Artificial Intelligence Robotics and Control Systems Laboratory (AIRoCS)

2025

• Certified Control Synthesis for Robotic Systems, European Control Conference (ECC'25)
  Event ECC 2025 2025 organized by: Abdalla Swikir

  Session on certified/verified controllers for robotics.

• Handy Moves: Dexterity in Multi-Fingered Hands Workshop, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'25)
  Event ICRA 2025 2025 organized by: Abdalla Swikir

  Workshop focused on dexterous manipulation with multi-fingered hands.

• Editorial Board Outstanding Reviewer Award — ICRA 2025
  Award ICRA 2025 2025 Awardee: Abdalla Swikir

  Recognized with the Editorial Board Outstanding Reviewer Award at ICRA 2025.

• Best AI-Robotics Paper Award — Finalist, ERF 2025
  Award ERF 2025 2025 Awardee: Abdalla Swikir

  Paper selected as a finalist for the Best AI-Robotics Paper Award at the European Robotics Forum 2025.

• Patent Granted: Electronic Travel Aid for Visually Impaired People (India)
  Patent Patent No. 538643 2025 Inventor: Swapnil Mane

  Swapnil Mane's Indian patent 538643 was granted in 2025, covering an electronic mobility aid that enhances navigation support for visually impaired users.

2024

• euROBIN Manipulation Skill Versatility Challenge, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS’24)
  Event IROS 2024 2024 organized by: Abdalla Swikir

  Competition on versatile manipulation skills.

• Foundations of interaction control for contact robots (part II): Energy-based methods and interactive learning (Tutorial 1), IROS’24
  Event IROS 2024 2024 organized by: Abdalla Swikir

  Tutorial on energy-based interaction control and interactive learning.

• Foundations of interaction control for contact robots (part I): Interaction control in humans and with robots (Tutorial 2), IROS’24
  Event IROS 2024 2024 Awardee: Abdalla Swikir

  Tutorial covering fundamentals of human and robot interaction control.

• The 2nd Workshop on Formal Methods Techniques in Robotics Systems: Design and Control, IROS’24
  Event IROS 2024 2024 organized by: Abdalla Swikir

  Workshop on verified design and control for robotics.

• Best Mobile Manipulation Paper Award — Finalist, IROS 2024
  Award IROS 2024 2024 Awardee: Abdalla Swikir

  Recognized as a finalist for the Best Mobile Manipulation Paper at IROS 2024.

• New Generation Star Project — IROS 2024
  Award IROS 2024 2024 Awardee: Abdalla Swikir

  Project highlighted as a New Generation Star at IROS 2024.

• IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters (RA-L) 2023 Best Paper Award
  Award IEEE RA-L 2024 Awardee: Abdalla Swikir

  The 2023 RA-L Best Paper Award, announced in 2024.

• European Commission Innovation Radar Recognition — Bi-Stiffness Actuator (BSA)
  Award EU Innovation 2024 Awardee: Abdalla Swikir

  Recognized for the BSA enabling compliant, gravity-aware, and inertia-coupled behaviors in elastic-joint robots.

2023

• The 1st Workshop on Formal Methods Techniques in Robotics Systems: Design and Control, IROS’23
  Event IROS 2023 2023 organized by: Abdalla Swikir

  Kickoff workshop on formal methods for robotics systems.

• IEEE CSS George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award — 2023
  Award IEEE TAC 2023 Awardee: Abdalla Swikir

  Awarded for the best article in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

• IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine — Cover Feature
  Media IEEE RAM 2023

  Featured on the cover of IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine.

• Patent Filed: 3D-Printed Delta Arm Attachment for Agricultural Mobile Robots
  Patent Application 202221042163 2023 Inventor: Swapnil Mane

  Swapnil Mane filed patent application 202221042163 in 2023 for a modular delta arm attachment that broadens the manipulation capabilities of agricultural mobile robots.

2021

• Munich Excellence Initiative COMET: Joint Publications Workshop — 2021 Robotics Forum & MIRMI Summer School (Imperial College London × Technical University of Munich)
  Event Summer School 2021 organized by: Abdalla Swikir

  Joint summer school and publications workshop between Imperial and TUM.

• Patent Granted: Multi-Purpose Sanitization Chamber (Australia)
  Patent Patent No. AU2021103619 2021 Inventor: Swapnil Mane

  Australian patent AU2021103619, granted in 2021 to Swapnil Mane, covers a flexible sanitization chamber designed for rapid disinfection across multiple use cases.

2020

• ICL–MSRM Academic Online Workshop: Joint Workshop between Imperial College London and Technical University of Munich
  Event Online Workshop 2020 organized by: Abdalla Swikir

  Academic workshop jointly organized by Imperial and TUM.

2018

• Best Student Paper Award — Finalist, Indian Control Conference (ICC’18)
  Award ICC 2018 2018 Awardee: Abdalla Swikir

  Finalist for Best Student Paper at the 4th Indian Control Conference.

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