Nir Shvalb, Ph.D.
Mechanical Eng. & Robotics
Research projects | Résumé | Preprints | Teaching | Useful links | עברית
- Milken's Campus
- Department of Industrial Engineering,
- Department of Mechanical Engineering,
- Ariel University
- P.O. Box 3, Ariel 40700, Israel.
- Tel.: (972) 3-9066325
- Fax: (972) 3-9066322
- Email address: nirsh AT ariel.ac.il
- My mathematical genealogy
Office:
Research interests:
My main interest is Robotics. My research deals mainly with theoretical robotics. Using Algebraic topology I investigate
the configuration spaces of parallel mechanisms and their Topological singularities. in the past few years I've also been having
fun with some practical robotics. Most of my practical work takes place at the KCG laboratory which I'm head of,
together with Dr. Boaz Ben Moshe. We deal with a variety of problems such as medical robotics, global path planning and
climbing Robots. At the KCG laboratory we also investigate various computational problems.
Among my current research projects are:
Actuation and conguration spaces of linkages with D. Blanc, Haifa University.
A micro robot arm for laparoscopic surgery with B. Ben Moshe and Y. Mintz, Hebrew University.
An autonomous climbing robot, with B. Ben Moshe.
Catheter leading robot.
Guide wire threading with M. Shoham, Technion.
Walking robot with a tail, With B. Ben Moshe.
Flexible robots, With A. Shapiro, Ben Gurion University.
Jellyfish robot, With S. Shoval.
Virtual robotics for education, With B. Ben Moshe, Iris Rechav.
Coding for H264 protocol, With B. Ben Moshe.
Ultrasound imaging simulation system, With B. Ben Moshe and Roni Tepper,
Meir Medical Center
Résumé
PrePrints
Some of my research projects
Teaching
- Introduction to Mechanical Engineering. PPT presentations, lecture notes, exercises and past exams all available to all in Moodle (enter as a guest).
- Introduction to Robotics (see the book cover below). The book's PDF file can be downloaded [here] for free. If you prefer an Office-suite compatible version you can find it [here].
- Robotics laboratory - both Semesters.
- Final Projects - both Semesters.
Useful links
Robotics:
- Jean-Pierre Merlet parallel robots directory
- A simple planar linkage simulator (tutorial here)
- Another simple planar linkage simulator (tutorial here)
- Robotics research in Israel
- Online Robotics Books
General ME engineering:
- Mechanical Design & ME formulas
- MatWeb's searchable database of material properties
- Tolerance table and a tolerance calculator
- 3D models bank
- Online Books on Mechanics
LaTeX:
- A nice LaTeX dissertation format: place dissertation-latex.zip in the ../main_folder; place fig_appendix.zip in ../main_folder/fig_appendix; place fig_1.zip in../main_folder/fig_1; place fig_2.zip in../main_folder/fig_2; place fig_3.zip in../main_folder/fig_3; place fig_4.zip in../main_folder/fig_4; and fig-conclusion.zip in ../main_folder/fig-conclusion. Run MyDissertation.tex
- LaTeX extended help.
- The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List