People

Group leader

Roel Pieters

Professor
Intelligent Machines and Robotics
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Tampere University
+358504478347
roel.pieters@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6728-304X

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About me

I lead the Cognitive Robotics research group. My research interests are in enabling humans and robots to interact and collaborate.

Responsibilities

Co-responsible for TAU's robotics major studies and Robolab Tampere

Research topics

Human-robot collaboration
Cognitive robotics
Foundation models (VLM, LLM) for robotics
Robot design

Research unit

Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering

Research career

I obtained my MSc and PhD in robotics at Eindhoven University of Technology (NL) in 2009 and 2013, respectively. I was a postdoctoral researcher in ETH Zurich (CH) from 2013 to 2016 and in Aalto University (FI) from 2016 to 2017.
Since September 2017 I lead the Cognitive Robotics research group at Tampere University.

Selected publications

Cognitive Robotics group

Postdoc

James Fant-Male

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Tampere University
+358503003448
james.fant-male@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3587-7593

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About me

Postdoctoral research fellow in the cognitive robotics research group. I work on research projects enabling collaboration between humans and robots through improved perception, intelligence and control.

Research topics

Humans-Robot Collaboration

Robot perception and decision making

AI and machine learning methods

Research unit

Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering

Research career

Postdoctoral Research Fellow; Cognitive Robotics; Tampere University; 2024-Present

Lecturer (Teaching); Electrical Engineering and Robotics; University of Bath; 2022-2024

PhD; Perception, Reasoning and Action Planning for Human-Robot Collaboration using Machine-Learning Methods; University of Bath; 2019-2023

MEng; Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering; University of Bath; 2014-2019

Alexandre Angleraud

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Tampere University
+358504310846
alexandre.angleraud@tuni.fi

PhD Students

Rami Ojanen

Doctoral Researcher
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Tampere University
rami.ojanen@tuni.fi

Ossi Parikka

Doctoral Researcher
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Tampere University
+358505964521
ossi.parikka@tuni.fi

Noora Sassali

Doctoral Researcher
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Tampere University
+358504738344
noora.sassali@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9670-1666

Iftekher Hossain

Doctoral Researcher
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Tampere University
+358504620688
iftekher.hossain@tuni.fi

Quentin Houbre

Doctoral Researcher
Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering
quentin.houbre@tuni.fi

Aparajita Chowdhury

Doctoral researcher
Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering
aparajita.chowdhury@tuni.fi

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Responsibilities

Project: AI Hub Tampere

Kulunu Samarawickrama

Doctoral researcher
Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering
kulunu.samarawickrama@tuni.fi

Osama Tasneem

Doctoral researcher
Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering
osama.tasneem@tuni.fi

Researchers, Master students and research assistents

Eetu Airaksinen

Researcher
Teacher
Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering
eetu.airaksinen@tuni.fi