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Career summary
Counsellor at Robotics Center of Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Belgrade; developed or participated on research and development, and testing of important components, devices and systems for industrial applications as well as manufactured technologies including technologies for assembly and welding of steel constructions and bridges in civil engineering (1979-1983), a series of electromechanical actuators for nuclear power plants for USSR (1983-1987), mechanical design of robot (1989), engineering of a flexible cell for manufacturing car brake systems (1990), engineering and consulting for flexible manufacturing cell of exhaust manifolds in VW factory in Sarajevo (1991).
He is also the author of a few studies in the field of transport systems for FMS and grippers, part-time professor at Technical school (1981-1984) and Professor Assistant for Technical mechanics at Electrical Engineering Faculty in Sarajevo (1988-1991).
Since 1992, he has been working at Robotics Laboratory of Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Belgrade, where he designed three different prototypes of active-motorized above knee prosthesis for disabled persons, a new type of hand orthosis for dystrophy patients, a new type of exoskeleton for paraplegic persons, one energy economic type of motorized wheelchair, tools for plastic tube manufacturing and a new type of small robot for education at schools and faculties, as well as for industrial applications. Also, he designed a special type of mobile robot for terrain tracking, a modular robot wrist with 8 kg payload for different robot types (for instance PUMA or SCARA configuration), a special type of parallel robot SW for medical researches (at Fraunhofer Institute, Berlin). Few years ago he designed some crucial components of system and was full time adviser in designing of the new robotic device in radiography. Also he was the team member who designed the prototype of the Universal Radiography System prototype (Courtesy VeD X-ray AD, Niš, Serbia).
Nowadays he is working on a few research and development projects granted by Ministry of science like: The new design of artificial hand; multifunctional mobile robot for outdoor operation; Design of Haptic Interface with Two DOFs; Design of robots for Percutaneous vertebroplasty, as well as simulator for colonoscopy; Robotic air-cable vision system for monitoring and recording 3D scene and protected areas.
Education
- 1979: B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1982: Specialization in welding completed at the Civil Engineering Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1998: Specialization in AutoCAD robot design at the ESI Inc., Toronto, Canada.
Professional Experience
- 1992 - present: Robotics Laboratory, Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Belgrade, Serbia. Position: Counsellor at Mechanical Design Department.
Svemir Popic designed several types of devices for rehabilitation handicapped persons, as special type of applied robotics, robots for education and industrial applications, a special types of mobile robots, unconventional robots, service robots, flexible cells or its parts in processes of packing for food industry, medical robots, etc. Also he participated in all projects granted by Ministry of Science and Technology implemented in Robotics Centre since 1992. Also he is working on the new conceptual design of special type of shoulder joint orthosis in the scope of optimal hand movement control in different sports like volleyball or tennis.
Projects:- Mechanical design of PROMONA-2 above-knee prosthesis, 1994-1996.
- Mechanical design of DMA robot for terrain tracking, (1997-1998), ESI Inc. Toronto, Canada.
- Mechanical design of modular reconfigurable robot joints MRJ-1-120, MRJ-1-160 and MRJ-2-160 dedicated to flexible assembly free forms (configurations) of robots (1998-1999), ESI Inc. Toronto, Canada,
- 10 years of experience in power electronics computer simulation
- Mechanical design of modular reconfigurable robot wrist MRW, (1999), ESI Inc. Toronto, Canada.
- General mechanical design of SCARA robot based on three types of reconfigurable modular joints and modular reconfigurable robot wrist MRW designed before, (general design), 2000, ESI Inc. Toronto, Canada.
- The development of cells and systems of high automated and robotized capacities for packing in food industry, 1998-2000, a team member .
- Mechanical design of PROMONA-3 above-knee prosthesis, the advance high performance design, 2001.
- Mechanical design of SW parallel robot for medical researches (measurement of forces and moments in knee joint), 2001-2002, Fraunhofer Institute, Berlin, Germany.
- Particular design as well as assembly, calibration and testing of ROBED – 03, the small educational and industrial robot, Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Belgrade, 2002.
- The simulation experimental platform for service robots design and control, 2001-2004, a team member.
- A mobile antiterrorist robot ANTER-2, (preliminary design) 2003-2004.
- Dynamics and Control of High Performances Hominid Robots: Theory and Application, 2005-2007, member of team.
- Humanoid Robotics Systems: Theory and Application, 2008-2009, member of team.
- 1987 - 1992: UNIS Institute – Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Position: Main Engineer.
Projects:- Robot design - 60 kg payload, Design of robot cells, the consulting in the process of introducing modern technologies in UNIS factories.
- 1983 - 1987: Energoinvest, IRCA, Institute for Automation and Computer Sciences, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Position: Skilled engineer.
Projects:- Different types of electromechanical actuators for nuclear power plants; design of some of main components and parts of complete devices as well as manufacturing and testing in regular and accidental conditions.
- 1979 - 1983: Kovina, Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Factory for metal processing and construction manufacturing in civil engineering, mining industry, municipal equipment (400 employees). Position: Chief of technology and assembly department.
Projects:- Great number of objects for different purposes like sport’s halls, bridges based on welding technology, tracks for waste manipulation based on pneumatic and hydraulic technology , etc.
Professional Background
Experienced with AutoCAD, CorelDRAW and Microsoft Windows.
Additional Information
Personal Record: Born on November 15, 1954, Bosnia and Herzegovina; married, one child.