Can robots truly understand their surroundings? A robot can map an entire building. But does it actually understand what’s inside it? Imagine asking a robot to…
Coupled estimation and control for mobile robots What happens when a robot’s model is incomplete and its sensors can’t be fully trusted, both at the same time?…
Introducing Smart Systems to First-Year Students This week, we contributed two lectures to KTEK0059 Basics of Mechanical Engineering, introducing first-year students to some of the fundamental…
Prof. Americo Cunha Jr. visits Smart Systems It was a pleasure to welcome Prof. Americo Cunha Jr, from the National Laboratory of Scientific Computation and Universidade do…
Intelligent Work Machines Programme visits our lab This week, Smart Systems welcomed a group of researchers from the Intelligent Work Machines Programme, representing Aalto University, LUT University,…
Smart Systems at ECC 2026 From 7-10 July, Gabriel Lima and Wallace Moreira Bessa from Smart Systems at University of Turku attended the European Control…
Successful Doctoral Defence by Pengcheng Ni Congratulations to Dr. Pengcheng Ni on successfully defending his doctoral dissertation, “The Human-centric Knowledge Management System in a Complex Environment”….
Robotics and nature-inspired intelligence Our doctoral researcher Amos Alwala (Smart Systems) is featured in a UTU-GreDiT piece discussing how robotics and nature-inspired intelligence can…
Smart Systems at AIM-E 2025 Last week, five members from Smart Systems had the opportunity to present their research at the AIM-E (Automation, Industrial, and…
DemoDay 2025 Last week, at our lab in Tierankatu, we hosted two engaging demos, “Coding Robots from Scratch,” as part of DemoDay…