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Expertise
- Prof. dr. ir. Bram Vanderborght was born in Belgium in 1980. I received the degree in the study of Mechanical Engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 2003 with highest distinction. Since 2003 I was researcher at the VUB, supported by the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO). In May 2007 I received my PhD in Applied. The focus of my research was the use of adaptable compliance of pneumatic artificial muscles in the dynamically balanced biped Lucy. In May-June 2006 I performed research on the humanoids robot HRP-2 at the Joint Japanese/French Robotics Laboratory (JRL) in AIST, Tsukuba (Japan)in the research "Dynamically stepping over large obstacles by the humanoid robot HRP-2". I received a 3-year post-doc grant with mobility grant from the FWO. From October 2007-April 2010 I worked as post-doc researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genova (Italy) on the humanoid robot iCub and compliant actuation. Since October 2009, I am appointed as professor at the VUB where I teach mechatronics and give a robotics project. From October 2011-Sept 2016, I was research director at the Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy with a project on robot assisted therapy with ASD children and VUB-PI of the DREAM project. I received an ERC Starting Grant on Series-Parallel Elastic Actuation for Robotics (SPEAR). I am currently coordinating the EU FET SHERO on self healing soft robotics and Marie Curie ITN SMART. I was member of the Young Academy of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts. My research interests includes cognitive and physical human robot interaction, robot assisted therapy, humanoids and rehabilitation robotics with core technology of using variable impedance actuators (see here for overview).
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Projects
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VLA2: STEM-partnerschip project: Growing Area 5.0
Thienpont, H., Vanderborght, B., Huysmans, M. & Ruytinx, J.
1/11/20 → 31/10/23
Project: Applied
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SOCMAAK23: ICON Project FROGS : Flexible and Robust Robotic Gripping Solutions able to deal with product variability
1/09/20 → 28/02/23
Project: Applied
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OZR3562: Creation of a BruBotics Rehabilitation Research Center
Kerckhofs, E., Timmermans, A., Meeusen, R., Lefeber, D., Vanderborght, B., Nagels, G. & Swinnen, E.
1/05/20 → 30/04/24
Project: Fundamental
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SOCMAAK22: ICON project PROROB : VR/AR based robot trajectory programming
1/05/20 → 30/04/22
Project: Applied
Research output
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ELYSA: lightweight, safe and energy-efficient collaborative robots for high payloads
Verstraten, T., Furnémont, R. G., Van De Perre, G., Hubert, T., Usman, M., Khorasani, A., Vanderborght, B. & Lefeber, D., 4 Feb 2021.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster
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How using brain-machine interfaces influences the human sense of agency
Caspar, E., De Beir, A., Lauwers, G., Cleeremans, A. & Vanderborght, B., 7 Jan 2021, In : PLOS ONE. 16, 1 January, 24 p., e0245191.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Overload Clutch Design for Collision Tolerant High–Speed Industrial Robots
Ostyn, F., Lefebvre, T., Vanderborght, B. & Crevecoeur, G. C., 16 Apr 2021, In : IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6, 2, p. 863-870 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Self-Healing in Soft Robotics
Kashef Tabrizian, S., Terryn, S., Brancart, J., Roels, E., Van Assche, G. & Vanderborght, B., 4 Feb 2021.Research output: Unpublished contribution to conference › Poster
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Additive Manufacturing for Self-Healing Soft Robots
Roels, E., Terryn, S., Brancart, J., Verhelle, R. R., Van Assche, G. & Vanderborght, B., Dec 2020, In : Soft Robotics. 7, 6, p. 711-723 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)4 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Best Conference Paper Award (Mobility of Humanoid Robots:Stepping over Large Obstacles Dynamically)
Bram Vanderborght (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Extended Abstract Award (Implementing a humanoid service robot to attract and convert shoppers: An observational study comparing placement strategies
Laurens De Gauquier (Recipient), Malaika Brengman (Recipient), Kim Willems (Recipient), Hoang Long Cao (Recipient) & Bram Vanderborght (Recipient), 4 Sep 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Paper Award (Efficient-walking with ankle actuation: learning from biomechanics) Proceedings of CLAWAR 2008 - 11th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots
Bram Vanderborght (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Finalist Altran Foundation Award 2005
Bram Vanderborght (Recipient), 4 Mar 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Finalist Best Paper Award (Modeling Hysteresis in Pleated Pneumatic Artificial Muscles) IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM 2008)
Bram Vanderborght (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Additive manufacturing of reversible covalent polymer networks for self-healing soft robotic applications
Joost Brancart (Speaker), Seppe Terryn (Contributor), Ellen Roels (Contributor), Bram Vanderborght (Contributor), Guy Van Assche (Contributor)27 Nov 2020 → 4 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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PROUD: A Hybrid Model-Based/Learning Approach for Symbolic-Level Robot Programming by User Demonstration
Joris De Winter (Speaker), Bram Vanderborght (Contributor), Cristian Alejandro Vergara Perico (Contributor), Elahe Bagheri (Contributor), Yudha Pane (Contributor), Erik Hostens (Contributor), Erwin Aertbelien (Contributor), Wilm Decre (Contributor)31 May 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Self-healing soft robots
Seppe Terryn (Speaker), Joost Brancart (Contributor), Ellen Roels (Contributor), Guy Van Assche (Contributor), Bram Vanderborght (Contributor)25 Oct 2020 → 29 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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SMART workshop 1: Fundamentals of smart materials and soft robotics
Ellen Roels (Speaker), Joost Brancart (Speaker), Seppe Terryn (Speaker), Guy Van Assche (Speaker), Bram Vanderborght (Speaker)20 Oct 2020 → 23 Oct 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Self-healing material design and optimization for soft robotic applications
Joost Brancart (Invited speaker), Seppe Terryn (Contributor), Ellen Roels (Contributor), Bram Vanderborght (Contributor), Guy Van Assche (Contributor)11 Sep 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Press / Media
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Robot en mens zij aan zij in Audi Vorst
An Jacobs, Shirley Elprama, Charlotte Jewell, Bram Vanderborght & Ilias El Makrini
30/03/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Uniek Belgisch testproject laat mens en robot vlot samenwerken
An Jacobs, Shirley Elprama, Charlotte Jewell, Ilias El Makrini & Bram Vanderborght
30/03/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Arbeider van de Audi fabriek
An Jacobs, Shirley Elprama, Charlotte Jewell, Bram Vanderborght & Ilias El Makrini
29/03/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Thesis
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Additive manufacturing of self-healing polymers for soft robotics applications
Author: Roels, E., Vanderborght, B. & Terryn, S., 30 Jun 2018Supervisor: Vanderborght, B. (Promotor) & Terryn, S. (Co-promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Additive manufacturing of self-healing polymers for soft robotics applications
Author: Roels, E., 7 Jul 2019Supervisor: Vanderborght, B. (Promotor) & Van Assche, G. (Co-promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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An autonomous cognitive architecture for robot therapy
Author: De Beir, A., 2014Supervisor: Vanderborght, B. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Damage detection and sensing for self-healing soft robots
Author: Henriette, I., Vanderborght, B., Terryn, S. & Roels, E., 30 Jun 2020Supervisor: Vanderborght, B. (Promotor), Terryn, S. (Co-promotor) & Roels, E. (Co-promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Deformation and damage sensing for structural health monitoring of self-healing soft robots
Author: Schoofs, D., Vanderborght, B., Terryn, S. & Roels, E., 30 Jun 2019Supervisor: Vanderborght, B. (Promotor), Terryn, S. (Co-promotor) & Roels, E. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis