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==Staff==
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* [[File:Alvo Facebook.JPG|40px|link=User:Alvo|Alvo Aabloo]] [[User:Alvo|Alvo Aabloo]], professor, head of the lab (polymer materials)
== Staff ==
* [[File:Karl.jpg|40px|link=User:Karl|Karl Kruusamäe]] [[User:Karl|Karl Kruusamäe]], associate professor (robotics)
* [[File:TrumpPunn2.JPG|40px|link=User:Punn|Andres Punning]] [[User:Punn|Andres Punning]], senior researcher (ionic and dielectric electroactive polymer actuators and sensors)
* [[File:Tarmo.jpg|40px|link=User:Tarmo|Tarmo Tamm]] [[User:Tarmo|Tarmo Tamm]], senior researcher (conducting polymers)
* [[File:Veiko.jpg|40px|link=User:Veix|Veiko Vunder]] [[User:Veix|Veiko Vunder]], Lecturer (Electronics, computational methods)
* [[File:Pilt11.jpg|40px|link=User:Urmas|Urmas Johanson]] [[User:Urmas|Urmas Johanson]], researcher (electrochemistry)
* [[File:HeikiKasemagi-0180x0240.jpg|40px|link=User:Heiki|Heiki Kasemägi]] [[User:Heiki|Heiki Kasemägi]], researcher (ion-conducting polymer, computer simulations) & Computer engineering study programme manager
* [[File:Annaliisa.jpg|40px|link=User:Annaliisa|Anna-Liisa Peikolainen]] [[User:Annaliisa|Anna-Liisa Peikolainen]], researcher (carbon materials, chemistry)
* [[File:Kaija.jpg|40px|link=User:Gajanee|Kaija Põhako-Esko]] [[User:Gajanee|Kaija Põhako-Esko]], researcher (chemistry, organic synthesis, ionic liquids)
* [[File:Vahur.jpg|40px|link=User:Vahur|Vahur Zadin]] [[User:Vahur|Vahur Zadin]], researcher (finite element modelling, molecular dynamics, high electric fields, CERN)
* [[File:Janno.jpg|40px|link=User:Janno|Janno Torop]] [[User:Janno|Janno Torop]], researcher (flow cell supercaps, carbon materials)
* [[File:Artur Facebook.jpg|40px|link=User:Artur|Artur Abels]] [[User:Artur|Artur Abels]], teaching assistant (digital electronics)
* [[File:Roman Facebook.jpg|40px|link=User:Roman|Roman Leinus]] [[User:Roman|Roman Leinus]], engineer (robotics)
* [[File:Teet.jpg|40px|link=User:Teet|Teet Tilk]] [[User:Teet|Teet Tilk]], engineer (electronics)
* [[File:tauri.jpg|40px|link=User:Tauri|Tauri Tätte]] [[User:Tauri|Tauri Tätte]], engineer (robotics)
* [[File:NoNameM.PNG|40px|link=User:kulper|Koit Kulper]] [[User:kulper|Koit Kulper]], engineer (robotics
* [[File:Ramon.jpg|40px|link=User:Ramon.rantsus|Ramon Rantsus]] [[User:Ramon.rantsus|Ramon Rantsus]], educational robotics project manager (education)
* [[File:Aarne.jpg|40px|link=User:aarne.leisalu|Aarne Leisalu]] [[User:aarne.leisalu|Aarne Leisalu]], Development Consultant (computational methods)
* [[File:Laivi (2).JPG|40px|link=User:Laivi|Laivi Karu]] [[User:Laivi|Laivi Karu]], assistant
* [[File:Mariana Raudsepp.jpg|40px|link=User:Mariana|Mariana Raudsepp]] [[User:Mariana|Mariana Raudsepp]], assistant
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* [[File:Priit-kull.jpg|40px|link=User:Kullprii|Priit Kull]] [[User:Kullprii|Priit Kull]], engineering project manager (robotics)
* [[File:Kaupo Facebook.jpg|40px|link=User:Kaupo|Kaupo Karja]] [[User:Kaupo|Kaupo Karja]], engineer (mechanics)
* [[File:Helina.jpg|40px|link=User:Helina|Helina Kitsing]] [[User:Helina|Helina Kitsing]], project manager (robotics)
* [[File:Renno Facebook.jpg|40px|link=User:Renno|Renno Rehtla]] [[User:Renno|Renno Rehtla]], engineer (robotics)


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{{Team|
{{TeamMember|Alvo|Alvo Aabloo|professor, head of the lab (polymer materials)}}
{{TeamMember|Longfei|Longfei Chang| guest professor, polymeric transducers}}
{{TeamMember|Karl|Karl Kruusamäe|associate professor of robotics engineering, [[IMS robotics]]}}
{{TeamMember|Indrekm|Indrek Must|associate professor of soft robotics}}
{{TeamMember|Aks1812|Arun Kumar Singh|associate professor of collaborative robotics, [[IMS robotics]]}}
{{TeamMember|Tarmo|Tarmo Tamm| associate professor of materials science}}
{{TeamMember|Heiki|Heiki Kasemägi|associate professor (ion-conducting polymer, computer simulations) & Computer engineering study programme manager}}
{{TeamMember|Gajanee|Kaija Põhako-Esko|associate professor of materials chemistry, former Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow (chemistry, organic synthesis, ionic liquids)}}
{{TeamMember|Urmas|Urmas Johanson|researcher (electrochemistry)}}
{{TeamMember|Annaliisa|Anna-Liisa Peikolainen|researcher (carbon materials, chemistry)}}
{{TeamMember|Janno|Janno Torop|researcher (flow cell supercaps, carbon materials)}}
{{TeamMember|Saoni|Saoni Banerji| research fellow (CMOS MEMS sensors, mixed-signal ASIC design, microelectronics)}}
{{TeamMember|Veix|Veiko Vunder|lecturer (robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Artur|Artur Abels|junior lecturer (digital electronics)}}
{{TeamMember|Rennoraudmae|Renno Raudmäe|junior lecturer (robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Sandra|Sandra Schumann|robotics education}}
{{TeamMember|Roman|Roman Leinus|engineer (robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Teet|Teet Tilk|engineer (electronics)}}
{{TeamMember|Tauri|Tauri Tätte|engineer (robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Aune|Aune Tamm|head of administration}}
{{TeamMember|Anett|Anett Toom|project assistant}}
{{TeamMember|Kirsi|Kirsi Zirel|project assistant}}
{{TeamMember|Mariana|Mariana Kukk|Delta X coordinator and communications manager}}
}}
 
== PhD Students ==
 
{{Team|
{{TeamMember|Robertvalner|Robert Valner|PhD student (robotics, [[IMS robotics]])}}
{{TeamMember|Pille|Pille Rinne|PhD student}}
{{TeamMember|hans_priks|Hans Priks|PhD student (conducting polymers)}}
{{TeamMember|karlkaru|Karl Karu|PhD student}}
{{TeamMember|Helena.nulk|Helena Nulk|PhD student (collaborative robotics, [[IMS robotics]])}}
{{TeamMember|Ingridre|Ingrid Rebane|PhD student (Elastomeric foams, PDMS)}}
{{TeamMember|ye.wang|Ye Wang|PhD student (Design and development of tailored nanostructures)}}
{{TeamMember|Iman.dadras|Iman Dadras|PhD student (Microfabrication)}}
{{TeamMember|Fatemeh.rastgar|Fatemeh Rastgar|PhD student (Robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|yauheni|Yauheni Sarokin|PhD student (Variable stiffness textiles)}}
{{TeamMember|Houman.masnavi|Houman Masnavi|PhD student (deep-learning-based motion-planning in robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Oleksandr.syzoniuk|Oleksandr Syzoniuk|PhD student (soft robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Kadriannvaldur|Kadri-Ann Valdur|PhD student (bioinspired soft robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Jkalde|Jaanus Kalde|PhD student (dsitributed antennas)}}
{{TeamMember|Pranjal.sharma|Pranjal Sharma|PhD student (Additive manufacturing)}}
}}


