User:Karl

Karl Kruusamäe

Mobile Phone

+372 5886 3299

Email

karl.kruusamae@ut.ee

Skype

karl_kruusamae

ETIS

Karl Kruusamäe

ORCID

0000-0002-1720-1509

Google Scholar

Karl Kruusamäe

LinkedIn

Karl Kruusamäe

Github

• ut-ims-robotics
• kruusamae

Links

• student projects in robotics
• IMS Robotics Community

Publications

Journal Articles

• Valner, R., Kruusamäe, K., Pryor, M. TeMoto: Intuitive multi-range telerobotic system with natural gestural and verbal instruction interface, Robotics, 2018.
• Zhu, Z., Horiuchi, T., Kruusamäe, K., Chang, L., Asaka, K. Influence of Ambient Humidity on the Voltage Response of Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Sensor, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2016.
• Zhu, Z., Horiuchi, T., Kruusamae, K., Chang, L., Asaka, K. The effect of ambient humidity on the electrical response of ion-migration-based polymer sensor with various cations, Smart Materials and Structures, 2016.
• Horiuchi, T., Kruusamäe, K., Zhu, Z., Asaka, K. Evaluating curvature and making picture-overlaid trajectory of motion of largely bent carbon nanotube composite bucky gel actuator using camera measurement system, Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 2015.
• Kruusamäe, K., Sugino, T., Asaka, K. Ionic and viscoelastic mechanisms of a bucky-gel actuator, Journal of Applied Physics, 2015.
• Karl Kruusamäe, Andres Punning, Alvo Aabloo, Kinji Asaka Self-Sensing Ionic Polymer Actuators: A Review, Actuators, 2015.
• Karl Kruusamae, Ken Mukai, Takushi Sugino, Kinji Asaka Electroactive Shape-Fixing of Bucky-Gel Actuators, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2015.
• Karl Kruusamäe, Ken Mukai, Takushi Sugino, Kinji Asaka Impact of viscoelastic properties on bucky-gel actuator performance, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2014.
• Kruusamäe, K., Mukai, K., Sugino, T., Asaka, K. Mechanical behaviour of bending bucky-gel actuators and its representation, Smart Materials and Structures, 2014.
• Andres Punning, Indrek Must, Inga Põldsalu, Veiko Vunder, Rauno Temmer, Karl Kruusamäe, Friedrich Kaasik, Janno Torop, Pille Rinne, Tõnis Lulla, Urmas Johanson, Tarmo Tamm, Alvo Aabloo Lifetime measurements of ionic electroactive polymer actuators, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2014.
• Punning, A., Kim, K.J., Palmre, V., Vidal, F., Plesse, C., Festin, N., Maziz, A., Asaka, K., Sugino, T., Alici, G., Spinks, G., Wallace, G., Must, I., P�ldsalu, I., Vunder, V., Temmer, R., Kruusam�e, K., Torop, J., Kaasik, F., Rinne, P., Johanson, U., Peikolainen, A.-L., Tamm, T., Aabloo, A. Ionic electroactive polymer artificial muscles in space applications, Scientific Reports, 2014.
• Einike Pilli, Marek Sammul, Piia Post, Ülle Aasjõe, Karl Kruusamäe Eesti kõrgkoolide esmakursuslaste õpi- ja teadmuskäsitus, Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri = Estonian Journal of Education, 2013.
• Kruusamäe, K., Punning, A., Aabloo, A. Electrical model of a carbon-polymer composite (CPC) collision detector, Sensors, 2012.
• Kruusamäe, K., Brunetto, P., Punning, A., Kodu, M., Jaaniso, R., Graziani, S., Fortuna, L., Aabloo, A. Electromechanical model for a self-sensing ionic polymer-metal composite actuating device with patterned surface electrodes, Smart Materials and Structures, 2011.
• Kruusamäe, K., Brunetto, P., Graziani, S., Punning, A., Di Pasquale, G., Aabloo, A. Self-sensing ionic polymer-metal composite actuating device with patterned surface electrodes, Polymer International, 2010.

Conference Papers

• Veiko Vunder, Robert Valner, Conor McMahon, Karl Kruusamae, Mitch Pryor Improved Situational Awareness in ROS Using Panospheric Vision and Virtual Reality, 2018 11th International Conference on Human System Interaction (HSI), 2018.
• Andrew Sharp, Karl Kruusamae, Ben Ebersole, Mitch Pryor Semiautonomous dual-arm mobile manipulator system with intuitive supervisory user interfaces, 2017 IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO), 2017.
• Kruusamäe, K., Thompson, J., Pryor, M. Spatially-Mapped Human-Robot interface for teleoperation of high-precision tasks, D and RS 2016 - Decommissioning and Remote Systems, 2016.
• Karl Kruusamae, Mitch Pryor High-precision telerobot with human-centered variable perspective and scalable gestural interface, 2016 9th International Conference on Human System Interactions (HSI), 2016.
• Kruusamäe, K., Sugino, T., Asaka, K. Measuring blocking force to interpret ionic mechanisms within bucky-gel actuators, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2015.
• Kruusamäe, K., Mukai, K., Sugino, T., Asaka, K. The viscoelastic effect in bending bucky-gel actuators, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2014.
• Kruusamäe, K., Kaasik, F., Punning, A., Aabloo, A. Self-sensing ionic electromechanically active actuator with patterned carbon electrodes, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2013.
• Kruusamäe, K., Punning, A., Aabloo, A. Self-sensing properties of carbon-polymer composite (CPC) actuators, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2011.
• Kruusamäe, K., Brunetto, P., Graziani, S., Fortuna, L., Kodu, M., Jaaniso, R., Punning, A., Aabloo, A. Experiments with self-sensing IPMC actuating device, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2010.
• Kruusamäe, K., Punninga, A., Kruusmaa, M., Aabloo, A. Dynamical variation of the impedances of IPMC, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2009.

Other

• Kinji Asaka, Karl Kruusamäe, Kwang Kim, Viljar Palmre, Kam K. Leang IPMCs as EAPs: How to Start Experimenting with Them, Electromechanically Active Polymers, 2016.

Theses

PhD thesis

• Karl Kruusamäe (2012), Deformation-dependent electrode impedance of ionic electromechanically active polymers, Dissertationes physicae Universitatis Tartuensis 83 (128 p).

MSc thesis

• Karl Kruusamäe (2008), Isetundlik IPMC täitur, Magistritöö (30 EAP, 47 lk), Tartu Ülikooli loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond.

Videos

• Temoto [手元] shared autonomy telerobot agent on YouTube: (1) (2) (3)
• Tartu Ülikooli robotikarja animatsioon (DivX, 40.9 MB) (YouTube)
• Team Helina ja Püha Vaim 4000 (XviD, 21.6 MB) (YouTube)
• Berit Talpsepa robootiline skulptuur "Superheterodüünvastuvõtt" (XviD, 21.7 MB) (YouTube)
• Team Helina ja Püha Vaim 3000 (XviD, 28.6 MB) (YouTube)