Researcher
Francis wyffels
- Disciplines:Machine learning and decision making, Field and service robotics, Robot structures, Automation, feedback control and robotics, Robot manipulation and interfaces, Robotic systems architectures and programming, Mobile and distributed robotics, Human-centred and life-like robotics, Curriculum and pedagogical theory and development, Adaptive agents and intelligent robotics, Physical system modelling, Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogics, Didactics of school subjects
Affiliations
- Department of Electronics and information systems (Department)
Member
From1 Aug 2007 → Today
Projects
1 - 10 of 23
- iSTEM - STEM education for everyone - year 2024-2025From15 Dec 2023 → TodayFunding: Department Education and Training
- Intelligent Warehousing E-commerce CobotsFrom1 May 2023 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- Quantifying feedbacks between forest structure, light, microclimate and carbon cycling using distributed photonic sensorsFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - projects
- iStem inkleuren en STEMvoordeBasis, een interassociatie-cel om scholen te ondersteunen in STEM-didactiekFrom15 Dec 2022 → 14 Dec 2023Funding: Department Education and Training
- Modular system for instrumentation of everyday objects to accelerate robotic learningFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Data-driven autonomous long-term interaction for social robotsFrom1 Oct 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Modular system for instrumentation of everyday objects to accelerate robotic learningFrom1 Oct 2022 → 31 Oct 2022Funding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- iStem en lerend netwerk basisonderwijs: de sleutels voor een inhoudelijk duurzame implementatie van de nieuwe eindtermen voor S,T,E en M in het onderwijsFrom15 Dec 2021 → 14 Dec 2022Funding: Department of Education and Training (pre memore - not applicable)
- Smart Control for Precision Mechanical Weed Management on a Mobile Robot PlatformFrom1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Simultaneous Evolution of a Seahorse Tail based Robotic Manipulator and Controller.From1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
Publications
41 - 50 of 98
- Design of a bio-inspired compliant quadruped robot for research on closed-loop locomotion control(2019)
Authors: Gabriel Urbain, Alexander Vandesompele, Francis wyffels, Joni Dambre, Andrea Santuy
Pages: 68 - 69 - Bringing computer science education to secondary school : a teacher first approach(2018)
Authors: Tom Neutens, Francis wyffels
Pages: 840 - 845 - Solis : a smart interactive system for houseplants caring(2018)
Authors: Arno Penders, Johanna Octavia, Michiel Caron, Fay de Haan, Thomas Devoogdt, Samnang Nop, Anthony McAtear, Olivier Pieters, Francis wyffels, Steven Verstockt, et al.
Number of pages: 1 - Teaching computing in primary school : create or fix?(2018)
Authors: Tom Neutens, Francis wyffels
Number of pages: 1 - Do-it-yourself design for social robots(2017)
Authors: Cesar Vandevelde, Francis wyffels, Bram Vanderborght, Jelle Saldien
Pages: 86 - 94 - OTO : A DIY platform for mobile social robots in education(2017)
Authors: Thomas Vervisch, Natan Doms, Sander Descamps, Cesar Vandevelde, Francis wyffels, Steven Verstockt, Jelle Saldien, W Lepuschitz, M Merdan, G Koppensteiner, et al.
Pages: 257 - 262 - Innovative design of a hexapod scorpion through digital production techniques(2016)
Authors: Stephan Flamand, Jelle Saldien, Pieterjan Deconinck, Francis wyffels, Steven Verstockt, Robbe Terryn, Mohammad Tohki, Gurvinder Virk
Pages: 267 - 277 - Design and evaluation of a DIY construction system for educational robot kits(2016)
Authors: Cesar Vandevelde, Francis wyffels, Maria-Cristina Ciocci, Bram Vanderborght, Jelle Saldien
Pages: 521 - 540 - Developing an embodied gait on a compliant quadrupedal robot(2015)
Authors: Jonas Degrave, Ken Caluwaerts, Joni Dambre, Francis wyffels
Pages: 4486 - 4491 - Transfer learning of gaits on a quadrupedal robot(2015)
Authors: Jonas Degrave, Michaël Burm, Pieter-Jan Kindermans, Joni Dambre, Francis wyffels
Pages: 69 - 82
Linked dataset
1 - 3 of 3
- Leveraging FSPMs for Unconventional Computing with Plants (Creator)
- High-resolution time series of leaf length and leaf thickness of strawberry and tomato measured in a growth chamber (Creator)
- Close range hyperspectral camera dataset with high temporal resolution of strawberry with eco-physiological data of one leaf (Creator)