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Rolf Johansson
Rolf Johansson
Professor
Rolf.Johansson@control.lth.se
Phone: +46 46 222 8791
Fax: +46 46 13 81 18
Lund University, Dept Automatic Control,
PO Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Visitor address: Ole Römers väg 1,
Office M5147
Phone: +46 46 222 87 91
Fax: +46 46 13 81 18
Rolf.Johansson@control.lth.se		 Rolf Johansson
Rolf Johansson
Professor
Department of Automatic Control, LTH
Lund University

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Research

 

My Research Activities:

 

Scientific Output and Publication List

 Publication Lists on Selected Topics

Robotics Laboratory

Research Projects

 

Research Seminars, Graduate Course

Education

Honors and Awards

  • Best Student Paper Award—Finalist from the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE2015), Aug 24-28, 2015, Gothenburg, Sweden for the paper entitled “Real-Time Trajectory Generation Using Model Predictive Control”:
    • M. M. Ghazaei Ardakani, B. Olofsson, A. Robertsson, and R. Johansson, Real-Time Trajectory Generation using Model Predictive Control, Proc. 2015 IEEE Int. Conf. Automation Science and Engineering (CASE2015), Aug 24-28, 2015. Gothenburg, Sweden, pp. 942-948.
  • Best Conference Paper Award—Finalist & Best Automation Paper Award—Finalist from the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2015), Seattle, WA, May 26-30, 2015 presented on 28 May 2015 for the paper entitled "Detection of Contact Force Transients in Robotic Assembly":
    • A. Stolt, M. Linderoth, A. Robertsson, R. Johansson, Detection of Contact Force Transients in Robotic Assembly, Proc. 2015 IEEE Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation (ICRA2015), Seattle, WA, May 26-30, 2015, pp. 962-968.
  • IEEE Fellow,
        Citation: For contributions to system identification and adaptive control;  26 Nov 2012
  • Best Automation Paper Award from the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), Saint Paul, MN, May 14-18, 2012, presented on 17 May 2012:
    • A. Stolt, M. Linderoth, A. Robertsson, R. Johansson, Force Controlled Robotic Assembly without a Force Sensor, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012), Saint Paul, MN, May 14-18, 2012, pp.1538-1543.

  • ASME 2012 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference Best-Paper-in-Session Award (Session: Biochemical Systems):

    • M. Cescon, M. Stemmann, R. Johansson. Impulsive Predictive Control of T1DM Glycemia: An In-Silico Study. Proc. ASME 2012 5th Annual Dynamic Systems and Control Conference & JSME 2012 11th Motion and Vibration Conference (DSCC2012-MOVIC 2012), Oct 17-19, 2012, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
  • Recipient of the distinction "För Nit och Redlighet i Rikets Tjänst", NOR, Lund University, February 2, 2011
  • Best Paper Award from the 13th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM'09), Moscow, Russia, June 3-5, 2009.
  • Euron/EUnited Robotics Technology Transfer Award 2007, Third Prize—Cost-effective Drilling Using Industrial Robots with High-Bandwidth Force Feedback (shared with a research group of members from Lund University, Linköping University, ABB Robotics and Saab Aircraft—Tomas Olsson, Mathias Haage, Henrik Kihlman, Torgny Brogårdh, Klas Nilsson, Anders Robertsson, Robert Isaksson, Gilbert Ossbahr, Mats Björkman, Magnus Engström, Rolf Johansson)
  • Fellow of Kgl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet (Royal Physiographic Society), Section of Medicine, April 2007
  • Euron Technology Transfer Award 2004—Open Platform for Skilled Motions in Productive Robotics (shared with a research group of members from LTH, Automatic Control, LTH, Computer Science—Anders Blomdell, Mathias Haage, Rolf Johansson, Klas Nilsson, Tomas Olsson, Anders Robertsson—and ABB Robotics—Torgny Brogårdh, Tomas Groth, Mats Isaksson, Stig Moberg, Sven Hanssen, Hui Zhang, Jian Jun Wang, Håkan Brantmark);
  • Honorary Visiting Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Technology (WUST), Wuhan, Hubei, China, 2004;
  • Russell S. Springer Visiting Professor 2004, University of California,  Berkeley, Berkeley, CA;
  • Honorary Visiting Professor, North China University of Science and Technology (NCUST), Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, 2003;
  • Recipient of the Biomedical Engineering Prize (Ebeling Prize) of the Swedish Society of Medicine, 1995 (for distinguished contribution to the study of human balance through application and development of system analysis and robotics);
  • Included in Who's Who in the World, 12th ed., 1994, p. 679; Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd Ed., p. 479; Who's Who in Medicine, 2nd Ed., p. 414;
  • Innovation Cup '88 regional award by Skandia and Dagens Industri 1988

Editor Assignments

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Archival Information

 

Doctorates Supervised:

  1. Håkan Enbom, Vestibular and Somatosensory Contributions to Postural Control, October 6, 1990, Ph.D. Thesis MERL 1027, Dept. Otorhinolaryngology, Lund University Hospital (co-supervised with Dr. M. Magnusson).
  2. Krister Brantberg, Aspects of Asymmetric Vestibular Function and Optokinetic After-Nystagmus, June 13, 1991, Ph.D. Thesis MERL 1031, Dept. Otorhinolaryngology, Lund University Hospital (co-supervised with Dr. M. Magnusson).
  3. Serge Padoan, Effects of Some Anaesthetics on Eye Movements and Postural Control, June 11, 1992, Ph.D. Thesis MERL 1036, Dept. Otorhinolaryngology, Lund University Hospital (co-supervised with Dr. M. Magnusson).
  4. Hannes Petersen, The Inner Ear and Postural Control in Man, October 6, 1995, Ph.D. Thesis MERL 1039, Dept. Otorhinolaryngology, Lund University Hospital (co-supervised with Dr. M. Magnusson) .
  5. Mikael Karlberg, The Neck and Human Balance, November 3, 1995, Ph.D. Thesis MERL 1040, Dept. Otorhinolaryngology, Lund University Hospital (co-supervised with Dr. M. Magnusson; awarded the 1995 Crafoord Prize for best doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Medicine at Lund University).
  6. Klas Nilsson, Industrial Robot Programming , May 29, 1996, Ph.D. Thesis TFRT 1046 (co-supervised with Prof. K. J. Åström)
  7. Magnus Holm, Chronic Atrial Fibrillation in Man-Activation, Organization and Characterization , Ph.D. Thesis MECA 4, Dept. Cardiology, Lund University Hospital, October 10, 1997 (co-supervised with Prof. Bertil Olsson)
  8. Anders Robertsson, On Observer-Based Control of Nonlinear Systems , December 16, 1999, PhD Thesis TFRT 1056,  Robotics Lab, Dept. Automatic Control, Lund University
  9. Per Tunestål, Estimation of the In-Cylinder Air/Fuel Ratio of an Internal Combustion Engine by the Use of Pressure Sensors , PhD Thesis,  Div. Combustion Engines, Dept. Heat and Power Engineering, Mechanical Enginering, Lund University, April 6, 2001 (co-supervised with Prof. Karl Hedrick, UC Berkeley, and Prof. Gunnar Lundholm)
  10. Johan Bengtsson, Closed-loop Control of HCCI Engine Dynamics, November 26, 2004, PhD Thesis TFRT 1070, Dept. Automatic Control, Lund University.
  11. Per-Anders Fransson, Analysis of Adaptation in Human Postural Control, May 20, 2005, PhD Thesis 2005:31, Dept Clinical Sciences, Lund University (co-supervised with Prof. M. Magnusson).
  12. Jonas Carlson, Exploration of Supraventricular Conduction with Respect to Atrial Fibrillation, PhD Thesis 2005:106, Dept. Clinical Sciences, Cardiology, Lund University Hospital, December 9, 2005. (co-supervised with Prof. S. B. Olsson).
  13. Javier Gámez García, Sensor Fusion of Force, Acceleration and Position for Compliant Robot Motion Control, Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica, de Telecomunicación y Automática, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain, February 17, 2006 (co-supervised with Prof. Juan Gómez Ortega, Universidad de Jaén).
  14. Tomas Olsson, High-Speed Vision and Force Feedback for Motion-Controlled Industrial Manipulators, May 4, 2007, PhD Thesis TFRT-1078,  Dept. Automatic Control, Lund University.
  15. Ola Johansson, On the Value of Intelligent Packaging—A Packaging Logistics Perspective, October 16, 2009, Div. Packaging Logistics, Lund University, ISBN: 978-91-977271-4-3 (co-supervised with Prof. Gunilla Jönsson)
  16. Anders Widd, Physical Modeling and Control of Low Temperature Combustion in Engines, April 10, 2012, PhD Thesis TFRT 1090, Dept. Automatic Control, Lund University.
  17. Maria Henningsson, Data-Rich Multivariable Control of Heavy-Duty Engines, May 11, 2012, PhD Thesis TFRT 1092, Dept. Automatic Control, Lund University.

Research Projects

  • CECOST Gas Turbine Project
  • Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) within Vinnova project framework ”Grön Bil/Green Car"
  • Nonlinear and Adaptive Control (NACO2) Network
  • Robotics
    • Lund Research Programme in Autonomous Robotics (Nutek-Mobile Autonomous Systems), 1993-1996, 1996-1999;
    • Open Control Architectures (Nutek-Complex Technological Systems), 1998-2001;
    • Sensor-based Integration and Task-level Programming (Nutek-Complex Technological Systems), 1999-2002;
    • AutoFett, 2002-2004;
    • SSF ProViking FlexAA, Flexible and accurate automation, Ref SSF V03.23, 2004-2007;
    • SMErobot —The European Robot Initiative for Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs in Manufacturing (Integrated project funded under the European Union’s Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)), 2005-2009;
  • Adaptive Cruise Control  and  Driver Models (Volvo Technical Development), 1998-2001;
  • Induction Motor Control using Natural Field Orientation (NFO)

Workshops, Courses & Symposia

Editorship—Special Issues

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