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Wael Suleiman

Professeur, Faculté de génie
FGEN Département de génie électrique et de génie informatique

Présentation

Sujets, disciplines ou intérêts de recherche

Robotics, Motion Planning and Control, Humanoid and Collaborative Robots, Reinforcement and Imitation Learning, Human-Robot interaction

Diplômes

  • (2010-2011). Post-doctorate. Heidelberg University. Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Allemagne.
  • (2008-2010). Post-doctorate. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japon.
  • (2004-2008). Doctorate, PhD. Université de Toulouse. Toulouse, Occitanie, France.
  • (2003-2004). Master's Thesis, Master of Science. Université de Toulouse. Toulouse, Occitanie, France.

Expériences académiques

  • Full Professor (Professeur titulaire). (2011-). Université de Sherbrooke Faculté de Génie. Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.

Financement

  • Subvention. Towards Autonomous Collaborative Tasks in Robotics. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 28 000 $. (2023-2024).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.14453686. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Towards Intrinsically Stable Motions in Humanoid Robotics. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 25 000 $. (2023-2024).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.14453770. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Placer l'humain dans la boucle: Vers une nouvelle approche des systèmes de fabrication de pointe. Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (Montreal, Canada). 150 000 $. (2023-2026).
    Numéro de subvention : 328238. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Enabling Technologies for Collaborative Robotics in Manufacturing (CoRoM). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 300 000 $. (2022-2023).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.13599631. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Towards Autonomous Collaborative Tasks in Robotics. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 28 000 $. (2022-2023).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.13599676. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Enabling Technologies for Collaborative Robotics in Manufacturing (CoRoM). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 300 000 $. (2021-2022).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.12992594. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Towards Autonomous Collaborative Tasks in Robotics. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 28 000 $. (2021-2022).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.13007722. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Towards Autonomous Collaborative Tasks in Robotics. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 28 000 $. (2020-2021).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.9874231. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Enabling Technologies for Collaborative Robotics in Manufacturing (CoRoM). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 300 000 $. (2020-2021).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.9863157. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Enabling Technologies for Collaborative Robotics in Manufacturing (CoRoM). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 225 000 $. (2019-2020).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.9449563. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Automated bin picking of complex parts in an industrial environment. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 25 000 $. (2018-2019).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.8650778. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Toward a New Approach for Human-Robot Interaction. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 44 000 $. (2017-2019).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.7713715. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Enabling technologies for COllaborative Robotics in Manufacturing (CoRoM). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 450 000 $. (2017-2019).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.7712126. Voir plus
  • Subvention. New Approach for Cooperative Human-Robot Tasks and Cooperative Multi-robots Tasks. Canada Foundation for Innovation (Ottawa, Canada). 32 271 $. (2014).
    Numéro de subvention : 32776. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Toward a New Approach for Human-Robot Interaction. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 88 000 $. (2012-2016).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.2976103. Voir plus
  • Subvention. 人間型ロボット動作の最適化に関する研究. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Tokyo, Japon). 2 000 000 JPY. (2008-2010).
    Numéro de subvention : 08F08816. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Placer l'humain dans la boucle: Vers une nouvelle approche des systèmes de fabrication de pointe. Fonds de recherche du Québec (Québec, Canada). Voir plus

