Karl Kruusamäe, Professor of Human-Centred Robotics

Robotics

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.

Our main goal is to develop and designs human-firendly robotic solutions, which among other things involves topics such as human-robot collaboration, flexible process automation, planning for and with the uncertainty of human environments, educational robotics, and intuitive telerobotics. 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 professional training.

More information can be found here!

Highlights

• Open source robot platform Robotont for education and research in ROS
• TeMoto, a software framework for adaptive and dependable robots (including human-robot collaboration and multi-robot systems)
• SCAFLD: an autonomous fleet of transportation robots to hospitals and other indoor environments
• YANU service robot for beverages (yanu.ai)
• Social robot therapist for developing communication skills of children
• Open online courses for fundamentals and programming robots in Estonian: ROSi algkursus [Beginner-level ROS] and Robootikast puust ja punaseks [Robotics ABC]

Publications:

Google Scholar
ETIS

Full list of lab members

Robotics group`s Youtube