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Amir Shapiro March 2013
CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Personal Details
Name: Amir Shapiro
Date and place of birth: October 24, 1971, Haifa, Israel
Marital status: MarriedChildren: Five-three sons and two daughtersRegular military service: August 5, 1990 – July 29, 1993
Address and telephone numbers at work: Department of Mechanical EngineeringBen-Gurion University of the NegevP.O.Box 653 Beer-Sheva, Israel. 84105Tel.: Int.-972-8-647-7165Lab: Int.-972-8-647-7029Fax: Int.-972-8-647-2813Mobile: Int.-972-50-2029614
Address and telephone number at home:
11 Bosmat St., Metar 85025
Tel: Int.-972-77-9339383
Email address: [email protected]
Education
B.Sc. 1993-1997 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Graduated Cum LaudeM.Sc. 1997-2000 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Name of advisor: Prof. Elon Rimon
Title of thesis: Design and Control of a Planar Spider Robot
Ph.D. 2000-2004 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
Name of advisor: Prof. Elon Rimon
Title of thesis: Design and Control of an Autonomous Spider
Like Robot for Motion in 2D Tunnels Environments
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Employment History
2011 – present Senior Lecturer, tenuredDepartment of Mechanical Engineering,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
2005 – present Director, the Robotics Laboratory,Department of Mechanical Engineering,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
2005 – 2011 LecturerDepartment of Mechanical Engineering,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
8-9 /2008 Visiting Researcher - Robotics grasps analysis Department of Mechanical Engineering,Caltech – California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
7-8 /2007 Visiting Researcher – Robotics grasps analysisDepartment of Mechanical Engineering,Caltech – California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
2005 - 2006 Post Doctoral Fellow – BioRoboticsRobotics Institute,Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
2004 - 2005 Post Doctoral FellowDepartment of Mechanical Engineering,Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
3-9/2004 LecturerDepartment of Industrial Engineering and Management,Ariel University Center.
1997 - 2004 Teaching Assistant – Robotics, Mechatronics, and ProjectsFaculty of Mechanical Engineering,Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
1996 - 1997 Research Assistant – Tribology and contact mechanicsFaculty of Mechanical Engineering,Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
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• Professional Activities (in reverse chronological order)
(a) Positions in academic administration
2010 – Present Head, Department projects committee, Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU
2012- Present Member, Department computing committee, Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU
2009- Present Member, Department programs committee, Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU
2009 Head, Department seminars committee, Dept. of Mech. Eng., BGU
2007 – 2010 Member, Department pedagogy committee, Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU
2007 – 2009 Member, Department projects committee, Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU
2008 – 2009 Member, Department laboratories committee, Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU
2007 – 2008 Member, Department seminars committee, Dept. of Mech. Eng., BGU
2004-Present Head, Robotics Laboratory,Dept. of Mech. Eng., BGU
(b) Professional functions outside universities/institutions
2011- Co-Organizer of the Innovation 2013 conference, June 2013 Beer-
Sheva, Israel
2013- Associate Editor of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Automation (ICRA 2013), Germany.
2012- Member and Speaker on the Robotics section of the DLD conference,
October 2012, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012- Chairman of the "Kinematics & Dynamics" session of the Israeli
conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2012) Tel-Aviv, Israel,
October 2012.
2012- Chairman of the "Grasp Planning" session of the eighth IEEE
International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
(CASE 2012) Seoul Korea, August 2012.
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2012- Chairman of the "Climbing Robots" session of the IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Automation St. Paul MN, May 2012.
2011- Co-Organizer and Speaker of the Innovation 2011 conference, May
2011 Beer-Sheva, Israel
2011- Chairman of the “Control Systems in Robotics and Automation” session
of the Advanced Industrial Control (AIC) conference , May 2011, Beer
Sheva, Israel.
2011- Member and Speaker on the Robotics section of the KinnerNet
conference, March 2011, Ohalo, Israel
2010- Organizer of the First European CROPS Workshop on Sensing and
Mechanical Design, Dec 19, 2010, Wageningen, Netherlands.
2010- Chairman of the “Dynamics and Control” session of the 3rd Israeli
Conference on Robotics, Herzlia, Israel , 10-11 November, 2010.
2010- Chairman of the “Path Planning for Multiple Mobile Robot” session of
the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
Systems (IROS), Taipei, Taiwan, 18-22 October 2010.
2010- Chairman of the “UAV's" session of the first AUVSI-IEEE joint
Conference on Robotics, Beer Sheva, Israel, 6 October 2010.
2010- Chairman of the “Robotics and Autonomous Systems” session of the
31st Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2-
3 June 2010.
2010- Member and Speaker on the Robotics section of the KinnerNet
conference, Ohalo, Israel
2010- Organizer and Speaker on the Innovation 2010 conference, April 2010
Beer-Sheva, Israel
2010- Judge at the FIRST robotics competition, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2010- Chairman of the “Robotics” session of the Advanced Industrial Control
(AIC) conference , March 2010, Beer Sheva, Israel.
2010- Member and Speaker on the Robotics Panel at the Festival delle
Scienze, January 2010, Rome Italy
2009- Member and Speaker on the Robotics section of the KinnerNet
conference, Ohalo, Israel
2009- Judge at the FIRST robotics competition, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2009- Member and Speaker on the Robotics Panel at the DLD (Digital, Life, Design) conference, Munich, Germany
2008- Organizer of the SLO-IL project meeting, Bled, Slovenia
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2008- Chairman of the “Robot Design” session at the second Israeli
Robotics Conference, Herzelia, Israel
2008- Chairman of the “Robot Design” session at the ESDA 2008, 9th
Biennial ASME Conference on Engineering Systems Design and
Analysis, Haifa, Israel
2008- Organizer of a Robotics Workshop, Ben Gurion University, Beer-
Sheva, Israel
2008- Judge at the FIRST robotics competition, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2007- Organizer of the Dutch-Israeli Agricultural Science and Technology
workshop on new approach to future farming: small and light-weight
agrobots
2007- Chairman of the “Intelligent Transportation Systems” session at the
2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Rome,
Italy
2007- Judge at the FIRST robotics competition, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2006- Chairman of the “Navigation” session at the 2006 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics & Automation, Orlando, FL
(c) Significant professional consulting
2011 – 2012 Roboteam, Development of robots, sensor fusion, motion
planning, and control of robots.
2008 - 2009 Aero Ice Free- Development of deicing system for UAV wings
1999-2001 GeBA Gene Bio Application – Development of automated
visual guided gene extraction system
2001-2002 Ter-Arme – Numerical solution for the curve of the Ben-
Gurion Airport – Modein tunnel
d) Editor or member of editorial board of scientific or professional journals
2011 – present Editor – Springer, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems.
