T-RO Editorial Board

Seth Hutchinson

Editor-in-Chief (Term: September 2013)

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Urbana (IL), United States
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Dieter Fox

Editor (Term: June 2015)

 University of Washington
 Department of Computer Science & Engineering
 Seattle, WA, United States
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 Primary areas:SLAM, Localization, Mapping, Distributed Robot Systems, Networked Robots, Learning and Adaptive Systems, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Recognition, Range Sensing
Secondary areas: Agent-Based Systems, AI Reasoning Methods, Autonomous Agents, Sensor Fusion, Sensor Networks, Sonars, Motion and Path Planning, Neurorobotics, Visual Trackin

Abderrahmane Kheddar

Editor (Initial Term: June 2014)

CNRS-AIST
JRL
Tsukuba, Japan
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Primary areas: Physical Human-Robot Interaction, Humanoid Robots, Contact Modelling
Secondary areas: Animation and Simulation, Force and Tactile Sensing, Haptics and Haptic Interfaces, Telerobotics, Dynamics


Brad Nelson

Editor (Term: August 2015)

ETH Zurich, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
Zurich (Zurich), Switzerland
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Primary areas: Microrobotics, Nanorobotics, MEMS
Secondary areas: Dynamics, Control, Force Control, Teleoperation, Mechanisms, Actuators, Manipulation

Giuseppe Oriolo

Editor (Term: January 2014)

Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica
Roma, Italy
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Primary areas:Kinematics, Dynamics, Control, Trajectory Planning, Motion/Path Planning, Sensor-Based Navigation and Exploration, Visual Servoing, Nonholonomic and Underactuated Robots, Redundant Robots, Mobile robots
Secondary areas: Localization, Perception, Multi-Robot Systems, Humanoids, Service Robotics

Carme Torras

Editor (Initial Term: January 2014)

CSIC-UPC, Institut de Robatica i Informatica Industrial
Barcelona, Spain
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Primary areas: AI Reasoning Methods, Learning and Adaptive Systems, Motion/Manipulation Planning, Robot Companions and Social Robots
Secondary areas: Computer Vision, Parallel Robots, Robot Kinematics and Singularities, Neurorobotics

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Tamim Asfour

Associate Editor (Term: November 2013)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Computer Science
AnthropomaticsKarlsruhe, Germany
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Primary areas: Humanoid Robotics, Learning from Demonstration, Imitation Learning, Grasping, Mobile Manipulation, Grasp and Motion Planning, Design and Control of Multi-Fingered Hands, Tactile Sensing, Haptic Exploration, Mechatronics, Cognitive Systems

Secondary areas: Motor Control, Human-Humanoid Interaction, Robot Vision, System Integration, Robot Software and Hardware Control Architecture

Stefano Carpin

Associate Editor (Extended Term: May 2014)

University of California, Merced
Merced, CA, United States
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Primary areas: Search and Rescue Robots, Distributed Robot Systems, Motion Planning, Path Planning for Multiple Mobile Robot Systems, Animation and Simulation
Secondary areas: Nonholonomic Motion Planning, Surveillance Systems, Mobile Robots, Path Planning for Manipulators, Networked Robots

Jose A. Castellanos

Associate Editor (Term: November 2013)

University of Zaragoza
Computer Science and Systems Engineering
Zaragoza, Spain
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Primary areas: SLAM, Distributed Robot Systems, Localization, Mapping, Networked Robots
Secondary areas:Computer Vision, Range Sensing, Sensor fusion, Sensor networks

Murat Cenk Cavusoglu

Associate Editor (Term: June 2015)

Case Western Reserve University
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cleveland, OH, United States
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Primary areas: Medical Robotics, Haptics, Teleoperation, Virtual Environments, Human-Machine Interfaces
Secondary areas:Bio-System Modeling, Simulation, Control, Mechatronic Design, Hybrid Systems

C.C. Cheah

Associate Editor (Extended Term: December 2013)

Nanyang Technological University
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Singapore
Primary areas: Motion control, Multi-robot systems; Visual Servo control, Force/impedance control; Multi-fingered hand, Underwater Robots, Neural Network Control
Secondary areas: Learning and Adaptive systems; Sensor Networks; Micro/nano manipulation

Youngjin Choi

Associate Editor (Extended Term: June 2014)

Hanyang University, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering
Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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Primary areas: Humanoid Robots, Rehabilitation Robotics, Biomimetics, Motion Control
Secondary areas: Legged Robots, Cooperative Manipulators, Medical Robots and Systems, Redundant Robots

Ravinder Dahiya

Associate Editor (Initial Term: September 2013)

Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Bio-MEMS
Center for Materials and Microsystems
Trento, Italy
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Primary areas: Force and Tactile Sensing; MEMS/Microsystems; Electronic Skin; Sensing Mechanisms; System Integration
Secondary areas: Smart Actuators; Soft Robotics; Biologically inspired robots; Rehabilitation robots; Human-Machine Interface; Neurorobotics; Humanoids

Jian S. Dai

Associate Editor (Extended Term: January 2014)

King's College London
School of Physical Sciences and Engineering
London, United Kingdom
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Primary areas: Kinematics, Mechanism Design, Parallel Robots, Redundant Robots, Grasping, Manipulation Planning, Trajectory Planning, Rehabilitation Robots
Secondary areas: Multifingered Hands, Medical Robots and Systems, Biologically-Inspired Robots, Cooperative Manipulation, Legged Robots, Manipulation and Compliant Assembly, Dexterous Manipulation

Ryan Eustice

Associate Editor (Initial Term: September 2013)

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Primary areas: Marine Robotics; SLAM; Localization; Mapping; Computer Vision
Secondary areas: Field Robots; Calibration and Identification; Distributed Robot Systems; Range Sensing; Sensor Fusion

Eugenio Guglielmelli

Associate Editor (Extended Term: June 2013)

Università Campus Bio-Medico
Laboratory of Biomedical Robotics and Biomicrosystems
Roma, RM, Italy
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Primary areas: Medical Robots and Systems, Neurorobotics, Personal Robots, Rehabilitation Robotics, Biomimetics, Human Performance Augmentation, Physical Human-Robot Interaction
Secondary areas: Behaviour-Based Systems, Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction, Robot Companions and Social Robots in Home Environments, Domestic Robots, Grasping, Force Control

Tarek Hamel

Associate Editor (Term: November 2014)

Sophia Antipolis, France
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Primary areas: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Underactuated Systems, Nonlinear Control, Nonlinear Observers, Visual Servo Control
Secondary areas: Underwater Vehicles, Teleoperation, Sensor Based-Control

David Hsu

Associate Editor (Term: November 2013)

National University of Singapore, Department of Computer Science
Singapore
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Primary areas: motion planning, planning under uncertainty, partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP), sensor-based planning, kinodynamic motion planning
Secondary areas: manipulation planning, collision detection

Volkan Isler

Associate Editor (Term: November 2013)

University of Minnesota, Computer Science and Engineering
Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Primary areas: Sensor Networks, Networked Robots, Path Planning for Multiple Mobile Robot Systems
Secondary areas: Marine Robotics, Field Robots, Robotics in Agriculture and Forestry, Ubiquitous Robotics

Patric Jensfelt

Associate Editor (Term: November 2014)

Stockholm, Sweden
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Primary areas: Localization, Mapping, SLAM, Mobile Robot Navigation, Obstacle Avoidance
Secondary areas: Personal robotics, Service robotics, System Integration

 

Ja Choon Koo

Associate Editor (Term: November 2014)

Suwon, South Korea
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Primary areas: Dynamics; Force Control; Force and Tactile Sensing; Kinematics; Mechanism Design; Smart Actuators; Soft Material Robotics
Secondary areas: New Actuators for Robotics; Micro-manipulation; Health Care Automation; Mechanism of Sensing 

Danica Kragic

Associate Editor (Extended Term: June 2013)

KTH, School of Computer Science and Communication
Stockholm, Sweden
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Primary areas: Computer vision, Recognition, Visual Tracking, Grasping
Secondary areas:Visual Servoing, Dexterous Manipulation

Venkat Krovi

Associate Editor (Term: June 2015)

University of New York - Buffalo
Buffalo (NY), United States
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Primary areas: Human Performance Augmentation; Physical Human-Robot Interaction; Parallel Robots; Medical Robots and Systems; Rehabilitation Robotics; Haptics and Haptic Interfaces
Secondary areas:Contact Modeling; Dexterous Manipulation; Legged Robots; Exoskeletons; Redundant Robots; Underactuated Robots; Telerobotics; Virtual Reality and Interfaces

K Kyriakopoulos

Associate Editor (Extended Term: December 2013)

National Technical University of Athens
Mechanical Engineering Department
Athens, Greece
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Primary areas: Aerial Robotics, Marine Robotics, Neurorobotics, Nonholonomic Motion Planning, Path Planning for Multiple Mobile Robot Systems
Secondary areas: Field Robots, Rehabilitation Robotics, Path Planning for Manipulators, Cooperative Manipulators, Motion Control, Underactuated Robots, Wheeled Robots

