Title: Prof. Dr.Department: Electrical & Electronics Engineering DepartmentPosition: Academic StaffEmail: duygunerol@yeditepe.edu.trTelephone: 0 216 578 27 41Office: A-604/ATime: Full TimeAkademikResume Research Interest: Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Systems Social Robots Medical Robotics Cognitive Robotics Human-Robot Interaction Dynamical Systems and Control Robotics Research Laboratory Biography: BA: Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey, 2001 MS: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, 2003 PhD:Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, 2007 Projects: TUBITAK Principal Investigator, “Orthopedic Surgery Robotic System (OrthoRoby)”, (2008 - 2011) TUBITAK Principal Investigator, “Robotic System for Rehabilitation (RehabRoby)”, (2009 - 2012) FP7 Partner, Grant Number:270396 :"Intelligent Surgical Robotics (I-SUR)", (2011 - 2014) FİGES A.Ş., TUBITAK 1511 Araştırma Projesi, 1130070 "Isı ve Basınç Duyarlı Myoelektrik Kontrollü Üstekstremite Protezi Projesi" (2014 - 2015) TOFAŞ A.Ş., TUBITAK 1501 Araştırma Projesi, 3140198 " Elektrikli Araçlar için Kablosuz Şarj Sistemi Geliştirme Projesi" (2014 - 2015) TUBITAK Principal Investigator, “Task Difficulty Level Adaptation of Physical Therapy based on Individuals Emotional State for a Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation System”, (2015 - 2017) KoçSistem Bilgi ve İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş., TUBITAK 1501 Araştırma Projesi, 3150888 " KoçSense Çevre Güvenlik Sistemi Projesi " (2016 - 2017) TUBITAK Co-Principle Investigator, “RoboRehab: Assistive Audiology Rehabilitation Robot”, (2018 - 2020) TUBITAK Principal Investigator, “Flexible Wearable Lower Exoskeleton System”, (2019 - 2022) Courses GivenDigital Control SystemsIntroduction to Control SystemsIntroduction to Digital Signal Processing PublicationsPapers Kawamura, K., Rogers E. T., Hambuchen, A. K. Erol, D., "Towards a Human Robot Symbiotic System", Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 19(6), 555-565, 2003. Erol, D. & Sarkar, N. “Intelligent Control for Robotic Rehabilitation after Stroke”, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 50(4), 341-360, 2007. Mallapragada, V., Erol, D., Sarkar, N. “A New Method of Force Control for Unknown Environments”, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 4(3), 313-322, 2007. Erol, D. & Sarkar, N., “Design and Implementation of an Assistive Controller for Rehabilitation Robotic Systems”, International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 4(3), 271-278, 2007. Erol, D. & Sarkar, N. “Coordinated Control of Assistive Robotic Devices for Activities of Daily Living Tasks”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 16(3), 278-285, 2008. Barkana Erol, D. & Sarkar, N. “Towards a Smooth Human-Robot Interaction for Rehabilitation Robotic Systems”, Advanced Robotics, 23(12-13), 1641-1662, 2009. Cetin E. A, Adli, M. A., Barkana Erol, D, Kucuk H., “Implementation and Development of an Adaptive Steering Control System”, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 59 (1), 75-83, 2010. Barkana Erol, D., “Towards Intelligent Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Systems”, International Journal of Systems Science, 41 (7), 729–745, 2010. Barkana Erol, D., “Design and Implementation of a Control Architecture for a Robot-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 6(1), 42-56, 2010. Barkana Erol, D., “Evaluation of Low-Level Controllers for an Orthopedic Surgery Robotic System”, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 14(4), 1128-1135, 2010. Wang, F., Erol Barkana, D., Sarkar, N., “Impact of visual error augmentation when integrated with assist-as-needed training method in robot-assisted rehabilitation”, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 18(5), 571-579, 2010. Barkana Erol, D., Das J., Wang F., Groomes T. E., Sarkar N., “Incorporating Verbal Feedback into a Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation System”, Robotica, 29(3), 433-443, 2011. Cetin E. A, Adli, M. A., Barkana Erol, D, Kucuk