==Ph.D. students==
* [[File:Friedrich Facebook.jpg|40px|link=User:Frkaasik|Friedrich Kaasik]] [[User:Frkaasik|Friedrich Kaasik]], Ph.D. student (carbon-polymer actuators)
* [[File:Inga.jpg|40px|link=User:Grecebo|Inga Põldsalu]] [[User:Grecebo|Inga Põldsalu]], Ph.D student (microfabrication, EAP); supervisor: A.-L. Peikolainen
* [[File:Heilo.jpg|40px|link=User:Heilo|Heilo Altin]] [[User:Heilo|Heilo Altin]], Ph.D. student (educational robotics)
* [[File:Arko.jpeg|40px|link=User:Arko|Arko Kesküla]] [[User:Arko|Arko Kesküla]], Ph.D. student (ionic liquid polymerization); supervisors: A.-L. Peikolainen, U. Mäeorg
* [[File:Simon.jpg|40px|link=User:simvig|Simon Vigonski]] [[User:simvig|Simon Vigonski]], Ph.D. student (modelling materials in high electromagnetic fields)
* [[File:Kaur_Leemets.JPG|40px|link=User:kaur|Kaur Leemets]] [[User:kaur|Kaur Leemets]], Ph.D. student (printable sensors)
* [[File:Priit.png|40px|link=User:Priit|Priit Priimägi]] [[User:Priit|Priit Priimägi]], Ph.D. student (modelling of microbatteries)
* [[File:Morteza_Daneshmand.jpg|40px|link=User:Morteza.Daneshmand|Morteza Daneshmand]] [[User:Morteza.Daneshmand|Morteza Daneshmand]], Ph.D. student (3D visualization and modeling of human body, shared supervising with iCV)
* [[File:Zpic.jpg|40px|link=User:Zane|Zane Zondaka]] [[User:Zane|Zane Zondaka]], Ph. D. student (Conductive polymers carbon composites)
* [[File:sunjai.jpg|40px|link=User:Sunjainakshatharan|Sunjai Nakshatharan]] [[User:Sunjainakshatharan|Sunjai Nakshatharan]], Ph. D. student (Modelling and Control of Ionic Polymer Actuators)
* [[File:RobertValner.jpg|40px|link=User:Robertvalner|Robert Valner]] [[User:Robertvalner|Robert Valner]], PhD student
* [[File:12063661 831945516922157 5329512177146545773 n.jpg|40px|link=User:Kivilo|Alo Kivilo]] [[User:Kivilo|Alo Kivilo]], PhD student (Conducting polymers)
* [[File:tianbao.jpg|40px|link=User:tianbao|Tianbao Zhang]] [[User:tianbao|Tianbao Zhang]], PhD student
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:faiza|Faiza Summer]] [[User:faiza|Faiza Summer]], PhD student
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:Pille|Pille Rinne]] [[User:Pille|Pille Rinne]], PhD student
* [[File:IMG 20140104 200717.jpg|40px|link=User:madis.harjo|Madis Harjo]] [[User:madis.harjo|Madis Harjo]], PhD student (nanocarbon composites)
* [[File:10489814 810587632339074 2654107283309200216 n.jpg|40px|link=User:Fred|Fred Elhi]] [[User:Fred|Fred Elhi]], PhD student (microfabrication, EAP)
==Students==
==Students==
*[[File:Georg.jpg|40px|link=User:georgniit|Georg Niit]] [[User:georgniit|Georg Niit]], student
* [[File:tonis tiimus.jpg|40px|link=User:tonnius|Tõnis Tiimus]] [[User:tonnius|Tõnis Tiimus]], student (biorobotics)
* [[File:kristiankuppart.jpg|40px|link=User:Kristiankuppart|Kristian Kuppart]] [[User:Kristiankuppart|Kristian Kuppart]], student (MD in high electric fields)
*[[File:DSC 0933.jpg|40px|link=User:hans_priks|Hans Priks]] [[User:hans_priks|Hans Priks]], student (conducting polymers)
*[[File:Kristjan.jpg|40px|link=User:Kristjan|Kristjan Eimre]] [[User:Kristjan|Kristjan Eimre]], student (FEM in high electric fields)
* [[File:Markus.jpg|40px|link=User:markus|Markus Loide]] [[User:markus|Markus Loide]], student
* [[File:3344.png|40px|link=User:aare|Robert Aare]] [[User:aare|Robert Aare]], student (FEM simulations, TTM)
* [[File:jaantti.jpg|40px|link=User:Antti.Jaaniste|Antti Jaaniste]] [[User:Antti.Jaaniste|Antti Jaaniste]], student
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:Indrek.Ardel|Indrek Ardel]] [[User:Indrek.Ardel|Indrek Ardel]], student
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:Liivak|Martin Liivak]] [[User:Liivak|Martin Liivak]], student (FEM simulations of 3D-MB's)
* [[File:anna.jpg|40px|link=User:anna.zadoroznaja|Anna Zadoroznaja]] [[User:anna.zadoroznaja|Anna Zadoroznaja]], student (Ionic liquid gels)
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:ragnar.margus|Ragnar Margus]] [[User:ragnar.margus|Ragnar Margus]], student
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:Karl-Kristjan Kokk|Karl-Kristjan Kokk]] [[User:Karl-Kristjan Kokk|Karl-Kristjan Kokk]], student
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:Johannes.vainikko|Johannes Vainikko]] [[User:Johannes.vainikko|Johannes Vainikko]], student
* [[File:MG 5536.JPG|40px|link=User:kadianne|Kadi-Anne Küppar]] [[User:kadianne|Kadi-Anne Küppar]], student
* [[File:vickys.jpg|40px|link=User:Vsor|Viktoria Sorokina]] [[User:Vsor|Viktoria Sorokina]], student
* [[File:HeikkiS.jpg|40px|link=User:heikki.saul|Heikki Saul]] [[User:heikki.saul|Heikki Saul]], student
* [[File:Priit.JPG|40px|link=User:Priit.poldmaa|Priit Põldmaa]] [[User:Priit.poldmaa|Priit Põldmaa]], student
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:Ugochukwu.Uba|Ugochukwu Christian Uba]] [[User:Ugochukwu.Uba|Ugochukwu Christian Uba]], student
* [[File:raidv.jpg|40px|link=User:Raidv|Raid Vellerind]] [[User:Raidv|Raid Vellerind]], student (robotics)
* [[File:IMG 0184.JPG|40px|link=User:Hassan.shehawy|Hassan Shehawy]] [[User:Hassan.shehawy|Hassan Shehawy]], student (robot localisation)
* [[File:Pp.jpg|40px|link=User:Asif|Asif Sattar]] [[User:Asif|Asif Sattar]], student (robotics)
* [[File:OSellis.jpg|40px|link=User:Osellis|Ott Sellis]] [[User:Osellis|Ott Sellis]], student (robotics)
* [[File:rezwan.jpg|40px|link=User:Mdrez88|Md Rezwanul Islam]] [[User:Mdrez88|Md Rezwanul Islam]], student (robotics)
* [[File:432328 232055090216295 421675226 n.jpg|40px|link=User:Madis002|Madis Kull]] [[User:Madis002|Madis Kull]], student (robotics)
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:Arsovska|Dzvezdana Arsovska]] [[User:Arsovska|Dzvezdana Arsovska]], student (robotics)
* [[File:ps.jpg|40px|link=User:Pavel92|Pavel Šumejko]] [[User:Pavel92|Pavel Šumejko]], student (robotics)
* [[File:Empty.jpg|40px|link=User:Mihkelson|Andres Mihkelson]] [[User:Mihkelson|Andres Mihkelson]], student (robotics)


