Personnel

PI


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Amir Degani

Associate Professor
email:  adegani @at@ technion.ac.il
Website:  adegani.net.technion.ac.il
 

Post-Doctoral Researchers


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Tom Shaked

Post-doctoral Researcher
email:  shakedtom @at@ campus.technion.ac.il
Collective Robotic Site Preparation Continue Reading Tom Shaked
 
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Huaquan (Enoch) Ying

email:  enochying @at@ campus.technion.ac.il
Automatic construction layout: robot-enabled building digital twin Continue Reading Huaquan (Enoch) Ying
 

PhD Students


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Omer Nir

PhD Student
email:  omernir@at@campus.technion.ac.il
Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Reactive planning for legged dynamic maneuvers using motion primitive library, started 2017 Continue Reading Omer Nir
 
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Amit Prigozin

PhD Student
email:  aprigozin@at@gmail.com
Hyper-Flexible Elastic Manipulator: Design, Modelling and Control Civil and Environmental Engineering, Started 2019 Continue Reading Amit Prigozin
 
Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Started 2019 Continue Reading Oren Elmakis
 
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Yaron Franco

PhD Student
email:  agyaron @at@ campus.technion.ac.il
Development of numerical methods for solving multi-body systems Continue Reading Yaron Franco
 

MSc Students


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Alon Spinner

MSc Student
email:  alonspinner @at@ campus.technion.ac.il
Global Localization in a Construction Site for Progress Monitoring With a Prior Schedule Continue Reading Alon Spinner
 
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Alon Danay

MSc Student
email:  sadanay @at@ campus.technion.ac.il
 
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Noah Paul

MSc Student
email:  noahpaul @at@ campus.technion.ac.il
Design of a Minimalistic Torque Actuated Variable Rolling SLIP Leg for Robust Locomotion Continue Reading Noah Paul
 
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Nitzan Makmal

MSc Student
email:  nitzanmk @at@ campus.technion.ac.il
 
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Ari Meles-Braverman

MSc Student
email:  ari.me @at@ campus.technion.ac.il
Development of Manipulator for Autonomous Collaborative Robots for Construction Site Preparation Mechanical Engineering, Co-advised by Alon Wolf Continue Reading Ari Meles-Braverman
 
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Ori Manasherov

MSc Student
email:  ori.man @at@ campus.technion.ac.il
Optimal pollination route for vertically located targets using multi-agent drone system while avoiding collisions and interferences Continue Reading Ori Manasherov
 

Alumni


PhD

  • Adar Gaathon, Phd Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Development of a Robotic Leg and Minimalistic Control Methods for Increased Robustness of a Running Robot, Graduated 2021
  • Victor Bloch (Chernishev), Phd Student, “Methods for Simultaneous Orchard and Harvesting Robot Design”, Graduated 2017

MSc

  • Amit Ross – co-advised by Yizhar Or, MSc Student, Mechanical Engineering, Hybrid Robot Manipulator Obstacle-Aided Locomotion: Modeling, Path Planning and Simulation, Graduated June 2021
  • Alexei Pevzner, MSc Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Automated 3D Point Cloud Sensing and Real-Time Dynamic Projection for Operation Monitoring and Quality Assessment”,Graduated 2021
  • Moran Barenboim, MSc Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), A Steerable, Minimally Actuated, Underground Robot, Graduated 2020
  • Omer Shalev, MSc Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Robot Navigation in Orchards Using Top-View Imagery, Graduated July 2019
  • Shirel Josef, MSc Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation in Unknown Rough Terrain, Graduated 2019
  • Mark Levin, , MSc Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), “Design of an Agricultural Modular Task-Based Robot”, Graduated 2018
  • Gal Tibi, MSc Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), “Design of thin, multi-layered, electrically driven, thermal expansion based actuators for soft robotic applications”, Graduated 2018 – Now working for an agricultural robotics startup
  • Adar  Gaathon, MSc Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), “Improving Stability and Reaching Absolute Destinations for the Conservative SLIP Model”, Graduated 2016 – stayed as a PhD student in the lab
  • Ron Ben Shaul, Masters Project Student (TASP), “Autonomous ground vehicle navigation in orchards”, Graduated 2017.
  • Gilad Refael, MSc Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), “Design and Modeling of a Minimalistic Robotic Swimmer”, Graduated 2016 – Now working at Deep Learning Robotics
  • Sharon Temtsin, MSc Student, “Autonomous Pile Disassembly for Urban Search and Rescue Missions”, Graduated 2015 – Now working at Elbit Systems
  • Uri Drach, MSc Student – co-advised with Ilan Halachmi, Volcani ARO, “Autonomous Fetching Mechanism in Robotic Dairy Farm”, Graduated 2015
  • Gilad Gat, MSc Student – co-advised with Samuel Gan-Mor – Volcani ARO, “Greenhouse Vehicle Steering Using an Overhead Guide”, Graduated March 2015
  • Avi Turgeman, MSc Student (TASP) – co-advised with Shraga Shoval, “Sensor Data Fusion of a Redundant Dual Platform Robot for Terrain Mapping”, Graduated January 2015
  • Naty Shemer, MSc Student, Technion’s Autonomous Systems Program (TASP), “Minimalistic Control Strategies for Damped and Undamped SLIP-based Dynamic Running Robots”, Graduated January 2015

BSc and Staff

  • Aviv Nevo, Civil and Env. Eng. – Lab Engineer – 2016 – 2018
  • Philip Yizhou Huang – – University of Toronto – Summer Intern 2018
  • Daniyar Akhmedjanov – University of Toronto – Summer Intern 2017
  • Gabriel Arpino – University of Toronto – Summer Intern 2016
  • Aaron Kogon – University of Toronto – Summer Intern 2016
  • Alon Danay, Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Lab Engineer – 2011 – 2016
  • Jenny Lam – University of Toronto – Summer Intern 2015
  • Wen Bo Li – University of Toronto – Summer Intern 2014
  • Oni Ornan – University of Toronto – Summer Intern 2012