Miomir Vukobratović ( sr-cyr, Миомир Вукобратовић) (December 24, 1931 – March 11, 2012) was a

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mechanical engineer Mechanical may refer to: Machine * Machine (mechanical), a system of mechanisms that shape the actuator input to achieve a specific application of output forces and movement * Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations of ...

and pioneer in

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s. His major interest were in the development of efficient modeling and

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of robot dynamics. He was born in Botoš, near

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbi ...

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Education

Vukobratović received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the

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in 1957 and 1964, respectively, and the D.Sc. degree from the Institute Mashinovedeniya, Soviet (now

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n) Academy of Sciences,

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, 1972. From 1968 he was head of the Biodynamics Department, director of the Laboratory for Robotics and Flexible Automation and director of Robotics Laboratory at the Mihailo Pupin Institute in Belgrade.

Research

Most of Vukobratović’s research work was related with robot dynamics. He contributed to manipulators’ dynamics in adaptive and non-adaptive control for contact and non-contact tasks. He also studied dynamic modeling and control in locomotion robots. In 1970 Vukobratović proposed a theoretical model to explain and control biped locomotion. The fundamental concept of his model is called the Zero Moment Point. He died in 2012 in Belgrade.

Awards and honors

* In 1976 he was awarded the 7th July Award, the highest award of Serbia, for his outstanding achievements in robotics. * In 1979 he and his coauthor D. Stokic received the October Prize of Belgrade for their research monograph: Dynamic Control of Manipulators. * In 1982 he was awarded the AVNOJ Award, the highest Yugoslav award, for his highest achievements in Robotics and Cybernetics. * In 1994 he received the Saint Sava Medal of First Order, the highest award of Serbian church, for his world pioneering result in rehabilitation robotics. *In 1994 he was elected as a member of

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in the Department of Technical Sciences. * Diplomas holder of honored professor at Harbin Institute of Technology and Far Eastern Technical University at

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(Russia). * In 1996 he was awarded the

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award from the Robotic Industries Association in the

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, for his pioneering results in applied research and education in robotics. * Doctor Honoris Causa of Moscow State

M.V. Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (; russian: Михаил (Михайло) Васильевич Ломоносов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ , a=Ru-Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov.ogg; – ) was a Russian Empire, Russian polymath, s ...

University . * Doctor Honoris Causa of

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(Serbia). * Doctor Honoris Causa of Technical University at

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(Romania).

References

External links

Miomir Vukobratović's Home Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vukobratovic, Miomir 1931 births 2012 deaths Serbian inventors Serbian roboticists Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Foreign Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences People from Zrenjanin University of Belgrade Faculty of Mechanical Engineering alumni Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering