Grasp Transfer based on Self-Aligning Implicit Representations of Local Surfaces
Ahmet Tekden, Marc Peter Deisenroth, Yasemin Bekiroglu
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023.

Enhanced GPIS learning based on local and global focus areas
Zuka Murvanidze, Marc Peter Deisenroth, Yasemin Bekiroglu
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2022.

Simultaneous Tactile Exploration and Grasp Refinement for Unknown Objects
C. de Farias, N. Marturi, R. Stolkin, Y. Bekiroglu
EEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021.

Visual and Tactile 3D Point Cloud Data from Real Robots for Shape Modeling and Completion
Y. Bekiroglu*, M. Bjorkman*, G. Z. Gandler*, J. Exner, C. H. Ek, D. Kragic
Data in Brief, 2020.

Object shape estimation and modeling, based on sparse Gaussian process implicit surfaces, combining visual data and tactile exploration
G. Z. Gandler, C. H. Ek, M. Bjorkman, R. Stolkin, Y. Bekiroglu, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2020.

Benchmarking Protocol for Grasp Planning Algorithms,
Y. Bekiroglu*, N. Marturi*, M. A. Roa*, K. J. M. Adjigble, T. Pardi, C. Grimm, R. Balasubramanian, K. Hang, R. Stolkin
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 315-322, April 2020.

Dynamic grasp and trajectory planning for moving objects
N. Marturi, M. Kopicki, A. Rastegarpanah, R. Stolkin, A. Leonardis, Y. Bekiroglu
Autonomous Robots, 43(5), 1241-1256, 2019.

A Database for Reproducible Manipulation Research: CapriDB - Capture,Print, Innovate
Y. Bekiroglu*, F. T. Pokorny*, K. Pauwels, J. Butepage, C. Scherer, D. Kragic
Data in Brief, 2020.

Hierarchical Fingertip Space: A Unified Framework for Grasp Planning and In-Hand Grasp Adaptation
K. Hang, M. Li, J. A. Stork, Y. Bekiroglu, F. T. Pokorny, A. Billard, D. Kragic
IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2016.

Assessing grasp stability based on learning and haptic data
Y. Bekiroglu, J. Laaksonen, J.A. Jorgensen, V. Kyrki and D. Kragic, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 27(3):616-629, 2011.a in Brief, 2017

Learning Dynamic Tasks on a Large-scale Soft Robot in a Handful of Trials

Sicelukwanda Njabuliso Tunner Zwane, Daniel G. Cheney, Curtis C Johnson, Yicheng Luo, Yasemin Bekiroglu, Marc Killpack, Marc Peter Deisenroth.

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024, accepted.

A Unifying Variational Framework for Gaussian Process Motion Planning
Lucas Cosier, Rares Iordan, Sicelukwanda Zwane, Giovanni Franzese, James T. Wilson, Marc Peter Deisenroth, Alexander Terenin, Yasemin Bekiroglu.
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), 2024, Valencia, Spain.

Grasp Transfer based on Self-Aligning Implicit Representations of Local Surfaces
Ahmet Tekden, Marc Peter Deisenroth, Yasemin Bekiroglu.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2024, Yokohama, Japan.

Sliding Touch-based Exploration for Modeling Unknown Object Shape with Multi-finger Hands,
Yiting Chen, Ahmet Tekden, Marc Peter Deisenroth, Yasemin Bekiroglu.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023, Detroit, USA.

Neural Field Movement Primitives for Joint Modelling of Scenes and Motions
Ahmet Tekden, Marc Peter Deisenroth, Yasemin Bekiroglu.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023, Detroit, USA.

Safe Trajectory Sampling in Model-based Reinforcement Learning

Sicelukwanda Njabuliso Tunner Zwane, Denis Hadjivelichkov, Yicheng Luo, Yasemin Bekiroglu, Dimitrios Kanoulas, Marc Peter Deisenroth.
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2023, Auckland, New Zealand.

Enhanced GPIS Learning Based on Local and Global focus areas
Zuka Murvanidze
Marc Peter Deisenroth, Yasemin Bekiroglu.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023, London, UK.

GraspAda: Deep Grasp Adaptation through Domain Transfer
Y. Chen, J. Jiang, R. Lei, Y. Bekiroglu, F. Chen, M. Li.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023, London, UK.

Benchmarking Local Motion Planners for Navigation of Mobile Manipulators
S. Tafnakaji, H. Hajieghrary, Q. Teixeira, Y. Bekiroglu.
IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2023, Atlanta (GA), USA.

Bayesian Optimization based Nonlinear Adaptive PID Design for Robust Control of the Joints at Mobile Manipulators
Hajieghrary, H., Deisenroth, M., Bekiroglu, Y.
IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2022, Mexico City, Mexico.

