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- 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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FWOTM1165: Safe and efficient learning control for robotic manipulators in human-robot collaboration
Merckaert, K. & Vanderborght, B.
1/11/23 → 31/10/26
Project: Fundamental
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FWOSB169: Multi-agent cooperative control of two robots with complementary capabilities for heavy construction tasks
1/11/23 → 31/10/27
Project: Fundamental
Research output
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A low-cost framework for the recognition of human motion gait phases and patterns based on multi-source perception fusion
Dong, D., Ma, C., Wang, M., Vu Thi Thu, H., Vanderborght, B. & Sun, Y., Apr 2023, In: Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 120, 105886.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A multi-agent robotic system for bricklaying
Asani, Z., Vanderborght, B., Ambrosino, M. & Garone, E., 2023, Book of Abstracts- 42nd Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control. Carloni, R., Alonso-Mora, J., Jayawardhana, B. & Lefeber, E. (eds.). March 21– 23, 2023 ed. Elspeet, The Netherlands, Vol. 1. p. 115-115 1 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Meeting abstract (Book)
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An Interdisciplinary Tutorial: A Self-Healing Soft Finger with Embedded Sensor
Roels, E., Terryn, S., Ferrentino, P., Brancart, J., Van Assche, G. & Vanderborght, B., 10 Jan 2023, In: Sensors. 23, 2, 811.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Novel Physical Human Robot Interface with Pressure Distribution Measurement Based on Electrical Impedance Tomography
Chen, H., Langlois, K., Brancart, J., Roels, E., Verstraten, T. & Vanderborght, B., 11 Aug 2023, In: IEEE Sensors Journal. 23, 18, p. 21914-21923 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Antropo: An open-source platform to increase the anthropomorphism of the Franka Emika collaborative robot arm
Scholz, C., Cao, H-L., El Makrini, I. & Vanderborght, B., 18 Oct 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 10, p. 1-10 10 p., e0292078.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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A soft pneumatic actuator with integrated deformation sensing elements produced exclusively with extrusion based additive manufacturing
Georgopoulou Papadonikolaki, A. (Creator), Egloff, L. (Creator), Vanderborght, B. (Creator) & Clemens, F. (Creator), Zenodo, 12 Jan 2022
Dataset
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Documentation and instruction for the tutorial: Finite Element Analysis-based soft robotic modeling: Simulating a soft-actuator in SOFA
Ferrentino, P. (Creator), Roels, E. (Creator), Brancart, J. (Creator), Terryn, S. (Creator), Van Assche, G. (Creator) & Vanderborght, B. (Creator), Zenodo, 24 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7838026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7838026
Dataset
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A Sensorized Soft Pneumatic Actuator Fabricated with Extrusion-Based Additive Manufacturing
Georgopoulou Papadonikolaki, A. (Creator), Egloff, L. (Creator), Vanderborght, B. (Creator) & Clemens, F. (Creator), Zenodo, 10 May 2021
Dataset
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Piezoresistive sensor fiber composites based on silicone elastomers for the monitoring of the position of a robot arm
Georgopoulou Papadonikolaki, A. (Creator), Michel, S. (Creator), Vanderborght, B. (Creator) & Clemens, F. (Creator), Zenodo, 1 Feb 2021
Dataset
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Supramolecular Self-Healing Sensor Fiber Composites for Damage Detection in Piezoresistive Electronic Skin for Soft Robots
Georgopoulou Papadonikolaki, A. (Creator), Bosman, A. (Creator), Brancart, J. (Creator), Vanderborght, B. (Creator) & Clemens, F. (Creator), Zenodo, 2 Sep 2021
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Prizes
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Best Conference Paper Award (Mobility of Humanoid Robots:Stepping over Large Obstacles Dynamically)
Vanderborght, Bram (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
De Gauquier, L. (Recipient), Brengman, Malaika (Recipient), Willems, Kim (Recipient), Cao, Hoang Long (Recipient) & Vanderborght, Bram (Recipient), 4 Sep 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best IROS 2012 Jubilee Video Award video
Vanderborght, Bram (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best paper award (Dutch Foundation of Neural networks 2021)
Liu, Gaoyuan (Recipient), De Winter, Joris (Recipient), Vanderborght, Bram (Recipient), Nowe, Ann (Recipient) & Steckelmacher, Denis (Recipient), 2021
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
Vanderborght, Bram (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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A multi-agent robotic system for bricklaying
Zemerart Asani (Speaker), Bram Vanderborght (Contributor), Michele Ambrosino (Contributor) & Emanuele Garone (Contributor)
21 Mar 2023 → 23 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Written proposal for FWO Fellowship strategic basic research
Zemerart Asani (Organiser), Bram Vanderborght (Advisor) & Emanuele Garone (Advisor)
2023Activity: Other › Written proposal
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Implementation of a Heterogeneous Multi-Robot System for a Construction Task
Zemerart Asani (Speaker), Bram Vanderborght (Contributor), Emanuele Garone (Contributor) & Michele Ambrosino (Contributor)
9 Jul 2023 → 14 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Synergistic Task and Motion Planning With Reinforcement Learning-Based Non-Prehensile Actions
Gaoyuan Liu (Speaker), Joris De Winter (Contributor), Denis Steckelmacher (Contributor), Roshan Kumar Hota (Contributor), Ann Nowe (Contributor) & Bram Vanderborght (Contributor)
2 Oct 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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From self-healing polymer to soft robot
Ellen Roels (Speaker), Seppe Terryn (Contributor), Guy Van Assche (Contributor), Bram Vanderborght (Contributor) & Joost Brancart (Contributor)
20 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
Press/Media
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Self-locking, self-healing, multi-material suction cups
Zhanwei Wang, Hendrik Cools, Simon Gert L Beckers, Seppe Terryn & Bram Vanderborght
1/09/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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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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Physical Chemical and Thermo-mechanical Characterization of Reversible and Partially Reversible Dynamic Polymer Networks for Self-Healing Applications
Author: Diaz Acevedo, M. M., Van Mele, B. A., Van Assche, G., Vanderborght, B., De Graeve, I., Maurer, F. H., Hoogenboom, R. & Wouters, M., 5 Feb 2016Supervisor: Van Mele, B. (Promotor), Van Assche, G. (Promotor) & Scheltjens, G. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis