MACS Project: How can concepts from Cognitive Systems be applied to Autonomous Robots? This research track is being supported by the MACS project, a StREP project accepted by the EC (European Commission) in FP6 within the ``Cognitive Systems'' strategic objective call of IST. Click here for more information.

CoSwarm: movie.... The main scientific objective of this project is to investigate how and to what extend the dynamics of a robotic swarm can be externally controlled. In the project, a heterogeneous swarm, consisting of two types of mobile robots, one in large numbers but simple, the other in fewer numbers but more complex, will be developed. The experiments to be made with the real robots will be complemented by systematic experiments carried out in physically realistic simulation models that will also be developed. Click here for more information.

Embedded Linux for CoSwarm: The development of KOBOT's imaging subsystem and is intended to expand as the project progresses. Click here for more information.

How do ants assess the size and integrity of a closed space with limited perceptual sensing, and how can their methods be applied to mobile robots. Click here for more information.

Sub-contract to IRIDIA for the Swarm-bots project.

"Sanal Robot Kolonisi" project supported by BAP. 

"Kendi Kendine Orgutlenebilir Robot Ogulu", an inter-disciplinary BAP project run together with Dr. Bugra Koku from Dept. of Mechanical Eng. of METU.

Caligrapher Robot Project: This project aimed to design a robot controlled by a remote agent through bluetooth connection. A person holding a PDA would be able to control it by moving the stylus. The robot would be capable of holonomic motion, and mimic the path that the stylus draws on the screen. Click here for more information.

Dancing Robots Project: The goal of the project was to use PDA's with the LEGO Mindstorms kits. Through this we were not able to expand the programming, and display capabilities of the Mindstorms but also were able to use the IrDA (infrared) communication ability of the PDA's as a medium of communication between the robots. Click here for more information.

Instincts for Guiding and Energizing Learning: How can learning be scaled for autonomous systems. Where to draw the line between evolution and learning for adaptation? 

3D Colored Range Image Construction: The Kurt3D robot acquires distance information of the points in its scan range by using the laser scanner. Since distance information is acquired due to the scan rays, only the distance of the points that are on direction of the scan rays can be calculated. The laser scanner does not give any color information about these points. Color information of these points can be obtained from two color cameras of the Kurt3D robot, if the points are in one of the camera views.

The objective of my project is to fuse the range and camera images obtained by the Kurt3D robot onto a single colored range image. While doing 3D modelling of the robot environment on a single image, we referred distance and color information acquired from the laser scanner and the cameras. Click here for more information.