H., “Adaptive On-line Parameter Identification of a Steer-by-wire System”, Mechatronics, 22(2), 152–166, 2012. Ozkul, F., Barkana Erol D., Demirbas Badilli S., Inal S.,” Evaluation of Elbow Joint Proprioception with RehabRoby: A Pilot Study”, Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc., 46(5), 332-338, 2012. Ozkul, F., Barkana Erol, D., “Upper-Extremity Rehabilitation Robot RehabRoby: metholodogy, design, usability and validation”, International Journal of Advanced Robotics, 10(401), 1-13, 2013. Barkana Erol D., Acik A., Duru Goksel D. , Duru D. , “Improvement of Design of a Surgical Interface using an Eye Tracking Device”, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling (TBioMed), 11(48), doi:10.1186/1742-4682-11-48, 2014. Muradore R., Fiorini P, Akgun G., Barkana Erol D., Bonfe M., Boriero F., Caprara A., De Rossi G., Dodi D., Elle O. J., Ferraguti F., Gasperotti L., Gassert R., Mathiassen K., Handini D., Lambercy O., Li L., Kruusmaa M., Manurung A. O., Meruzzi G., Nguyen H.Q.P., Preda N., Riolfo G., Ristolainen A., Sanna A., Secchi C., Torsello M., Yantac A.E. Development of a Cognitive Robotic System for Simple Surgical Tasks. International Journal of Advanced Robotics, 12(37), 1-20, doi: 10.5772/60137, 2015. Badıllı Demirbaş Ş, Barkana Erol D., İnal S., “Upper Extremity Rehabilitation Robotics”, J Physiother Rehabil-Special Topics, 1(1), 1-5, 2015. Tutsoy O., Erol Barkana D., Colak S., “Learning to Balance NAO Robot using Reinforcement Learning with Symbolic Inverse Kinematic”, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 1-14, Doi: 10.1177/0142331216645176,2016. Açık A., Erol Barkana D., Akgün G., Yantaç A. E., Aydın Ç, “Evaluation of a Surgical Interface for Robotic Cryoablation Task using an Eye-Tracking System”, International Journal Human-Computer Studies, 95, 39-53,doi:10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.07.004, 2016. Erdogan H., Palaska Y., Masazade E., Erol Barkana D., Ekenel H.K., “Vision-based Game Design and Assessment for Physical Exercise in a Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation System”, Special issue on Computer Vision in Healthcare and Assisted Living - IET Computer Vision journal (accepted- DOI: 10.1049/iet-cvi.2017.0122). Book Chapters Erol D. and Sarkar N., “Design and Implementation of a Control Architecture for Rehabilitation Robotic Systems”, Rehabilitation Robotics, editor: Aleksandar Lazinice, ISBN 978-3-902613-04-2, edited by: Sashi S Kommu, August 2007, I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria. Barkana Erol D., “An Orthopedic Surgical Robotic System – OrthoRoby”, Human-Computer Systems Interaction: Backgrounds and Applications 2, edited by: Zdzisław S. Hippe, Juliusz L. Kulikowski, Teresa Mroczek, Springer-Verlag Co, Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, Vol. 99, pp.75-90, 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-23171-1. Guven Y. & Barkana Erol D., “Evaluation of an Orthopedic Surgical Robotic System OrthoRoby on Bone Cadaver”, Intelligent Automation and Systems Engineering, edited by: Ao, Sio-Iong; Amouzegar, Mahyar; Rieger, Burghard B., Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 103, pp:41-53, 2011, ISBN:978-1-4614-0372-2. Erol Barkana, D. and Ozkul, F. “A Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation System – RehabRoby”, in Interdisciplinary Mechatronics, edited by: M. K. Habib and J. P. Davim, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ USA. pp: 145-162, 2013, ISBN 9781848214187. Barkana Erol D., Masazade E., “Classification of the Emotional State of a Subject using Machine Learning Algorithms for Robot-Assisted Rehabilitation Systems”, in Handbook of Research on Advancements in Robotics and Mechatronics (2 Volumes, edited by: M. K. Habib, Hershey, PA: IGI Global, pp: 53-80, 2015, ISBN: 1466673877, doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-7387-8. Courses Fall: Introduction to Digital Signal Processing, Advanced Robotics Systems, Introduction to Scientific Computing Spring: Introduction to Control Systems, Digital Control Systems, Special Topics in Control Systems