Publications

Articles

  • Christopher Yee Wong, Lucas Vergez, Wael Suleiman. (2024). Vision- and Tactile-Based Continuous Multimodal Intention and Attention Recognition for Safer Physical Human–Robot Interaction. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. DOI
  • Jorge Ocampo Jimenez, Wael Suleiman. (2024). Visualizing High-Dimensional Configuration Spaces: A Comprehensive Analytical Approach. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. DOI
  • Christopher Yee Wong, Wael Suleiman. (2024). Sensor Observability Analysis for Maximizing Task-Space Observability of Articulated Robots. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. DOI
  • Kanehiro, F., Suleiman, W., Griffin, R. (2022). Editorial: Humanoid Robots for Real-World Applications. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. DOI
  • Wong, C.Y., Samadi, S., Suleiman, W., Kheddar, A. (2022). Touch Semantics for Intuitive Physical Manipulation of Humanoids. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems. DOI
  • Kévin Dufour, Wael Suleiman. (2020). On Maximizing Manipulability Index while Solving a Kinematics Task. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. DOI
  • Sonny Tarbouriech, Wael Suleiman. (2020). Bi-objective Motion Planning Approach for Safe Motions: Application to a Collaborative Robot. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. DOI
  • Dufour, K., Ocampo-Jimenez, J., Suleiman, W. (2020). Visual–spatial attention as a comfort measure in human–robot collaborative tasks. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. DOI
  • Hawley, L., Suleiman, W. (2019). Control framework for cooperative object transportation by two humanoid robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. DOI
  • Hawley, L., Rahem, R., Suleiman, W. (2019). External force observer for small- and medium-sized humanoid robots. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics. DOI
  • Rioux, A., Suleiman, W. (2018). Autonomous SLAM based humanoid navigation in a cluttered environment while transporting a heavy load. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. DOI
  • Antoine Rioux, Claudia Esteves, Jean-Bernard Hayet, Wael Suleiman. (2017). Cooperative Vision-Based Object Transportation by Two Humanoid Robots in a Cluttered Environment. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics. DOI
  • Suleiman, W. (2016). On inverse kinematics with inequality constraints: new insights into minimum jerk trajectory generation. Advanced Robotics. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Kanehiro, F., Miura, K., Yoshida, E. (2011). Enhancing zero moment point-based control model: System identification approach. Advanced Robotics. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Kanehiro, F., Yoshida, E., Laumond, J.-P., Monin, A. (2010). Time parameterization of humanoid-robot paths. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Monin, A. (2008). New method for identifying finite degree Volterra series. Automatica. DOI

Chapitres de livre

  • Suleiman, W., Yoshida, E., Kanehiro, F., Laumond, J.-P., Monin, A. (2013). Optimization and imitation problems for humanoid robots. Cognitive Systems Monographs. DOI

Articles de conférence

  • Jérémy Ferrara, Wael Suleiman. (2025). Deep Reinforcement Learning for Robotic Grasping: Insights into Learning from Raw Visual Data. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts (ARSO). DOI
  • Rahem, R., Wong, C.Y., Suleiman, W. (2022). Human-Humanoid Robot Cooperative Load Transportation: Model-based Control Approach. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. DOI
  • Wong, C.Y., Suleiman, W. (2022). Sensor Observability Index: Evaluating Sensor Alignment for Task-Space Observability in Robotic Manipulators. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. DOI
  • Ayusawa, K., Suleiman, W., Yoshida, E. (2019). Predictive Inverse Kinematics: Optimizing Future Trajectory through Implicit Time Integration and Future Jacobian Estimation. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. DOI
  • Hawley, L., Rahem, R., Suleiman, W. (2018). Kalman Filter Based Observer for an External Force Applied to Medium-sized Humanoid Robots. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. DOI
  • Tarbouriech, S., Suleiman, W. (2018). On Bisection Continuous Collision Checking Method: Spherical Joints and Minimum Distance to Obstacles. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. DOI
  • Dufour, K., Suleiman, W. (2018). On inverse kinematics with nonlinear criteria: Trajectory relaxation. Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 15th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, AMC 2018. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Ayusawa, K., Kanehiro, F., Yoshida, E. (2018). On prioritized inverse kinematics tasks: Time-space decoupling. Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 15th International Workshop on Advanced Motion Control, AMC 2018. DOI
  • Hawley, L., Suleiman, W. (2017). Control strategy and implementation for a humanoid robot pushing a heavy load on a rolling cart. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. DOI
  • Flores-Rodríguez, K.L., Trujillo-Romero, F., Suleiman, W. (2017). Object recognition modular system implementation in a service robotics context. 2017 International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Computers, CONIELECOMP 2017. DOI
  • Dufour, K., Suleiman, W. (2017). On integrating manipulability index into inverse kinematics solver. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. DOI
  • Hawley, L., Suleiman, W. (2016). External force observer for medium-sized humanoid robots. IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Kanehiro, F., Yoshida, E. (2016). Infeasibility-free inverse kinematics method. 2015 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2015. DOI
  • Durandau, G., Suleiman, W. (2016). User-safe orthosis based on compliant actuators: Mechanical design and control framework. 2016 55th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan, SICE 2016. DOI
  • Rioux, A., Esteves, C., Hayet, J.-B., Suleiman, W. (2015). Cooperative SLAM-based object transportation by two humanoid robots in a cluttered environment. IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots. DOI
  • Rioux, A., Suleiman, W. (2015). Humanoid navigation and heavy load transportation in a cluttered environment. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. DOI
  • Suleiman, W. (2015). On time parameterization of a robot path. IFAC-PapersOnLine. DOI
  • Durandau, G., Suleiman, W. (2014). Toward a unified framework for EMG signals processing and controlling an exoskeleton. Proceedings - Conference on Computer and Robot Vision, CRV 2014. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Kanehiro, F., Miura, K., Yoshida, E. (2010). Generating dynamically stable walking patterns for humanoid robots using quadratic system model. IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM. DOI
  • Kanehiro, F., Morisawa, M., Suleiman, W., Kaneko, K., Yoshida, E. (2010). Integrating geometric constraints into reactive leg motion generation. IEEE/RSJ 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2010 - Conference Proceedings. DOI
  • Kanehiro, F., Suleiman, W., Miura, K., Morisawa, M., Yoshida, E. (2009). Feasible pattern generation method for humanoid robots. 9th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, HUMANOIDS09. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Kanehiro, F., Miura, K., Yoshida, E. (2009). Improving ZMP-based control model using system identification techniques. 9th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, HUMANOIDS09. DOI
  • Kanehiro, F., Suleiman, W., Lamiraux, F., Yoshida, E., Laumond, J.-P. (2008). Integrating dynamics into motion planning for humanoid robots. 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Yoshida, E., Kanehiro, F., Laumond, J.-P., Monin, A. (2008). On human motion imitation by humanoid robot. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Yoshida, E., Laumond, J.-P., Monin, A. (2008). Optimizing humanoid motions using recursive dynamics and lie groups. 2008 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, ICTTA. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Monin, A. (2007). Identification of Quadratic System by local gradient search. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Control Applications. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Monin, A. (2007). Identification of Quadratic in-the-State system using nonlinear programming. 2007 Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Yoshida, E., Laumond, J.-P., Monin, A. (2007). On humanoid motion optimization. Proceedings of the 2007 7th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, HUMANOIDS 2007. DOI
  • Suleiman, W., Monin, A. (2006). Identification of quadratic system by local gradient search. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Control Applications. DOI
  • Etcheverry, G., Suleiman, W., Monin, A. (2006). Quadratic system identification by hereditary approach. ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings.
  • Suleiman, W., Monin, A., Laumond, J.-P. (2006). Synthesizing and modeling human locomotion using system identification. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. DOI

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés à l'UdeS

  • GEI744 - Commande de robots redondants. (2024, 2026). (3CR).
  • GEI745 - Modélisation de robots manipulateurs. (2024, 2026). (3CR).
  • GEI736 - Logique floue. (2023-2025). (3CR).
  • GEI805 - Projet de développement en génie électrique II. (2025). (6CR).
  • GEI806 - Projet de développement en génie informatique II. (2024-2025). (6CR).
  • GEI845 - Introduction à la robotique humanoïde. (2023-2025). (3CR).
  • GEL521 - Identification et modélisation. (2023, 2025). (2CR).

Divers

  • Jimenez, J.O., Suleiman, W. (2023). Improving Path Planning Performance through Multimodal Generative Models with Local Critics. arXiv.
  • Wong, C.Y., Suleiman, W. (2023). Sensor Observability Analysis for Maximizing Task-Space Observability of Articulated Robots. arXiv.
  • Wong, C.Y., Suleiman, W. (2022). Sensor Observability Index: Evaluating Sensor Alignment for Task-Space Observability in Robotic Manipulators. arXiv.
  • Wong, C.Y., Vergez, L., Suleiman, W. (2022). Vision- and tactile-based continuous multimodal intention and attention recognition for safer physical human-robot interaction. arXiv.