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Description of partecipating institution
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (www.bme.hu), founded in 1782, with its eight faculties is the largest higher education institution of Hungary in technology. The University took and has been taking part in 143 FP5, 115 FP6, and 32 FP7 R&D projects. The proposed work will be carried out in the Department of Manufacturing Science and Technology in close cooperation with the Department of Applied Mechanics. The two departments began to collaborate during the FP5 REHAROB (Supporting Rehabilitation of Disabled Using Industrial Robots for Upper Limb Motion Therapy) project coordinated by Gusztav Arz, managed by Andras Toth and the force control research group of REHAROB led by Gabor Stepan. The two departments are active members of the University’s Biomedical Engineering Knowledge Centre and the Biomechanical Research Centre.
Main tasks
BME will be involved in the Evryon project as WP leader in WP9 and participant in WP10. Its main RTD tasks will be related to the detailed design, fabrication and experimental testing of the novel, modular and anthropometrically adaptable hip module of the proposed Evryon Wearable Robotic System.
Expertise
The overall research competencies of the Department of Manufacturing Science and Technology and the Department of Applied Mechanics range from multibody dynamics, biomechanics, advanced sensor and control techniques, signal processing, industrial robotics, outdoor and indoor service robotics, rehabilitation and assistive robotics to vibration analysis. The two departments participated altogether in 18 EU FP projects dominantly in the NMP and ICT domains, among which an FP5 and two FP6 projects co-ordinated in the service robotics field. Industrial customers of the two departments come from the automotive and machinery industries, but modeling and design but the mechanical modeling of ITER fusion reactor modules can also be mentioned.
Key personnel
Andras TOTH, (MSc mechanical engineering, research associate and project manager) he is currently the project manager and associate co-ordinator of the RESCUER and ACROBOTER FP6 projects. He had been participated in several national and in 7 European RTD projects as researcher and project manager. His main research interest in robotics ranges from special service (medical) robot applications to robot kinematics and programming. He is the author of a book chapter, and 40 conference and journal papers. Andras Toth is the member of the Hungarian Society for Biomechanics and the member of the Advisory Group on service robots to ISO TC184/SC2/AG1.
Gabor STEPAN is the head of Department of Applied Mechanics, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Fields of research and education of Gabor Stepan include Analytical mechanics, Differential equations and Applications in Mechanical Engineering with particular interests in vibration and stability of robots, force control, human balancing, machine tool vibrations and stabilization of unstable equilibria and motions. He is member and/or officer of several professional associations (e.g., IUTAM, IFToMM, Euromech) and member of the editorial board of several international journals (like The Transactions on the Royal Society, Journal of Vibration and Control). Gabor Stepan is the abdicant president of the Hungarian Society for Biomechanics.
Peter KORONDI, M.Sc. 1984, Ph.D. 1996, D.Sc. 2008,. is professor of mechatronics. He is the author of 10 book chapters, university notes, over 50 Hungarian and foreign journals and over 100 conference articles, 10 studies. 2007:Chair of the IEEE IES-Computational Intelligence Subcommittee, 2006: IFAC, Vice-Chair of the Technical Committee 4.3 – Robotics, 2004: Vice chairman of Hungarian section of IEEE Industry Application Society. Founding member of Integrated Intelligent Systems Japanese-Hungarian Joint Laboratory, 1996: Founding member of the PEMC International Council.
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