Robotics

Goal and motivation for robotics at IMS Lab

Robots are developed for the improvement of quality of our lives. Human-Robot Collaboration encompasses developing usable robots that make our everyday lives easier. Collaborative robots share their autonomy with human partners, thus improving the efficiency and quality of work in areas such as flexible manufacturing, logistics, domestic assistance, healthcare, and teleoperation in hazardous environments. We have extensive experience in research and technology of every aspect of robotics: designing electronics, mechanical engineering, software development, system integration, device building, education and training.

Highlights

• TeMoto, a highly intuitive telerobotics platform,
• omnidirectional robotont platform for education and research in ROS,
• Fits.me shape-changing mannequin,
• Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE),
• Massive open online course (MOOC) about robotics in Estonia (https://sisu.ut.ee/robot).

Capabilities

Tools we use

• ROS
• LabVIEW,
• C++

Equipment

Our inventory includes but is not limited to:

• KUKA youBot
• Universal Robot UR5
• Franka Emika Panda
• SoftBank Pepper
• Kinova 3-finger gripper
• robotont
• OSVR
• Oculus Rift
• Intel RealSense, Kinect, Leap Motion Controller

Skills

• Hardware integration
• Software engineering
• Electronics design
• Full system development
• ROS and engineering trainings

Primary contact

Karl Kruusamäe, associate professor of robotics engineering, ORCID

Alvo Aabloo, professor, head of the IMS lab

Full list of lab members here

Student projects

We always welcome new motivated students who are interested in robotics to join our lab. A list of potential student projects in robotics can be found here.

Porfolio

Selected projects

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Selected Publications

• Robert Valner, Karl Kruusamäe, Mitch Pryor (2018) TeMoto: Intuitive Multi-Range Telerobotic System with Natural Gestural and Verbal Instruction Interface, Robotics 7(1), 9.
• Veiko Vunder, Robert Valner, Conor McMahon, Karl Kruusamäe, Mitch Pryor (2018) Improved Situational Awareness in ROS using Panospheric Vision and Virtual Reality, 2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI), 471 - 477.
• Andrew Sharp, Karl Kruusamäe, Ben Ebersole, Mitch Pryor (2017) Semiautonomous dual-arm mobile manipulator system with intuitive supervisory user interfaces, 2017 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO).
• Karl Kruusamäe, Mitch Pryor (2016) High-precision telerobot with human-centered variable perspective and scalable gestural interface, 2016 9th International Conference on Human System Interactions (HSI), 190-196.

Full list of publications

Outreach

• Massive open online course (MOOC) about robotics in Estonia (https://sisu.ut.ee/robot).
• School Robotics