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{{Team|
* [[File:carlam.jpg|40px|link=User:Carla.marino|Carla Marino]] [[User:Carla.marino|Carla Marino]], student (Measurements for automation)
{{TeamMember|markus|Markus Loide|student}}
* [[File:sandra1.jpg|40px|link=User:sandra.kuusik|Sandra Kuusik]] [[User:sandra.kuusik|Sandra Kuusik]], student (ionic liquids)
{{TeamMember|Liivak|Martin Liivak|student (FEM simulations of 3D-MB's)}}
* [[File:Paulpilt.jpg|40px|link=User:Pauljaakson|Paul Jaakson]] [[User:Pauljaakson|Paul Jaakson]], student (EAP encapsulation)
{{TeamMember|Priit.poldmaa|Priit Põldmaa|student}}
*[[File:EdgarH.jpg|40px|link=User:EdgarHamburg|Edgar Hamburg]] [[User:EdgarHamburg|Edgar Hamburg]], student (EAP)
{{TeamMember|raunoumborg|Rauno Umborg|student (computer engineering)}}
* [[File:IMGP7090.JPG|40px|link=User:Tarvo.metspalu|Tarvo Metspalu]] [[User:Tarvo.metspalu|Tarvo Metspalu]], student (MD sputtering)
{{TeamMember|Kaarelsiimut|Kaarel Siimut|student (aerated concrete)}}
* [[File:Img00066.jpg|40px|link=User:Rainer.keerdo|Rainer Keerdo]] [[User:Rainer.keerdo|Rainer Keerdo]], student (Robotics)
{{TeamMember|Ingmar.laan|Ingmar Laan|student (ionic polymer actuators)}}
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{{TeamMember|Johannes.muru|Johannes Muru|student}}
{{TeamMember|Hermanratas|Herman Klas Ratas|student}}
{{TeamMember|Ats.aasmaa|Ats Aasmaa|student (modelling of microbatteries)}}
{{TeamMember|Gryogor|Igor Rybalskii|student (robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Phuong.nguyen|Phuong Nguyen|student (FEM simulations)}}
{{TeamMember|Magnus.kaldjarv|Magnus Kaldjärv|student (soft robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Mkuuts|Mona Küüts|student (soft robotics)}}
{{TeamMember|Eva.m6tsh2rg|Eva Mõtshärg|student (robotics education)}}
 
