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Congratulations to Didem Fatma Demir for successfully defending his M.Sc. thesis titled: “DESIGN, MANUFACTURING, AND ROUGH TERRAIN ANALYSIS OF A COLLISION RESILIENT FOLDABLE, ADJUSTABLE WHEELED MINIATURE ROBOT: FAWSCY”!

Alihan, Doğa and Mustafa have joined our lab. We wish them success towards earning their Master’s degree!

Our paper entitled: “Nonlinear identification and optimal feedforward friction compensation for a motion platform” is published in Elsevier Mechatronics. Guc, A.F., Yumrukcal, Z., Ozcan, O. “Nonlinear Identification and Optimal Feedforward Friction Compensation for a Motion Platform,” Elsevier Mechatronics, vol. 71, p. 102408, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2020.102408

Congratulations to Nima Mahkam for successfully defending his M.Sc. thesis titled: “DESIGN, CONTROL, MODELLING AND LOCOMOTION ANALYSIS OF A MULTI-LEGGED MODULAR MINIATURE ROBOT WITH SOFT BACKBONES”!

Congratulations to Furkan Güç for successfully defending his M.Sc. thesis titled: “NONLINEAR IDENTIFICATION AND OPTIMAL FEEDFORWARD FRICTION COMPENSATION FOR A MOTION PLATFORM”!  

Our soft and miniature robot SQuad, which was published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, was firstly featured in one of the leading technology magazines in the US, Techxplore. After this event, it caught the attention of many, and it was made news in several languages. In Turkey, Anadolu Agency was the first to conduct an interview with us and to make news about SQuad. Later on, SQuad featured in TRT Haber (TRT News). You can find some of the links of the news and also the TRT Haber video (note that the video is in Turkish): https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-squad-miniature-robot-climb-obstacles https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/bilim-teknoloji/turk-arastirmacilar-gocuk-altinda-kalanlara-ulasabilecek-minyatur-robot-gelistirdi https://www.ntv.com.tr/teknoloji/turk-arastirmacilar-gocuk-altinda-kalanlara-ulasabilecek-minyatur-robot-gelistirdi   Link to publication: Kalin, M.A.I., Aygul, C., Turkmen, A., Kwiczak-Yigitbasi, J., Baytekin, B., Ozcan, O. “Design, Control, Fabrication and Maneuverability Analysis of an Untethered Miniature Soft Quadruped, SQuad,” IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 3854-3860, 2020, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2982354.  

Our paper entitled:“Miniature Modular Legged Robot with Compliant Backbones” is published in The IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L): Mahkam, N., Bakir, A., Ozcan, O. “Miniature Modular Legged Robot with Compliant Backbones” IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 3923-3930, 2020, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2020.2982362.

Our paper entitled:“Design, Control, Fabrication and Maneuverability Analysis of an Untethered Miniature Soft Quadruped, SQuad” is published in The IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L): Kalin, M.A.I., Aygul, C., Turkmen, A., Kwiczak-Yigitbasi, J., Baytekin, B., Ozcan, O. “Design, Control, Fabrication and Maneuverability Analysis of an Untethered Miniature Soft Quadruped, SQuad” IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 3854-3860, 2020, doi:10.1109/LRA.2020.2982354.

Our paper entitled: “The Effect of Large Deflections of Joints on Foldable Miniature Robot Dynamics” is published in the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems (JINT): Karakadiolu, C., Askari, M., Ozcan, O. “The Effect of Large Deflections of Joints on Foldable Miniature Robot Dynamics” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer, pp. 1-14, 2020, doi: 10.1007/s10846-020-01169-1.

Our conference paper named “Katlanabilir Modüler Minyatür Robotlar İçin Esnek Omurga Modülü Tasarımı” has won the best paper award at Turkey Robotics Conference (TORK 2019): Mahkam, N., Ozguven, O.B., Ozcan, O. “Katlanabilir Moduler Minyatur Robotlar Icin Esnek Omurga Modulu Tasarimi” TORK’19. Turkiye RobotBilim Konferansi, Ozyegin Universitesi, Istanbul, 2019.