Karl Kruusamäe
Robotics at IMS Lab
Robots are developed for improving the quality of our lives. Human-Robot Collaboration encompasses developing usable robots that make our everyday lives easier. Collaborative robots share their autonomy with human partners, thus improving the efficiency and quality of work in areas such as flexible manufacturing, logistics, domestic assistance, healthcare, and teleoperation in hazardous environments. We have extensive experience in research and technology of every aspect of robotics: designing electronics, mechanical engineering, software development, system integration, device building, education, and training.
We are part of highly interdisciplinary Intelligent Materials and Systems Lab headed by prof Alvo Aabloo. More information can be found here!
Highlights
- TeMoto, highly intuitive telerobotics platform,
- Omnidirectional Robotont platform for education and research in ROS,
- Fits.me shape-changing mannequin,
- Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments (SHEE),
- Massive open online course (MOOC) about robotics in Estonia (https://sisu.ut.ee/robot).
- ROS (Robot Operating System) training centre for industry and educators
Our core team
Karl Kruusamäe (associate professor of robotics engineering)
Robert Valner (PhD student)
Aravindan Sooryanarain (PhD student)
Helena Nulk (PhD student)
Student projects
We always welcome new motivated students who are interested in robotics to join our team. We offer student projects on the following general topics:
- intuitive teleoperation interfaces,
- collaborative robotics for flexible manufacturing,
- autonomous ground vehicles,
- robotics education.
Full list of potential student projects in robotics