October 30, 2024
Our Focus paper, "AI-driven Aerial Robots Advance Whale Research", authored by H. Bayram, has been published in Science Robotics (Vol. 9, No. 95, eadt1955). This paper highlights the critical role of aerial robotic systems in wildlife monitoring, with a special emphasis on marine ecosystems.
Read the article here
September 23, 2024
Team IMU HAWK from the Field Robotics Laboratory at Istanbul Medeniyet University achieved 3rd place in the Teknofest 2024 International Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Competition!
The competition allows flights based on any scientific and technological innovation using various UAV types, including fixed-wing, rotary-wing, hybrid, and flapping-wing, without any specific category or mission restrictions. Team IMU HAWK designed and built a hexa-rotor rotary-wing UAV, capable of autonomously neutralizing intruder drones with a pneumatic gun that fires a net. Due to the mission's real-world applicability, a robust approach, and successful execution on both the mechanical and algorithmic sides resulting in a successful implementation, Team IMU HAWK secured 3rd place.
We extend our thanks to Teknofest and TÜBİTAK for organizing such a remarkable competition. A special thanks to the Maltepe Youth Center, part of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Turkey, and to Ali Ramazan Tak, General Manager of Medeniyet Teknopark, for their support.
Congratulations to the team members: Buğra Ayhan, Şaban Kahraman, Gökhan Altun, Elif Aykırı, Ahmet Hekim, Abdullah Saki, and Kemal Gezen.
May 20, 2024
We are pleased to announce the release of the chapter "Ozonlama: Tanımlar, Deney Tasarımı ve Proses Kontrol – Ozonation: Definitions, Experimental Design and Process Control" by Elif Soyer, Haluk Bayram, and Ahmet Mete Saatçı in the book İleri Oksidasyon Prosesleri El Kitabı – Handbook of Advanced Oxidation Processes, published by İTÜ Yayınevi. This chapter covers essential aspects of ozonation in water and wastewater treatment, including applications such as taste and odor control, pollutant removal, disinfection, and industrial wastewater treatment. It also provides practical guidance on reactor design, ozone dosage, measurement methods, and process control using automation systems. Ideal for professionals and researchers, this chapter offers valuable insights for both lab-scale and full-scale applications.
February 19, 2024
Our TUBITAK 1001 project (Optimization of Organic Matter Removal Mechanism in Drinking Water Treatment Plants Clarifiers: Design Recommendations and Development of Decision-Making Mechanism in Operation) has been accepted.
We are deepening our efforts to develop artificial intelligence-based decision support systems (Researcher: Haluk Bayram) in the field of environmental engineering (Principal Investigator: Elif Soyer). With this project, the multi-purpose use of solid-liquid separation units in large-scale treatment plants will not only be investigated by classical experimental methods, but also it is aimed to obtain the closest results to these plants by applying process control and machine learning methods on a pilot plant to be installed and continuously operated in one of the large-scale treatment plants in Istanbul.
January 18, 2024
We are pleased to announce the publication of our paper "Indoor Surface Classification for Mobile Robots" in the PeerJ Computer Science journal.
Asiye Demirtaş, Gökhan Erdemir, Haluk Bayram; Indoor Surface Classification for Mobile Robots. PeerJ Computer Science 18 January 2024; 10 (2): e1730.
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.1730
November 17, 2023
Team IMU-VRX from Field Robotics Laboratory at Istanbul Medeniyet University secured 3rd place in the VRX 2023 competition! Congratulations to our team members: Mustafa Bayrak, M. Buğra Ayhan, Ayşenur Yörür, Burak Rüstemoğulları, Zafer Tunçer.
Our experience from last year's competition, combined with the hard work of our members, ultimately led us to this remarkable achievement. The VRX 2023, featuring 8 challenging missions, put our skills to the test in object detection, localization, and autonomous motion planning. We take pride in representing Istanbul Medeniyet University and Turkey in the biggest international simulation competition for autonomous surface vehicles.
