Awards

Best Poster Award:

Congratulations to ABC MSc. student Linoy Ketashvili for receiving the Best Poster Award
at the AI and Beyond Tech-AI Robotics Conference held at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology on February 5, 2025.
Title of poster: "Learning-Aided Kalman Tracking in Biased Dynamic Systems: The Case of Cable-Driven Robots for Surgery"

Best Video Award:

Congratulations to Prof. David Zarrouk for being selected as the grand prize winner for the 2023 IEEE Access Best Video Award Part 1 for
the video he submitted with his article entitled, “Overcoming Obstacles with a Reconfigurable Robot using Deep Reinforcement Learning
based on a Mechanical Work-Energy Reward Function.

link to video

Grant Awards:

DFG - Middle East Collaboration Program

In 2021 Professors Itzik Meltzer and Amir Shapiro were awarded funds for an ABC-Robotics Research and Development Project
"Locomotor Stability and Plasticity in the Elderly: Learning to Resist Falls Through Different Training Methods"
They designed and developed a novel mechatronic bicycling device, the Perturbation Stationary Bicycles Robotic System (PerStBiRo),
which simulates outdoor cycling while providing balance challenges during stationary indoor bicycling.
The PerStBiRo introduces unexpected perturbations to proactively and reactively challenge balance control, aiming to enhance stability. The system includes a motion capture unit and a processing unit capable of analyzing subjects’ responses to perturbations, providing real-time feedback, and adjusting training sessions accordingly. By triggering balance “reflexes,” this system has the potential to improve balance responses in older adults.
As a result of the above project, Professors Melzer and Shapiro filed a patent for the Balance Trainer Simulator System
and were awarded a research grant from the prestigious DFG - Middle East Collaboration Program.

Ministry of Innovation, Science & Technology (MOST)-Applied Research - Exact Sciences

Prof. Guy Shani- Department of Information Systems Engineering, Prof. Vered Tzin- French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands and Dr. Shai Arogeti- Department of Mechanical Engineering: "An Autonomous System for Monitoring and Treating Aphids in Greenhouses"

Prof. Sigal Berman and Prof. Yisrael Parmet- Department of Industrial Engineering & Management: "Assessing upper limb motor impairment with stochastic spatiotemporal modeling"

Ministry of Innovation, Science & Technology (MOST)- Smart Mobility

Dr. Igal Bilik- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Prof. Michael Segal- Department of Communication Systems Engineering: "Local-Global Positioning Systems for Automotive Applications"

Prof. Shai Arogeti- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dr. Avinoam Borowsky-Department of Industrial Engineering & Management: "Driver transition from autonomous to manual mode in a vehicle platoon"

Prof. Ilana Nisky - MOST Israel-Italy: "Artificial somatosensation for humans and humanoids"

Prof. Boaz Rafaeli - F.I.R.S.T. Bikura Individual grant:" Spatial audio signal processing by W-disjoint orthogonality of sound fields and direct-path dominance"

ISF Individual Grants:

Prof. Raziel Riemer - "Investigation and modeling of Multiple-task jobs during manual material handling"

Prof. Guy Shani - "Taking Contingent Planning to the Next Level - Heuristics, Deadends, and more..."

Prof. Amir Shapiro – ISF Research grant: "Minimalistic Robot Grasping - Part II: Design, Algorithms, and Control of 3D Grasping Systems"

Dr. David Zarrouk - " Wave like robotic locomotion over compliant surfaces"