Dongjun Lee

Associate Editor (Extended Term: June 2014)

University of Tennessee, Mechanical, Aerospace & Biomedical Engineering
Seoul, South Korea
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Primary areas: Networked Teleoperation; Telerobotics; Haptics and Haptic Interfaces; Dynamics and Control
Secondary areas: Cooperative Manipulators; Networked Robots; Distributed Robot Systems; Nonholonomic and Underactuated Robots

Eric Marchand

Associate Editor (Extended Term: June 2014)

Université de Rennes 1, IRISA - INRIA Rennes
Rennes, France
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Primary areas: Visual Servoing, Visual Tracking, Robot and Computer Vision
Secondary areas: Visual SLAM, Recognition, Vision-Based Techniques in Robotics

 

Christian Ott

Associate Editor (Initial Term: September 2013)

Wessling, Bayern, Germany
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Primary areas: Humanoid Robots, Force Control, Motion Control
Secondary areas: Legged Robots, Flexible Arms, Redundant Robots

Jan Peters

Associate Editor (Term: November 2014)

Technische Universitat Darmstadt
Darmstadt, Germany
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Primary areas: Motor Skill Learning, Machine Learning for Robotics, Autonomous Robots, Robot Control
Secondary areas: Human Motor Learning and Control, Brain-Robot & Computer Interfaces

Stephane Regnier

Associate Editor (Initial Term: September 2013)

Paris, France
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Primary areas: Micro/Nano Robots Haptics and Haptic Interfaces
Secondary areas: Telerobotics Mechanism Design Smart Actuators 

Paolo Robuffo Giordano

Associate Editor (Initial Term: September 2013)

Tuebingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
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Primary areas: Visual Servoing, Range Sensing, Redundant Robots, Multi-Robot Systems, Aerial Robotics, Robot Control
Secondary areas: Passivity-Based Control, Teleoperation of Mobile Robots, Wheeled Robots, Motion Control, Underactuated Robots, Trajectory Planning

Cristian Secchi

Associate Editor (Initial Term: September 2013)

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Dept. of Sciences and Methods of Engineering
Reggio Emilia, RE, Italy
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Primary areas: Telerobotics; Force and Impedance Control; Dynamics and Control; Networked Robotics; Networked Telerobotics ; Cooperative Mobile Robots; Distributed Robot Systems
Secondary areas: Intelligent Transportation Systems; Industrial Robot; Technology for assisted surgery and diagnosis; Motion Control

Nabil Simaan

Associate Editor (Term: June 2015)

Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Otolaryngology
Nashville, TN, United States
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Primary areas: medical robotics; robot design; continuum robots; parallel robots; biologically inspired robots; kinematics; performance measures for robotics; task-based design of robots
Secondary areas: under-actuated robots; compliant mechanisms; contact and force estimation; ; stiffness modulation/stiffness synthesis

Tierry Simeon

Associate Editor (Extended Term: June 2013)

LAAS-CNRS
Toulouse, France
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Primary areas: Motion Planning, Manipulation Planning, Mobile Manipulation and Autonomous Navigation, Algorithms for Structural Bioinformatics
Secondary areas: Physical Human Robot Interaction, Multi-Robot Cooperation, Collision Avoidance, Assembly

Il Hong Suh

Associate Editor (Extended Term: June 2014)

 Seoul, South Korea
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Primary areas: AI Reasoning Methods, Autonomous Agents, Behavior-Based Systems, Cognitive Human-Robot Interaction, Control Architectures and Programming
Secondary areas: Learning and Adaptive Systems, Ubiquitous Robotics, Service robotics, SLAM, Localization

Yu Sun

Associate Editor (Term: November 2013)

University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Primary areas: microrobotics, nanorobotics
Secondary areas: computer vision microscopy, visual servoing at micro-nanometer scales, biomedical engineering

Marilena Vendittelli

Associate Editor (Extended Term: December 2013)

Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica
Roma, Italy
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Primary areas: motion/path planning, nonholonomic systems, robot control, sensor-based navigation
Secondary areas: obstacle avoidance, redundant robots, multi-robot systems

 

Eilchi Yoshida

Associate Editor (Term: November 2013)

Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Primary areas: Humanoid Robots, Motion and Path Planning, Manipulation Planning, Redundant Robots
Secondary areas: Cellular and Modular Robots, Distributed Robot Systems, Autonomous Agents