systems; automatic control; crone control; robust control; path planning and tracking

Dr. Antonio Paulo Moreira

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FEUP - Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto and INESC TEC - INESC Technology and Science, Porto, Portugal
Interests: control and automation; industrial manipulators and mobile robotics
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Prof. Dr. Fabien Moutarde

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Center for Robotics, MINES ParisTech, 75006 Paris, France
Interests: deep machine-learning; computer vision; pattern and gesture recognition; autonomous/intelligent vehicles and mobile robots; collaborative robotics; human-robot interaction

Prof. Giovanni Muscato

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Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Catania, 95131 Catania, Italy
Interests: systems and control engineering; field robotics; service robotics; UAV/UGV cooperation
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Prof. Dr. Simon Parsons

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School of Computer Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, UK
Interests: data-backed decision making; explainable artificial intelligence; market-based systems; mobile robotics

Prof. Dr. Shahram Payandeh

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Networked Robotics and Sensing Laboratory, School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Interests: robotics; geometrical robotics; networked dynamical systems; multi-view tracking; multi-modal interaction; mechanical robotic transformer; holistic approach for body pose and activity tracking and reconstruction; systems and robotics for aging-in-place

Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Pollini

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Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Interests: agmented reality; adaptive control; vision-based navigation; guidance system
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Prof. Dr. Girijesh Prasad

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School of Computing, Engineering and Intelligent Systems Girijesh Prasad, University of Ulster, Londonderry BT48 7JL, UK
Interests: intelligent systems; data engineering; brain modelling; brain-computer interfaces and neuro-rehabilitation; assistive technology; biometrics

Dr. Giulio Reina

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Department of Mechanics, Mathematics, and Management, Politecnico di Bari, 70126 Bari, BA, Italy
Interests: vehicle dynamics and control; terramechanics; advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) for automotive and agriculture industry towards self-driving vehicles; mobile robotics for planetary exploration
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Prof. Dr. Oscar Reinoso Garcia

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Department of Systems and Automation Engineering, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Avinguda de la Universitat d'Elx, s/n, 03202 Elche, Alicante, Spain
Interests: computer vision; robotics; cooperative robotics
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Prof. Dr. Rui P. Rocha

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Institute of Systems and Robotics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Coimbra, 3030-290 Coimbra, Portugal
Interests: multi-robot systems; cooperative robotics; multi-sensor data fusion; SLAM; intelligent robotics; service robotics
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Dr. Matteo Russo

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LARM 2 Robotics & Mechatronics Laboratory, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
Interests: mechanism design for robotics; kinematic synthesis, modeling, and optimization; parallel manipulators; cable-driven manipulators; continuum robots; inspection and maintenance; medical and rehabilitation robotics
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Prof. Dr. Achim Schweikard

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Institute for Robotics and Cognitive Systems, Luebeck University, Luebeck, Germany
Interests: medical robotics; artificial intelligence

Prof. Dr. Ulrike Thomas

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Robotics and Human Machine Interaction Laboratory, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09111 Chemnitz, Germany
Interests: human robot interaction; deep learning for robotics; assembly sequence planning; robot control and object recognition; intelligent systems for humanoid robots
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Prof. Dr. Kerstin Thurow

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Center for Life Science Automation, University Rostock, F.-Barnewitz-Str. 8, 18119 Rostock (D), Germany
Interests: life science automation; robotics; smart sensor systems; mobile robotics
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Prof. Dr. Andy Tyrrell

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School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, Heslington, UK
Interests: evolutionary robotics; bio-Inspired computing and AI; evolutionary algorithms; evolutionary computing
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