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Analysis and synthesis of movement in man and machine

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Periods
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2027
Research activity

Code Science Field Subfield
2.06.00  Engineering sciences and technologies  Systems and cybernetics   
2.10.00  Engineering sciences and technologies  Manufacturing technologies and systems   

Code Science Field
2.02  Engineering and Technology  Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering 
2.03  Engineering and Technology  Mechanical engineering 
Keywords
robot, rehabilitation, haptics, industrial robotics, collaborative robot, measurements, wearable sensors, sensory integration, human-machine interaction, virtual reality, control engineering
Evaluation (rules)
source: COBISS
Evaluation of bibliographic research performance indicators according to ARIS methodology
Points
4,775.55
A''
643.87
A'
1,742.88
A1/2
2,641.8
CI10
5,253
CImax
238
h10
38
A1
16.08
A3
11.56
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on April 25, 2024; A3 for period 2018-2022
Data for ARIS tenders ( 04.04.2019 – Programme tender , archive )
Citations Citations for bibliographic records in COBIB.SI that are linked to records in citation databases
source: WoS source: Scopus source: COBISS
Database Linked records Citations Pure citations Average pure citations
WoS  291  4,861  4,494  15.44 
Scopus  439  7,676  7,039  16.03 
Researchers (16)
no. Code Name and surname Research area Role Period No. of publications
1.  51908  PhD Aljaž Baumkircher  Systems and cybernetics  Junior researcher  2022 - 2024  9 
2.  20180  PhD Imre Cikajlo  Systems and cybernetics  Researcher  2022 - 2024  260 
3.  38312  PhD Timotej Gašpar  Manufacturing technologies and systems  Researcher  2022 - 2024  29 
4.  12660  PhD Roman Kamnik  Manufacturing technologies and systems  Researcher  2022 - 2024  311 
5.  50489  PhD David Kraljić  Computer intensive methods and applications  Researcher  2022 - 2024  25 
6.  50656  PhD Peter Krapež  Systems and cybernetics  Researcher  2022 - 2024  9 
7.  55918  Ana Mandeljc  Manufacturing technologies and systems  Junior researcher  2022 - 2024  9 
8.  14038  PhD Zlatko Matjačić  Systems and cybernetics  Researcher  2022 - 2024  372 
9.  18182  PhD Matjaž Mihelj  Systems and cybernetics  Researcher  2022 - 2024  328 
10.  07134  PhD Marko Munih  Systems and cybernetics  Head  2022 - 2024  724 
11.  58095  Franci Ovčak  Systems and cybernetics  Junior researcher  2023 - 2024  0 
12.  25411  PhD Janez Podobnik  Systems and cybernetics  Researcher  2022 - 2024  108 
13.  54813  Luka Pogačnik  Systems and cybernetics  Junior researcher  2022 - 2024  9 
14.  24561  PhD Urška Puh  Neurobiology  Researcher  2022 - 2024  372 
15.  34534  PhD Sebastjan Šlajpah  Systems and cybernetics  Researcher  2022 - 2024  71 
16.  54649  Matej Tomc  Systems and cybernetics  Junior researcher  2022 - 2024  12 
Organisations (2)
no. Code Research organisation City Registration number No. of publications
1.  1538  University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Electrical Engineering  Ljubljana  1626965  27,774 
2.  0309  University Rehabilitation Institute, Republic of Slovenia  Ljubljana  5053919000  5,751 
Abstract
Our activities focus on the analysis and synthesis of human and machine motion. In humans, we use robotic and sensing technologies for the analysis and synthesis of limb movements. Machine motion studies include the design and development of new robots and robotic applications. The core activity is in robotic technologies, development and deployment of collaborative, haptic and industrial robots for industrial and service applications. New designs of rehabilitation robots and industrial solutions require similar enabling technologies for collaborative human-robot coexistence. Moreover, state-of-the-art robotic systems are being designed to meet various needs. We will use novel sensors, higher sensor density or more efficient sensory algorithms. We will focus on new sensor designs suitable for collaborative robots, exoskeletons, bionic prostheses, and mobile systems. Sensory suites (consisting of accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, radio-based localization) attached to a human (industrial worker, patient, ski jumper) will enable measurement of kinematic quantities and computation of directly unmeasurable forces and torques. Our expertise in the acquisition and analysis of human psychophysiological parameters will be relevant to the field of perceived safety. While there is no equivalent substitution for experience in the real environment, virtual environments bring several advantages. Digital twin technologies, complex simulations and serious games are indispensable for engineering, robot offline programming and medical applications, for teaching, training, rehabilitation, and objective measurements. We have an excellent virtual-reality research track record, and our know-how contains all the required building blocks for Society 5.0. Our goals include motion and functional assessment and motor rehabilitation, focusing on several areas: A1) Wearable sensor systems and action and intention detection, A2) Passive and active devices in rehabilitation A3) Devices for remote neurorehabilitation A4) Perceived safety. The second group of targets is in industrial robotics and measurement applications. The fields are: B1) Collaborative robotics and sensors, B2) Robotic applications and measurements in industry and agriculture, B3) 3D/6D printing and B4) Radio-based localization in space. Members of the group Analysis and synthesis of human and machine motion have published several books with Springer in the last decade. The group is the driving force behind the only master's degree program in robotics in Slovenia. Group members have published numerous original IF scientific articles, 10 patents have been confirmed. We have been active in 18 different EU and 11 national/corporate projects. We are glad to present these results and competences. We are intentionally and systematically improving our methods and enabling technologies in Artificial Intelligence, Virtual and Augmented Reality, the Internet of Things and Additive Manufacturing Technologies.
Significance for science
RELEVANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE Industry and medicine, including rehabilitation, require innovation, advanced high-tech solutions, and synergy of effective solutions. In five decades, the Ljubljana Rehabilitation Engineering Group led research linking the university, clinical environment, and industry, resulting in extensive know-how and knowledge transfer into new products and methods (start-ups Kinestica, Priot, Rehing, Thera- trainer). We will maintain and upgrade this important comparative advantage over some other research centres in the EU. One of the most important features of the program group is a considerable share of funding from European and industrial projects that greatly exceeds ARRS funds and other public resources. Long-term involvement in the EU Framework Programs shows continuous and close involvement in international science as well as influences on activities of the group. Our research activities will continue to be focused on developing robotic systems and devices in the fields of industry and rehabilitation. Rehabilitation includes clinical evaluation of modern mechatronic technologies and training of functional movements. Attention will be focused on assistive devices and approaches that are user-friendly and suitable for everyday personalized use. The program group contributes to the concepts of Industry 4.0 with collaborative robotics, advanced sensors, additive technologies and virtual and augmented reality, which we have been developing for the last two decades. Further development of these technologies defines our goals for the future. Socio-technological solutions, which form the core of Industry and Society 5.0, are gaining special attention. Human-centred collaboration between human and robot is becoming the anchor for our future research and development activities. The close integration of existing and upcoming technologies, especially AI, will enable the realization of new approaches, not previously possible with empirical methods. The new approaches will enable closer interaction between humans and robots in different environments. The proposed research program is in line with the Horizon Europe Framework Program clusters. Cluster 1, "Health," directly covers our research directions, supporting the development of new tools and technologies for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, including medical devices and robotics. Cluster 4, "Digital field, industry and space" further emphasizes the field of robotics. The contents are related to artificial intelligence, data and robotics, perception and physical intelligence, well in line with the objectives of the proposed program. The international attractiveness of the program is reflected through the proposals recently submitted in the latest H2020 tenders. The relevance of our activities is reflected in the membership in the Public Private Partnership platform euRobotics and the consequent European Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, Data and Robotics. The partnership documents "Strategic Research, Innovation and Deployment Agenda" and "Multi-Annual Roadmap" provide a direct basis for the contents of the calls in the "Twin-Transition" and "Digital-Emerging". The program is also in line with the European Factories of the Future Research Association and the Factories of Future objectives.
Significance for the country
POTENTIAL IMPACT ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The group has a long tradition of research and transfer of knowledge and prototypes to the industrial and rehabilitation environment. Current research is reflected in peer-reviewed international publications, international industrial connections and projects. Our key industrial partners are Slovenian companies that generate most of their revenues on foreign markets. We also built connections with foreign producers of rehabilitation technology (Medica Medizintechnik, Hocoma). These companies incorporate our knowledge into their products, processes and services through licensed research achievements, which contributes to higher quality, lower emissions, higher productivity and thus to direct financial effects. We are committed to continuing to cooperate in the future and thus, directly and indirectly, support the economic development of the country and the development of advanced technologies along the lines of Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. Horizon Europe program emphasizes artificial intelligence (AI) as one of the key components that will affect all other areas, including robotics. AI can contribute solutions relevant to the development of society. In robotics, the impact will not be limited solely to economic aspects but will also be important related to the major social changes caused by an ageing population. UL FE participates in the National Program for the Promotion of the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Republic of Slovenia until 2025. Robolab is also a member of the AIHMI association/initiative. The cooperation of the program group helped foreign companies to move production into Slovenia. Further, our activities facilitated the decision of the Swiss company Hocoma (member of the large international group DIH) to open a branch in Slovenia covering most of Central and Eastern Europe and the decision of the German company Medica Medizintechnik to establish the company Thera-trainer in Slovenia, which mission is the development of new products. Just as collaborative robotics has opened up entirely new possibilities in the industrial environment over the last decade, we can anticipate the emergence of a new market for service robots for professional and home use as well as for medical training devices. With the new AI methods, we can expect future robotic systems to learn and adapt to the user, which is also one of the cohesive threads of this proposal. Our group was one of the two key partners of robotization in Smart Specialization in Slovenia in combination with the strategic partnership of the Factory of the Future SRIP ToP. In partnership with companies, we established the Centre for Collaborative Robotics (CRC) three years ago and the XR lab in 2020. Smart specialization, CRC and XR lab will continue to provide opportunities for further creation and transfer of breakthrough technologies to the industrial environment. We see further opportunities for technology transfer in close cooperation with industrial robot users who have extensive applied knowledge and resources but lack specific knowledge and theoretical basis. POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES According to the International Federation of Robotics, the sales of service robots for professional and domestic use continue to boom, despite the economic downturn. Non-industrial use of robot shows significant growth, including robots in logistics, public environments, rehabilitation robots and systems for inspection and maintenance. European manufacturers dominate the service robot market. The expected impact on society is also demonstrated through Society 5.0 definition, which is "A human-centred society that balances economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by a system that highly integrates cyberspace and physical space." The potential impact of our robotic program on ageing and younger generations society is vast, the potential impact on Industry 4.0 (or 5.0) is notable. All our efforts are in that direction. Our activities are strengthened internationally through EU projects and cooperation with industry; in parallel, we transfer experience to the domestic environment to students and study programs, partner institutions and industrial partners. The study program Robotics at the University of Ljubljana follows the development of the field, offers a wide range of knowledge and enables individual and group studies. We ensure quality through international cooperation and mutual mobility of students and academic staff with the most eminent institutions. Our graduates and doctoral students are sought after in domestic and foreign companies. Indirect importance for society is also shown through STEM activities for young people, e.g., student workshops of industrial robotics DIR, days of electrical engineering in Bistra, summer schools, participation in competitions and organization of international conferences.
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