Professor
B.A.Sc. (University of British Columbia), M.A.Sc. (University of Waterloo), Ph.D. (University of Toronto)
ph: (604) 822-6614
fx: (604) 822-2403
email: ecroft {at} mech.ubc.ca
website: www.faculty.mech.ubc.ca/~ecroft
lab website: Collaborative Advanced Robotics and Intelligent Systems Lab
Research Interests
- Robotics:
- Human-Robot Interaction
- Intelligent Robotic Systems
- Industrial Robotics
- Machine vision and sensor fusion for robot work-cell applications
- Mechatronics
Current Research Work
- Development and testing of safe, intuitive and stable control strategies for human-robot interaction, utilizing physiological and machine vision feedback in the robot control loop to improve robot responsiveness and safety.
- Development of algorithms for vision guided robotic bin picking.
- Development of on-line, near-optimal, low jerk motion planning techniques for industrial manipulators.
- Design of motion control for avoiding stick-slip friction effects in hydraulic actuators.
- Collaborative work with includes medical robotics, cooperative robot tasks and dynamics for haptic devices.
Selected Publications
- D. Kulic and E. A. Croft, (2006) “Pre-Collision Safety Strategies for Human-Robot Interaction,” Autonomous Robots, In Press, 2006.
- W. S. Owen, E. A. Croft, and B. Benhabib, (2006) “Real-Time Trajectory Resolution for a Two Manipulator Machining System,” Journal of Robotic Systems, 21 (S1):S51-S63, 2006.
- Clapa, D. J., E. A. Croft and A. J. Hodgson (2006). “Equilibrium point control of a 2-DOF manipulator.” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control-Transactions of the ASME 128(1): 134-141.
- Constantinescu, D., S. E. Salcudean and E. A. Croft (2006). “Haptic manipulation of serial-chain virtual mechanisms.” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control-Transactions of the ASME 128(1): 65-74.
- Kulic, D. and E. A. Croft (2005). “Safe planning for human-robot interaction.” Journal of Robotic Systems 22(7): 383-396.
- Owen, W. S., E. A. Croft and B. Benhabib (2005). “Acceleration and torque redistribution for a dual-manipulator system.” IEEE Transactions on Robotics 21(6): 1226-1230.
- Macfarlane, S. and E. A. Croft (2003). “Jerk-bounded manipulator trajectory planning: Design for real-time applications.” IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 19(1): 42-52.
- Naish, M. D., E. A. Croft and B. Benhabib (2003). “Coordinated dispatching of proximity sensors for the surveillance of manoeuvring targets.” Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing 19(3): 283-299.
- Owen, W. S. and E. A. Croft (2003). “The reduction of stick-slip friction in hydraulic actuators.” IEEE-ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 8(3): 362-371.