}}


==Colleagues==
==Colleagues==
* [[User:Rosin|Margus Rosin]], lecturer (FPGA)
 
* [[File:Artur.jpg|40px|link=User:Arturt|Artur Tamm]] [[User:Arturt|Artur Tamm]]
{{Team|
* [[File:Me.jpg|40px|link=User:Aleksander|Aleksander Tõnnisson]] [[User:Aleksander|Aleksander Tõnnisson]], [http://buildit.ee Buildit] (Hardware accelerator) CEO
{{TeamMember|Rosin|Margus Rosin|lecturer (FPGA)}}
* [[File:Indrek.jpg|40px|link=User:Indrekm|Indrek Must]] [[User:Indrekm|Indrek Must]], postdoc at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (smart skin)
{{TeamMember|Frkaasik|Friedrich Kaasik|ex-PhD student (carbon-polymer actuators)}}
* [[File:Nz.jpg|40px|link=User:Rudolf|Rudolf Kiefer]] [[User:Rudolf|Rudolf Kiefer]], professor at HCMC (conducting polymers)
{{TeamMember|Heilo|Heilo Altin|educational robotics}}
* [[File:Shahab_Pro_S.jpg|40px|link=User:Shahabi|Gholamreza Anbarjafari]] [[User:Shahabi|Gholamreza Anbarjafari]], associate professor (head of iCV Research Group, computer vision and applied image processing)
{{TeamMember|Ramon.rantsus|Ramon Rantsus|educational robotics}}
* [[File:Kät.jpg|40px|link=User:katlin.rohtlaid|Kätlin Rohtlaid]] [[User:katlin.rohtlaid|Kätlin Rohtlaid]], PhD student at Cergy-Pontoise University (EAP fabrication)
{{TeamMember|Vahur|Vahur Zadin|professor (finite element modelling, molecular dynamics, high electric fields, CERN)}}
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{{TeamMember|Arturt|Artur Tamm| at LLNL [https://qsg.llnl.gov/node/89.html QSG LLNL]}}
* [[File:huu.jpg|40px|link=User:Silver|Silver Jõemetsa]] [[User:Silver|Silver Jõemetsa]], PhD student at Chalmers University of Technology (biosensor development)
{{TeamMember|Aleksander|Aleksander Tõnnisson|[http://buildit.ee Buildit] (Hardware accelerator) CEO}}
* [[File:madis ollikainen.jpg|40px|link=User:MadisOllikainen|Madis Ollikainen]] [[User:MadisOllikainen|Madis Ollikainen]], student at ETH Zürich (MD simulations)
{{TeamMember|katlin.rohtlaid|Kätlin Rohtlaid}}
* [[File:MihkelVeske.jpg|40px|link=User:Veske|Mihkel Veske]] [[User:Veske|Mihkel Veske]], PhD student at University of Helsinki (modelling materials in high electromagnetic fields)
{{TeamMember|Grecebo|Inga Põldsalu|postdoc at University of Oslo, [https://www.med.uio.no/ncmm/english/people/aca/inga/index.html Bionanotechnology and Membrane Systems]}}
* [[File:Rauno.jpg|40px|link=User:Rauno|Rauno Temmer]] [[User:Rauno|Rauno Temmer]], Postdoc  (conductive polymers)
}}
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Revision as of 14:46, 29 August 2022

