Tomislav Stipancic

Assistant Professor, Project Lead and Head of the Laboratory

Tomislav Stipancic is an accomplished academic and researcher in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FMENA) at the University of Zagreb in Croatia.1 2 3

Career Highlights

Academic Positions::

Associate Professor at FMENA Zagreb (January 2023 - Present)
Assistant Professor at FMENA Zagreb (August 2016 - January 2023)
Postdoctoral Researcher at Kyoto University (April 2016 - December 2016)
Teaching Assistant at FMENA Zagreb (January 2007 - August 2016)

Leadership Roles::

Project Lead at FMENA Zagreb (February 2021 - Present)
Head of the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Assembly System Planning (November 2020 - Present)
Head of the Laboratory for Intelligent Production Systems (October 2014 - October 2016)

Research Focus

Stipancic specializes in various areas of robotics and artificial intelligence, including:

Cognitive robotics
Affective robotics
Human-robot interaction
Deep learning and machine learning
Machine vision
Semantic web technology
Probabilistic computational modeling
Bayesian reasoning

He is currently leading a project supported by the Croatian Science Foundation called "Affective Multimodal Interaction based on COnstructed Robot Cognition" (AMICORC).1

Education

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Automation from the University of Zagreb (2007-2013)
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Zagreb

Tomislav Stipancic has made significant contributions to his field through research, publications, and leadership in various academic laboratories. His work focuses on developing innovative approaches to robot cognition and human-robot interaction, with a particular emphasis on affective and cognitive aspects of robotics.1 2