Erol ŞAHİN
The ROSSI project (Emergence of communication in RObots through Sensorimotor and Social Interaction) funding within FP7 has started. Within the project, we will be developing a neuro-computational model that would allow robots to develop concepts such as nouns and verbs.
I’ve edited a number of books and special issues on Swarm Robotics. Click on them to access their table of contents.
Also check out: http://swarm-robotics.org
We have successfully completed the MACS project in which we have developed a formalization of Gibson’s affordance concept and demonstrated how it can be used at all levels of autonomous robot control, ranging from perceptual learning to planning.
I was successful in my bid towards getting an iCub humanoid robot platform from the RobotCub project, ranking 6th among 31 proposals! The project will be carried out in conjunction with the ROSSI project and in close collaboration with Tom Ziemke and Erhan Oztop. Check out the project web page.
Within the Controllable Robotic Swarms (Kontrol Edilebilir Robot Ogullari)project funded by TUBITAK, we have developed a mobile robot platform called Kobot and have demonstrated truly self-organized flocking in a group of robots for the first time (to the best of our knowledge). See the video and publications.