Sorin Mihai Grigorescu

Dr. Ing. Sorin Mihai Grigorescu received the Dipl.-Eng. Degree in Control Engineering and Computer Science from the University Transilvania of Braşov, Romania, in 2006, and the Ph.D. degree in Process Control from the University of Bremen, Germany, in 2010. Between 2006 and 2010 he was a member of the Institute of Automation, University of Bremen. From 2009 to 2010 he coordinated the FRIEND service robotics project. Since June 2010 he is affiliated with the Department of Automation at UTBv, where he leads the Robust Vision and Control Laboratory. Sorin M. Grigorescu was an exchange researcher at several institutes, such as the Intelligent Autonomous Systems Group (Technische Universitaet Muenchen), the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) or the Robotic Intelligence Lab in University Jaume I. He is a member of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) and of the Romanian Society for Automatic Control and Applied Informatics (SRAIT). His research interests include Robust Vision, Feedback Control in Image Processing and Service Robotics.

Web: www.grigorescu.net

Since 1 August, 2010: Head of ROVIS Lab at the Department of Automation, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania.
1 June 2009 - 31 July 2010: Head of the FRIEND project at the Institute of Automation, University Bremen, Germany.
1 November 2006 - 31 July 2010: PhD student at the Institute of Automation, University Bremen, Germany. Date of dissertation colloquium: 22 January 2010.
1 October 2000 - 30 September 2006: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Transilvania University of Brasov, Diploma Engineer (head of 2006 promotion).

• Robust Machine Vision
• Feedback Control in Image Processing
• Stereo Vision
• Semantic Perception and 3D Scene Reconstruction

• Control Structures in Machine Vision

PhD thesis

• Grigorescu, S.M. Robust Machine Vision for Service Robotics, Institute of Automation, University Bremen, Shaker-Verlag, Aachen, 2010. (File:Grigorescu-ROVIS-PhD.pdf)

Journal papers

• S.M. Grigorescu, G. Macesanu, T.T. Cocias, D. Puiu and F. Moldoveanu "Robust Camera Pose and Scene Structure Analysis for Service Robotics", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Elsevier, Netherlands, 2011. (File:Grigorescu RAS 2011.pdf)

• S.M. Grigorescu, T. Lueth, C. Fragkopoulos, M. Cyriacks and A. Graeser "A BCI Controlled Robotic Assistant for Quadriplegic People in Domestic and Professional Life", ROBOTICA, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2011. (File:ROBOTICA 2011.pdf)

• Cobasic Z., Nikolic V., Ciric I., Grigorescu S.M., "Advanced Evolutionary Optimization for Intelligent Modeling and Control of FBC Process", FACTA Universitatis, Series in Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 1, UDC 66.096.5, 519.673, 681.51, 2010.

• Natarajan, S., Grigorescu, S.M., Mronga, D. "Robust Detection and 3D Reconstruction of Boundary Segmented Objects in a Robotic Library Scenario", Methods and Applications in Automation, Shaker Verlag, Series 1, No. 3, 2010.

• Grigorescu, S.M., Ristic-Durrant, D. "Robust Extraction of Object Features in the System FRIEND II", Methods and Applications in Automation, Shaker Verlag, Series 1, No. 2, pp. 97÷107, ISBN 978-3-8322-7666-9, ISSN 1861-5457, 2008.

Conference papers

• S.M. Grigorescu, G. Macesanu, C. Tiberiu and F. Moldoveanu "Stereo Vision-based 3D Camera Pose and Object Structure Estimation: An Application to Service Robotics", Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Rome, Italy, February 24 - 26, 2012. (File:Grigorescu visapp.pdf, File:Poster VISAPP 2012.pdf)

• T.T. Cocias, S.M. Grigorescu and F. Moldoveanu "Object Volumetric Estimation Based on Generic Fitted Primitives for Service Robotics", Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, Rome, Italy, February 24 - 26, 2012. (File:Cocias visapp 2012.pdf)

• S.M. Grigorescu "On Robust 3D Scene Perception and Camera Egomotion Estimation", Proceedings of the 33rd. Colloquium of Automation, Leer, Germany, October 4 - 5, 2011. (File:Grigorescu-Leer 2011.pdf)

• T.T. Cocias and S.M. Grigorescu "Object Surface Approximation using Generic Fitted Primitives", Proceedings of the 33rd. Colloquium of Automation, Leer, Germany, October 4 - 5, 2011. (File:Poster Cocias Leer 2012.pdf)

• T.T. Cocias, S.M. Grigorescu and F. Moldoveanu "On Performance Evaluation of 3D Scene Reconstruction Systems", Proceedings of the 20th Int. Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, Brno, Czech Republic, October 5 - 7, 2011.

• G. Macesanu, S.M. Grigorescu and F. Moldoveanu "An Active Stereo Vision Control System Based on PTZ Cameras for Robust Robotic Perception", Proceedings of the 20th Int. Workshop on Robotics in Alpe-Adria-Danube Region, Brno, Czech Republic, October 5 - 7, 2011.