Thanks to RoboNation, Naval Postgraduate School, Open Robotics and each of 34 competitor teams for making this amazing competition possible. #VRX2023
October 03, 2023
Emre Fikri Baltacı has successfully defended his master thesis titled “Artificial Potential Function-based Water Quality Monitoring Using Unmanned Surface Vehicle“. We thank to the jury members Prof. Zehra Saraç and Assist. Prof. Hüseyin Şerif Savcı.
Congratulations to Emre!
August 15, 2023
Mustafa Bayrak has successfully defended his master thesis titled “COLREGs-Compliant and Non-Prioritized Motion Planning for Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicles“. We thank to the jury members Prof. Cabir Vural and Assist. Prof. Filiz Gürkan Gölcük.
Congratulations to Mustafa!
August 03, 2023
Our TUSEB 2022-ACIL-11 project has been accepted. This collaborative effort combines the expertise of engineering, led by Principal Investigator Haluk Bayram, medicine overseen by Fahri Ovalı, and nursery contributions from Ozlem Akarsu. Stay tuned for updates as we embark on this promising venture at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and nursery!
July 14, 2023
Asiye Demirtaş has successfully defended her master thesis titled “Indoor Surface Type Based Task Assignment in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Systems” under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Haluk Bayram and Assoc. Prof. Gökhan Erdemir. We thank to the jury members Assist. Prof. İbrahim Genç and Prof. Ahmet Emin Kuzucuoğlu.
Congratulations to Asiye!
June 07, 2023
The paper is a collaborative effort from the Field Robotics Laboratory (FRL), led by Haluk Bayram, with contributions from the Environmental Engineering Department at Marmara University (Elif Soyer) and the İSAŞ Water Treatment Plant (Nalan Canıgeniş, Onur Eren).
Elif Soyer, Haluk Bayram, Nalan Canıgeniş, Onur Eren; Decision support system for selective withdrawal in water supply reservoirs: an approach based on thermal stratification. Water Quality Research Journal 1 May 2023; 58 (2): 99–110.
doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wqrj.2023.030
June 05, 2023
Our paper, authored by Haluk Bayram, Emre Ozdemir, Hakan Gokoglu, and Ismail Hakki Savci, titled "Clothoid-based Path Correction for AGV Navigation," has been accepted for presentation at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC2023) taking place at Aston University in the heart of Birmingham, UK, from August 30 to September 1, 2023. This research output is a collaborative effort between the Field Robotics Laboratory (FRL) and the Light Mobility Laboratory at Ford-Otosan.
April 13, 2023
Team IMU Hawk successfully completed the Teknofest 2023 International Unmanned Aerial Vehicles competition. Team IMU Hawk, which added experience to the previous experiences and competed as a finalist, was entitled to receive the "Performance Award".
Congratulations to the team members: Kübra Yıldız, Ayşenur Yörür, M. Buğra Ayhan, Şaban Kahraman
April 13, 2023
Team IMU-AV successfully completed the TEKNOFEST 2023 Autonomous Vehicle Competition held at Kocaeli/Gebze Informatics Valley.
Congratulations to the team members: Asude Bilgin, Gökhan Altun, Kübra Yıldız, Emirhan Gürsoy, Enes Kırımlı
February 21, 2023
The abstract, co-authored by Mustafa Bayrak and Haluk Bayram, titled "COLREG-Compliant Simulation Environment for Verifying USV Motion Planning Algorithms," has been accepted for presentation at OCEANS 2023 Limerick. A special congratulations to Mustafa on the success of his inaugural academic paper! Well done!
February 07, 2023
Our TUBITAK 1002 project has been accepted. This collaborative effort brings together the expertise of environmental engineering (Principal Investigator: Elif Soyer) and artificial intelligence (Researcher: Haluk Bayram). Stay tuned for updates as we embark on this exciting endeavor where water meets artificial intelligence!
