Cagdas Onal

Robotics Engineering
Associate Professor
EDUCATION
BS Sabanci University, 2003
MS Sabanci University 2005
PhD Carnegie Mellon University 2009
Expert Bio

Professor Onal conducts research in soft robotics, a largely underexplored area of robotics that has significance in medicine, manufacturing, and disaster response. Soft robots could potentially be deployed in search-and-rescue missions, as intelligent surgical assistants, and in human augmentation scenarios.

Research areas/Expertise
drones
biomechanics
kinematics
prosthetics
algorithms
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
autonomy
CAD
computer graphics
computer modeling
computer programming
Computer vision
circuits
control theory
cyber-physical systems
embedded systems
integrated circuits
microprocessors
navigation
power systems
sensors
signal processing
first responder safety
additive manufacturing
advanced manufacturing
bioinspired materials
composite materials
polymers
mathematical modeling
3D printing
accessibility
design
dynamics
finite element analysis
mechanics
mechatronics
nanotechnology
simulation
Autonomous Vehicles
exoskeletons
haptic manipulation
human-robot interaction
medical robots
robotics engineering
robots
soft robotics
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
AI
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics
swarm robotics

Media Coverage

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WBZ News Radio 1030
WPI Explores Robots In The Workplace

WBZ News Radio interviewed Cagdas Onal, associate professor of mechanical engineering about a $3m NSF grant WPI received to study how humans and robots can co-exist in the workplace.

Worcester Business Journal
WPI receives $3M to study human-robot workplace interaction

The Worcester Business Journal reported on WPI receiving $3 million from the National Science Foundation to study human-robot interaction in the workplace. Eight WPI researchers are involved: Cagdas Onal (principal investigator), Yunus Telliel, Jeanine Skorinko, Winston Soboyejo, Jing Xiao, Pratap Rao, Soussan Djamasbi and Jane Li. 

 

Patents

Actuators and Methods of Use (Hydro Muscle)
Other Inventor(s):
Daniil Effraimidis, Brian Jennings, Gregory D. McCarthy, Nicholas Corso
Cagdas Onal

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