Staff

Alvo Aablooprofessor, head of the lab (polymer materials)
Longfei Chang guest professor, polymeric transducers
Karl Kruusamäeassociate professor of robotics engineering, IMS robotics
Indrek Mustassociate professor of soft robotics
Arun Kumar Singhassociate professor of collaborative robotics, IMS robotics
Tarmo Tamm associate professor of materials science
Heiki Kasemägiassociate professor (ion-conducting polymer, computer simulations) & Computer engineering study programme manager
Kaija Põhako-Eskoassociate professor of materials chemistry, former Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow (chemistry, organic synthesis, ionic liquids)
Urmas Johansonresearcher (electrochemistry)
Anna-Liisa Peikolainenresearcher (carbon materials, chemistry)
Janno Toropresearcher (flow cell supercaps, carbon materials)
Saoni Banerji research fellow (CMOS MEMS sensors, mixed-signal ASIC design, microelectronics)
Veiko Vunderlecturer (robotics)
Artur Abelsjunior lecturer (digital electronics)
Renno Raudmäejunior lecturer (robotics)
Sandra Schumannrobotics education
Roman Leinusengineer (robotics)
Teet Tilkengineer (electronics)
Tauri Tätteengineer (robotics)
Aune Tammhead of administration
Anett Toomproject assistant
Kirsi Zirelproject assistant
Mariana KukkDelta X coordinator and communications manager

PhD Students

Robert ValnerPhD student (robotics, IMS robotics)
Pille RinnePhD student
Hans PriksPhD student (conducting polymers)
Karl KaruPhD student
Helena NulkPhD student (collaborative robotics, IMS robotics)
Ingrid RebanePhD student (Elastomeric foams, PDMS)
Ye WangPhD student (Design and development of tailored nanostructures)
Iman DadrasPhD student (Microfabrication)
Fatemeh RastgarPhD student (Robotics)
Yauheni SarokinPhD student (Variable stiffness textiles)
Houman MasnaviPhD student (deep-learning-based motion-planning in robotics)
Oleksandr SyzoniukPhD student (soft robotics)
Kadri-Ann ValdurPhD student (bioinspired soft robotics)
Jaanus KaldePhD student (dsitributed antennas)
Pranjal SharmaPhD student (Additive manufacturing)

Students

Martin Liivakstudent (FEM simulations of 3D-MB's)
Rauno Umborgstudent (computer engineering)
Kaarel Siimutstudent (aerated concrete)
Ingmar Laanstudent (ionic polymer actuators)
Ats Aasmaastudent (modelling of microbatteries)
Igor Rybalskiistudent (robotics)
Phuong Nguyenstudent (FEM simulations)
Magnus Kaldjärvstudent (soft robotics)
Mona Küütsstudent (soft robotics)
Eva Mõtshärgstudent (robotics education)

Colleagues

Margus Rosinlecturer (FPGA)
Friedrich Kaasikex-PhD student (carbon-polymer actuators)
Heilo Altineducational robotics
Ramon Rantsuseducational robotics
Vahur Zadinprofessor (finite element modelling, molecular dynamics, high electric fields, CERN)
Aleksander TõnnissonBuildit (Hardware accelerator) CEO