Taskin Padir
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office
- 527 ISEC
- 617.373.8114
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Research Focus
Humanoid robots, dexterous manipulation, model-based robot design, human-supervised robot autonomy, medical cyber-physical systems
Education
- PhD (2004), Purdue University, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- MS (1997), Purdue University, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- BS (1993), Middle East Technical University, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Honors & Awards
- Kalenian Award for Entrepreneurial Spirit
- HEART: Humans Empowered with Assistive Robot Technologies
- Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education
Professional Affiliations
- IEEE
- Robotics and Automation
- Control Systems
- Systems, Man and Cybernetics
- Computer; Engineering in Medicine and Biology
- Education Societies
- The American Society for Engineering Education
- Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
- Sigma Xi
Research Overview
Humanoid robots, dexterous manipulation, model-based robot design, human-supervised robot autonomy, medical cyber-physical systems
Selected Research Projects
- Accessible Testing on Humanoid-Robot-R5 and Evaluation of NASA Administered (ATHENA) Space Robotics Challenge
- – Principal Investigator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Bridging the Digital Gap and Identifying Cross-Cultural Pathways for Adoption of IoT Technologies to Support Super-Aging Societies in the U.S. and Japan
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
- Co-worker Robots to Impact Seafood Processing (CRISP): Designs, Tools and Methods for Enhanced Worker Experience
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
Research Centers and Institutes
Director
Institute for Experiential Robotics
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- D.A. Sinyukov, T. Padir, CWave: Theory and Practice of a Fast Single-Source Any- Angle Path Planning Algorithm, Robotica, 38(2), 2020
- A.O. Onol, P. Long, T. Padir, Contact-Implicit Trajectory Optimization Based on a Variable Smooth Contact Model and Successive Convexification, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2019
- M. Zhong, J. Wu, Y. Yan, J. Hajjar, T. Padir, Towards Automated Post-Disaster Damage Assessment of Critical Infrastructure with Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, IEEE International Symposium onTechnologies for Homeland Security, Woburn, October 23-24, 2018
- X. Long, M. Wonsick, V. Dimitrov, T. Padır, Anytime Multi-Task Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots, In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE/ RSJ International Conference, 2017, 4452-4459
Oct 30, 2020
Water on Moon Might Lead to Colonization or Trip to Mars
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir is hoping that the recent discovery of water on the moon might serve as a stepping stone before eventually reaching Mars.
Oct 07, 2020
Using Robots for Testing Medical Protective Equipment
During the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic, ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir and his research team, including electrical engineering co-op students, created a method to use robotic technology to assist manufacturers in the testing of surgical masks and gowns, which otherwise would have been shipped to testing facilities that could take months for results.
Sep 10, 2020
Faculty and Staff Awards 2020
Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2019-2020 academic school year.
Aug 28, 2020
Northeastern receives NSF-JST Planning Grant in Support of Super-Aging Societies
Northeastern researchers comprised of Taskin Padir (ECE), Deniz Erdogmus (ECE), Misha Pavel (Khoury, BCHS), and Carmen Sceppa (BCHS) received a planning grant from the NSF-JST Smart and Connected Communities program to focus on team-building, user-centered design ideation, and community participation activities to develop a tight and sustainable collaboration among U.S.-Japan researchers
Jun 22, 2020
Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Seafood Industry
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir was awarded a $200k NSF RAPID grant for “Accelerating the Future of Work? Understanding Future Shifts in Technology Adoption in the Seafood Industry in Response to the COVID19 Pandemic.”
Apr 24, 2020
Padir Elected to Robotics and Remote Systems Executive Committee
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir has been elected for a three-year term to the Executive Committee of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division of the American Nuclear Society.
Feb 18, 2020
NU Team Selected for NASA’s Big Idea Challenge
Congratulations to the Northeastern team that was selected as an awardee of the Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge.
Dec 16, 2019
NU Team to Compete in 2020 Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge
Congratulations to the Northeastern team, advised by ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir, who was one of ten teams selected as finalists for the NASA 2020 RASC-AL Special Edition: Moon to Mars Ice & Prospecting Challenge.
Sep 20, 2019
Improving the Capabilities of Humanoid Robots in Nuclear Facilities
ECE Associate Professor Taskin Padir, in collaboration with Holly Yanco from University of Massachusetts Lowell, was awarded a $400K NSF grant for the “Cooperative Control of Humanoid Robots for Remote Operations in Nuclear Environments”
Sep 09, 2019
Coordinating Object Handovers Between Robots and Humans
Bouve Professor Eugene Tunik (PI) on the project, ECE Professor Deniz Erdogmus, Associate Professor Taskin Padir and Bouve Associate Research Scientist Mathew Yarossi were award a $760K NSF grant for the “Coordination of Dyadic Object Handover for Human-Robot Interactions”.