DURableVS: Data-efficient Unsupervised Recalibrating Visual Servoing via online learning in a structured generative model
N. Gothoskar, M. Lázaro-Gredilla, Y. Bekiroglu, A. Agarwal, J. Tenenbaum, V. Mansinghka, G. Dileep.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2022, Philadelphia (PA), USA.

Simultaneous Tactile Exploration and Grasp Refinement for Unknown Objects
C. de Farias, N. Marturi, R. Stolkin, Y. Bekiroglu.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021, Xi'an, China.

Evaluating the Quality of Non-Prehensile Balancing Grasps
R. Krug, Y. Bekiroglu, D. Kragic, M. A. Roa.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2018, Brisbane.

Teaching Assembly by Demonstration using Advanced Human Robot Interaction and a Knowledge Integration Framework
M. Haage, G. Piperagkas, C. Papadopoulos, I. Mariolis, J. Malec, Y. Bekiroglu, Hedelind M., D. Tzovaras.
International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), 2017

Grasp Quality Evaluation Done Right: How Assumed Contact Force Bounds Affect Wrench-Based Quality Metrics
R. Krug, Y. Bekiroglu, M. A. Roa.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017, Singapore.

Towards Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Decommissioning: A Pilot Study on Tele-operation and Autonomy
N. Marturi, A. Rastegarpanah, C. Takahashi, J. Kuo, R. Stolkin, Y. Bekiroglu.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA), 2016, Kerala, India, Best Paper Award.

Active Exploration Using Gaussian Random Fields and Gaussian Process Implicit Surfaces
S. Caccamo, Y. Bekiroglu, C. H. Ek, D. Kragic.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2016, Daejeon, Korea.

Analytic Grasp Success Prediction with Tactile Feedback
R. Krug, A. J. Lilienthal, D. Kragic, Y. Bekiroglu.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2016, Stockholm, Sweden.

Probabilistic Consolidation of Grasp Experience
Y. Bekiroglu, A. Damianou, R. Detry, J. A. Stork, D. Kragic, C. H. Ek.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2016, Stockholm, Sweden.

Learning Predictive State Representation for In-Hand Manipulation
J. A. Stork, C. H. Ek, Y. Bekiroglu and D. Kragic.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2015, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Learning to Disambiguate Object Hypotheses through Self-Exploration
M. Bjorkman and Y. Bekiroglu.
IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots 2014, Madrid, Spain.

Learning of Grasp Adaptation through Experience and Tactile Sensing
M. Li, Y. Bekiroglu, D. Kragic and A. Billard.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2014, Chicago, USA.

What's in the Container? Classifying Object Contents from Vision and Touch
P. Guler, Y. Bekiroglu, X. Gratal, K. Pauwels and D. Kragic.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2014, Chicago, USA.

Grasp Moduli Spaces and Spherical Harmonics
F. T. Pokorny, Y. Bekiroglu and D. Kragic.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2014, Hong Kong, China.

Predicting Slippage and Learning Manipulation Affordances through Gaussian Process Regression
F. Vina, Y. Bekiroglu, C. Smith, Y. Karayiannidis and D. Kragic.
IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots 2013, Atlanta, USA.

Enhancing Visual Perception of Shape through Tactile Glances
M. Bjorkman, Y. Bekiroglu, V. Hogman and D. Kragic.
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2013, Tokyo, Japan, IROS CoTeSys Cognitive Robotics Best Paper Award Finalist.

A Probabilistic Framework for Task-Oriented Grasp Stability Assessment
Y. Bekiroglu, D. Song, L. Wang and D. Kragic.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2013, Karlsruhe, Germany, Best Manipulation Paper Award.

Learning Tactile Characterizations Of Object- And Pose-specific Grasps
Y. Bekiroglu, R. Detry and D. Kragic. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2011, San Francisco, USA.

Integrating Grasp Planning with Online Stability Assessment using Tactile Sensing
Y. Bekiroglu, K. Huebner and D. Kragic.
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2011, Shanghai, China.

Learning grasp stability with tactile data and HMMs
Y. Bekiroglu, V. Kyrki and D. Kragic.
IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2010, Viareggio, Italy.

Affordance Transfer based on Self-Aligning Implicit Representations of Local Surfaces
A. Tekden, M. Deisenroth, Y. Bekiroglu
Robotics: Science and Systems workshop on implicit representations for robotic manipulation, 2022, New York, USA, hybrid.

Simultaneous Tactile Exploration and Grasp Refinement
C. de Farias, N. Marturi, R. Stolkin, Y. Bekiroglu.
IEEE ICRA 2021 Workshop: Bridging the Gap between Data-driven and Analytical Physics-based Grasping and Manipulation II, Online.

Shape Modeling based on Sparse Gaussian Process Implicit Surfaces
G. Z. Gandler, C. H. Ek, M Bjorkman, Y Bekiroglu.
NeurIPS 2018, WIML workshop, Montreal, Canada.

