Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Thesis Title: Data-Driven Predictive Control of Dynamic Legged Locomotion: Application to a Torque-Actuated Spring-Mass Runner.
About Me
Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Electronics Engineering specializing in nonlinear control, legged locomotion, and learning-based robotics. My work bridges model-predictive and data-driven approaches for robust locomotion, with additional interests in perception, sensor fusion, and intelligent systems.
Education
M.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Thesis Title: Neural Network-Based Estimator and Controller for SLIP and TD-SLIP Monopod Robots.
B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Exchange Student in Electrical Engineering
Research Experience
Graduate Researcher, Neuroscience and Robotics Laboratory
- Designing experimental platforms for legged locomotion and collaborating on autonomous driving and sensor fusion projects.
- Developed signal processing methods to understand the behavioral mechanisms of active sensing.
- Supervised undergraduate students working on legged locomotion projects.
Graduate Research Assistant, CTRL Group
- Conducted experiments for system identification and control of legged locomotion platforms.
- Developed learning algorithms for legged locomotion.
Student Intern, Group of Intelligent Systems
- Developed OpenCV-based solutions for 3D head pose estimation from 2D image data.
Project Student, Biorobotics Laboratory
- Designed universal gripper and visual feedback modules for the Roombots robot family.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- A. S. Ozturk, I. Uyanik, and Ö. Morgül, "A physics-guided neural network framework for prediction and control of spring-mass running," Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2026.
- A. S. Ozturk, I. Uyanik, and Ö. Morgül, "Real-time control of a torque-actuated spring-mass hopping robot," Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 2026, Under Review.
Conference Proceedings
- A. S. Ozturk, I. Uyanik, and Ö. Morgül, "Experimental validation of an approximate analytical predictor for the torque-actuated spring-mass hopper," in 23rd IFAC World Congress, Accepted, 2026.
- A. S. Ozturk, O. Morgül, and I. Uyanik, "Design and development of a one-legged hopping robot based on a spring-mass template," in 2025 11th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), 2025.
Poster Presentations
Selected Projects
CATAN® Object Manipulator
Technical Skills
Programming & Computing: Python (NumPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow), C++, C#, Java.
Robotics & Control: Python (MuJoCo, Drake), MATLAB/Simulink (Control, Deep Learning, Robotics TB).
Embedded & HDL: C, Assembly, ARM, AVR, VHDL, XILINX Vivado, Altium, LT Spice.
Design & DB: SolidWorks, Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop, LATEX, MySQL, WordPress, HTML, CSS.