PROF.
ERDINC ALTUG Faculty of Mechanical
Engineering |
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Address:
İTÜ Makina Fakültesi,
Office 443, İnönü Caddesi,
No:65, Beyoğlu Istanbul 34437 TURKEY Tel.:
+90 (212) 293-1300 / 2469 Fax:
+90 (212) 245 0795 |
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Education
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Performances
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Suvervising
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Resarch Interests
Design and Control of Novel Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles
Control of Robotics / Mechatronic
Systems
Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Founder and director of the Autonomous Systems Research
Laboratory, which focuses on civil applications of unmanned
aerial and ground vehicles.
Patents
Useful Model |
Rotor Tilt System for Multi-Rotor
Air Vehicles |
pending |
Useful Model |
Crane Delivery System for Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles |
pending |
Useful Model |
System That Provides Communication
Between Autonomous Vehicles and People |
pending |
Useful Model |
Smart Parachute Package Delivery
System |
pending |
Projects
Principal
Investigator: |
Developing an Autonomous Delivery System with a Hybrid Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle |
Published 2 international conference papers, a book chapter is about
to be printed, currently preparing a journal article, 2 students are writing
their M.Sc. thesis, developed a prototype system, filled a patent application,
received 1 citation |
Principal
Investigator: |
’Design and Control of a Jet-propulsion autonomous heavy lift Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle |
Published 1 journal article, 1 international conference paper, 1 M.Sc.
thesis, filled a patent application, one news article in the national press,
developed a prototype system, received 3 citations |
Principal
Investigator: |
Vision-based control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, and use of Vision
for guidance |
Published 3 journal articles, 1 book chapter, 2 conference papers, 2
M.Sc. theses, developed a prototype system, received 135 citations |
Principal
Investigator: |
Development of an Intelligent Human Transporter |
Published 1 journal article, 4 conference papers, 1 M.Sc. thesis,
developed a prototype system, filled a patent application, and two news
articles in the national press, received 6 citations |
Principal
Investigator: |
Development of a 3B Sensor Quadrotor UAV |
Published 2 conference papers, 1 M.Sc. thesis, developed a prototype
system |
Principal
Investigator: |
Adaptive Rotor multi-rotor UAV Design |
Published 1 journal article, 2 conference papers, 1 M.Sc. thesis,
developed a prototype system, filled a patent application, gave a speech at
University, received 139 citations |
Principal
Investigator: |
Design and control of a flapping micro-aircraft |
Published 1 journal, 1 conference paper, 1 M.Sc. thesis, developed a
prototype, and received 9 citations |
Principal
Investigator: |
Image-based control of micro-aircraft in unknown environments |
Published 2 conference papers, 1 M.Sc. thesis, developed a prototype,
received 6 citations |
Researcher: |
Automatic Axle Lowering System for Trucks |
Published 2 journal articles, 2 conference papers, 2 M.Sc. theses,
developed a prototype system, the system went into mass production in Ford
Trucks, received 4 citations |
Advisor: |
The International Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge – GCDC |
Published 1 journal article, 6 M.Sc. theses based on the studies,
developed a prototype, received 135 citations |
Principal
Investigator: |
Load Detection Sensor Applications in Washing Machines |
Published 1 journal article, 1 conference paper, 1 M.Sc. thesis,
developed a prototype, received 30 citations |
Book Chapters
1 |
Erdinç Altuğ, James P. Ostrowski and Camillo J. Taylor, ‘Vision Based
Control of Model Helicopters”, Mobile Robots, Moving Intelligence, Advanced
Robotic Systems International and pro literature Verlag, ISBN 3-86611-284-X,
December 2006. |
2 |
Metin Tarhan, Erdinç Altuğ,
“A Catadioptric and Pan-Tilt-Zoom
Camera Pair Object
Tracking System for UAVs”,
at the book Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles, Kimon P. Valavanis (Editor),
Springer; 1st Edition,
pp. 119-134, ISBN: 978-94-007-1109-9, February 2011. |
3 |
Zehra Ceren, Erdinç Altuğ,
“Image Based and Hybrid Visual
Servo Control of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”, at the book
“Recent Developments in Unmanned Aircraft Systems”, Kimon
P. Valavanis (Editor), Springer; ISBN-13:
978-9400730328, March 21, 2012. |
4 |
Bora C. Yiğit and Erdinç Altuğ, “Visual attitude estimation and
stabilization of flying robots”, Mobile Robots for Dynamics Environments, Edited by: Emin Faruk Kececi and Marco Ceccarelli,
ASME Press Robotics Engineering Book Series, 2015. |
5 |
Makine Mühendisliğine Giriş (in Turkish), Editör:
Prof. Dr. Necdet GEREN, Chapter 16, “Hareket ve Güç
Kaynakları”, ISBN: 978-605-9594-27-1, 08 September
2017 |
6 |
Sinan Alnıpak, Turan Konyalıoğlu, İbrahim Halil Şahin, and Erdinç Altuğ, “Manufacturing of a
Hybrid VTOL UAV Using Rapid Prototyping Techniques”, in Book titled “New
Technologies and Developments in Unmanned Systems” - International Symposium
on Unmanned Systems and The Defense Industry 2022 (ISUDEF '22) to be
published by Springer-Nature, October 2023. |
Journal Papers
1.
E. Altug,
A. Turkmen, “A Novel Mini Jet Engine Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Modeling
and Control”, Unmanned Systems, Vol. 10, No. 01, pp. 31-43 (2022).
2. O. U. Acar, L. Güvenç and E. Altuğ,
“Hardware-in-the-loop Testing of Automatic Lift Dropping System for Heavy
Trucks”, has been accepted for publication in
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, August 2019.
3. E. Altuğ, M.
E. Mumucuoğlu, I. Yüksel,
“Design of an Automatic Item Pick-up System for Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles”, Celal Bayar University Journal of
Science Volume 16, Issue 1, 2020, p 25-33 Doi: 10.18466/cbayarfbe.529996, 2020,
4. A. Kağızman, E. Altug, “Development
of A Low-Cost, Portable and 𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟎 Field of View New 3D LIDAR System for The
Navigation of Autonomous Vehicles”, has been accepted for publication in Süleyman Demirel University
Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, August 2019.
5. T. Keleş, L. Güvenç and E.Altuğ, “ECU controlled
intelligent lift axle dropping and lifting system for heavy trucks”, at the
Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, available online
6 February 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jestch.2019.01.010.
6. Abdurrahman İşbitirici and Erdinç Altuğ, “Design and Control of a Mini
Aerial Vehicle that has Four Flapping-Wings”, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic
Systems, March 2017, DOI: 10.1007/s10846-017-0530-9.
7.
Abdulkerim Fatih Şenkul, Erdinç Altuğ,
“System Design of a
Novel Tilt-Roll Rotor Quadrotor UAV”, Journal of Intelligent
& Robotic Systems, DOI: 10.1007/s10846-015-0301-4, Volume 84, Issue 1, pp
575–599, December 2016.
8.
Onurcan Şahin, Erdinç Altuğ, ”Design and control of a
visual servomechanism for automating corneal cross linking treatment on keratoconus patients”, Turkish Journal of Electricl
Engineering & Computer Sciences, 2014.
9.
Ahmet Yörükoğlu, Erdinç Altuğ, “Estimation of Unbalanced Loads in Washing Machines using Fuzzy Neural Networks”,IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Volume: 18, Issue:
3, pp.
1182 –
1190, DOI:
10.1109/TMECH.2012.2199510, June 2013.
10.
L. Güvenç,
Đ. M. C. Uygan,
K. Kahraman, R. Karaahmetoğlu, Đ. Altay, M. Şentürk,
M. T. Emirler,
A. E. H. Karcı, B.
A.
Güvenç,
E. Altuğ, M. C. Turan, Ö. Ş. Taş, E. Bozkurt, Ü. Özgüner, K.
Redmill, A.
Kurt, B. Efendioğlu, “Cooperative
Adaptive Cruise Control Implementation
of Team Mekar at the Grand
Cooperative
Driving Challenge”, IEEE Transactions on
Intelligent Transportation Systems,
Vol.
13, No. 3, pp. 1062 -1074, September 2012.
11.
Bora Erginer, Erdinç Altuğ, “Design
and Implementation of a Hybrid Fuzzy Logic Controller for a
Quadrotor VTOL Vehicle”, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, Vol 10, No 1, pp. 1-10, 2012.
12.
Zehra Ceren, Erdinç Altuğ, “Image
Based
and Hybrid Visual
Servo Control
of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”, Journal of Intelligent &
Robotic Systems, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 325-344, DOI: 10.1007/s10846-011-9582-4, 2012.
13.
Metin Tarhan, Erdinç Altuğ, “EKF Based Attitude Estimation and Stabilization of a Quadrotor UAV Using Vanishing Points in Catadioptric Images”, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, Volume 62, Numbers 3-4, 587-607, DOI: 10.1007/s10846-010-9459-y, 2011.
14.
Metin Tarhan, Erdinç Altuğ,
“A Catadioptric
and Pan-Tilt-Zoom
Camera
Pair Object Tracking System for UAVs”,
Journal of
Intelligent &
Robotic Systems, Volume
61, Numbers 1-4, 119-134, DOI: 10.1007/s10846-010-9504-x, January 2011.
15.
Burcu Aytekin, Erkin Dincmen, Bilin Aksun
Guvenc,
Erdinc
Altug, Levent Guvenc,
Serhan
Danis,
Tankut Acarman, Volkan Sezer, Oncu
Ararat, Sinan Oncu, “Framework for Development of Driver Adaptive Warning and Assistance Systems that
will be
Triggered
by a
Driver Inattention Monitor”
International
Journal
of Vehicle Design 2010, Vol 52, No:1/2/3/4, pp. 20-37.
16.
Erdinç Altuğ, James Ostrowski ve Camillo J. Taylor, Control of a Quadrotor Helicopter Using Dual Camera Visual Feedback, The International Journal of Robotics Research,
Vol. 24, No. 5, 329-341, 2005.
Conference Papers:
1.
Mustafa Enes Kırmacı,
Hülya Yalçın, Erdinç Altug, "Design, Modelling and Attitude Control of a
Nano-Quadrotor with Dual Microcontroller", 2023 Automatic Control National
Meeting (TOK 2023), Istanbul.
2.
Efecan Becer, Onur Ulusoy, Kemal Turan, Erdinc Altug, “Design and Implementation of an Autonomous Cleaning
Robot to Work Indoors”, 2023 Innovations in
Intelligent Systems and Applications Conference.
3.
Kerim Moral, Erdinç Altuğ, Bader Ayran, “Çok Dronlu
Modüler Bir ̇IHA Yapısının
Tasarımı ve Kontrolü”, Elektrik, Elektronik ve Biyomedikal Mühendisliği Konferansı, ELECO
2022, 24-26 Kasım 2022.
4.
Sinan Alnıpak, Turan Konyalıoğlu, İbrahim Halil Şahin, and Erdinç Altuğ, “Manufacturing of a Hybrid VTOL
UAV Using Rapid Prototyping Techniques”, the International Symposium on
Unmanned Systems and the Defense Industry 2022 (ISUDEF’22) Symposium.
5.
Turan Konyalıoğlu, Sinan Alnıpak, Erdinç Altuğ, “Model Predictive Control of a
Hybrid UAV for Parcel Delivery Applications”, 2021 Aerial Robotic Systems
Physically Interacting with the Environment (AIRPHARO), DOI:
10.1109/AIRPHARO52252.2021.9571035
6.
Abdullah Türkmen, Erdinç Altuğ,
“Design of a Quad-Jet VTOL UAS for Heavy-lift Applications”, 2020 International
Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS'20), Athens, Greece,
September1-3, 2020.
7.
Hüseyin Burak
Kurt ve Erdinç Altuğ, “ORB-SLAM and Inertial Sensor Fussion for GPS Denied Environments for Autonomous Car
Localization”, 2018 International Automotive Technologies Conference (OTEKON),
pp. 981-990, 7-8 May 2018, Bursa, Turkey.
8.
Ahmet Kağızman ve
Erdinç Altug, "Acquiring 3D Point Cloud Data and
Object Detection using 2D Laser Scanner (LIDAR) for Autonomous Vehicles”, 2018
International Automotive Technologies Conference (OTEKON), pp. 933-942, 7-8 May
2018, Bursa, Turkey.
9.
Hüseyin Burak
Kurt and Erdinç Altug, "Development of an
Autonomous UAV Platform for Advanced Research Applications”, presented at the
2017 International Conference on Mechatronics Systems and Control Engineering
(ICMSCE 2017), Abdullah Gül University, Kayseri,
Turkey, February 2-4, 2017.
10.
Erdinç Altuğ, Sükrü Yaren Gelbal, Mehmet Kabil Gültekin, and Emin Faruk Keçeci, “Localization
of an Autonomous Personnel Carrying Vehicle in Indoor Environments”, 2017
International Conference on Mechatronics Systems and Control Engineering
(ICMSCE 2017), pp 38-41, Abdullah Gül University,
Kayseri, Turkey, February 2-4, 2017.
11.
Sukru Yaren Gelbal, Erdinc Altug, Faruk Kececi, "Design and HIL Setup of an Autonomous Vehicle
for Crowded Environments", 2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced
Intelligent Mechatronics, in Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 12–15, 2016.
12.
Abdurrahman İşbitirici, Erdinc Altug, “Design of a Flapping-wing Aerial Vehicle based on
four-bar mechanism”, presented at the 2016 International Conference on Unmanned
Aircraft Systems (ICUAS'16), in Arlington, VA, USA on June 7-10, 2016.
13.
Fatih Senkul, Sukru Yaren Gelbal,
Erdinc Altug, “Manufacturing and Flight Tests of a
Quadrotor UAS with Tiltable Rotors”, presented at the
2016 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS'16), in
Arlington, VA, USA on June 7-10, 2016.
14.
Taylan Keleş, Ahmet Aray, Ufuk Özdemir,
Levent Güvenç, Erdinç
Altuğ, “Implementation of Automatic Lift Axle System for Trucks with Mechanical
Suspension”, the third International Symposium on Innovative Technologies in
Engineering and Science (ISITES), 2015, pp 804- 813.
15.
Abdurrahman İşbitirici ve Erdinç Altuğ, “Dört Çubuk Mekanizması Kullanarak Mikro Hava Aracı İçin
Kanat Mekanizması Tasarımı”, Uluslararası katılımlı 17. Makina Teorisi Sempozyumu, İzmir 2015.
16.
Fatih Şenkul, Yaren Gelbal and Erdinç Altuğ, “Uçan Robotlar için Yönlendirilebilir
Rotor Sistemi Tasarımı ve Kontrolü”, Türkiye
Robotbilim Konferansı’nın (ToRK), İstanbul, 26-27 Ekim 2015.
17.
Fatih Şenkul,
Erdinç Altuğ, “Adaptive Control of a Tilt – Roll Rotor Quadrotor UAV ”, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(ICUAS'14), Florida USA, 27-30 May 2014.
18.
O. U. Acar, T. Keleş,
Z. Koç, Ş. Güner, M. Duruş, E. Altuğ, L. Güvenç,
“Development of Automatic Lift Axle System for Trucks with Mechanical
Suspensions”, IFAC Workshop on Advances in Control and Automation Theory for
Transportation Applications (ACATTA 2013).
19.
Fatih Şenkul,
Erdinç Altuğ, “Modeling and Control of a Novel Tilt – Roll Rotor Quadrotor
UAV”, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS'13), Atlanta
USA, 28-31 May 2013.
20.
Bora Yiğit, Erdinç Altuğ, “Visual
attitude stabilization of a unmanned helicopter in
unknown environments with an embedded single-board computer”, IEEE
International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE), pp. 49 –
54, 16-18 Nov. 2012.
21.
Taylan Keleş, O. U. Acar, A.
O. Öztürk, Z.
Koç, M.
Duruş, E. Altuğ, L.
Güvenç, “Kamyonlarda Otomatik Dingil
Đndirme Sistemi
Algoritması
ve Simülatörü Geliştirilmesi”, 6. Otomotiv Teknolojileri Kongresi (OTEKON), 4-5 June 2012.
22.
Ahu Ece Hartavi
Karcı, Đ. M. C. Uygan,
M. C. Turan, R. Karaahmetoğlu,
M. Şentürk,
Ö.Ş. Taş,
K. Kahraman,
L. Güvenç,
B. A. Güvenç, Ü. Özgüner,
E. Altuğ, B. Efendioğlu, “Kooperatif Araç Tasarım ve
Kontrol
Esasları”, 6. Otomotiv Teknolojileri Kongresi (OTEKON), 4-5 June 2012.
23.
Murat C. Turan, Ahu E. Hartavi, and
Erdinç Altuğ, “Development of a Rule Based Upper Level Control Algorithm for a
Co-operative Vehicle in Automated Highway System”, IEEE International
Conference on Vehicular Electronics and Safety (ICVES’12), pp. 454-459,
İstanbul, Turkey, July 24-27, 2012.
24.
Burcu Aytekin,
Erdinç Altuğ, “Increasing Driving Safety with a Multiple Vehicle Detection and
Tracking System using Ongoing Vehicle Shadow Information”, IEEE International
Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics (SMC’10), (1062-922X)
(978-1-4244-6586-6), 2010, pp. 3650-3656, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010.
25.