2009-present Member of the Editorial board of the Electronic Colloquium
on Design Thinking Research
2008- 2009 Co-Editor of the Annals of Mathematics and Artificial
Intelligence Special Issue on Multi-Robot Coverage, Search,
and Exploration
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2006-Present Member of the Editorial Consultant Board of the International
Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
(f) Membership in professional/scientific societies
2004-Present Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering (IEEE)
1999-Present Member of the Israeli Association for Automatic Control
(IAAC)
1998-Present Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering
(ASME)
• Educational activities
(a) Courses taught
Undergraduate level – BGU: Theory of Machines, Kinematics and
Dynamics of Robots, Mechatronics, Senior
projects
Graduate level – BGU: Robot Motion Planning and Control,
Advanced Subjects in Robotics
Undergraduate level – Ariel University center:
Engineering Design, Robot Design and Programming
Undergraduate level – Technion: Mechatronics
Research students
M.Sc. Students2007 - Shahar Sarid – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Multi Robot Motion Planning.2008 - Yaron Levinson – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, (Co supervised with Prof. R. Segev),
On the kinematics of Octopus arm.
2009 - Pavel Zilberman – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Development of a Four Legged
Walking Robot.
2009 - Alon Ohev Zion – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, (Co-advised with: Prof. B.Z. Sandler,
and Prof. V. Portman), Balancing Spatial Inverted Pendulum.
2009 - Alon Capua – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Motion analysis of an Under-Constrained
Cable Suspended Robot.
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2009 - Eran Korkidi – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Image Based Visual Servoing of a Date
Palm Trees Sprayer.
2011- Hanoch Efraim - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Quad-Rotor hovercraft, structure, state
estimation, and control.
2012- Avi Manor – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Modeling and Motion planning for a vector
thrusters based quad-rotor.
2012- Shlomo Shemesh - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Control and Motion Planning of a
UAV Quadrotor.
****- Jonathan Fuchs - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Grasp Design and Analysis with
Application to Fruits harvesting.
2013 - Eddie Zisser - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Modeling and , Non-linear control
of Servo Pneumatic system with Application to Quadruped Robot.
****- Yelena Bleich - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Optimal Design of Boundary
Conditions of Elastic Objects to Achieve Desired Deformations.
****- Guy Zeidner - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Inertial, Magnetic, and Visual based SLAM with application to Vineyard Sprayer.
****- Yam Geva - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Motion planning for walking robots.
****- Nir Levi - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Quasi-static locomotion and dexterity of a humanoid robot.
****- Hagai Balshai - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, On the development of a BaMPer-Balance Measure and Perturbation System.
Ph.D. Students
2012- Shahar Sarid – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, (Co supervised with Prof. Y. Edan), Motion Planning for Heterogeneous group of Robots. Submitted on June 2011
****- Alon Capua – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Control of Reduced Order of Very Large
Scale Systems. (Co supervised with Prof. N. Berman).
****- Alon Ohev Zion – Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Robotic Grasp of Deformable Objects.
****- Hanoch Efraim – Dept. of Mech. Eng, BGU (Co supervised with Dr. Gera Weiss),
Vision based state estimation and motion planning.
****- Oded Medina - Dept. of Mech. Eng, BGU, motion planning and control and
actuation of a compliant manifold.
****- Avishai Sintov - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU, Automatic Design of a Gripper for
Grasping Objects of Various Shapes.
**** - Eddie Zisser - Dept. Mech. Eng., BGU.
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• Awards, Citations, Honors, Fellowships
(a) Honors, Citation Awards (including during studies)
2011 The Volunteering Award in Education from Metar's Municipality
2008 Development of Spider Robot included in Israel 60’s book
2006 Biography included in Who's Who in Science
2005 BGU Dean of engineering award for excellence in teaching
2004 The Barazani prize for outstanding Ph.D. thesis
2003 The Salim and Rachel Benin scholarship
2001 Technion excellence scholarship
2000 Technion excellence scholarship
1999 Special Gutwirth scholarship for excellence
1996 Included in the Technion President's List
1993-1996 Included in the Technion Dean's List
1990 The Ministry of Education excellence scholarship
(b) Fellowships
2004 The Israeli Council for Higher Education (VATAT) Post-
Doctoral fellowship
1997 – 2004 Technion graduate student’s fellowship
• Scientific Publications
H-Index: 8
(a) Editorship of collective volumes
1) G. Kaminka, A. Shapiro, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence Special Issue on Multi-Robot Coverage, Search, and Exploration, 52(2-4), April 2008
(b) Chapters in collective volumes
1) E. Rimon, S. Shoval, A. Shapiro, “Design of a Spider Robot Based on
Second-Order Immobilization Theory”, The 9th International Symposium
on Robotics Research, pages 15-22, J. Hollerbach and D. Koditschek
Editors, Springer Verlag, 1999.
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2) S. Sarid, A. Shapiro, “H-MRSTM: Competitive Search Algorithm for
Heterogeneous Group of Robots”, Emerging Technologies, Robotics and
Control Systems, Third edition, pages. 209-216, Editor: Salvatore
Pennacchio, International Society for Advanced Research 2009.
3) (*) Yam Geva and Amir Shapiro, "Automatic Tree Tracking System for
Date Palm Trees Sprayer", Handbook of Robotics, Springer Verlag 2013.
(c) Refereed articles and refereed letters in scientific journals
1) E. Rimon, S. Shoval and A. Shapiro, “Design of a Quadruped Robot for
Motion with Quasistatic Force Constraints”, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Journal of Autonomous Robots, Volume 10 (3) May 2001,
pages 279-296.
Number of citations: 4, Journal Impact Factor: 1.235
2) A. Shapiro, E. Rimon, S. Shoval, “Immobilization Based Control of Spider
Robots in Tunnels Environment”, SAGE Publications, The International
Journal of Robotics Research, Volume 20 (3) March 2001, pages 209-227.
Number of citations: 1, Journal Impact Factor: 3.107
3) A. Shapiro, "The Future is Here – Making Walking Machines: Planar
Spider Robot", Machines & Industry Magazine published by Medium -
Professional Magazines Network, Volume 92, May 2004, pages. 39-41,88.
(Editor refereed, in Hebrew).
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor: ??
4) A. Shapiro, "Stability of second-Order Asymmetric Linear Systems With
Application to Robot Grasping", ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics,
Volume 72 (6),November 2005, pages. 966-968.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor: 0.915
5) A. Shapiro, E. Rimon “PCG: A Foothold Selection Algorithm for Spider
Robot Locomotion in 2D Tunnels”, SAGE Publications, International
Journal of Robotics Research, Volume 24 (10) , November 2005 pages.
823-844.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor: 3.107
6) Amir Shapiro, Shraga Shoval, "Design and Locomotion of a Semi-passive
Mobile Platform", Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Volume 25, Jul
2006, Pages 319 – 330.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor: ??
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7) Shahar Sarid, Amir Shapiro, “Classifying the Multi Robot Path Finding
Problem into a Quadratic Competitive Complexity Class”, Springer-Verlag
Dordrecht publishers, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence,
Volume 52(2-4):169–203, April 2008.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor: 0.8938) Shapiro Amir, Korkidi Eran, Demri Amnon, Riemer Raziel, Edan Yael,
Ben-Shahar Ohad, “Toward Elevated Agrobotics: An Autonomous Field
Robot for Spraying and Pollinating Date Palm Trees”, Wiley Blackwell publishers, Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 26 (6/7) : 572-590, June/July
2009.
Number of citations: 2, Journal Impact Factor: 3.5809) Shahar Sarid, Amir Shapiro, “H-MRSTM: A Competitive Search Algorithm
for Heterogeneous Group of Robots”, International Journal of Factory
Automation, Robotics and Soft Computing, Issue 3: 51-58, July 2009.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor: ??
10) Uri Kartoun, Amir Shapiro, Helman Stern, Yael Edan, “Physical
Modeling of a Bag Knot in a Robot Learning System”, IEEE Transactions
on Automation Science and Engineering, Volume 7 (1): 172-177, January
2010.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor: 1.47111) A. Shapiro, E. Rimon, S. Shoval, “On the Passive Force Closure Set of
Planar Grasps and Fixtures”, SAGE Publications, International Journal
of Robotics Research, Volume 29 (11): 1435-1454, September 2010.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor: 3.10712) Amir Shapiro, Itshak Melzer, “Balance Perturbation System to Improve
Balance Compensatory Responses During Walking in Elderly Persons”,
Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, Volume 7 (1):
32, July 2010.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor 2.12
13) Ron Berenstein, Ohad Ben Shahar, Amir Shapiro, Yael Edan, “Grape clusters and foliage detection algorithms for autonomous selective vineyard sprayer”, Springer-Verlag publications, Intelligent Service Robotics journal, Special Issue on Agricultural Robotics, Volume 3 (4): 233-243, October 2010.
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Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor ??
14) (*)Raziel Riemer, Amir Shapiro, “Biomechanical Energy Harvesting from
Human Motion: Theory and Applications”, IEEE Journal of
NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2011, 8:22.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor 2.12
15) (*) Avishai Sintov, Tomer Avramovich, Amir Shapiro, "Design and
Motion Planning of an Autonomous Climbing Robot with Claws", the
Journal of Robotics and Autonomous systems, Volume 59, Issue 11,
November 2011, Pages 1008–1019.
Number of citations: 3, Journal Impact Factor 1.361
16) (*) Shraga Shoval, Amir Shapiro, "Dual Tracked Mobile Robot for Motion
in Challenging Terrains", Journal of Field Robotics, 28 (5), 769-791
September 2011.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor 3.58017) (*) A. Shapiro, E. Rimon, A. Ohev-Zion, “On the Mechanics of Natural
Compliance in Frictional Contacts and its Effect on Grasp Stiffness and
Stability”, SAGE Publications, International Journal of Robotics
Research, Accepted for publication, October 2012.
Number of citations: 0, Journal Impact Factor: 3.10718) (*) Alon Capua, Yaakov Nissim, Ziv Brand, and Amir Shapiro, "H∞ Robust
Control via Singular Value Decomposition as a Design Tool for Continuous
Dynamic Systems " accepted to the Journal of Research and Applications in
Mechanical Engineering (JRAME) , October 2012.
19) (*) Amir Shapiro, Yam Geva, Hagay Balshay, Ilan Kurz, Yoav Gimmon, Itshak Melzer, "Balance perturbation system to improve balance compensatory responses during walking in old persons", accepted to the International journal of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, March 2013.
(d) Other refereed publications * *These conferences are highly prestigious and considered equivalent to journal
papers (some are even more competitive than several journals).
1) (*) Avishai Sintov, Srinivas Raghothama, Roland Menassa and Amir
Shapiro, "A Common 3-finger grasp Search Algorithm for a Set of Planar
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Objects", The eighth annual IEEE International Conference on Automation
Science and Engineering (CASE 2012), August 20-24, 2012, Seoul, Korea.
(acceptance rate 69%)
2) (*) Yam Geva, Amir Shapiro, “A Combined Potential Function and Graph
Search Approach for Free Gait Generation of Quadruped Robots”, IEEE
International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), May 2012,
Minnesota, USA. (acceptance rate 40%)
3) (*) Shahar Sarid, Amir Shapiro, Elon Rimon, Yael Edan, “Classifying The
Heterogeneous Multi Robot Online Search Problem Into Quadratic Time
Competitive Complexity Class”, IEEE International Conference on
Robotics & Automation (ICRA), May 2011, Shanghai, China. (acceptance
rate 49%)
4) Alon Capua, Amir Shapiro, Shraga Shoval, “SpiderBot: A Cable
Suspended Mobile Robot”, a Video presentation at the IEEE International
Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), May 2011, Shanghai,
China. (acceptance rate 55.6%)
5) Shahar Sarid, Amir Shapiro, “A Time Competitive Heterogeneous Multi
Robot Path Finding Algorithm”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Intelligent Robots and Systems, (IROS 2010), October 18-22, 2010, Taipei,
Taiwan.(acceptance rate 49.6%)
6) A. Capua, A. Shapiro, S. Shoval, "Motion Planning Algorithm for a
Mobile Robot Suspended by Seven Cables", IEEE International Conferences
on Cybernetics & Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Automation &
Mechatronics (CIS-RAM 2010),pages 504-509, Singapore 28-30 June
2010.
7) A. Capua, A. Shapiro, S, Shoval, “Motion Analysis of an
Underconstrained Cable Suspended Mobile Robot”, IEEE conference on
Robotics and Biomimetics, pages: 788-793, December 2009, Guilin China.
8) S. Shoval, A. Shapiro, "Slippery Model for a Semi-Passive Mobile
Platform Subjected to External Wrench", IEEE International Conferences
on Cybernetics & Intelligent Systems and Robotics, Automation &
Mechatronics (CIS-RAM 2008), pages: 749-754, Chengdu, China 3-6 June
2008.
