Neuroscience and Robotics Laboratory

About

The Neuroscience and Robotics Laboratory (NeuRo Lab) strives to build a bridge between neuroscience and engineering to understand the underlying principles of animal sensorimotor control. Our research objectives are concentrated on gaining a fundamental understanding of the role of the central nervous system (CNS) in sensing and movement towards applying that understanding to develop next-generation neuroprosthetic devices. The NeuRo Lab approaches animals as a control system and utilizes tools and techniques from control theory and system identification to discover how the CNS controls biological movement.

 

 

Research Infrastructure

  • Aquarium systems for weak electric fish
  • Aquarium systems for zebrafish
  • 3D Printer
  • workstation
  • Stream tunnel for fish
  • high frequency camera
  • DC and Stepper motors in different types and models

Researchers

Principal 

Investigator:

        

 Dr. İsmail Uyanık - Yürütücü  Dr. İsmail Uyanık 

        

Postdocs:

        

 Dr. Necip Gürler 

 Dr. Bahadır Çatalbaş       

PhD Students:

        

 Emin Yusuf Aydın 

Fatmagül İbişoğlu   

      

MSc Students:

        
Melike Nalbant  Onurcan Yılmaz 

Mustafa Doğru  

 Eren Cem Göksülük  Başak Sert 

Eren Akkurt 

 Orhun Koç 

  Ceren Şule Mardin 

  Şevval İzel Solmaz   

Alp Demirel 

Undergraduate Researcher:

        
 Gözde Körpe   Merve Özbey Mehmet Yücel Sarıtaş    Mustafa Ensar Yay   Berfin Sağlam 
Özge Kocabörek  Deniz Eren Bozkurt  Doğukaan Elikuru  Elif Servi Bulu   

Collaborators:

        
Dr. Noah J. Cowen Johns Hopkins University      
Dr. Eric S. Fortune  New Jersey Institute of Technology
Dr. M. Mert Ankaralı Middle East Technical University
Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer  Hacettepe University

 

 

 

 

 

Ongoing Projects

Title  Owner  Supervisors  Funded by  Start Date
System Identification of the Dynamics of Multisensory Integration ​  Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer  European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions IF-RI   Program  April 2021
 Behavioral Mechanisms of Active Sensing  Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer  TÜBİTAK - 1001 Program January 2021
System Identification of Multisensory Integration in Zebrafish  Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Pervin R. Dİnçer             TÜBİTAK - 3501 Programı July 2020
Developing a Unique Experiment Setup for the Study of Multimodal Sensory Integration Dynamics in Free-Floating Fish  Dr. İsmail Uyanık                 -  The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey September 2022
Development of a High-Performance Cell Stretching Device Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer

 Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Samet Akar
 Dr. Harun Artuner

  TÜBİTAK - 1005 Program  March 2021
Behavioral Mechanisms of Active Sensing(Additional budget support for TUBITAK project number 120E198)  Dr. İsmail Uyanık                 -  Hacettepe University  -  Scientific  Researcher Projects  June 2022
System Identification of the Dynamics of Multisensory Integration ​(Additional budget support for EU project number 101026643)  Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer  Hacettepe University  -   Scientific  Researcher Projects  March 2022

Completed Projects

 Title  Owner  Participants  Funded by    Start- End Dates
Development of Movement Control Algorithms for YNHKS Systems  Dr. İsmail   Uyanık  Dr. Mustafa Mert Ankaralı  Aselsan  September 2020 - June 2021
Movement Control Algorithms in Space and Defense Fields: Literature Survey and Comparative Analysis    Dr. İsmail Uyank  Dr. Mustafa Mert Ankaralı  Aselsan  January 2020 -  April 2020

Publications

  1. M. S. COMERTLER & I. UYANİK, Salience of multisensory feedback regulates behavioral variability, BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS, 2022, 1748-3182, 17, 1.D. KERİMOGLU, M. KARKOUB, U. ISMAİL, O. MORGUL & U. SARANLİ, Efficient bipedal locomotion on rough terrain via compliant ankle actuation with energy regulation, BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS, 2021, 1748-3182, 16, 5.

  2. D. KERİMOGLU, M. KARKOUB, U. ISMAİL, O. MORGUL & U. SARANLİ, Efficient bipedal locomotion on rough terrain via compliant ankle actuation with energy regulation, BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS, 2021, 1748-3182, 16, 5.

  3. G. K. KUREKCİ, E. K. MANGİT, C. KOYUNLAR, S. UNSAL, B. SAGLAM, B. ERGİN, M. GİZER, I. UYANİK, N. B. DUZ, P. KORKUSUZ, B. TALİM, N. PURALİ, S. M. HUGHES & P. R. DİNCER, Knockout of zebrafish desmin genes does not cause skeletal muscle degeneration but alters calcium flux, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2021, 2045-2322, 11,

  4. İ. UYANIK, Zayıf Elektrik Balıklarında Duyumotor Kontrolcü ve Hareket Dinamiklerinin Alt Uzay Tabanlı Sistem Tanılaması, Avrupa Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 2021, 2148-2683, 1, 25, 623-628.

