Work done with HDT manipulator in OSL, Heriot-Watt University
TEACHING
During the winter term 2018, I developed and taught a graduate level course on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles at the University of Michigan. The course covered topics such as modeling, control, planning, localization, vehicle design and on-board sensors for autonomous underwater robots. During my PhD studies I was given the chance to be a tutor and laboratory instructor for subjects in the Electrical Engineering School of the Heriot-Watt University. Among them were subjects as Introduction to Electrical Engineering, Circuits and Analysis, and Digital Design. I am also an advisor for a few robotics projects where I was guiding and helping master and PhD students to complete their research.
Assistant Professor @
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Louisiana State University
Looking for students interested in Marine Robotics so email me at cbarbalata@lsu.edu
Position/force control for underwater manipulators
Decoupled vs coupled underwater vehicle-manipulator control
Work based on the HDT manipulator and Nessie AUV from OSL, Heriot-Watt University
Obstacle avoidance for mobile manipulation
Work using the FETCH robot from DROP Lab, University of Michigan