CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr.-Ing. Poramate Manoonpong
Personal Details
Name
Date and Place of Birth
Nationality
Marital Status
Office Address
Email/URL
Poramate Manoonpong
6 December, 1978, Nan, Thailand
Thai
Single
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience
Bunsenstr. 10
D-37073 Goettingen, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 551-5176-502
Fax: +49 (0) 551-5176-449
[email protected], [email protected]
http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~poramate/
Brief Biography
P. Manoonpong was born in Nan, Thailand, in 1978. He received a
B.Eng. degree in mechanical engineering from King Mongkut’s
University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, in 2000, a M.Sc.
degree in mechatronics from Fachhochschule RavensburgWeingarten, Germany, in 2002, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical
engineering and computer science from the University of Siegen,
Germany, in 2006. As a Ph.D. student, he worked in the areas of
robotics, mechatronic systems, biologically inspired walking
machines, evolutionary robotics and artificial neural networks at
Fraunhofer institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS),
Sankt Augustin, Germany. He is currently a researcher at Bernstein
Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) Goettingen,
Germany. His research interests include neural locomotion control
of walking machines, dynamics of recurrent neural networks,
embodied cognitive systems, Biomechanics.
Education
2002-2006
Ph.D. Thesis in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with
the Title “Neural Preprocessing and Control of Reactive Walking
Machines” under the supervision of
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hubert Roth from Institute of Automatic Control
Engineering at the University of Siegen, Germany
- Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Frank Pasemann from the Fraunhofer Institute
for Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS), Sankt Augustin,
Germany
2000-2002
M.Sc. in Mechatronics at Fachhochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten,
Weingarten, Germany
1996-2000
B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering (Hons.) at King Mongkut's
University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Professional Career
Since 2006
Research associate at Bernstein Center for Computational
Neuroscience (BCCN), University of Goettingen and Max Planck
Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany
2002-2005
Research assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous
Intelligent Systems, Intelligent Dynamics Department, Sankt
Augustin, Germany
Honors/Awards
2008
Best Ph.D. thesis award in Engineering and Industrial Research
category from the Office of the National Research Council of
Thailand (NRCT)
Finalist of the Tzyh-Jong Tarn best paper award from IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics 2008
2000
Second Class Honor in Mechanical Engineering (B.Eng.) at King
Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
Scientific Activities
Since 2007
Referee Board of Frontiers in Neurorobotics (part of Frontiers in
Neuroscience).
2006-2008
International Scientific Committee: International Conference on
Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and Engineering 2008
Track Program Committee: 12th IEEE Conference on Emerging
Technologies and Factory Automation ETFA07 (Track 9:
Intelligent Robots and Systems) 2007
Reviewer for International Journals: Robotica, Robotics and
Autonomous Systems, Advances in Artificial Neural Systems,
Biological Cybernetics, Journal of Control, International Journal of
Humanoid Robotics
Reviewer for International Conferences: The 2009 IEEE
International Conference on Robotics and Automation
(ICRA2009), IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
Biomimetics ROBIO2008, IEEE International Symposium on
Circuits and Systems ISCAS, International Conference on Neural
Networks and Artificial Intelligence
Public Activities
2009
Robot demonstration (6-legged walking machine AMOS-WD06,
mobile robot) at Inventors’ day, Impact Muang Thong Thani,
Bangkok, Thailand, 02-05.02.2009. Video available at:
http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~poramate/events.html
2008
Robot demonstration (6-legged walking machine AMOS-WD06) at
National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA),
Bangkok, Thailand, 03.10.2008. Video available at:
http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~poramate/events.html
Robot demonstration (6-legged walking machine AMOS-WD06) at
Radisson hotel sponsored by the commission on higher education
CHE, Bangkok, Thailand, 29.09.2008. Video available at:
http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~poramate/events.html
Robot demonstration (6-legged walking machine AMOS-WD06) at
Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, USA, 05.06.2008. Video
available at: http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~poramate/events.html
Robot demonstration (6-legged walking machine AMOS-WD06) at
the robot zoo of the fourth International Symposium on Adaptive
Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM 2008), Cleveland,
USA, 01-04.06.2008
Robot demonstration (6-legged walking machine AMOS-WD06) at
Techkriti'08, IIT Kanpur, India, 15.02.2008
2007
Robot demonstration (Robot swarm, 6-legged walking machine
AMOS-WD06 and RunBot) at Otto Bock Healthcare in Duderstadt,
Germany, 13.07.2007
Robot demonstration (Robot swarm, 6-legged walking machine
AMOS-WD06 and RunBot) at Tag der offenen Tür der Fakultät für
Physik, University of Goettingen, Germany, 12.07.2007
Robot demonstration (6-legged walking machine AMOS-WD06
and Robot swarm) at University of Goettingen (die Kinder-Uni
2007 programm), Germany, 23.05.2007. Video available at:
http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~poramate/events.html
2006
Robot demonstration (6-legged walking machine AMOS-WD06) at
Rathaus Goettingen (Akademiewoche 2006 ), Goettingen,
Germany, 29.09.2006. Video available at:
http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~poramate/events.html
Robot demonstration (Rubot and 6-legged walking machine
AMOS-WD06) at Nacht der Informatik, University of Goettingen,
Germany, 19.07.2006. Video available at:
http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~poramate/events.html
2005
Robot demonstration (4- and 6-legged walking machines) at the
Robot Zoo of the Third International Symposium on Adaptive
Motion in Animals and Machines, Ilmenau, Germany, 2530.09.2005. Video available at:
http://www.nld.ds.mpg.de/~poramate/events.html
Robot demonstration on Targe der Robotik (Robitc day) at
Technical University of Ilmenau, ZHS (Humboldtbau), Ilmenau,
Germany, 24-25.09.2005
2004
Robot demonstration at the exhibition of Intelligent Dynamics,
Fraunhofer Institut for Autonomous Intelligent Systems, Sankt
Augustin, Germany, 11.11.2004.
Robot demonstration at Wissenschaft nacht (scientific day),
University of Bonn, Germany, 02.07.2004.
Other Skills/Interests
Languages
Thai (native), German (intermediate), English (fluent)
Computing
MS Windows, LATEX, Linux
C/C++, Embedded VC++
Physical-Simulation-Development (ODE)
Research Interests
Locomotion control of walking machines, biomechanics, dynamics
of recurrent neural networks, embodied cognitive systems, and
learning robots
Hobbies
Soccer, squash, table soccer, music, painting
Publications
Book
Manoonpong, P. (2007) Neural Preprocessing and Control of
Reactive Walking Machines: Towards Versatile Artificial
Perception-Action Systems (Cognitive Technologies) (Hardcover),
Springer-Verlag
Journals
Manoonpong, P.; Pasemann, F.; Woergoetter, F. (2008) SensorDriven Neural Control for Omnidirectional Locomotion and
Versatile Reactive Behaviors of Walking Machines. Robotics and
Autonomous Systems, doi:10.1016/j.robot.2007.07.004, Elsevier
Science, Vol 56(3), pp 265-288.
Manoonpong P.; Pasemann F.; Woergoetter F. (2007) Reactive
Neural Control for Phototaxis and Obstacle Avoidance Behavior of
Walking Machines, International Journal of Mechanical Systems
Science and Engineering, Volume 1, Number 3, pp. 172-177.
("selected paper on PWASET-2007 conference")
Manoonpong, P.; Geng, T.; Kulvicius, T.; Porr, B.; Woergoetter, F.
(2007) Adaptive, Fast Walking in a Biped Robot under Neuronal
Control and Learning. Public Library of Science Computational
Biology (PLoS Comput Biol), 3(7), e134,
doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030134
Manoonpong, P.; Pasemann, F.; Roth, H. (2007). Modular Reactive
Neurocontrol for Biologically-Inspired Walking Machines.
International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), vol. 26, no. 3,
pp. 301-331, dio: 10.1177/0278364906076263
Manoonpong, P.; Pasemann, F.; Roth, H. (2006). A Modular
Neurocontroller for a Sensor-Driven Reactive Behavior of
Biologically Inspired Walking Machines. International Scientific
Journal of Computing, "Special Issue on ICNNAI-2006", vol. 5,
no. 3, pp. 75-86
Manoonpong, P.; Pasemann, F.; Fischer, J.; Roth, H. (2005).
Neural Processing of Auditory Signals and Modular Neural Control
for Sound Tropism of Walking Machines. International Journal of
Advanced Robotic Systems (ARS), vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 223–234
Conference papers
Manoonpong P., Woergoetter F., Pasemann, F. (2008) Neural
Preprocessing of Auditory-Wind Sensory Signals and Modular
Neural Control for Auditory- and Wind-Evoked Escape Responses
of Walking Machines, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International
Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, Bangkok, Thailand, 21 26 February 2009, pp. 786-793, (Finalist of the Tzyh-Jong Tarn
best paper award)
Manoonpong P., Woergoetter, F. (2008) Neural Control and
Learning for Versatile, Adaptive, Autonomous Behavior of
Walking Machines, Proceedings of the 2008 International
Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering
(ICACTE), IEEE Computer Society, Invited speaker paper, Phuket
Island, Thailand, 20 - 22 December 2008, pp. 24-28
Renjewski D., Manoonpong P., Seyfarth A. and Woergoetter F.
(2008) From biomechanical concepts towards fast and robust
robots, In: Proceedings of 11th International Conference on
Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for
Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2008), Coimbra, Portugal, 08 - 10
September 2008, pp. 630-637
Manoonpong P., Woergoetter F. (2008) Neural Control for
Locomotion of Walking Machines, In: Proceedings of 4th
International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and
Machines (AMAM2008), Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland OH-USA, June 1-6 2008, pp. 54-55
Manoonpong P., Woergoetter F. (2008) Using efference copy for
external and self-generated sensory noise cancellation, In:
Proceedings of 4th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion
of Animals and Machines (AMAM2008), Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland OH-USA, June 1-6 2008, pp. 227-228
Manoonpong P., Woergoetter F. (2008) Biologically-Inspired
ReactiveWalking Machine AMOS-WD06, In: Proceedings of 4th
International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and
Machines (AMAM2008), Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland OH-USA, June 1-6 2008, pp. 240-241
Manoonpong P., Roth H. (2008) Reactive neural control for
autonomous robots: From simple wheeled robots to complex
walking machines, In: Proceedings of 5th International Conference
on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence (ICNNAI ’2008),
Minsk, Belarus, May 27-30, 2008
Huelse, M.; Wischmann, S.; Manoonpong, P.; Twickel, A.;
Pasemann, F. (2007). Dynamical Systems in the Sensorimotor
Loop: On the Interrelation between Internal and External
Mechanism of Evolved Robot Behavior. In: 50th Anniversary
Summit of Artificial Intelligence, M. Lungarella and R. Pfeifer
(eds.), LNCS, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Vol. 4850, pp. 186-195
Manoonpong, P.; Geng, T.; Bernd Porr; Woergoetter, F. (2007).
The RunBot Architecture for Adaptive, Fast, Dynamic Walking. In:
Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits
and Systems (ISCAS), SPECIAL SESSION: Live Demonstrations
of Circuits & Systems, on CD-ROM and the IEEE Xplore system,
New Orleans, USA, May 27-30, pp. 1181-1184
Manoonpong, P.; Geng, T.; Woergoetter, F. (2007). Neuronal
Control and Learning for Adaptive, Fast Dynamic Walking of the
Biped Robot "RunBot". In: Proceedings of the 7th Meeting of the
German Neuroscience Society (Göttingen Neurobiology
Conference), Abstract on CD, 29 March – 1 April, Göttingen,
Germany
Manoonpong, P.; Geng, T.; Woergoetter, F. (2006). Exploring the
dynamic walking range of the biped robot "Runbot" with an active
upper-body component. In: Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE-RAS
International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids 2006),
4 – 6 December, Genova, Italy, 2006, pp. 418-424
Manoonpong, P.; Pasemann, F.; Roth, H. (2006). A Modular
Neurocontroller for a Sensor-Driven Reactive Behavior of
Biologically Inspired Walking Machines. In: Proceedings of the
Fourth International Conference on Neural Networks and Artificial
Intelligence (ICNNAI ’2006), the Brest State Technical University
Press (ISBN 985-493-036-X), 31 May - 2 June, Brest, Belarus, pp.
70–77
Manoonpong, P.; Pasemann, F.; Fischer, J. (2005). Modular Neural
Control for a Reactive Behavior of Walking Machines. In:
Proceedings of the Sixth IEEE Symposium on Computational
Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2005), ISBN: 07803-9355-4, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, pp.
403–408
Manoonpong, P.; Pasemann, F.; Fischer, J. (2004). Neural
Processing of Auditory-Tactile Sensor Data to Perform Reactive
Behavior of Walking Machines. In: Proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics (MechRob
’04), Achen, Germany, ISBN: 3-938153-50-X, vol. 1, pp. 189–194
Fischer, J.; Pasemann, F.; Manoonpong, P. (2004). NeuroControllers for Walking Machines - An Evolutionary Approach to
Robust Behavior. In: M. Armada; P. Gonzalez de Santos (eds.),
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Climbing
and Walking Robots (CLAWAR ’04), Springer-Verlag, pp. 97–102
Booklets
Manoonpong, P. (2008) Using Biological Inspiration to Develop
Versatile, Adaptive, and Autonomous Walking Machines, Journal
of Thai Higher Education Review, (Invited paper)
Manoonpong, P.; Pasemann, F. (2005). Advanced Mobility Sensor
Driven-Walking Device 02 (AMOS-WD02). In: Proceedings of the
Third International Symposium on Adaptive Motion in Animals
and Machines, Robot data sheet, Ilmenau: ISLE, ISBN: 3-93884303-9, p. R22
Manoonpong, P.; Pasemann, F. (2005). Advanced Mobility Sensor
Driven-Walking Device 06 (AMOS-WD06). In: Proceedings of the
Third International Symposium on Adaptive Motion in Animals
and Machines, Robot data sheet, Ilmenau: ISLE, ISBN: 3-93884303-9, p. R23