9) A. Degani, A. Shapiro, H. Choset, M.T. Mason, “A Dynamic Single
Actuator Vertical Climbing Robot”, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
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Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages: 2901-2906, November 2007 San
Diego, CA, USA. (acceptance rate 49%)
Number of citations: 7
10) A. Shapiro, A. Greenfield, H. Choset, "Frictional Compliance Model
Development and Experiments for Snake Robot Climbing", IEEE
International Conference on Robotics & Automation, pages: 574-579, April
2007, Rome Italy. (acceptance rate 43.7%)
Number of citations: 2
11) S. Sarid, A. Shapiro, Y. Gabriely, "MRBUG: A Competitive Multi Robot
Path Finding Algorithm", IEEE International Conference on Robotics &
Automation, pages: 877-882, April 2007, Rome Italy. (acceptance rate
43.7%)
Number of citations: 2
12) S. Sarid, A. Shapiro, Y. Gabriely, "MRSAM: A Quadratically
Competitive Multi-Robot Online Navigation Algorithm", IEEE International
Conference on Robotics & Automation, pages: 2699-2704, May 2006,
Orlando, FL, USA. (acceptance rate 38.7%)
13) A. Shapiro and S. Shoval, “Design and Locomotion of Semi-
Passive Mobile Platform”, The 5th International Conference on Field and
Service Robotics, pages: 319-330, July 29-31 2005, Port Douglas
Australia.
14) A. Shapiro, E. Rimon, J. W. Burdick, “On the Mechanics of
Natural Compliance in Frictional Contacts and its Effect on Grasp Stiffness
and Stability”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation,
pages: 1264-1269, April 2004, New Orleans, LA, USA. (acceptance rate
58.8%)
Number of citations: 1
15) A. Shapiro and E. Rimon, “PCG: A Foothold Selection Algorithm
for Spider Robot Locomotion in 2D Tunnels”, IEEE International
Conference on Robotics & Automation, pages: 2966-2972, September
2003, Taipei, Taiwan. (acceptance rate 60.5%)
Number of citations: 9
16) A. Shapiro, E. Rimon, J. W. Burdick, “Passive Force Closure and
its Computation in Compliant-Rigid Grasps”, IEEE/RSJ International
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Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages: 1769-1775, November 2001 Maui, Hawaii, USA.
Number of citations: 14
17) A. Shapiro, E. Rimon, S. Shoval, “Immobilization Based Control
of Spider Robots in Tunnel Environments”, The IEEE International
Conference on Robotics & Automation, pages: 3636-3642, May 2001,
Seoul Korea. (acceptance rate 64.5%)
Number of citations: 2
18) S. Shoval, E. Rimon, A. Shapiro, “Design of a Spider-Like Robot
for Motion with Quasistatic Force Constraints”, The IEEE International
Conference on Robotics & Automation, pages: 1377-1383, May 1999,
Detroit USA.
(e) Peer reviewed conference papers in conference proceedings
1) Amir Shapiro, Yam Geva, Hagay Balshay, Ilan Kurz, Yoav Gimmon, Itshak Melzer, "Balance perturbation system to improve balance compensatory responses during walking in old persons", Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, August 19-21, 2013,
Las Vegas, NV,USA
2) E. Zisser, A. Shapiro, R. Riemer, Pneumatic Actuation – New Approach in
Analytical Analysis and Modeling, The 32nd Israeli Conference on
Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2012), October 17-18, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
3) H. Efraim, A. Shapiro, Special Quadrotor Structure with Inherent Negative
Velocity Feedback, The 32nd Israeli Conference on Mechanical
Engineering (ICME 2012), October 17-18, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
4) Yam Geva, Amir Shapiro, Combined Potential Function and Graph Search
Approach for Free Gait Generation of Quadruped Robots, The 32nd Israeli
Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2012), October 17-18, Tel-
Aviv, Israel.
5) O. Medina, B. Ben Moshe, A. Shapiro, and N. Shvalb, An Actuated
Flexible Manifold, The 32nd Israeli Conference on Mechanical
Engineering (ICME 2012), October 17-18, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
6) Avishai Sintov, and Amir Shapiro, On the Computation of a Common
3-finger Grasp for a Set of 3D Objects, The 32nd Israeli Conference on
Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2012), October 17-18, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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7) A.Ohev-Zion, A.Miller, A.Sintov, A.Shapiro, Experimental Validation of Compliant Contact Model, The 32nd Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2012), October 17-18, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
8) Boris Rozbaum, Alon Capua, Ziv Brand, Amir Shapiro, Control and Optimization of Heat Sources, The 32nd Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2012), October 17-18, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Winner of Best Student Poster Award.
9) Hagai Balshai, Oren Erez, Yam Geva, Itzik Meltzer, Amir Shapiro, Development of a device for improving the recovering ability from perturbations during paced walking of the Elderly, The 32nd Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME 2012), October 17-18, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
10) Avi Manor, Amir Shapiro, "Design and Control of a Fully
Actuated Quadrotor Unmanned Air Vehicle" International conference on
Unmannd Systems AUVSI 2012, page 81, March 20-22, Tel-Aviv, Israel
11) Alon Capua, Yaacov Nissim, Ziv Brand, Amir Shapiro, "H_inf
Robust Control via Singular Value Decomposition as a Design Tool for
Continuous Dynamic Systems, TSME International Conference on
Mechanical Engineering, October 19-21 2011, Krabi, Thailand.
12) Alon Ohev Zion, Amir Shapiro, “Grasping of Deformable
Objects”, 12th conference Towards Autonomous Robotics Systems
(TAROS), August 2011, Shefilled, UK.
13) Alon Ohev Zion, Amir Shapiro, “Optimal Grasping of Deformable
Objects”, Advanced Industrial Control (AIC) conference , May 2011, Beer
Sheva, Israel.
14) Hanoch Efraim, Amir Shapiro, “Attitude Estimation of VTOL
MAV”, Advanced Industrial Control (AIC) conference , May 2011, Beer
Sheva, Israel.
15) Alon Capua, Ziv Brand, Amir Shapiro, Guy Rodnay, “Singular
Value Decomposition, a Design Tool for Continuous Dynamic Systems”,
Advanced Industrial Control (AIC) conference , May 2011, Beer Sheva,
Israel.
16) Raziel Riemer, Amir Shapiro, “ Choosing optimal gear and generator for
a knee biomechanical energy harvester”, 3rd Israeli Conference on
Robotics, Herzlia, Israel , 10-11 November, 2010
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17) Alon Capua, Amir Shapiro, Shraga Shoval,“ SpiderBot - a Walking Cable
Suspended Robot that Emulates Spider-Man”, 3rd Israeli Conference on
Robotics, Herzlia, Israel , 10-11 November, 2010.
18) Alon Ohev-Zion, Amir Shapiro, “Derivation and control of a spatial
Nonlinear Ballbot System”, 3rd Israeli Conference on Robotics, Herzlia,
Israel , 10-11 November, 2010.
19) Shahar Sarid, Amir Shapiro, Yael Edan , “Algorithm for finding a path to
a target with heterogeneous group of robots”, 3rd Israeli Conference on
Robotics, Herzlia, Israel , 10-11 November, 2010.