  5. İ. UYANİK, S. SEFATİ, S. A. STAMPER, K. CHO, M. M. ANKARALİ, E. S. FORTUNE & N. J. COWAN, Variability in locomotor dynamics reveals the critical role of feedback in task control, ELIFE, 2020, 2050-084X, 9. 

  6. İ. UYANİK, U. SARANLİ, M. M. ANKARALİ, N. J. COWAN & O. MORGUL, Frequency-Domain Subspace Identification of Linear Time-Periodic (LTP) Systems, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL, 2019.

  7. E. K. HİDİR, I. UYANİK & O. MORGUL, Harmonic transfer functions based controllers for linear time-periodic systems, TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL, 2019, 0142-3312, 41, 8, 2171-2184.

  8. I. UYANİK, S. A. STAMPER, N. J. COWAN & E. S. FORTUNE, Sensory Cues Modulate Smooth Pursuit and Active Sensing Movements, FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 2019, 1662-5153, 13.

  9. I. UYANİK, H. HAMZACEBİ & M. M. ANKARALİ, State-space identification of switching linear discrete time-periodic systems with known scheduling signals, TURKISH JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES, 2019                

  10. I. UYANİK & B. CATALBAS, A low-cost feedback control systems laboratory setup via Arduino-Simulink interface, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 2018, 1061-3773, 26, 3, 718-726.

  11. E. KUZUCU, D. OZTURK, M. GUL, B. OZBAY, A. M. ARİSOY, H. O. SİRİN & I. UYANİK, Enhancing 3D range image measurement density via dynamic Papoulis-Gerchberg algorithm, TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND Contorl, 2018

  12. I. UYANİK, M. M. ANKARALİ, N. J. COWAN, U. SARANLİ & O. MORGUL,Identification of a vertical hopping robot model via harmonic transfer functions, TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL, 2016

  13. I. UYANİK, O. MORGUL & U. SARANLİ, Experimental Validation of a Feed-Forward Predictor for the Spring-Loaded Inverted Pendulum Template, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS, 2015.

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About

The Neuroscience and Robotics Laboratory (NeuRo Lab) strives to build a bridge between neuroscience and engineering to understand the underlying principles of animal sensorimotor control. Our research objectives are concentrated on gaining a fundamental understanding of the role of the central nervous system (CNS) in sensing and movement towards applying that understanding to develop next-generation neuroprosthetic devices. The NeuRo Lab approaches animals as a control system and utilizes tools and techniques from control theory and system identification to discover how the CNS controls biological movement.

 

 

Research Infrastructure

  • Aquarium systems for weak electric fish
  • Aquarium systems for zebrafish
  • 3D Printer
  • workstation
  • Stream tunnel for fish
  • high frequency camera
  • DC and Stepper motors in different types and models

Researchers

Principal 

Investigator:

        

 Dr. İsmail Uyanık - Yürütücü  Dr. İsmail Uyanık 

        

Postdocs:

        

 Dr. Necip Gürler 

 Dr. Bahadır Çatalbaş       

PhD Students:

        

 Emin Yusuf Aydın 

Fatmagül İbişoğlu   

      

MSc Students:

        
Melike Nalbant  Onurcan Yılmaz 

Mustafa Doğru  

 Eren Cem Göksülük  Başak Sert 

Eren Akkurt 

 Orhun Koç 

  Ceren Şule Mardin 

  Şevval İzel Solmaz   

Alp Demirel 

Undergraduate Researcher:

        
 Gözde Körpe   Merve Özbey Mehmet Yücel Sarıtaş    Mustafa Ensar Yay   Berfin Sağlam 
Özge Kocabörek  Deniz Eren Bozkurt  Doğukaan Elikuru  Elif Servi Bulu   

Collaborators:

        
Dr. Noah J. Cowen Johns Hopkins University      
Dr. Eric S. Fortune  New Jersey Institute of Technology
Dr. M. Mert Ankaralı Middle East Technical University
Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer  Hacettepe University

 

 

 

 

 

Ongoing Projects

Title  Owner  Supervisors  Funded by  Start Date
System Identification of the Dynamics of Multisensory Integration ​  Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer  European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions IF-RI   Program  April 2021
 Behavioral Mechanisms of Active Sensing  Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer  TÜBİTAK - 1001 Program January 2021
System Identification of Multisensory Integration in Zebrafish  Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Pervin R. Dİnçer             TÜBİTAK - 3501 Programı July 2020
Developing a Unique Experiment Setup for the Study of Multimodal Sensory Integration Dynamics in Free-Floating Fish  Dr. İsmail Uyanık                 -  The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey September 2022
Development of a High-Performance Cell Stretching Device Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer

 Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Samet Akar
 Dr. Harun Artuner

  TÜBİTAK - 1005 Program  March 2021
Behavioral Mechanisms of Active Sensing(Additional budget support for TUBITAK project number 120E198)  Dr. İsmail Uyanık                 -  Hacettepe University  -  Scientific  Researcher Projects  June 2022
System Identification of the Dynamics of Multisensory Integration ​(Additional budget support for EU project number 101026643)  Dr. İsmail Uyanık  Dr. Pervin R. Dinçer  Hacettepe University  -   Scientific  Researcher Projects  March 2022

Completed Projects

 Title  Owner  Participants  Funded by    Start- End Dates
Development of Movement Control Algorithms for YNHKS Systems  Dr. İsmail   Uyanık  Dr. Mustafa Mert Ankaralı  Aselsan  September 2020 - June 2021
Movement Control Algorithms in Space and Defense Fields: Literature Survey and Comparative Analysis    Dr. İsmail Uyank  Dr. Mustafa Mert Ankaralı  Aselsan  January 2020 -  April 2020

Publications

  1. M. S. COMERTLER & I. UYANİK, Salience of multisensory feedback regulates behavioral variability, BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS, 2022, 1748-3182, 17, 1.D. KERİMOGLU, M. KARKOUB, U. ISMAİL, O. MORGUL & U. SARANLİ, Efficient bipedal locomotion on rough terrain via compliant ankle actuation with energy regulation, BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS, 2021, 1748-3182, 16, 5.

  2. D. KERİMOGLU, M. KARKOUB, U. ISMAİL, O. MORGUL & U. SARANLİ, Efficient bipedal locomotion on rough terrain via compliant ankle actuation with energy regulation, BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS, 2021, 1748-3182, 16, 5.

  3. G. K. KUREKCİ, E. K. MANGİT, C. KOYUNLAR, S. UNSAL, B. SAGLAM, B. ERGİN, M. GİZER, I. UYANİK, N. B. DUZ, P. KORKUSUZ, B. TALİM, N. PURALİ, S. M. HUGHES & P. R. DİNCER, Knockout of zebrafish desmin genes does not cause skeletal muscle degeneration but alters calcium flux, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2021, 2045-2322, 11,

  4. İ. UYANIK, Zayıf Elektrik Balıklarında Duyumotor Kontrolcü ve Hareket Dinamiklerinin Alt Uzay Tabanlı Sistem Tanılaması, Avrupa Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 2021, 2148-2683, 1, 25, 623-628.

  5. İ. UYANİK, S. SEFATİ, S. A. STAMPER, K. CHO, M. M. ANKARALİ, E. S. FORTUNE & N. J. COWAN, Variability in locomotor dynamics reveals the critical role of feedback in task control, ELIFE, 2020, 2050-084X, 9. 

  6. İ. UYANİK, U. SARANLİ, M. M. ANKARALİ, N. J. COWAN & O. MORGUL, Frequency-Domain Subspace Identification of Linear Time-Periodic (LTP) Systems, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL, 2019.

  7. E. K. HİDİR, I. UYANİK & O. MORGUL, Harmonic transfer functions based controllers for linear time-periodic systems, TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL, 2019, 0142-3312, 41, 8, 2171-2184.

  8. I. UYANİK, S. A. STAMPER, N. J. COWAN & E. S. FORTUNE, Sensory Cues Modulate Smooth Pursuit and Active Sensing Movements, FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE, 2019, 1662-5153, 13.

  9. I. UYANİK, H. HAMZACEBİ & M. M. ANKARALİ, State-space identification of switching linear discrete time-periodic systems with known scheduling signals, TURKISH JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCES, 2019                

  10. I. UYANİK & B. CATALBAS, A low-cost feedback control systems laboratory setup via Arduino-Simulink interface, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 2018, 1061-3773, 26, 3, 718-726.

  11. E. KUZUCU, D. OZTURK, M. GUL, B. OZBAY, A. M. ARİSOY, H. O. SİRİN & I. UYANİK, Enhancing 3D range image measurement density via dynamic Papoulis-Gerchberg algorithm, TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND Contorl, 2018

  12. I. UYANİK, M. M. ANKARALİ, N. J. COWAN, U. SARANLİ & O. MORGUL,Identification of a vertical hopping robot model via harmonic transfer functions, TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL, 2016

  13. I. UYANİK, O. MORGUL & U. SARANLİ, Experimental Validation of a Feed-Forward Predictor for the Spring-Loaded Inverted Pendulum Template, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ROBOTICS, 2015.

Links

Formal Web-Site:

Media Appearances: