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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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EUAR242: ORIGAMI: DrOne swaRm navIgation in Gnss-degraded And non-perMissive envIronments
Vanderborght, B. & Munteanu, A.
1/11/25 → 31/10/29
Project: Applied
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FWOSB212: P-SAFER: Partial Stiffness for Accurate, Flexible and Efficient Robotics
De Smedt, N., Verstraten, T. & Vanderborght, B.
1/11/25 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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BRGSOIB7: SPINOFF 2025: Exoskeletons for industrial workers
Vanderborght, B., Verstraten, T. & Geeroms, J.
15/04/25 → 14/04/27
Project: Applied
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IOFSTRAT2: Strategic opportunity: Sustainable Robotics Hub
Vanderborght, B. & Mathijssen, G.
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Applied
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Investigating a Novel 3D-Printed Electrical Impedance Tomography Sensor for monitoring the Interaction Pressure on a Customized Physical Interface in Wearable Robots
Chen, H., Wang, Z., Langlois, K., Haji Ali Mohamadi, P., Tian, H., Verstraten, T. & Vanderborght, B., 15 Jan 2026, In: Measurement. 257, part B, p. 1-11 11 p., 118714.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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3D-printable crease-free origami vacuum bending actuators for soft robots
Wang, Z., Chen, H., Zaidi, S. S. Z., Roels, E., Cools, H., Vanderborght, B. & Terryn, S., 15 Jul 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 41, p. 485-499 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Framework for Flexibly Guiding Learning Agents
Elbarbari, M. A. H. M., Delgrange, F., Vervlimmeren, I., Efthymiadis, K., Vanderborght, B. & Nowe, A., Jul 2025, In: Neural Computing & Applications. 37, 19, p. 13101-13117 17 p., 1.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Self-healing Electrical Impedance Tomography Sensor for the Selective Localization of Compression and Damage Based on a Diels-Alder Conductive Composite
Chen, H., Wang, Z., Sahraeeazartamar, F., Kashef Tabrizian, S., Langlois, K., Terryn, S. & Vanderborght, B., 13 Aug 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 74, p. 1-12 12 p., 9531112.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Automated Behavior Planning for Fruit Tree Pruning via Redundant Robot Manipulators: Addressing the Behavior Planning Challenge
Liu, G., Boom, B., Slob, N., Durodié, Y., Nowe, A. & Vanderborght, B., 28 Apr 2025, In: IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. p. 2-12 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
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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 Sept 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
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Multi-material 3D Printing of Thermoplastic Elastomers for Development of Soft Robotic Structures with Integrated Sensor Elements
Georgopoulou Papadonikolaki, A. (Creator), Vanderborght, B. (Creator) & Clemens, F. (Creator), Zenodo, 1 Sept 2021
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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
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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, Laurens (Recipient), Brengman, Malaika (Recipient), Willems, Kim (Recipient), Cao, Hoang Long (Recipient) & Vanderborght, Bram (Recipient), 4 Sept 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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Motion planning for agricultural tasks with robotic manipulators
Gaoyuan Liu (Speaker), Bas Boom (Speaker), Naftali Slob (Speaker), Ann Nowe (Speaker) & Bram Vanderborght (Speaker)
6 Feb 2025 → 7 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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3D Perception for Robotic Control in Complex Environments
Gaoyuan Liu (Contributor), Bas Boom (Speaker), Marnix Boonen (Contributor), Michiel Vlaminck (Contributor), Laurens Diels (Contributor), Hiep Luong (Contributor) & Bram Vanderborght (Contributor)
20 May 2025 → 21 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Reversible polymer network blends as self-healing encapsulants for liquid metal electronics with barriers against oxygen and water
Joost Brancart (Speaker), Fatemeh Sahraeeazartamar (Contributor), Guy Van Assche (Contributor), Rathul Nengminza Sangma (Contributor), Seppe Terryn (Contributor) & Bram Vanderborght (Contributor)
27 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Optimistic Reinforcement Learning-Based Skill Insertions for Task and Motion Planning
Gaoyuan Liu (Speaker), Joris De Winter (Speaker), Yuri Durodié (Speaker), Denis Steckelmacher (Speaker), Ann Nowe (Speaker) & Bram Vanderborght (Speaker)
26 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Written proposal for FWO Fellowship strategic basic research
Mohayad Omer (Recipient), Greet Van de Perre (Supervisor) & Bram Vanderborght (Supervisor)
2024Activity: Other › Written proposal
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. J., Hoogenboom, R. & Wouters, M., 5 Feb 2016Supervisor: Van Mele, B. (Promotor), Van Assche, G. (Promotor) & Scheltjens, G. (Promotor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis