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I. Curriculum Vitae
Metin Sitti
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering Department and Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Ave., Carnegie Mellon University, SH 315, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
Tel: 412-268-3632
Fax: 412-268-3348
E-Mail: msitti@andrew.cmu.edu
Home Pages: http://www.me.cmu.edu/people/faculty/sitti.htm
http://www.ri.cmu.edu/people/sitti_metin.html
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~msitti/
Research Interests:
x Robotics
o Micro/Nanorobotic Systems
o Mechatronic Design, Analysis, and Control
o Surgical and Space Microrobots
o Automatic and Teleoperated Control
o Virtual Reality and Haptic Interfaces
x Micro/Nanoscale Science and Engineering
o Nanoscale Manufacturing, Assembly, and Manipulation
o Nanoscale System Integration
o Micro/Nanoelectromechanical Systems
o Biomimetic Micro/Nanoscale Structures, Actuators, Mechanisms and Sensors
o Polymer Nanofabrication
o Manipulated and Directed Self-Assembly
o Scanning Probe Microscopy
Education:
x University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Ph.D./Dr.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, September 1999.
Supervisor: Prof. Hideki Hashimoto
Thesis Title: Teleoperated 2-D Micro/Nanomanipulation using Atomic Force Microscope.
Thesis Committee: Hideki Hashimoto, Fumio Harashima, Hiroyuki Fujita, Yasuhiko Arakawa, Yoichi
Hori, and Katsushi Ikeuchi.
Keywords: Micro/Nanorobotics, Atomic Force Microscopy, Tele-Robotics, Nanomanipulation,
Micro/Nano Physics, Haptic Devices, Micro/Nanoassembly, MEMS Nanoprobes.
x Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, September
1994.
Supervisor: Prof. Isil H. Bozma and Prof. Ahmet Denker
Thesis Title: Visual Tracking: An Integration of Control and Vision
Keywords: Visual Servoing, Robot Control, Computer Vision.
x Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, July 1992.
x Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, B.Sc. in Physics (double major with EE), July 1992.
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Professional Experience:
Research
2002-present: Assistant Professor at the Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering
Department, Pittsburgh, PA.
2002-present: Assistant Professor at the Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh,
PA.
1999- 2002: Research Scientist at the University of California at Berkeley, Department of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Robotics Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
1996-1999: Research Assistant at the University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science,
Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan.
1994-1996: Research Engineer at TUBITAK (Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council)
Marmara Research Center, CAD/CAM Robotics Department, Gebze, Kocaeli,
Turkey.
Teaching
Spring 2002: Lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley, Department of Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science:
Title: EECS 290G, Micro/Nano-Robotics
(Advanced Topics in MEMS, Microsensors and Microactuators)
Graduate Level
Enrollment: 26 + 12 audits
Student Evaluation Results:
Rate of the overall teaching effectiveness: 5.3/7
Spring 2001: Guest Lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley, Bioengineering
Department:
Title: Introduction to Micro/Nanotechnology: Bio-MEMS
Senior and Graduate levels
Instructor: Luke P. Lee
Enrollment: 60
1992-1994: Teaching Assistant at the Bogazici University, Physics Department, Istanbul,
Turkey:
Mathematical Physics: Junior level, Instructor: Alpar Sevgen, Enrollment: 35
Advanced Mechanics: Junior level, Instructor: Meral Serdaroglu, Enrollment: 45
Advanced Physics Experiments: Senior level, Instructor: Metin Arik, Enrollment: 30
Modern Physics: Freshman and Sophmore levels, Enrollment: 400
Other Activities
February 1998: Visiting Researcher in the CNRS, Institute of Microsystems, University of France-
Comte, Besancon, France, for a month with the Japanese Science Promotion Society
Fellowship, working on piezoresistive MEMS probes for micro/nano manipulation.
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Honors and Awards
2002: Best Video Award in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference (ICRA'02) for the
research video entitled, "The Micromechanical Flying Insect".
2001: Anton Philips Best Student Paper Nomination in the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Conference (ICRA'01) for the research paper entitled, "Development of a Scaled
Teleoperation System for Nano Scale Interaction and Manipulation" (Six papers are
nominated out of around 1200 papers).
2000: Best Paper Nomination in the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference (ICRA'00)
for the research paper entitled, "Wing Transmission for a Micromechanical Flying
Insect" (Five papers are nominated out of around 1100 qualified papers).
1998: Best Paper Award in the IEEE/RSJ Intelligent Robot Systems Conference (IROS'98)
for the research paper entitled, "Tele-Nanorobotics Using Atomic Force Microscope".
1998: Japanese Science Promotion Society (JSPS) Research Fellowship.
1996-1999: Monbusho Research Fellowship during all Ph.D. education from the Japanese
Ministry of Education.
1989-1994: Education Fellowship from TELETAS Inc. (one of the major telecommunication
companies in Turkey) for excellent academic achievement.
1987: Ranked 99th from around 1,000,000 students at the National University Entrance
Exam in Turkey.
Patents
2002: Metin Sitti and Ronald S. Fearing, "Synthetic Gecko Foot-Hair Fabrication," filed by
UC Berkeley, 15 May 2002 (pending).
Research Grants
Oct. 2002: Berkman Faculty Development Fund grant, $5,500.
PI: Metin Sitti
Nov. 2002: NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering, NSF 02-148, Nanoscale Exploratory
Research proposal, "Atomic Force Microscope Probe based Dielectrohphoretic
Transport and 3D Assembly of Nanoobjects," $100,000/1 year (pending)
PI: Metin Sitti
Jan. 2003: NSF Major Research Instrumentation, "Development of a New Generation of
Proximal Probe-based Characterization and Manipulation/Manufacturing Tools,"
$800,000 (selected as one of the three proposals to be submitted from CMU, and
pending)
PIs: Metin Sitti, Tomasz Kowalewski, Elias Towe, and James Schneider
Dec. 2002: NASA RASC Program, "WaalBots: Revolutionary Miniature Space Robots," around
$3,000,000/5 years (pending)
PIs: Metin Sitti and William Whittaker
Jan. 1999: Monbusho Outstanding Research Grant for excellent research achievement related
to Nanorobotics and Nanotechnology, "Tele-Nanorobotics using Atomic Force
Microscope probes," around $500,000/1 year.
PI: Metin Sitti
July 1998: Research grant for the Tele-Nanorobotics project from the Institute of Industrial
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Science, University of Tokyo, around $70,000/1 year.
PI: Metin Sitti
1998: Conference attendance grants from C&C, NEC Co., Engineering Faculty of the
University of Tokyo, and TUBITAK.
Scientific Activities
x Technical Committee Chair, IEEE Nanotechnology Council, Nanorobotics and Nano-
manufacturing Technical Committee, Feb. 2002-present.
x Subcommittee Chair for Continuing Education, ASME MEMS Division, Dec. 2002-present.
x Program Committee Member at the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, 2001 and 2003,
and International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Technology & Automation, Dec. 2001.
x Invited Talks
o IEEE ICRA'03 conference related to nanomanufacturing, May 2003, Taiwan.
o IEEE ICRA'01 conference related to bio-nanotechnology, May 2001, Seoul, Korea.
o IEEE MHS'99 related to nanomanipulation, October 1999, Nagoya, Japan.
x Organizer, Chair, and Presenter
o NSF Workshop on Nanoscale Dynamics, Systems and Control, Denver, June 2003.
o ASME IMECE'03 Conference, Nanoscale Dynamics, Systems and Control Symposium,
Washington DC, USA, Nov. 2003.
o IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, Micro/Nano Manipulation
Invited Session, Atlanta, USA, 21 Sept. 1999.
o IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Nanorobotics and Nanomanipualtion Special
Session, Maui, Hawaii, USA, Oct. 2001.
o IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, Micro/Nano Mechatronics
for Nanotechnology Tutorial, Atlanta, 9 Sept. 1999.
x Reviewer for the IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, IEEE Trans. on Robotics and
Automation, IEEE Proceedings, Journal of Micromechatronics, Advanced Robotics, Journal of
Adhesion Science and Technology, and Telepresence journals.
x Conference Presentations: IEEE-NANO'01-`02, Gordon Research Conference on Adhesion
-'02, ICRA'99-'00-'01-`02, IROS'98-'99, STM'99, AIM'99, MHS'98-'99, etc.
x Society Memberships
x American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
x Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
x American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
x Robotics Society of Japan (RSJ)
Attended Projects
1999-2002: Biologically Inspired Micromechanical Flying Insect Project
x Aim: Using biomimetic insect flight mechanism principles to design, fabricate and control the
flying micromechanical insect robot with exceptional flight performance, and real fly size.
x Project Team: Robotics Laboratory (Prof. Ronald S. Fearing and Prof. Shankar Sastry), MEMS
Laboratory (Prof. Kris Pister), Material Science and Engineering Department (Prof. Timothy D.
Sands), Integrative Biology Department (Prof. Michael H. Dickinson), and Department of
Mechanical Engineering (Prof. Dorian Liepmann) at the University of California, Berkeley.
x Keywords: Biomimetic Robotics, Insect Aerodynamics, Micromechatronics, Laser Micro-
machining, MEMS, Smart Sensors, Actuators and Control, Rapid Prototyping, Microassembly,
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Distributed Intelligent Systems, Hybrid System Control, Virtual Simulator.
x My Contribution: Design, analysis, fabrication, characterization, and control of the
micromechanical wing mechanisms and PZT and PZN-PT based unimorph actuators.
x Milestone Publications:
Michael H. Dickinson, F. Lehmann, and Sanjay P. Sane, "Wing Rotation and the Aerodynamic
Basis of Insect Flight'', Science, vol. 284, no. 5422, pp. 1956-1960, 18 June 1999.
M. Sitti, "Piezoelectrically actuated four-bar mechanism with two flexible links for
micromechanical flying insect thorax," IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, 2002 (under
review).
J. Yan, M. Dickinson, J. Birch, M. Sitti, T. Su, and R. Fearing, "Wing Transmission for a Micro-
mechanical Flying Insect", Journal of Micromechatronics, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 221-237, 2002.
D. Campolo, M. Sitti, and R. Fearing, "Efficient charge recovery method for driving piezoelectric
actuators in low power applications," IEEE Trans. on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency
Control, December 2002 (to appear).
2000-2002: Biomimetic Nanostructures: Gecko Foot-Hair Project
x Aim: Understanding the biomimetic principles of the gecko foot-hair sticking to surfaces for
fabricating novel adhesives, and constructing wall-climbing robots in all environments such as
liquid and air.
x Project Team: IS Robotics Inc., Robotics Laboratory (Prof. Ronald S. Fearing) and Integrative
Biology Department (Prof. Robert J. Full) at the University of California at Berkeley, Mechanical
Engineering Department (Prof. Tom Kenny) at the Stanford University, and Department of
Biology (Prof. Keller Autumn) at Lewis and Clark College.
x Keywords: Biomimetics, Nanotechnology, Nanoforce Modeling, Bio-MEMS, MEMS, Smart
Structures, Scanning Probe Microscopy.
x My Contribution: Design, analysis and characterization of the gecko foot-hair sticking using
nano scale force modeling and Atomic Force Microscopy, and fabrication of the synthetic gecko
hairs using the polymer nanofabrication techniques such as nano-molding.
x Milestone Publications:
K. Autumn, Y. Liang, T. Hsieh, W. Zesch, W.-P. Chan, T. Kenny, R. Fearing, and R.J. Full,
"Adhesive force of a single gecko foot-hair," Nature, vol. 405, pp. 681-685, June 8, 2000.
K. Autumn, M. Sitti, Y. A. Liang, A. Peattie, W. Hansen, S. Sponberg, T. Kenny, R. Fearing, J.
Israelachvili & R. J. Full, "Evidence for van der Waals Attachment by Gecko Foot-Hairs Inspires
Design of Synthetic Adhesive", Proc. Nat. Acad. Science, vol. 99, no. 19, pp. 12252-12256,
September 17, 2002.
M. Sitti and R. S. Fearing, "Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures as dry adhesives,"
Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 2002 (under review).
1998-2000: Tele-Nanorobotics Project
x Aim: Development of the Atomic Force Microscopy, tele-robotics, and advanced
human-machine user interface technologies for micro/nano-robotic applications, i.e. micro/nano
manipulation, observation, and fabrication of 2D micro/nano objects and materials for
micro/nanotechnology, material science, and bioengineering applications.
x Project Team: JEOL Co., Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory (Prof. Fumio Harashima and Prof.
Hideki Hashimoto), and Laboratory for Integrated Micro-Mechatronic Systems (Dr. Moussa
Hoummady, Prof. Hiroaki Fujita and Prof. Yasuhiko Arakawa) at the Institute of Industrial
Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
x Keywords: Micro/Nanorobotics, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Tele-Robotics, Virtual Reality
User Interfaces, Haptic Devices, Precision Positioning and Design, MEMS Microprobes.
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x My Contribution: Project proposal, budget applications, and all research work as my Ph.D.
thesis, and leading two graduate students.
x Milestone Publication:
M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Tele-Nanorobotics Using Atomic Force Microscope as a Robot and
Sensor," Advanced Robotics Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 417-436, 1999.
1998-2000: Tele-Micromanipulation Project (Industrial Project)
x Aim: Low cost and user friendly teleoperated micro scale manipulation system for various
applications such as integrated circuit board quality check, biological sample manipulation,
microassembly, etc.
x Project Team: Sony Inc., and Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory (Prof. Hideki Hashimoto) at
the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
x Keywords: Tele-Microrobotics, Parallel Robot Mechanisms, Advanced Human-Machine
Interfaces, Haptic Devices, Computer Networks.
x My Contribution: Project proposal, design and development of the whole scaled teleoperation
system.
1997-1999: Intelligent Space Project: Multimodal Human-Machine User Interfaces and
Intelligent ATMs (Industrial Project)
x Aim: Using visual face and body motion recognition, and sound information for understanding
the human behavior status for intelligent ATM user interfaces.
x Project Team: OMRON Inc., and Intelligent Mechatronics Laboratory (Prof. Hideki Hashimoto)
at the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
x Keywords: Advanced Human-Machine Interfaces, Computer Vision, Sound Recognition,
Computer Networks.
x My Contribution: Color image processing for segmenting the human face region at real-time.
1996: Chaotic Control of Mechanisms
x Aim: Controlling chaotic systems (robot dynamics) using OGY Method for enabling minimum
power consumption oscillating systems.
x Project Team: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Prof. Yagmur Denizhan),
Bogazici University, Turkey.
x Keywords: Chaos, Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos Control.
x Main Contribution: Developing oscillation control algorithms for robotic mechanisms and
chaotic maps.
1995-1996: Automatic Quality Detection of Textile Fabrics (Industrial Project)
x Aim: Automizing the textile fabric quality control process using real-time computer vision.
x Project Team: CAD/CAM Robotics Department at the TUBITAK Marmara Research Center,
and many textile companies in Turkey.
x Keywords: Computer Vision, Parallel Algorithms, Real-Time Image Processing, Object
Recognition.
x My Contribution: Image processing for segmenting and recognizing the textile fabric defects
using Neural Networks at real-time.
1994-1996: Robot Vision Project
x Aim: Automatic recognition and picking of unknown multiple moving objects on the assembly
lines by robotic manipulators utilizing visual feedback.
x Project Team: CAD/CAM Robotics Department at the TUBITAK Marmara Research Center.
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x Keywords: Robot Vision, Robot Control, Intelligent Control, Object Recognition, Robot
Grasping, Flexible Manufacturing.
x My Contribution: Whole research as my M.Sc. thesis work while leading four research
engineers for developing image processing software and robot control schemes for the
automatic recognition and picking of unknown multiple objects moving on the assembly lines.
1994-1995: Automatic Quality Detection of Painted Surfaces (Industrial Project)
x Aim: Real-time defect detection on the painted metallic surfaces using real-time computer
vision.
x Project Team: Arcelik Inc., and CAD/CAM Robotics Department at the TUBITAK Marmara
Research Center.
x Keywords: Computer Vision, Digital Signal Processors, Statistical Image Processing.
x My Contribution: Implementing and developing the real-time parallel DSP software and
hardware for detecting the color changes on the metallic surfaces by stochastic image
processing techniques.
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III. Publication List
A. Thesis:
1. M. Sitti, "Teleoperated 2-D Micro/Nanomanipulation using Atomic Force Microscope,"
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Sept. 1999.
2. M. Sitti, "Visual Tracking: An Integration of Control and Vision," M.Sc. Thesis, Department of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul, Sept. 1994.
3. M. Sitti, "An Obstacle Avoidance Approach for Mobile Robots Based on the Artificial Potential
Field Approach and Least Squares Method," B.Sc. Engineering Thesis, Department of Electrical
and Electronics Engineering, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul, July 1992.
B. Book Articles:
1. R.S. Fearing, S. Avadhanula, D. Campolo, M. Sitti, J. Yan and R. Wood, "A Micromechanical
Flying Insect Thorax," Neurotechnology for Biomimetic Robots, MIT Press, 2002.
2. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Teleoperated Nano Scale Object Manipulation," Recent Advances in
Mechatronics, pp. 322-335, edited by O. Kaynak, S. Tosunoglu, and M.J. Ang, Springer Verlag
Pub., 1999.
3. M. Sitti, M. Hoummady, and H. Hashimoto, "Trends on Mechatronics for Micro/Nano
Telemanipulation: Survey and Requirements," IFAC Information Control in Manufacturing,
edited by G. Morel and F. B. Vernadat, Elsevier Science Pub., UK, pp. 235-240, 1999.
C. Journal Papers:
1. K. Autumn, M. Sitti, Y. A. Liang, A. Peattie, W. Hansen, S. Sponberg, T. Kenny, R. Fearing, J.
Israelachvili & R. J. Full, "Evidence for Van der Waals Attachment for Geckos," Proc. Nat. Acad.
Science, vol. 99, no. 19, pp. 12252-12256, September 17, 2002.
2. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Teleoperated Touch Feedback of Surfaces at the Nanoscale:
Modeling and Experiments," IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 8, no. 1, March 2003 (to
appear).
3. M. Sitti, "Piezoelectrically Actuated Four-Bar Mechanism with Two Flexible Links for
Micromechanical Flying Insect Thorax," IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 8, no. 1,
March 2003 (to appear).
4. D. Campolo, M. Sitti, and R.S. Fearing, "Efficient charge Recovery Method for Driving
Piezoelectric Actuators in Low Power Applications," IEEE Trans. on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics
and Frequency Control, vol. 50, no. 1, January 2003 (to appear).
5. M. Sitti, "Nanotribological Characterization System by AFM Probe based Controlled Pushing,"
IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, submitted in Sept. 2002 (under review).
6. M. Sitti and R. S. Fearing, "Synthetic gecko foot-hair micro/nano-structures as dry adhesives,"
Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, submitted in Sept. 2002 (under review).
7. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Controlled Pushing of Nanoparticles: Modeling and Experiments,"
IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 199-211, June 2000.
8. J. Yan, M. Dickinson, J. Birch, M. Sitti, T. Su, and R. Fearing, "Wing Transmission for a Micro-
mechanical Flying Insect", Journal of Micromechatronics, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 221-237, 2002.
9. M. Sitti, B. Aruk, K. Shintani, and H. Hashimoto, "Scaled Teleoperation System for Nano Scale
Interaction and Manipulation," Advanced Robotics, January 2003 (to appear).
10. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Two-Dimensional Fine Particle Positioning Under Optical
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Microscope Using a Piezoresistive Cantilever as a Manipulator," Journal of Micromechatronics,
vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 25-48, 2000.
11. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Macro to Nano Tele-Manipulation Towards Nanoelectro-
mechanical Systems," Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, pp. 209-217, vol. 12, no. 3, June
2000.
12. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Tele-Nanorobotics using Atomic Force Microscope as a Robot and
Sensor," Advanced Robotics, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 417-436, 1999.
13. S. Horiguchi, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, "Investigation of Virtual Reality Interface for
AFM-Based Nanomanipulation," IEEJ Trans. on Electronics, Information and Systems (C), pp.
1948-1956, Dec. 2000 (in Japanese).
14. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Micro/Nano Manipulation using Atomic Force Microscope,'Journal
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of Industrial Science Research, University of Tokyo, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 31-33, 1999.
15. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Virtual Reality-Based Teleoperation in the Micro/Nano World,' '
Journal of Industrial Science Research, University of Tokyo, vol. 51, no. 8, pp. 34-36, 1999.
D. Invited Talks and Seminars:
1. M. Sitti, "Issues in Bio-Nanotechnology Education and Research," IEEE Robotics and
Automation Conference, Korea, 24 May 2001.
2. M. Sitti, "Robotics at the Micro/Nano Scale: Tele-Nanorobotics using Nanoprobes, and
Biologically Inspired Micromechanical Flying Insects,"
a. Carnegie Mellon University, Mechanical Engineering Department, 16 January 2002.
b. University of Washington, Electrical Engineering Department, April 2002.
c. Johns Hopkins University, Mechanical Engineering Department, April 2002.
d. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich, ETHZ, Institute of Automatic Control,
Switzerland, 14 December 2001.
e. SUNY Stony Brook University, Mechanical Engineering Department, 14 May 2001.
f. Carnegie Mellon University, Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 4 May 2001.
g. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich, ETHZ, Mechanical and Process
Engineering Department, Switzerland, 6 June 2001.
3. M. Sitti, "Nanorobotic Manipulation and Fabrication using Atomic Force Microscope,"
a. Stanford University, Electrical Engineering Department, April 2002.
b. MIT, Mechanical Engineering Department, April 2002.
c. California Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering Department, April 2002.
d. University of California at Berkeley, Electrical Engineering Department, April 2002.
e. Purdue University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, 29 Nov. 2001.
f. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich, ETHZ, Institute of Polymers, Material
Science Department, Switzerland, 12 December 2001.
4. M. Sitti, "Biologically Inspired Micromechanical Flying Insects," Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 28 May 2001.
E. Tutorials:
1. M. Sitti, "Survey of Nanorobotic Systems," IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference,
Micro/Nano-Manipulation Tutorial, Taiwan, May 2003 (to be held).
2. M. Sitti, "Advanced Micro/Nanorobotic Systems," FIRA Robot Congress, Korea, 26 May 2002.
3. M. Sitti, "Micro/Nanomechatronics for Nanotechnology," IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent
Mechatronics Conference, Atlanta, USA, 19 September 1999.
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F. Conference Papers:
1. M. Sitti and R. S. Fearing, "Synthetic Gecko Foot-Hair Micro/Nano-Structures as Dry Adhesives
for Future Wall-Climbing Robots," IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, May 2003,
Taiwan (to appear).
2. M. Sitti and R. S. Fearing, "Nanomolding based Fabrication of Synthetic Gecko Foot-Hair
Micro/Nanostructures," IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 137-140, DC, USA, Aug. 2002.
3. K. Castelino, S. Satyanarayana, and M. Sitti, "Manufacturing Two- and Three-Dimensional
Micro/Nanostructures by Integrating Optical Tweezers with Chemical Assembly," IEEE Robotics
and Automation Conference, May 2003, Taiwan (to appear).
4. M. Sitti, "Survey of Nanomanipulation Systems," IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 75-80,
Maui, USA, Nov. 2001.
5. M. Sitti, "Nanotribological Characterization System by AFM Based Controlled Pushing," IEEE
Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 99-104, Maui, USA, Nov. 2001.
6. B. Aruk, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, "Human-Machine Interface for Nanomanipulation with AFM
Probe," IEEE Nanotechnology Conference, pp. 151-156, Maui, USA, Nov. 2001.
7. J. Yan, S. Avadhanula, J. Birch, M. Dickinson, M. Menon, E. Park, T.D. Sands, S.Sane, M. Sitti,
T. Su, R.J. Wood, and R.S. Fearing, "The Micromechanical Flying Insect", Video Proc. of the
IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, Washington, USA, May 2002 (Best Video Award).
8. J. Yan, S. Avadhanula, M. Sitti, R.J. Wood, and R.S. Fearing, "Thorax Design and Wing Control
for a Micromechanical Flying Insect", Proc. of the 39th Annual Allerton Conference on
Communication, Control, and Computing, Monticello, IL. Oct 3-5, 2001 (Invited Paper).
9. M. Sitti, "PZT Actuated Four-Bar Mechanism with Two Flexible Links for Micromechanical Flying
Insect Thorax," Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 3893-3900, Korea,
May 2001.
10. M. Sitti, D. Campolo, J. Yan, R.S. Fearing, T. Su, D. Taylor, and T. Sands, "Development of
PZT/PZN-PT Unimorph Actuators for Micromechanical Flapping Mechanisms," Proc. of the
IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp. 3839-3846, Korea, May 2001.
11. M. Sitti, B. Aruk, K. Shintani, and H. Hashimoto, "Development of a Scaled Teleoperation
System for Nano Scale Interaction and Manipulation," Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and
Automation Conference, pp. 860-867, Korea, May 2001 (Best Student Paper Nomination).
12. J. Yan, R. Wood, S. Avandhanula, D. Campolo, M. Sitti, and R. Fearing, "Towards Flapping
Wing Control for a Micromechanical Flying Insect," Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Conference, pp. 3901-3908, Korea, May 2001.
13. B. Aruk, H. Shintani, H. Hashimoto and M. Sitti, "Man-Machine Interface for Micro/Nano
Manipulation," Int. Symp. on Robotics, Korea, April 2001 (to appear).
14. R. S. Fearing, K. Chiang, M. Dickinson, D. Pick, M. Sitti and J. Yan, "Wing Transmission for a
Micromechanical Flying Insect," Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, pp.
1509-15, San Francisco, USA, Apr. 2000 (Best Paper Nomination).
15. M. Sitti, S. Horiguchi, and H. Hashimoto, "Tele-Touch Feedback of Elastically Deformable
Surfaces at the Micro/Nano Scale: Modeling and Experiments," Proc. of the IEEE/RSJ
Intelligent Robots and Systems Conference, pp. 882-888, IROS'99, Korea, Nov. 1999.
16. H. Shintani, M. Sitti, K. Hirahara, and H. Hashimoto, "Force Display Method for Teleoperation
Using Scanning Probe Microscope," Human Machine Symposium, Osaka, Japan, Oct. 1999 (in
Japanese).
17. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Force-Controlled Pushing of Nano Particles: Modeling and
Experiments," IEEE/ASME Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, pp. 19-26, Atlanta,
USA, Sept. 1999.
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18. M. Sitti, S. Horiguchi, and H. Hashimoto, "Tele-Nanorobotics 2-D Manipulation of Micro/Nano
Particles Using Atomic Force Microscope," Video Proceedings of IEEE/ASME Advanced
Intelligent Mechatronics Conference, Atlanta, USA, Sept. 1999.
19. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Pushing Micro/Nano Scale Particles on Substrates Using Atomic
Force Microscope Probe Towards Tribological Characterization of Particle-Substrate
Interfaces," STM'99 Conference, Korea, July 1999.
20. S. Horiguchi, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, "Visualization Interface for AFM-based Nano
Manipulation," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Symp. on Industrial Electronics, Slovenia, pp. 310-315, July
1999.
21. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Two-Dimensional Fine Particle Positioning Using a Piezoresistive
Cantilever as a Micro/Nano-Manipulator," Proc. of the IEEE Robotics and Automation
Conference, Detroit, USA, pp. 2729-2735, May 1999.
22. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Teleoperated Micro/Nano Particle Manipulation using Atomic Force
Microscope," RSJ Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, Tokyo, June 1999.
23. S. Horiguchi, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, "3-D Nano Scale Tactile Feedback Interface," RSJ
Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, Tokyo, June 1999.
24. M. Sitti, T. Ohashi, S. Horiguchi, and H. Hashimoto, "Virtual Reality Simulator for Nano Scale
Contact Feedback," RSJ Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, Tokyo, June 1999 (in
Japanese).
25. M. Sitti, K. Hirahara, and H. Hashimoto, "2-D Micro Particle Assembly using Atomic Force
Microscope," Proc. of the IEEE Micromechatronics and Human Systems Conference, pp.
143-148, Nagoya, Japan, Nov. 1998.
26. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Manipulation of the Micro/Nano Particles at the Interface of Micro
and Nano Worlds," France-Japan Workshop on Nano to Macroscale Science and Technology
through Microsystems, Toulouse, France, p. 90, Nov. 1998.
27. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Tele-Nanorobotics Using Atomic Force Microscope," Proc. of the
IEEE/RSJ Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS'98, pp. 1739-1746, Victoria,
Canada, Oct. 1998 (Best Paper Award).
28. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Macro to Nano Tele-Manipulation through Nanoelectromechanical
Systems," Proc. of the IEEE Ind. Electronics Conference, pp. 98-103, Aachen, Germany, Sept.
1998.
29. S. Horiguchi, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, "Virtual Reality User Interface for Teleoperated
Nanometer Scale Object Manipulation", Proc. of 7th IEEE Int. Workshop on Robot and Human
Communicaiton, Takamatsu, Japan, pp.142-147, Sept. 1998.
30. S. Horiguchi, Metin Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, "Human Interface for Teleoperated Nano Scale
Object Manipulation ", RSJ Robotics Conf, pp. 237-238, Sapporo, Japan, Sept. 1998 (in
Japanese).
31. M. Sitti and H. Hashimoto, "Teleoperation Control for Nano Scale Object Manipulation", RSJ
Robotics Conference, pp. 1325-1326, Sapporo, Japan, Sept. 1998.
32. M. Sitti, S. Horiguchi and H. Hashimoto, "Nano Tele-Manipulation Using Virtual Reality
Interface," Proc. of the IEEE Int. Symp. on Industrial Electronics, pp. 171-176, Pretoria, S. Africa,
July 1998.
33. M. Sitti, S. Horiguchi, and H. Hashimoto, "Atomic Force Microscope-Based Tele-Manipulation
System", RSJ Robotics and Mechatronics Conference, pp. 1BIV1-5, Sendagi, June 1998.
34. S. Horiguchi,, M. Sitti, and H. Hashimoto, "Virtual Reality Graphics Interface for Nano
Tele-Manipulation", RSJ Robotics and Mechatronics Conf, pp. 1BIV1-6 (1)-(2), Sendagi, June
1998 (in Japanese).
35. M. Sitti, M. Hoummady, and H. Hashimoto, "Macro to Micro/Nano Manipulation Systems
Through the Integration of Macro and Micro/Nano Mechatronics," IEEE-SMC Computational
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Eng. In Systems Applications, pp. 105-110, Tunusia, April 1998.
36. H. Hashimoto and M. Sitti, "Human-Machine Interfaces and Telerobotics," France-Japan
Workshop on Nano to Macroscale Science and Technology through Microsystems, pp. 38,
Tokyo, May 1997.
37. M. Sitti, I. Bozma, and A. Denker, "Visual Tracking For Moving Multiple Objects: An Integration
of Vision and Control," IEEE Int. Symp. on Industrial Electronics, ISIE'95, Athens, pp. 535-540,
July 1995.
38. M. Sitti, M. Ertugrul, and A. Denker, "Coordination of Two Robots Using Visual Feedback," Int.
Conference on Recent Advances on Mechatronics, pp. 615-620, Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 1995.
39. M. Sitti, I. Bozma, and A. Denker, "Visual Tracking," 2nd Int. Symp. on Mechatronics, Ankara,
Turkey, Nov. 1995.
40. F. Bagciogullari, C. Taskiran, M. Sitti, and M. Ertugrul, "Recognition of Geometric Objects
Moving on a Conveyor Belt, Grasping the Objects with a Robot Manipulator in Real-Time," 2nd
Int. Symp. on Mechatronics, Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 1995.
41. M. Sitti, "Detecting Fabric Defects Using Computer Vision," 3rd Conference on Signal
Processing and Applications, Antalya, Turkey, Apr. 1996 (in Turkish).
42. E. Gul, M. Sitti, A. Ercil, and B. Ozuyilmaz, "A Parallel System Design For Quality Control of
Painted Metallic Surfaces," 2nd Conference on Signal Processing and Applications, pp.
141-146, Nevsehir, Turkey, Apr. 1995 (in Turkish).
43. M. Sitti, I. Bozma, and A. Denker, "Picking Objects Moving on a Conveyor Belt Using Artificial
Vision," 2nd Conference on Signal Processing and Applications, pp. 63-68, Nevsehir, Turkey,
Apr. 1995 (in Turkish).
44. M. Sitti, M. Ertugrul, and A. Denker, "Coordination of Two Robots Using Visual Feedback,"
National Symp. on Industrial Automation, Istanbul, Apr. 1995 (in Turkish).
G. Technical Reports
1. M. Sitti and M. Hoummady, "Micro/Nanomanipulation," Annual Report of Laboratory for
Integrated Micro-Mechanical Systems, pg. 72, April 1997.
2. M. Sitti, "A Neural Network-Based Fabric Defect Detection System," TUBITAK Marmara
Research Center, TR-I2-27, 1996.
3. M. Sitti, M. Ertugrul, and A. Denker, "Coordination of Two Robots Using Visual Feedback,"
TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, TR-I2-14, 1995.
4. M. Sitti and E. Gul, "Quality Control of Painted Surfaces Using Artificial Vision," TUBITAK
Marmara Research Center, TR-I2-11, 1995.
H. Magazine Articles
1. M. Sitti, "Intelligent Robot Activities of Fanuc Co.," Industry and Automation Magazine, No. 12,
1998 (in Turkish).
2. M. Sitti, "Micro/Nano Telemanipulation Systems," Industry and Automation Magazine, No. 1,
1997 (in Turkish).
3. M. Sitti, "Prologue to the Dialogue on Two Essential Universe Systems," Science and
Engineering Magazine, Bogazici University Press, pp. 1-6, Vol. 3, 1991 (translated to Turkish
from Albert Einstein's Prologue for the Galileo's book titled as Dialogo sopra i due massimi
sistemi del mondo).
4. M. Sitti and H. Civi, "Threats to the Biological Diversity," Science and Engineering Magazine,
Bogazici University Press, pp. 91-98, Vol. 2, 1990.
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