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PhD
: Middle East Technical University
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MSc
: Middle East Technical University
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BSc
: Middle East Technical University
Dr.
Akif Hacınecipoğlu received his B.S. degree in Mechanical
Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2009. After
graduation, he worked as teaching and research assistant in the same
department from 2010 until 2018. He received his M.Sc. degree with a
thesis on development of a tele-operated semi-autonomous ground
vehicle in 2012 and his Ph.D. degree with development of predictive
human-aware navigation systems for mobile robots in 2019 from
Mechanical Engineering department of METU. He founded Milvus Robotics
Ltd in 2011 where, with his co-founders, he developed Turkey’s
first autonomous mobile robots for material handling needs in
factories and warehouses. He also worked as a researcher and project
manager in different robotics projects funded by TUBITAK and various
associations. His main research areas are robotics, robot vision,
autonomous systems, path planning and navigation.