CapriDB - Capture, Print, Innovate: A Low-Cost Pipeline and Database for Reproducible Manipulation Research
F. T. Pokorny, Y. Bekiroglu, K. Pauwels, J. Butepage, C. Scherer, D. Kragic.
IEEE ICRA 2016 Workshop: Grasping and Manipulation Datasets, Stockholm, Sweden.

Grasp Moduli Spaces, Gaussian Processes and Multimodal Sensor Data
F. T. Pokorny, Y. Bekiroglu, M. Bjorkman, J. Exner and D. Kragic.
RSS 2014 Workshop: Information-based Grasp and Manipulation Planning, Berkeley, USA.

Hierarchical Fingertip Space for Synthesizing Adaptable Fingertip Grasps
K. Hang, M. Li, J. A. Stork, Y. Bekiroglu, A. Billard and D. Kragic.
ICRA 2014 Workshop: Autonomous Grasping and Manipulation: An Open Challenge, Hong Kong, China.

Grasp Stability from Vision and Touch
Y. Bekiroglu, R. Detry and D. Kragic.
IEEE IROS 2012 Workshop: Advances in Tactile Sensing and Touch-based Human Robot Interaction, Vilamoura, Portugal.

Learning Task- and Touch-based GraspingY. Bekiroglu, D. Song, L. Wang and D. Kragic.
IEEE IROS 2012 Workshop: Beyond Robot Grasping - Modern Approaches for Learning Dynamic Manipulation, Vilamoura, Portugal.

Joint Observation of Object Pose and Tactile Imprints for Online Grasp Stability Assessment
Y. Bekiroglu, R. Detry and D. Kragic.
IEEE ICRA 2011 workshop: Manipulation Under Uncertainty, Shanghai, China.

Learning grasp stability based on haptic data
Y. Bekiroglu, J. Laaksonen, J. A. Jorgensen, V. Kyrki and D. Kragic
RSS 2010 workshop: Representations for object grasping and manipulation in single and dual arm tasks, Zaragoza, Spain

Method and system for robot control using visual feedback
N Gothoskar, M Lázaro-Gredilla, Y Bekiroglu, A Agarwal, D George.
US Patent App, 17/098,111, 2021

Learning a generative model for robot control using visual feedback
N Gothoskar, M Lázaro-Gredilla, A Agarwal, Y Bekiroglu, D George.
ArXiv preprint arXiv:2003.04474, 2020

Smart Assembly Robot with Advanced Functionalities (SARAFun)
Y. Bekiroglu, R. Haschke, Y. Karayiannidis, I Mariolis, J McIntyre, J Malec.
Impact, 2017

Towards advanced robotic manipulation for nuclear decommissioning
N. Marturi, A. Rastegarpanah, V. Rajasekaran, V. Ortenzi, Y. Bekiroglu, J. Kuo, R. Stolkin.
Robots Operating in Hazardous Environments, InTechOpen, 2017

CapriDB-Capture, Print, Innovate: A Low-Cost Pipeline and Database for Reproducible Manipulation Research
F. T. Pokorny, Y. Bekiroglu, K. Pauwels, J. Butepage, C. Scherer, D. Kragic. ArXiv preprint arXiv:1610.05175, 2016

Active Exploration Using Gaussian Random Fields and Gaussian Process Implicit Surfaces
S. Caccamo, Y. Bekiroglu, C. Ek, D. Kragic
ArXiv preprint arXiv:1802.04642, 2016

Multisensory exploration - ROBOHOW.COG:D4.3
C. Smith, Y. Karayiannidis, Y., Bekiroglu, K. Pauwels, D. Kragic.
2015.

Tracking and State Estimation of Manipulated Objects - ROBOHOW.COG:D4.2
C. Smith, Y. Karayiannidis, Y. Bekiroglu, D. Kragic.
2013.

Learning to Assess Grasp Stability from Vision, Touch and Proprioception
Y. Bekiroglu.
PhD Thesis, 2012.

Qualitative models of object behaviour, and grasping of novel objects - CogX:D2.5
R. Detry, M. Zillich, A. Richtsfeld, J. Prankl, M. Roa, S., Zurek, Y. Bekiroglu, T. Morwald, M. Vincze, D. Kragic, J. Wyatt, G.-J. Kruijff
2012.

Manipulation of previously unseen objects - CogX:D2.4
M. Zillich, S. Zurek, M. Kopicki, R. Stolkin, Y. Bekiroglu, R. Detry.
2011

Representation of Gaps in Object Knowledge - CogX:D2.3M.
Zillich, J. Prankl, M. Vincze, Y. Bekiroglu, D. Kragic, S., Zurek, R. Stolkin.
2010.

Representations of 3D shape for manipulation - CogX:D2.1. M. Zillich, M. Vincze, T. Mörwald, A. Richtsfeld, K. Zhou, Y. Bekiroglu, M. Kopicki.
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