Zehra Ceren, Erdinç Altuğ,
“Vision-based Servo Control of a Quadrotor Air Vehicle”, IEEE International
Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA2009),
DCC, Daejeon, Korea, December 15 - 18, 2009.
26.
Başar Denizer,
Erdinç Altuğ, “Design of a Cheap Tracked Mobile Robot for Map Building Tasks”,
IEEE IECON 2009 the 35th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics
Society, Porto, Portugal, pp. 2219-2224, 3-5 November 2009.
27.
Metin Tarhan,
Erdinç Altuğ, “Control of a Quadrotor Air Vehicle by Vanishing Points in
Catadioptric Images”, IEEE ISOT 2009 International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies Istanbul, Turkey, 21-23 September 2009.
28.
Ahmet Yörükoğlu, Erdinç Altuğ,
“Determining the Mass and Angular Position of the Unbalanced Load in Horizontal
Washing Machines”, 2009 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced
Intelligent Mechatronics Suntec Convention and Exhibition Center, Singapore,
pp. 118-123, July 14-17, 2009.
29.
Burcu Aytekin, Erdinç Altuğ, “Bilgisayarlı Görü Yöntemi ile Araç Belirleme ve Takibi”, TOK'09 Otomatik Kontrol
Türk
Milli Komitesi
Toplantısı, Yıldız
Technical University, Đstanbul, Ekim
2009.
30.
Zehra Ceren,
Erdinç Altuğ, “Bilgisayarlı Quadrotor Hava
Aracının
Görüntü Tabanlı Servo Kontrolü”, TOK'09 Otomatik Kontrol
Türk Milli Komitesi
Toplantısı, Yıldız Technical University, Đstanbul, Ekim
2009.
31.
Başar Denizer, Erdinç Altuğ, “Harita Çıkarma Uygulamaları
için Paletli
bir Robot Tasarımı”, TOK'08 Otomatik Kontrol
Türk Milli Komitesi Toplantısı, Đstanbul, November 2008.
32.
Zehra
Ceren, Erdinç Altuğ, “Uçan robotlarda
Kamera ile Poz Tahmin Edilmesi”, TOK'08 Otomatik Kontrol Türk
Milli Komitesi Toplantısı, Đstanbul, November 2008.
33.
Serhan Daniş, Burcu
Aytekin, Erkin Dinçmen,
Volkan Sezer,
Öncü
Ararat, Sinan Öncü, Bilin Aksun
Güvenç,
Tankut Acarman, Erdinç Altuğ and Levent
Güvenç, “Framework For Development Of
Driver Adaptive Warning and Assistance Systems That will be Triggered by a Driver Inattention Monitor”, OTEKON’08, 4th Automotive Technologies
Congress, June 01-04, 2008, Bursa.
34.
Bora Erginer, Erdinc Altug, “Modeling and PD Control of a Quadrotor VTOL
Vehicle”, IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium, İstanbul, June 2007.
35.
S. Karaman, M. Aksugur,
T. Baltaci, M. Bronz, C. Kurtulus, E. Altug, G. Inalhan, L. Guvenc, “Aricopter :
Aerobotic Platform for Advances in Flight, Vision
Controls and Distributed Autonomy”, IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium,
İstanbul, June 2007.
36.
Bora Erginer, Erdinç Altuğ, “Dört Rotorlu
Bir Helikopterin
Bulanık Kontrolü”, TOK'07, Otomatik Kontrol Türk Milli Komitesi
Toplantısı, September
2007, Istanbul.
37.
Erdinç Altuğ, “Control of a Tethered Aerial Platform for
Acquiring Aerial Images”, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics,
Aachen- Germany, September 2004.
38.
Erdinç Altuğ and Camillo J. Taylor, “Vision-based Pose
Estimation and Control of a Model Helicopter”, International Conference on
Mechatronics, İstanbul, June 2004.
39.
Erdinç Altuğ, James P. Ostrowski and Camillo Taylor,
“Quadrotor Control using Dual Visual Feedback”, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 4294-4299, Taipei,
Taiwan, September 2003.
40.
Erdinç
Altuğ, James Ostrowski and Vijay Kumar, “Design and Control of a Quadrotor
Helicopter”, University of Pennsylvania PENN Graduate Research Symposium, 2002.
41.
Erdinç Altuğ, James P. Ostrowski and Robert Mahony “Control
of a Quadrotor Helicopter using Visual Feedback”, Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pp. 72-77, Washington,
D.C., May 2002.
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[Updated on October 23, 2023]