Biomimetic and Cognitive Robotics Lab
Tezpur University
BCR@TU conducts research in the area of Cognitive Robotics and Knowledge Representation & Reasoning.
We are particularly interested in Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning. This translates into
interest in Cognitive Vision and Rehabilitation Robotics.
Our research within Cognitive Robotics and KR &R is driven by biomimetics i.e.,
examination of nature particularly human intelligence and skills, its models, systems, processes,
and elements to emulate or take inspiration from these designs and processes.
For development of prostheses and assistive devices within Rehabilitation Robotics
we undertake biomimetic design, which is NOT JUST A COPY of the geometry!
For us biomimetic design is biomimetic geometry together with functional biomimesis.
Research Areas
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Qualitative Spatial and Temporal Reasoning
QSTR vis-à-vis Learning.
Ontology Driven Contextual Reasoning.
QSTR in Practice
QSTR vis-à-vis Firewalls
TRBAC for Workflow
Online Handwriting Recognition
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Rehabilitation Robotics
Machine Learning vis-à-vis Bio-signals.
Neuro-bionic Prosthetic Hand.
Intelligent Assistive Systems.
Computational Cognitive Architecture.
Non-invasive Prostheses.
BCI-based Controlled Wheelchair
Projects
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Current Projects
1. Design and Development of Cost-Effective Bio-signals controlled Prosthetic Hand
2. Design and Development of a Dynamic Firewall Solution
3. BCI-based Cognitively Enabled Wheel Chair
4. Ontology Driven Semantic Analysis in Geospatial Dynamics
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Past Projects
1. Qualitative Grasp Synthesis – A Formal Approach
2. Ontology based Semantic Search
3. Qualitative Framework for Task Planning of iCub Arm
4. GA for Combinatorial Optimization.
Members
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Current Members
Name Adity Saikia Bobby Sharma Juwesh Binong Mantoo Kaiborto Mitashree Kalita Monjyoti Das Nayan Basumatary Nayan M Kakoty Nayantara Kotoky Nibedita Chanda Pritom Rajkhowa Rupam Baruah Shobhanjana Kalita Shyamanta Hazarika Simanta Bordoloi Udayan Baruah Upasana Talukdar Zubeen Bhuyan -
Past Members
Name Alexy Bhowmick Bibha Roy Biman Das Gitimoni Saikia Jyoti Prasad Rabha Kingkor Barman Maitreyee Saikia Pintoo Singh Rituparna Karmakar Saurav Dutta Sikdar Md. Askari Subhajit Ghosh Uttam Malakar Ujjal Sharma
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Name Organization Amitabh Mukerjee IIT Kanpur, India Anthony G Cohn Univ. of Leeds, England Brandon Bennett Univ. of Leeds, England Christian Freksa Univ. of Bremen, Germany Ernest Davis New York University, USA Hans Guesgen Massey University, New Zealand Mehul Bhatt Univ. of Bremen, Germany N Subramanium CDAC, Bangalore, India Snehasis Mukhopadhyay IUPU, Indianapolis, USA Stefan Woelf University of Freiburg, Germany Subir Kr. Saha IIT Delhi, India