معرفی
Volkan Patoglu is a Full Professor at Sabancı University's Mechatronics Program within the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences. He co-founded and serves as Chief Scientific Officer at Interact Medical Technologies Inc., while maintaining academic roles since 2005. His research spans two laboratories: the Human-Machine Interaction Laboratory and Cognitive Robotics Laboratory.
- B.Sc., Middle East Technical University (1999)
- M.Sc., University of Michigan in Mechanical Engineering (2000) and Electrical Engineering (2002)
- Ph.D., University of Michigan (2005)
Research Focus: Physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) with emphasis on:
- Force-feedback exoskeletons for rehabilitation and augmentation
- Hybrid dynamical systems control
- Haptic interface design and stability analysis
- Cognitive robotics with symbolic reasoning integration
- Medical robotics applications
Publication Trends: Recent works focus on series elastic actuation optimization, hybrid planning algorithms, and advanced haptic rendering techniques. His research bridges control theory with practical applications in rehabilitation robotics and human augmentation systems.
Honors:
- TÜBİTAK Career Award (2008)
- Science Academy Young Scientist Award (2015)
- Multiple IEEE Associate Editor Awards
- Best Application Paper Awards (2020, 2013)
- NATO Science Fellowship (1999)
Key Contributions: Developed original methods for hybrid dynamical system control, designed multiple rehabilitation exoskeletons (AssistOn series), and pioneered integration of answer set programming with robotic planning. Serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters and IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering.
