Department of Mechanical Engineering

Robotics

Our mission is to inspire and educate the next generation of engineers to advance the field of robotics at national and international level. We research the fundamentals of autonomous and collaborative robotics in man-made environments. We develop flexible, robust, and safe robots that can interact with people and other machines. 

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We actively engage in collaborative research focused on robotics with academic and industrial partners to create pioneering, innovative robotic solutions with strong societal and scientific impact.

DESIGNING AUTONOMOUS AND COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS FOR THE INDUSTRY AND SOCIETY

Collaborative mobile robots in dynamic man-made environments, surgical robots, and soft robots for medical and logistics applications are key examples of the application domain of the Robotics section.

RESEARCH GROUPS

The following research groups are present within the Robotics section.

Group Van de Molengraft

Group van de Molengraft focusses on the design of autonomous systems that are robust-by-design against the variations that can occur during…

Collaborative Robotics Group

Our vision is to create the next generation of cognitive robots that can effectively collaborate with each other and with humans. Our aim is…

Robotics and Perception

Robotics and Perception group focuses on enabling advanced robotic applications, autonomous robots, human-robot collaboration, and…

FACULTY

Assistant Professor

Ömür Arslan

Assistant Professor

Femke van Beek

Gerard van Hattum

Assistant Professor

Irene Kuling

Julie Legrand

Associate Professor

René van de Molengraft

Associate Professor

Alessandro Saccon

Assistant Professor

Elena Torta

Part-time Faculty

Full Professor
(Part-time)

Herman Bruyninckx

Assistant Professor
(Part-time)

Jos Elfring

Assistant Professor
(Part-time)

Rudolf Huisman

Full Professor

Astrid Kappers

Claude Lacoursière

Assistant Professor
(Part-time)

Cesar Lopez Martinez

PhD and Postdocs I

Doctoral Candidate

Aron Aertssen

Ruben Beumer

Gijs van den Brandt

Aneesh Deogan

Peter van Dooren

Anne van der Horst

Doctoral Candidate

Aykut Işleyen

Doctoral Candidate

Maarten Jongeneel

Doctoral Candidate

Krishna Dheeraj Kommuri

Luuk van Laake

Bas Meere

Manuel Munoz Sanchez

Postdoc

Alexander Oliva

Postdoc

Semih Orhan

PhD and Postdocs II

Postdoc

Joric Oude Vrielink

Doctoral Candidate

Benn Proper

Doctoral Candidate

Raul De Queiroz Mendes

Gijs van Rhijn

Busra Sen

Soshala Thavindu

Doctoral Candidate

Jari van Steen

Elise Verhees

Koen de Vos

Support

Puck Mulders

Wouter Kuijpers

Nancy Wagemakers

Geertje Janssen-Dols

Ellen Konijnenberg

Technicians

Education and Research Technician (Design and Development)

Ruud van den Bogaert

Robert de Bruijne

Education and Research Technician (Design and Development)

Koen de Koning

Education and Research Technician (Design and Development)

Harrie van de Loo

Dirk Vollenberg

Technical Support Staff

Danny Hameeteman

Ivan Kolodko

Jordy Senden

Recent Publications

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Recent Publications

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