February 03, 2023
Our most recent research paper, "Particle filter-based aerial tracking for moving targets," authored by M. Koray Yılmaz and H. Bayram, is now available in the distinguished Journal of Field Robotics (Volume 40, Pages 368–392). Dive into the full article to explore our work on the aerial tracking of moving targets: Read the full article here. A special congratulations to Koray on the success of his inaugural academic paper! Well done! For a captivating visual overview, check out the video summary of our paper at this link. Stay tuned for more updates and insights from our ongoing research endeavors!
August 18, 2022
Our collaborative paper by Elif Soyer, Haluk Bayram, Nalan Canıgeniş, and Onur Eren, titled 'Decision Support System for Selective Withdrawal in Water Supply Reservoirs: An Approach Based on Thermal Stratification,' has been accepted for oral presentation at the IWA 4th Regional Conference on Diffuse Pollution & Eutrophication (DIPCON 2022). The conference is scheduled to take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from October 24-28, 2022.
August 03, 2022
Team IMU-AV achieved first place in the Critical Design Report stage at the TEKNOFEST 2022 Autonomous Vehicle Competitions held at Kocaeli/Gebze Informatics Valley from July 25 to 29, 2022. Additionally, they won the "Most Original Software" award in the Unique Vehicle Category.
At the competition held in Kocaeli/Gebze Informatics Valley from July 25th to 29th, 2022, our university's Field Robotics Laboratory conducted necessary mechanical and electronic revisions to equip the pre-developed electric vehicle with autonomous driving capabilities. The competition track and vehicle were accurately replicated in a simulation environment, where requisite software was developed before being transferred to the vehicle for real-world implementation.
The autonomous vehicle integrates AI-supported traffic sign detection, lane tracking, active obstacle avoidance, and precise location estimation.
At the TEKNOFEST 2022 Fair, held at Samsun Çarşamba Airport from August 30th to September 4th, Team IMU AV attended the award ceremony and showcased the developed autonomous vehicle.
Congratulations to the team members: Ferdi Dumandağ, M. Koray Yılmaz, Hasan Basri Okan, Abdullah Dangaç, Kübra Yıldız, Emre Fikri Baltacı, and Fatih Koç.
June 17, 2022
Emre Fikri Baltacı and Mustafa Bayrak have been awarded scholarships through the "TUBITAK 2210/C National MSc Scholarship Program in the Priority Fields in Science and Technology." They are currently pursuing their graduate studies in the Field Robotics Lab, with a focus on unmanned surface vehicles.
Congratulations to both!
May 18, 2022
All previous TUBITAK 2209A (Research Project Support Programme for Undergraduate Students) projects have been successfully completed with their final reports submitted. Now, in the same program, we are excited to announce the acceptance of four new projects, all to be carried out in the Field Robotics Laboratory.
Congratulations to each member of these projects:
"Radio Source Localization Using Fixed-wing UAV" by M. Yasin Koca and Ayşenur Yörür
"Adaptive Motion Planning for Autonomous Vehicles in Off-road Conditions" by Abdullah Dangaç
"Detection of Traversable Regions in Off-road Conditions for Autonomous Vehicles" by Halit Seyfullah Başkurt
"Hybrid Controller for Trajectory Following in Autonomous Vehicles" by Hasan Basri Okan
May 17, 2022
Team AERGO achieved third place out of 47 in the 2022 MathWorks Minidrone Competition. In the scope of this competition, the image processing and motion algorithm on the rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) modeled in the Simulink environment was developed using MATLAB programming language.
Congratulations to the team members: Umut Dumandağ, Ferdi Dumandağ!
May 4, 2022
The Field Robotics Laboratory made a successful debut at its first USV competition, VRX 2022. Engaging in 8 challenging missions, we showcased our expertise in object detection, localization, and autonomous motion planning. It's an honor to represent Istanbul Medeniyet University and Turkey in the largest international simulation competition for autonomous surface vehicles.
We extend our gratitude to RoboNation, Naval Postgraduate School, Open Robotics, and all 32 competitor teams for their contributions in making this remarkable competition possible.
Congratulations to the team members: Mustafa Bayrak!
January 27, 2022
Koray Yılmaz has successfully defended his master thesis titled “Tracking of Moving Targets with an Aerial Robot”, which was supported by TÜBİTAK 2210/C program.
Within the scope of the project, it is aimed to detect and track the instantaneous location of a moving target with a radio transmitter on it. The target does not follow any predetermined trajectory and speed.
Particle Filter based approach was used in the thesis, and the developed approach was tested in a simulation environment and field experiments.
For the field experiments, a rotary-wing aerial robot was designed and manufactured to be used.
The thesis study carried out at Field Robotics Laboratory was successfully completed.
We thank to the jury members Prof. Işıl Bozma and Asst. Prof. İbrahim Genç.
Congratulations to Koray!
November 24, 2021
Team IMU-USV secured a place among the top 10 teams in the finals of the ROBOIK Unmanned Surface Vehicles Competition, organized by the Presidency of Defense Industries. As part of the competition, the team will be developing an unmanned surface robot capable of autonomously performing tasks outlined in the competition regulations.
Congratulations to the team members: Mustafa Bayrak, Emre Fikri Baltacı!
September 23, 2021
Team IMU AV participated as a finalist in the Robotaxi competition held within the scope of Teknofest 2021. In a short time, our team developed the vehicle ready for autonomous driving!
Congratulations to the team members: Fatih Koç, M. Koray Yılmaz, Emre Fikri Baltacı, Yusuf Taha Karakaş, Mustafa Furkan Gedik
September 19, 2021
Team IMU FW successfully completed the TUBITAK UAV 2021 Competition's fixed-wing drone category, securing 3rd place in the Originality Awards.
Congratulations to the team members: Buğra Büyükarslan, Mustafa Şahan, Ferdi Dumandağ, Umut Dumandağ, Yasir Koca!
June 25, 2021
M. Koray Yılmaz has been awarded scholarships through the "TUBITAK 2210/C National MSc Scholarship Program in the Priority Fields in Science and Technology." He is currently pursuing his graduate study in the Field Robotics Lab, with a focus on aerial localization and tracking of moving targets.
Congratulations to Koray!
May 17, 2021
Umut Dumandağ and Buğra Büyükarslan secured 1st and 2nd places in the IEEE RAS Turkey Robofest Competition. Image processing and motion planning algorithms were designed to fulfill the tasks given in the competition held in the Gazebo simulation environment.
Congratulations to the members of our laboratory: Umut Dumandağ, Buğra Büyükarslan!
May 3, 2021
Our 4 projects got accepted in "TUBITAK 2209-A - Research Project Support Programme for Undergraduate Students". The projects are being carried out in Field Robotics Laboratory.
Congratulations to each member of these projects:
"Autonomous Navigation of Multi-rotor Aerial Robot in Forest and Generating Forest Inventory" by Ferdi Dumandağ and Ebrar Şahin
"Design and Implementation of A Low-cost Fixed-wing Aerial Robot for Supporting Forest Inventory" by Buğra Büyükarslan and Umut Dumandağ
"Risk-aware Autonomous Landing of Aerial Robots in Forest" by Derya Kara
"Design and Implementation of Autonomous Surface Vehicle for Water Quality Monitoring" by Furkan Sarıyıldız and Denizhan Aras
September 27, 2020
Team IMU from Field Robotics Laboratory at Istanbul Medeniyet University secured 6th place in the Teknofest Swarm UAV Simulation Competition!
During the competition, an autonomous controller was developed for coordinated takeoff and formation control of aerial vehicles in a distributed manner. Also, GPS corruption was also taken into consideration while navigating to a disaster site via formation flight and conduct situation analysis.
Congratulations to our team members: Ali Akdemir and Nisanur İlhan.
September 25, 2020
The Field Robotics Laboratory at Istanbul Medeniyet University participated in the TUBITAK UAV 2020 Competition with Team IMU in the rotary wing category and Team IMU FW in the fixed-wing category.
Team IMU FW achieved 3rd place among 50 teams and Team IMU achieved 24rd place among 60 teams in the detailed design report.
