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Persoonlijk profiel
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“To further advance the state of the art in robotics we need the integration of knowledge and experience from many different scientific disciplines. Multidisciplinarity and effective collaboration are key to our success. ”
Research profile
Elena Torta is an assistant professor in the Robotics section of the Mechanical Engineering department of the Eindhoven University of Technology.
Her research addresses the control and world modeling aspect of collaborative robots. Particularly she addresses use cases in human-robot and robot-robot collaboration. She holds a PhD cum laude from the IE&IS department of TU/e and is experienced and fascinated by research problems that cross disciplinary boundaries. She has performed several human-robot interaction studies that lead to computational models actionable by robotics control algorithms. Before she was appointed assistant professor, she held a position as a software architect at ASML for five years.
Academic background
Elena Tortaholds a BSc degree in Computer Science and Automation Engineering from Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy), followed by an MSc degree from the same institute in 2009. She did her master’s thesis research at the Technical University of Denmark. In 2010 she joined Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) as a Ph.D. student. After obtaining her Ph.D. degree cum laude in 2014, she joined ASML, where she progressed from design engineer to a software functional cluster architect (2017) and then to algorithm deployment (using Matlab) competence leader in 2018. In 2019 she joined TU/e as an assistant professor.
Affiliated with
EAISI (assistant professor startup package)
Expertise gerelateerd aan duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen van de VN
In 2015 stemden de VN-lidstaten in met 17 wereldwijde duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstellingen (Sustainable Development Goals, SDG's) om armoede te beëindigen, de planeet te beschermen en voor iedereen welvaart te garanderen. Het werk van deze persoon draagt bij aan de volgende duurzame ontwikkelingsdoelstelling(en):
Externe posities
Software architect, ASML Netherlands BV
1 mrt. 2014 → 31 aug. 2019
Vingerafdruk
- 1 Soortgelijke profielen
Samenwerkingen en hoofdonderzoeksgebieden uit de afgelopen vijf jaar
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101100707 AI-matters; "AI MAnufacturing Testing and experimenTation network for EuRopean Industries"
van de Molengraft, M. J. G. (Project Manager), Senden, J. P. F. (Projectmedewerker), Kolodko, I. (Projectmedewerker), Deogan, A. S. (Projectmedewerker), Bindels, B. H. T. (Projectmedewerker), van den Brandt, A. A. H. M. (Projectmedewerker), Steinbuch, M. (Projectmedewerker), van Beek, F. (Projectmedewerker), Torta, E. (Projectmedewerker), Teurlings, P. (Projectmedewerker), Meulendijks, D. (Projectmedewerker) & Hameeteman, D. (Projectmedewerker)
1/01/23 → 31/12/27
Project: Third tier
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CRT STA "Robotic learning of safety-critical cognitive skills from human demonstrations"
Torta, E. (Project Manager) & Sen, B. (Projectmedewerker)
21/06/21 → 20/06/25
Project: First tier
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22.0024 TKI "AMBER"
Torta, E. (Project Manager), van der Horst, A. (Projectmedewerker), van de Molengraft, M. J. G. (Projectmedewerker), Suichies, E. J. (Projectmedewerker) & Vacancy PHD (Projectmedewerker)
1/01/21 → 31/08/28
Project: Third tier
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KSERA: Knowledgable SErvice Robots for Aging (KSERA)
Cuijpers, R. H. (Project Manager), Torta, E. (Projectmedewerker), Bouwhuis, D. G. (Projectmedewerker), Meesters, L. M. J. (Projectmedewerker), Juola, J. F. (Projectmedewerker), van der Pol, D. (Projectmedewerker) & Johnson, D. O. (Projectmedewerker)
1/02/10 → 31/01/13
Project: Onderzoek direct
Bestand
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Face-vs-Segment Comparison: A New Method for Comparing As-Planned and As-Built Models
Tsimpiskakis, G., Petrova, E., Torta, E. & Pauwels, P., jul. 2025, (Geaccepteerd/In druk) Proceedings of the 2025 European Conference on Computing in Construction & CIB W78 Conference on IT in Construction. Petrova, E. & Sreckovic, M. (uitgave). European Council on Computing in Construction (EC3), (Computing in Construction).Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Conferentiebijdrage › Academic › peer review
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A Bayesian optimization framework for the automatic tuning of MPC-based shared controllers
van der Horst, A., Meere, B., Krishnamoorthy, D., Bakker, S., Vrande, B. V. D., Stoutjesdijk, H., Alsonso, M. A. & Torta, E., 2 nov. 2024, arXiv.org, 7 blz.Onderzoeksoutput: Werkdocument › Preprint › Academic › peer review
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A Bayesian Optimization Framework for the Automatic Tuning of MPC-based Shared Controllers
van der Horst, A., Meere, B., Krishnamoorthy, D., Bakker, S., van de Vrande, B., Stoutjesdijk, H., Alonso, M. & Torta, E., 8 aug. 2024, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2024. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, blz. 11259-11265 7 blz. 10610655Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Conferentiebijdrage › Academic › peer review
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Automatic Configuration of Multi-Agent Model Predictive Controllers based on Semantic Graph World Models
De Vos, K., Torta, E., Bruyninckx, H., López Martínez, C. A. L. & van de Molengraft, M. J. G., 8 aug. 2024, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2024. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, blz. 7194-7200 7 blz. 10610708Onderzoeksoutput: Hoofdstuk in Boek/Rapport/Congresprocedure › Conferentiebijdrage › Academic › peer review
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Data linking and interaction between BIM and robotic operating system (ROS) for flexible construction planning
Zhu, A. (Corresponding author), Pauwels, P., Torta, E., Zhang, H. & de Vries, B., jul. 2024, In: Automation in Construction. 163, 16 blz., 105426.Onderzoeksoutput: Bijdrage aan tijdschrift › Tijdschriftartikel › Academic › peer review
Open AccessBestand4 Citaten (Scopus)38 Downloads (Pure)