20) S. Sarid, A. Shapiro, Y. Edan “H-MRSTM: Hetrogenous Multi Robot Time
Competitive Motion Planning Algorithm, Performance Analysis and
Simulations”, AUVSI-IEEE joint conference, Beer Sheva, Israel, October
6, 2010
21) H. Efraim, A. Shapiro, “On the Development of Autonomous Glider”,
AUVSI-IEEE joint conference, Beer Sheva, Israel, October 6, 2010
22) E. Zisser, A. Shapiro, R. Riemer, H. Guterman, “On the Development of
an Autonomous Pneumatically Driven Quadruped Robot”, AUVSI-IEEE
joint conference, Beer Sheva, Israel, October 6, 2010
23) A. Capua, A. Shapiro, S. Shoval, “An Algorithm for Gait Planning of an
Underconstrained Cable Suspended Mobile Robot”, AUVSI-IEEE joint
conference, Beer Sheva, Israel, October 6, 2010.
24) Shahar Sarid, Amir Shapiro, Yael Edan, “Algorithm and Simulations for
Finding a Target With Robots With Different Velocities”, The 31st Israeli
Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2-3 June 2010.
25) Hanoch Efraim, Amir Shapiro, , “Autonomous Thermal Soaring”, The 31st
Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2-3 June
2010.
26) Alon Ohev-Zion, Amir Shapiro, “Nonlinear Modeling and Control of
BallBot System”, The 31st Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering,
Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2-3 June 2010.
27) Alon Capua, Ziv Brand, Amir Shapiro, Guy Rodnay, “A Generic Tool
Based on Singular Value Decomposition for Heat Source Design”, The 31st
Israeli Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2-3 June
2010.
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28) Yam Geva, Amir Shapiro, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Yael Edan, “Visual
Tracking of Date Palm Trees for Targeted Spraying”, The 31st Israeli
Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2-3 June 2010.
29) A. Capua, A. Shapiro, S. Shoval, “Motion Analysis and Automatic Gait
Algorithm for an Underconstrained Cable Suspended Mobile Robot”,
Advanced Industrial Control (AIC) conference , March 2010, Beer Sheva,
Israel.
30) A. Ohev-Zion, A. Shapiro, “Stabilization of an Underactuated Robot on a
ball”, Advanced Industrial Control (AIC) conference , March 2010, Beer
Sheva, Israel.
31) A. Shapiro, “On the Development of Wall Climbing Robots”, Israeli
Conference of Robotics (ICR), Nov 2008, Tel Aviv, Israel
32) E.Korkidi, A. Shapiro, O.Ben-Shahar, “Visual Servoing of A Pan Tilt
Spraying Head For Accurate Spraying Of Date Palm Trees” Israeli
Conference of Robotics (ICR), Nov 2008, Tel Aviv, Israel
33) R. Berenstein, O. Ben Shachar, A. Shapiro, Y. Edan, A. Bechar, “Image
processing algorithms for selective vineyard robotic sprayer”, Israeli
Conference of Robotics (ICR), Nov 2008, Tel Aviv, Israel
34) A. Ohev-Zion, B.Z. Sandler, A. Shapiro., "The 3-D Inverted Pendulum
with Oscillating Pivot" Israeli Conference of Robotics (ICR), Nov 2008,
Tel Aviv, Israel
35) Y. Levinson, R. Segev, A. Shapiro, “Notes on the Kinematics of an
Octopus’s Arm”, Proceedings of the 9th Biennial ASME Conference on
Engineering Systems Design and Analysis ESDA2008, July 7-9 2008
Haifa, Israel.
36) A. Wolf, A. Shapiro, A.Mor, “MBARS2: A new design for a 3 degrees-of-
freedom parallel structure for joint arthroplasty”, Proceedings of the 9th
Biennial ASME Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis
ESDA2008, July 7-9 2008 Haifa,Israel.
37) A. Shapiro, E. Korkidi, A. Rotenberg, G. Furst, H. Namdar, B. Sapir, M.
Mishkin, O. Ben-Shahar, Y. Edan, “A Robotic Prototype for Spraying and
Pollinating Date Palm Trees”, Proceedings of the 9th Biennial ASME
Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis ESDA2008, July
7-9 2008 Haifa,Israel.
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38) S. Sarid, A. Shapiro, and Y. Gabriely, "Online Motion Planning Algorithm
for a Group of Robots Obtaining a Common Goal" Israeli Conference of
Robotics (ICR), June 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel.
39) S. Shoval, A. Shapiro, A. Novak, S. Papo, "3D Spider Robot for Motion in
Congested Environments" Israeli Conference of Robotics (ICR), June 2006,
Tel Aviv, Israel
40) A. Shapiro, I. Mahpoda and H. Zuk, “A Snail Inspired Wall Climbing
Robot for Counter Terrorism Duty”, The 30th Israeli Conference on
Mechanical Engineering, May 29-30 2005, Tel-Aviv Israel.
41) S. Shoval and A. Shapiro, “A Semi-Passive Mobile Platform for Motion on
Slippery Surfaces”, The 30th Israeli Conference on Mechanical
Engineering, May 29-30 2005, Tel-Aviv Israel.
42) A. Shapiro, E. Rimon, S. Shoval, “Design of a Spider Robot for Motion
with Quasistatic Force Constraints”, The 28th Israel Conf. on Mech. Eng.,
July 2000.
43) A. Shapiro, E. Rimon, S. Shoval, “Immobilization Based Control of Spider
Robots in Tunnels Environment”, The 21st IEEE Convention of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers in Israel, May 2000.
(g) Unrefereed professional articles and publications
1) Alon Capua, Ziv Brand, Amir Shapiro, “A Generic Tool Based on
Singular Value Decomposition for Heat Source Design”, Technical Report
N/2010/995/101 Nuclear Research Center Negev, Engineering Research
and Development Center, May 2010
2) Gal Kaminka, Amir Shapiro, “Editorial: Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence Special Issue on Multi-Robot Coverage, Search, and Exploration”, Annals of Mathematics and
Artificial Intelligent, 52(2-4), pages 107-108, April 2008.
• Lectures and Presentations at Meetings and Invited Seminars not Followed by
Published Proceedings
(h) Presentations at informal international seminars and workshops
1) Amir Shapiro, "Control of Continuous Systems", Actual problems of solids
and media mechanics workshop, National Research Perm State Technical
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University (PSTU), and Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics UB RAS,
Jun 27-29, 2011 Perm, Russia.
2) Amir Shapiro, "Climbing, Crawling, and Walking Robots", US/Israel
Robotics Workshop 2011, Feb 16-17, 2011, Aberdeen Proving Ground,
MD, USA.
3) Amir Shapiro and Hanoch Efraim, "Development of Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle For Chasing Birds Away from Fish Ponds and Fields", The Society
of Israeli Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology (SIAMB) Workshop on
Technology, and Operation of Fish Ponds – Theory and Applications,
November 30, 2010, Maagan-Michael, Israel.
4) Amir Shapiro “Adaptable Grippers", First European CROPS Workshop on
Sensing and Mechanical Design, Dec 19, 2010, Wageningen, Netherlands
5) Amir Shapiro “Agricultural Robotics", First European CROPS Workshop
on Sensing and Mechanical Design, Dec 19, 2010, Wageningen,
Netherlands
6) Amir Shapiro “Biomimetics and robot environment interaction”, an
invited plenary talk at the NATO ASI 2010: Advanced All-Terrain
Autonomous Systems conference, August 15 – 24, 2010, Çeşme, Turkey.
7) A. Shapiro and A. Ohev-Zion, “The Robotics Show”, an invited
demonstration at the High Tech Industry Association Annual Conference
and Delegation - Jerusalem 6-10 June, 2010.
8) A. Shapiro, “Inspiration Sources for Robots Design”, an invited
presentation Festival delle Scienze, January 13-17, 2010, Rome Italy
9) A. Shapiro, “Inspiration Sources for Robots Design”, an invited
presentation at Kshitij annual techno-management symposium of I.I.T.
Kharagpur, January 28-31, 2010, India
10) A. Shapiro, “Snake Robots and Climbing Robots”, an invited
demonstration at the World Innovation Summit, Sept 14 2009, Tel Aviv.
11) A. Shapiro, “Snake Robots and Climbing Robots”, an invited
demonstration at the KinnerNet conference, March 2009, Ohalo.
12) A. Shapiro, “Snake Robots and Climbing Robots”, an invited presentation
and demonstration at the DLD (Digital, Life, Design) conference, Munich, Germany, January 2009
13) A. Shapiro, “Climbing Robots”, an invited presentation at the ministry of
industry and trade general scientist annual conference, Ben-Gurion Airport
City, Nov. 27, 2008.
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14) A. Shapiro, “Walking, Crawling, and Climbing Robots”, an invited lecture
at Machanet- a conference for Israeli intelligence forces, Ramon Air Force
base, October 22-24, 2008.
15) A. Shapiro, “Wall Climbing Robot for Counter Terrorism Duty”, an
invited lecture at the 5th Workshop on Security and the War against Terror
– The Scientific Challenge, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, April
30, 2008.
16) A. Shapiro, “Bio- Inspired Robotics”, Feb 29, 2008. An invited workshop
at the Pragyan technology festival in the National Institute of Technology
Tiruchirappalli, India.
(i) Seminar presentations at universities and institutions
1) (*) A. Shapiro, "A Grasp of Future Industrial Robotics", A keynote talk at
the Polygon Robotics Conference, March 13, 2013, Kadima, Israel.
2) (*) A. Shapiro, “The Amazing Robots of Israel”, speaking for AABGU,
May 22, 2012. South Orange county New Jersey.
3) (*) A. Shapiro, "Agriculture Robotics", A keynote talk at the Annual
Conference of the Israeli Association for Agricultural Engineering, July 7,
2011.
4) A. Shapiro, “The Amazing Robots of Israel”, speaking tour for AABGU,
Feb 6-20, 2010. Philadelphia, New York, Chicago.
5) A. Shapiro, “The Robotic Future”, speaking tour for AABGU, July 6-23,
2009. Los Angeles, San-Francisco, New York.
6) A. Shapiro, “The Robotic Future”, an invited lecture and demonstration at
Caltech, July 17, 2009. Pasadena CA.
7) A. Shapiro,”Mobile Robots: on Walking, Crawling, and Climbing Robots”,
an Invited lecture by the Technion Students Association on July 9, 2008
8) A. Shapiro, “On-Line Competitive Algorithms for Multi-Robot Motion
Planning”, May 2, 2007. invited seminar at the Department of Information
Systems Engineering, Ben-Gurion University.
9) A. Shapiro, "Design and Control of an Autonomous Spider-Like Robot for
Motion in 2D Tunnel Environments", November 15th 2005, invited CFR
seminar at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA , USA.
10) A. Shapiro, "Motion Planning, Control, and special Structures of Mobile
Robots", October 29th 2004, An invited lecture to high school students in
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the opening ceremony of the special university program to promote
accessibility of students to higher education.
11) A. Shapiro, "Planar Spider Robots – A Step Towards Walking Machines",
March 10th 2004, Ph.D. Thesis selected by the dean of graduate students at
the Technion for presentation in a special series of lectures by outstanding
graduate students.
12) A. Shapiro, "Design and Control of an Autonomous Spider-Like Robot for
Motion in 2D Tunnel Environments", December 18th 2003, A presentation
to foreign military attaches at their visit in the Technion.
13) A. Shapiro, "Design and Control of an Autonomous Spider-Like Robot for
Motion in 2D Tunnel Environments", June 11th 2003, invited seminar at
the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
• Patents
1) Shraga Shoval and Amir Shapiro, "Dual Tracked Mobile Robot for Motion
in Rough Terrain". United States patent No. US 7,946,372, European patent
No. EP 1957349 validated in UK, FR, and DE. Israel Patent No. IL
172078.
2) Amir Shapiro, Itshak Melzer, “BALANCE PERTURBATION SYSTEM
AND TRAINER”, United States patent No. US 20,120,071,300.
Research Grants
2013-2016- Planning and Budgeting Committee and Nuclear Research Center Negev,
Amir Shapiro, “Development of Sensors based methods for analysis and control of milling machines and milling processes”, $71,484
2012-2013- Israel Ministry of Defense, , Hugo Guterman, Amir Shapiro, “DARPA-BAA-12-39 – “DARPA Robotics Challenge”, $57,333
2012-2013- Israel Ministry of Defense, Amir Shapiro, Hugo Guterman, “Development of
a Micro-Robot”, $24,746
2012-2013- Israel Ministry of Defense, Raziel Riemer, Amir Shapiro, Itzhak Meltzer,
Shmuel Ben-Yaakov “Development of Technology for Energy Harvesting
from Human Motion”, $76,590
2011-2012- Israel Ministry of Defense, Amir Shapiro, Hugo Guterman, “Development of
a Micro-Robot”, $24,000
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2011-2012- Israel Ministry of Defense, Amir Shapiro, Hugo Guterman, Raziel Riemer
“Development of a Mule-Like Quadruped Robot”, $24,000
2011-2013- General Motors LTD. " Reconfigurable Body Shop End-Effector – Simulation
of Part Grasping and Low Cost Design Approaches for Body Shop
Applications", $186,890
2011-2014- Israel Ministry of Health, Itzhak Meltzer, Amir Shapiro, "Perturbation
System to Improve Balance Compensatory Responses During Walking in
Elderly Persons", $88,261
2011-2012- Israel Ministry of Defense, Amir Shapiro, Hugo Guterman, Raziel Riemer
“Development of a Mule-Like Quadruped Robot”, $44,220
2011-2014- Israel Ministry of Defense, Raziel Riemer, Amir Shapiro, Itzhak Meltzer,
Shmuel Ben-Yaakov “Development of Technology for Energy Harvesting
from Human Motion”, $71,700
2010-2013- Planning and Budgeting Committee and Nuclear Research Center Negev,
Amir Shapiro, “Optimal Design of Boundary condition in Elastic systems”, $22,100
2010-2013- Planning and Budgeting Committee and Nuclear Research Center Negev,
Nadav Berman, Amir Shapiro, “Model Based Control of Thermal Systems”, $22,100
2011- Pearlstone center for Aeronautics research, Amir Shapiro, “Lab equipment
budget”, $2500
2010-2011- The International Judea Foundation- Project Jacob Fakheri, Itshak
Meltzer ,Amir Shapiro, “Balance Perturbation System to Improve Balance Compensatory Responses During Walking in Elderly Persons”, $40,000
2010-2011- Israel Ministry of Defense, Amir Shapiro, Hugo Guterman, Raziel Riemer
“Development of a Mule-Like Quadruped Robot”, $54,000
2010-2012 - Israel Ministry of Agriculture, Amir Shapiro, Yael Edan, Ohad Ben-Shahar,
Avital Bechar , "Development of an Autonomous Vineyard Sprayer",
$130,890.
2010-2014 – European Union FP7, Yael Edan, Amir Shapiro, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Sigal
Berman, Helman Stern, “Intelligent sensing and manipulation for sustainable
production and harvesting of high valued crops, clever robots for crops”,
$1,328,121.
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2009-2012 - Israel Ministry of Agriculture, Avital Bechar, Yael Edan, Amir Shapiro,
"Development of an Autonomous Pepper Sprayer", $205,263
2009-2011- The Institute for Future Defense Technologies Research Named for the
Medvedi, Shwartzman and Gensler, Elon Rimon, and Amir Shapiro, “An
Autonomous Climbing Device for Counter-Terrorism Duty”, $10,000.
2009- Paul Ivanier Center for Robotics, Amir Shapiro and Yael Edan,
“Development of an energy harvesting from human motion device”, $7,500
2009- Paul Ivanier Center for Robotics, Amir Shapiro, “Development of a Mule-
Like Robot”, $5,600
2009- Pearlstone center for Aeronautics research, Amir Shapiro, “Lab equipment
budget”, $1,587
2008-2010 - Israel Ministry of Agriculture, Avital Bechar, Yael Edan, Amir Shapiro,
"Increase efficiency and reduce human labor in vineyards", $81,018
2008-2009 - Israel Ministry of Defense, Amir Shapiro, “Deicing system for UAV wings”,
$125,000
2008-2009- Israel Ministry of Defense, Amir Shapiro and Hugo Guterman,
“Development of a Mule-Like Quadruped Robot”, $55,000
2008-2010- The Institute for Future Defense Technologies Research Named for the
Medvedi, Shwartzman and Gensler, Elon Rimon, and Amir Shapiro, “An
Autonomous Climbing Device for Counter-Terrorism Duty”, $27,440.
2008-2010- Israel Ministry of Agriculture, Amir Shapiro, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Yael Edan,
David Shapiro, Baruch Luzon, Boris Bordman, "A Robotic Apparatus for
Spraying and Pollinating Date Palm Trees", $88,235
2008-2011- Israel Ministry of Defense, Raziel Riemer, Amir Shapiro, Itzhak Meltzer,
Yael Edan, “Development of a Technology for Harvesting Energy from
Human Motion” , $79,500.
2007-2010 - Rich Fund for Excellence in the Negev, Amir Shapiro, “Robot Motion
Planning with Quasi-static Force Constraints: Theory and Experiments”,
$100,000.
2007-2008 - The Institute for Future Defense Technologies Research Named for the
Medvedi, Shwartzman and Gensler, Elon Rimon, and Amir Shapiro, “An
Autonomous Climbing Device for Counter-Terrorism Duty”, $20,000.
2006-2009 – Israel Ministry of Science, Slovenian-Israeli Research Cooperation in
Biotechnology, Robotics, Advanced Materials, BGU: Yael Edan, Ohad Ben-
Shachar, Amir Shapiro. Slovenia: Marko Hoevar, Brane irok, Matevz
Dular, Tom Bajcar, Niko Herakovic, Dragica Noe, Viktor Jejcic, Tone
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Godea, Toma Poje, Denis Stajnko, Miran Lakota, "Development of a robotic
system for targeted spraying in orchards and vineyards" , $40,940.
2006-2007 – Israel Ministry of Science the Third Call of the Joint Dutch-Israeli
Agricultural Science and Technology Program - Workshop Proposal, Israel:
Yael Edan, Amir Shapiro, Ohad Ben Shahar, Avital Bechar, Dutch: Jochen
Hemming, Eldert van Henten. " A new approach to future farming: small and
light-weight agrobots", $17,400.
2006-2007 - ICA-Israel Colonization Association, Amir Shapiro, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Yael
Edan, David Shapiro, Baruch Luzon, Boris Bordman, "A Robotic Apparatus
for Spraying and Pollinating Date Palm Trees”, $18,000
2004-2006 - Asher Peled Foundation, Technion, Elon Rimon and Amir Shapiro, "An
Autonomous Climbing Device for Counter-Terrorism Duty", $5,000
2005 - Directorate of Defense Research & Development, Ministry of Defense – State
of Israel, Amir Shapiro, Ariel Felner, Ohad Ben-Shahar, Solomon Eyal
Shimony, Hugo Gutterman, "Request to purchase research equipment at
USA", $72,000
Total Research Grants: $3,228,481
• Present Academic Activities
Books and articles to be published
Submitted for publication
20) Avishai Sintov, Alon Ohev – Zion, Hagai Balshai, Srinivas
Raghothama, Ronland Menassa and Amir Shapiro, "OCOG: A
Common Grasp Computation Algorithm for a Set of Planar
Objects", International Journal of Robotics Research, Submitted.
21) 4. Avishai Sintov, Alon Ohev – Zion, Ronland Menassa and
Amir Shapiro, "3D-OCOG: A Common n-finger grasp Search
Algorithm for a Set of 3D Objects", International Journal of
Robotics Research, Submitted.
22) A. Capua, A. Shapiro, S. Shoval, "SpiderBot: A Cable Suspended Walking Robot", Mechanism and Machines Theory, submitted
23) Yam Geva, and Amir Shapiro, "A Novel Design of a Quadruped
Robot for Research Purposes", Advanced Robotics Systems,
Submitted.
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In preparation
24) Shlomo Shemesh and Amir Shapiro, "An Improved Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree Algorithm with Application to Spatial Motion Planning of a Quadrotor Hovercraft", Advanced Robotics Systems
journal, in preparation.
25) Shahar Sarid, Amir Shapiro, Yael Edan, “A Competitive
Search Algorithm for Heterogeneous Group of Robots”, in
preparation.
26) Alon Ohev-Zion, Amir Shapiro, “Stabilizing an Underactuated
robot on a ball: Modeling and Control”, in preparation
• Additional Information
(a) Reviewer in the following scientific journals and conferences
1) Mechanism and Machine Theory2) IEEE Transactions on Robotics3) IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation4) International Journal of Robotics Research5) Autonomous Robots journal6) Journal of Field Robotics7) Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligent8) IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation9) IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and
Systems10) 9th Biennial ASME Conference on Engineering
Systems Design and Analysis ESDA 200811) IASTED International Conference on Robotics and
Applications
(b) Media Coverage.1) " The technology market in Herzelia", Ynet, Michel Dor, Nov.
5, 2012. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4301286,00.html
2) "Climbing Robot: Novita Da Israele" (in Italian), Fare elettronica n. 298/299 Aprile/Maggio 2010. http://www.farelettronica.com/
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3) "Securing the Future", Maariv newspaper (in Hebrew), Hamagazin page 10, June 3, 2012. http://www.ifat.com/MediaSite/CustomerMedia/S_ShowItem.aspx?ItemID=LIJxV1A0LWF2iFjOms9Ffw==&InfoTypeID=0&PageIndex=0&BackTo=Newsletter
4) "Second View", Israel Channel 1, Wednsday Dec 21, 2011, at 9:45pm. http://www.iba.org.il/media/?recorded=1
5) "Remote Control War", Thursday August 26, 2011 at 9pm on CBC-TV, http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/video.html?ID=1815694494
6) "Can You Teach A New Robot Old Tricks?", Lori Samlin Miller, Jewish Exponent Feature, February 17, 2011, http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/22902/
7)"Biologically Inspired Robots", Israel Chanel 2 News, Nov 10, 2010, 8:30pm, http://www.mako.co.il/news-military/security/Article-4fec129dd273c21004.htm&sCh=31750a2610f26110&pId=786102762
8)“FIRST Robotic competition and climbing robots”, The Voice of the Campus Radio station, Israel, March 14, 2010.
9)“Boffins Create Robo Climbers”, The Sun, January 22, 2010. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2818441/Boffins-create-robo-climbers.html
10) “4 Ways To Climb a Wall, Robot Edition (Video)”, IEEE Spectrum Blog, Jan 2010, http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/4-ways-to-climb-a-wall-robot-edition-video
11) “Robotics' Wild Kingdom”, IEEE Spectrum, Jan 2010. http://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/profiles/robotics-wild-kingdom
12) “Spidey’s tricks inspired rescue robot” FlipSide Magazine, Dec 2009 No. 43, page 6.
13) “ The Science Fiction is Here”, Rosh Gadol, Issue 99-100, pages 26-27, Nov-Dec 2009.
14) “ It’s Play Time”, Winter 2009/10, BGU Now, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
15) “BGU’s Robots a Promising Future” Spring 2009, IMPACT, American Association Ben Gurion University.
16) “"Spider-Man" Robot Shoots "Webs", October 5, 2009, National Geographic, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091005-spider-robot-video-ap.html
17) “New Israeli Robots Move Like Animals”, July 23, 2009, Adam Balkin, New York 1 – NY1, http://ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=102798&ap=1&Flash
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18) “Fun with homeland security robots”, March 25, 2009, Adam Wills, LA Jewish Journal, http://www.jewishjournal.com/geekheeb/item/fun_with_homeland_security_robots_20090325/
19) “Save Falling Elderly” July 7, 2009, Guy Grimland, TheMarker newspaper.
20) “A Word (and video) With the Inventor of the Battlefield Snakebot and the Wall-Scaling Snailbot, Israeli roboticist Amir Shapiro looks to the animal kingdom to design robots that can go where humans can't.”, June 11, 2009John Pavlus, Popular Science, http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-06/meet-inventor-battlefield-snakebot-and-wall-scaling-snailbot#
21) “IDF developing battlefield robot snake”, Dov Lieber, Jerusalem Post, Jun 9,2009,http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371047887&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
22) 2008 August 19, “The Wall Climbing Robot” CalCalist news paper.
23) 2008 Jun. 16, “Gesture Computer Interface Device Developed For Surgeons”, Science Daily.
24) 2008 May, “Work like Robots”, ABG, Ben Gurion University’s Magazine.
25) 2008 March 1, “Technology show starts at NIT-Tiruchi”, The Hindu – India’s National Newspaper, city edition Tiruchirapalli, India.
26) 2004 June, "Spider-Robot", Technion President's Report.
27) 2004 June, "Technion Researchers Developed Spider Robot for Motion in Tunnels Environments", HaTechnion – The Technion Magazine.
28) 2004 June, "Spider-Robot", National Geographic Magazine, Hebrew edition.
29) 2004 May, "Spider-robot to the Rescue", Technion Focus.
30) 2004 May, "Autonomous Techno-Dance", Technion Focus
31) 2004 April 4th, "Spider-Robot", Alex Doron, Maariv newspaper.
32) "Documentry Program on Artificial Intelligent and Robots" Yunsoo Kim, SBS South Korea TV channel, April 5, 2006,
33) "Robocup", Theory of Conspiracy, Israel Galey Tzhahal Radio station, July 26th 2005 10:30pm.
34) "Spider-Robot", Micro-Scoop, Israel Teva-Hadvarim TV channel, August 24th 2004 6:00pm.
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35) "Spider-Robot", Science news, The Israeli TV science channel, June 30th 2004 7:00pm.
36) "RoboCup", Mabat - Israel Channel 1 TV News, May 4th 2002
(c) Advisor of undergraduate senior projects at BGU 1)2013 – 10 projects – 17 students2)2012 – 16 projects – 25 students3)2011 – 18 projects – 28 students4)2010- 6 projects – 8 students5)2009- 12 projects - 23 students6)2008- 22 projects – 34 students
First prize winner of the Naiot venture accelerator ideas competition for medical and biomedical engineering students: Miri Trope, Thinnerscope: development of a robotic endoscope actuated by electro-active-polymers, 2008-2009. Winner of the 2008 Burda prize for excellent project: Daniel Reisner, Development of a Mule-like quadruped robot - Mechanical design, 2006-2008.
7)2007- 10 projects – 19 students8)2006 – 1 project – 2 students9)2005 – 4 projects – 8 students
(d) Fields of InterestMobile Robots
Locomotion of multi-limbed mechanisms in unstructured complex environmentsNavigation Algorithms for multi-limbed robotsNon-Linear control algorithms for multi-limbed robotsLocomotion of snake like robotsClimbing of snake like robotsWall climbing Robots
Multi-Robot on-line motion planningMedical robotics and BioRoboticsAgriculture roboticsRobot grasping design, control, and stability analysisDesign of special robotics structures
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