The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), after completing production and test flights, are capable of executing autonomous take-off, cruise, and landing missions.
Equipped with a camera, they enable target recognition and positioning, while real-time monitoring of flight parameters is facilitated through the team's developed ground station.
These UAVs possess the capability to autonomously pick up and drop off payloads to predetermined coordinates, all managed seamlessly through autonomous software, eliminating the need for human intervention.
We are pleased to announce that both of our teams successfully advanced to the finals of the competition.
Congratulations to our team members: Buğra Büyükarslan, Umut Dumandağ, Mustafa Şahan, Ferdi Dumandağ, Furkan Sarıyıldız, Yasir Koca.
January 20, 2020
The RoboDragos team is proudly representing Turkey in the SUAS 2020 competition, an annual event organized by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) since 2002.
Among 78 teams worldwide, our students have earned the opportunity to compete as one of the six teams from Turkey.
Taking place in St. Petersburg, USA, and Washington DC from June 17th to 20th, 2020, the competition will be hosted at Patuxent River Naval Air Station (NAS) in Mary's County, Maryland.
The tasks include designing an unmanned aerial system capable of autonomous flight and navigation, integrating various subsystems, conducting reporting and remote sensing through payload sensors,
and achieving autonomous flight with synchronized systems.
Furthermore, the competition entails obstacle identification, object detection, classification, localization, and airborne payload management.
Congratulations to our team members: Suat Bozkurt, Nisanur İlhan, Ferdi Dumandağ.
October 25, 2019
Samet Özabacı has successfully defended his master's thesis titled "Target Localization with an Aerial Robot." We extend our gratitude to the jury members, Prof. Işıl Bozma and Assist. Prof. İbrahim Genç.
Congratulations to Samet on this achievement!
September 10, 2019
TEAM IMU is entitled to participate in the TUBITAK UAV 2019 competition according to the detailed design result, after placing 7th among 186 teams in the conceptual design phase of the TÜBİTAK International Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Competition.
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and produced has the feature of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). The UAV can pick up the specified loads and drop them at the desired target coordinates. Thanks to its autonomous software, it can perform its tasks without human intervention.
The competition will be held at Yenikapı Event Area between 16-19 September 2019. The UAV Exhibition and Award Ceremony will take place at Istanbul Ataturk Airport on 20-22 September 2019.
Congratulations to our team members: Suat Bozkurt, Nisanur İlhan, Ferdi Dumandağ.
April 26, 2019
Harun Yetkin (Bartın Uni) and Haluk Bayram organized a workshop titled "Surface and Underwater Robotics and Their Applications" at TORK (Turkey Robotics Conference) held at Özyeğin University, Istanbul, on April 26, 2019. Haluk Bayram presented on surface vehicles and environmental monitoring.
Speakers included representatives from the Naval Vehicles Directorate at SSB (Presidency of Defense Industries), Unmanned Systems at Aselsan, TÜBİTAK MAM (TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center), Desistek, Virginia Tech, and the University of Minnesota.
August 20, 2018
Haluk Bayram made a technical visit to the Robotic Sensor Networks Lab at the University of Minnesota from July 25 to August 30, 2018.
April 12, 2018
The lab has achieved a significant milestone with the acceptance of the first grant from TUBITAK 2232 (2232 Yurda Dönüş Araştırma Burs Programı - Research Fellowship Program for Returning Researchers). This 2-year project will concentrate on wildlife tracking using aerial robots.
April 12, 2018
Esra Kadıoğlu (TOBB ETU) and Haluk Bayram organized a workshop titled "Using Robots in Agriculture and Environmental Fields" at TORK (Turkey Robotics Conference) held at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, on April 12, 2018. Haluk Bayram presented on wildlife monitoring with surface and aerial robots. Prof. Volkan Isler (University of Minnesota) delivered a presentation on "Semantic Reconstruction of Farms and Orchards," and Esra Kadıoğlu presented on "Agricultural Robots."
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