Summary

Nigora Gafur studied mechanical engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology with a specialization in modeling and simulation of dynamic systems and thermal turbomachinery. In her master thesis she dealt with the theory of nonlinear vibrations. During a research stay at Purdue University, she focused on the energy recovery of thermal losses in combustion engines. Since 2018 she is working as a research assistant.

Research Fields

Nigora Gafur deals with the theory and application of model predictive control in cooperative robotics and the modeling of industrial processes.

Publications

ORCID

N. Gafur, G. Kanagalingam, A. Wagner, M. Ruskowski, Dynamic Collision and Deadlock Avoidance for Multiple Robotic Manipulators, 2022. IEEE Access 10, 55766 - 55781. Link

N. Gafur, L. Weber, V. Yfantis, A. Wagner, M. Ruskowski, Dynamic path planning and reactive scheduling for a robotic manipulator using nonlinear model predictive control, 2022. 30^th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation. Link Experimental results video

V. Yfantis, N. Gafur, A. Wagner, M. Ruskowski, Hierarchical Distributed Model Predictive Control based on Dual Decomposition and Quadratic Approximation, 2022. 30^th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation. Link

S. Jungbluth, N. Gafur, J. Popper, V. Yfantis, M. Ruskowski, Reinforcement Learning-based Scheduling of a Job-Shop Process with Distributedly Controlled Robotic Manipulators for Transport Operations, 2022. IFAC-PapersOnLine 55 (2), 156-162. Link

N. Gafur, V. Yfantis, M. Ruskowski, Optimal scheduling and non-cooperative distributed model predictive control for multiple robotic manipulators, 2021. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). Link

J. Weigand, N. Gafur, M. Ruskowski, Flatness Based Control of an Industrial Robot Joint Using Secondary Encoders, 2021. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing 68, 102039. Link (arXiv)

A. Tika, N. Gafur, V. Yfantis, N. Bajcinca, Optimal Scheduling and Model Predictive Control for Trajectory Planning of Cooperative Robot Manipulators, 2020. IFAC PapersOnLine 53 (2), 9080-9086. Link

Lavernia, A., Ziviani, D., Gafur, N., Bansal, K., Shaffer, B., & Groll, E. (2018). Testing of R245fa and R1233zd(E) in a High Temperature Waste Heat Recovery Application Utilizing a Scroll Expander. Full paper, 1st IIR International Conference on the Application of HFO Refrigerants, Birmingham, UK. Link

Fidlin, A., & Gafur, N. (2017). On the Dynamics of Friction Based Tuned Mass Dampers. Proceedings of ENOC 2017, 9th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference, Budapest, Hungary. Link