Staff

Stefano Stramigioli

Energy-aware robotics; Geometrical robotics; Non-linear control; Physical modelling and control; (Port-Hamiltonian) System theory and innovative designs with applications in medical robotics, and inspection and maintenance robotics

Jolanda Boelema-Kaufmann

Momen Abayazid

Medical robotics; Soft robotics; Image-guided and computer-assisted surgery; AI for medical applications

Ivo Broeders

Robotic surgery; AI in surgery; High tech interventions; Digital surgery; Hiatal hernia expert

Jan Broenink

Robot software architectures; Systems engineering; Real-time computing

Federico Califano

Port-Hamiltonian theory; Mathematical physics; Energy-Aware robotics

Pep Canyelles Pericàs

Open-source electronics; Instrumentation; Rapid prototyping and design; Acoustofluidics; Raman spectroscopy; Synchronization; Oscillators; Control systems; Observers

Giulio Dagnino

Medical robotics; Image-guided robotic surgery; Computer-assisted interventions

Edwin Dertien

Creative applied robotics; Social robot design; Wearable technology; Performance technology (robotics and theatre); Interaction technology; Robots for service and maintenance

Douwe Dresscher

Tele-manipulation; Tele-robotics; Energy-based control

Geert Folkertsma

Energy-based robot control and dynamic modelling; Localisation and mapping for mobile autonomous robots

Antonio Franchi

Aerial and swarm robotics; Multi-robot systems

Jurgen Fütterer

Chiara Gabellieri

Robotics for the environment; Feedback control methods for flying robots; Aerial manipulation

Vincent Groenhuis

Medical robotics; Pneumatic stepper motors; “Sunram” breast biopsy robot; Bladder cancer diagnosis; Electric stepper motors; Multi-axis motors; Sensorless absolute position detection

Islam Khalil

Gijs Krijnen

Additive manufacturing; 3D printed sensors & actuators; Embedded sensing; Parametric & nonlinear transduction; Bio-inspired control; Wearable & soft robotics

Kenan Niu

Robotic vision and imaging; Smart sensing and physical intelligence; Surgical navigation and training; AR/VR.

Wesley Roozing

Mechatronics; (Compliant) actuation and control; Motors and gearing; Bio-inspired and biarticulated actuation; Energy-based methods and safety in robotics.

Frederic Schuller

Differential geometry; Mathematical physics; Systems theory; General relativity; Quantum theory

Françoise Siepel

Robotics in healthcare; Image-guided interventions

Can Ozan Tan

Neuroimaging; Stroke; Machine learning; Deep learning; Image processing; Computed tomography; Ultrasound; Vascular neurology; Continuous optimization; Time series; Statistics

Artur Gąsienica

Mechatronics; Mechanical design; Rapid prototyping; Simple electronics

Marjon Kuipers

Medical (product)design; Medical research

Gijs van Oort

Mechatronics; (real-time) Software; Control; Raspberry Pi

Quentin Sablé

Mechatronics; CAD; Prototyping

Marcel Schwirtz

Mechatronics; Electronics; Firmware; Computers/Network

Sander Smits

Mechatronics; Rapid prototyping; Smart additive; Manufacturing

Barbara Bazzana

Aerial robotics; Localization; Integrated planning and control; Optimization and optimal control

Pieter van Goor

Nonlinear systems; Aerial robotics; Navigation; State estimation; Sensor fusion projects

Muzammil Khan

Computer vision and image processing; Deep/machine learning for anomaly detection; Variational and fractional calculus; Optical flow estimation; Visual SLAM for medical applications

Riccardo Zanella

Energy-aware robotics; Machine learning

Youssef Aboudorra

Aerial Robotics; Multirotor aerial vehicles (MRAV, UAVs); Modelling and control of robotic systems

Amr Afifi

Aerial robotic manipulation; Optimization-based control and planning; Interaction control; Physical human-robot interaction

Ayham Alharbat

Aerial robotics; Physical interaction control

Ahmed Ali

Ana Cordon

Image-guided intervention; Medical robotics; AI for medical applications

Carol Derla

3D modelling and printing; Experiment design; Human biomechanics; Cardiology; Matlab

Fleur de Geer

Surgical navigation; Medical technology; 3D planning for oncological surgery; Head and neck oncology; Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital; Netherlands Cancer Institute

Toon de Groot

Medical robotics; Concentric tube robots; Image and ultrasound guided robotic control; Surgical navigation

Milad Hayati

Marissa Jonker

Robotic handling of agro-food products; Integration of compliant grippers with data (vision, tactile).

Heime Jonkers

Additive manufacturing; 3D printed electronics; Electrical impedance tomography; In-situ print monitoring

Dimitris Kosmas

Polymer additive manufacturing; Applied 3D printed sensors; Hysteresis compensation; Control with 3D printed sensors

Nefeli Kousi

Bangyu Lan

Robotic vision and imaging; Deep learning; Intelligent robotics; Medical robotics

Luuk Lenders

Robot software architectures; Software systems; Real-time computing; Tele-robotics; Multi-modal systems

Mirko Mizzoni

'Aerial robotics; Multivariable feedback control; Nonlinear system theory and control; Robust control

Boi Okken

(Non-linear) Series elastic actuation; Agricultural robotics (focus on gripping); Variable stiffness in gripping; (large stroke) Flexures and compliant mechanisms; Computational optimization; Non-linear control

Rithwick Puranam

Manuel Maria Rocha

Medical robotics; Image processing and computer vision (applied to medical images); Machine/deep learning applied to medical data

Mostafa Selim

Medical Robotics; Teleoperation and haptic feedback

Yaolei Shen

Soft aerial robotic manipulation; Motion planning and control; Underactuated robotic systems

Christophe van der Walt

Teleoperation; System identification; Environment modelling

Yannik Wotte

Geometric deep learning; Port-Hamiltonian modelling; Energy-aware control; Model-reduction; Nonlinear dynamics

Julian Abbing

Simon Baltus

Beerend Gerats

Jorian Krol

Ewout Ligtenberg

Lennard Marx

Sanne Hendrickx

Ludovica Nini

Luc Schoot Uiterkamp

Job van Amerongen

Peter Breedveld

Ferdi van der Heijden

Medical image analysis; Surgical navigation; 3D medical LAB

Henny Kuipers

Mechatronics; Mechanical construction medical; Phantoms; Smart additive manufacturing

Kees Slump