• S.M. Grigorescu, G. Macesanu, C. Tiberiu and F. Moldoveanu "On the Real-time Modelling of a Robotic Scene Perception and Estimation System", Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Sinaia, Romania, October 14 - 16, 2011.

• G. Macesanu, S.M. Grigorescu and V. Comnac "Time-delay Analysis of a Robotic Stereo Active Vision System", Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Sinaia, Romania, October 14 - 16, 2011.

• S.M. Grigorescu and F. Moldoveanu "Controlling Depth Estimation for Robust Robotic Perception", Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, August 28 - September 2, 2011.

• C.N. Boldisor, V. Comnac, S. Coman and S.M. Grigorescu "A Combined Experience and Model Based Design Methodology of a Fuzzy Control System for Mean Arterial Pressure and Cardiac Output", Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, August 28 - September 2, 2011.

• Grigorescu, S.M., Graeser, A. "Robust Machine Vision for Complex Service Robotic Systems" (invited paper), Proceedings of the X Triennial International SAUM Conference on Systems, Automatic Control and Measurements, Nis, Serbia, November 10÷12, 2010.

• Grigorescu, S.M., Natarajan, S., Mronga, D., Graeser, A. "Robust Feature Extraction for 3D Reconstruction of Boundary Segmented Objects in a Robotic Library Scenario", Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE-RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems IROS, Taipei, Taiwan, October 18÷22, 2010.

• Grigorescu, S.M., Graeser, A. "Model Driven Developed Machine Vision System for Service Robotics", Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipments - OPTIM 2010, pp. 877-883, Brasov, Romania, May 20÷22, 2010.

• Tschakarow, R., Grigorescu, S.M., Graeser, A. "FRIEND – a Dependable Semiautonomous Rehabilitation Robot", Proceedings of the Joint 41th International Symposium on Robotics and 6th German Conference on Robotics, pp. 327-378, Munich, Germany, June 07÷09, 2010.

• Heyer, T., Grigorescu, S.M., Graeser, A. "Camera Calibration for Reliable Object Manipulation in Care-providing System FRIEND", Proceedings of the Joint 41th International Symposium on Robotics and 6th German Conference on Robotics, pp. 446-451, Munich, Germany, June 07÷09, 2010.

• Grigorescu, S.M., Ristic-Durrant, D., Graeser, A. "RObust machine VIsion for Service robotic system FRIEND", Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE-RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems IROS, St. Louis, USA, October 10÷15, Tome II, pp. 3574÷3581, ISBN 978-1-4244-3803-7, DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354596, 2009.

• Grigorescu, S.M., Ristic-Durrant, D., Vupalla, S.K. Graeser, A. "Closed-Loop Control in Image Processing for Improvement of Object Recognition", Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, July 06÷11, ISBN: 978-3-902661-00-5, DOI: 10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.2132, 2008.

• Grigorescu, S.M., Graeser, A. "Robust Machine Vision Framework for Localization of Unknown Objects", Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipments – OPTIM 2008, Braşov, Romania, May 22÷23, 2008, Vol. III, pp. 127÷130, ISBN 978-1-4244-1544-1, DOI: 10.1109/OPTIM.2008.4602468 (IEEE Cat. No.: 08EX1996, Library of Congress: 2007905111), 2008.

• Vuppala, S.K., Grigorescu, S.M., Ristic-Durrant, D., Graeser, A. "Robust Color Object Recognition for a Service Robotic Task in the System", Proceedings of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics 2007, Noordwijk, Netherlands, June 13÷15, 2007, pp. 704 - 713, ISBN 978-1-4244-1320-1, DOI: 10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428503 (IEEE Xplore, INSPEC Accession No.: 9813131), 2007.

• Suciu, C., Moldoveanu, F., Câmpeanu, R., Baciu, I., Grigorescu, S. M., Cârstea, B., Voinea, V. "GPRS Based System for Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring and Warning", Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE-TTTC International Conference on Automation, Quality & Testing, Robotics – AQTR 2006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, May 25÷28, 2006, Tome II, pp.193÷198, ISBN 1-4244-0360-X (IEEE Cat. No.: 06EX1370, Library of Congress: 2006924077, IEEE Xplore INSPEC Accession Number: 9175432), 2006.

• Moldoveanu, F., Suciu, C., Baciu, I., Grigorescu, S. M., Cârstea, B., Voinea, V. "Microcontroller Based SCADA System for Air Pollution Monitoring and Warning", Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipments – OPTIM 2006, Braşov, Romania, May 18÷19, Vol. III, pp. 185÷190, ISBN 973-635-705-8, 2006.

Miscellaneous

• Grigorescu, S.M., Graeser, A. "AMaRob: Autonomous Manipulator control for rehabilitation robots" (in German), Closing report, 2010.