Yizhar
Or
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DK, 407
Head of the Bio-Dynamics and Mechanics of Locomotion Lab
Education
- Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering, Technion – direct doctoral track, 2007.
- B. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Technion, summa cum laude, 2001.
- B. Sc. in Education in Computer Science, summa cum laude, 2001.
Research Interests
- Nonlinear dynamics and mechanics of underactuated robots
- Geometric mechanics of robotic locomotion systems
- Mechanics of niologically-inspired locomotion
- Hybrid dynamics and mechanics of frictional contact systems
Guest appointments
- 2007-2009: Fulbright and Bikura Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 2007-2009
- 2007: Short-term Post doctoral Scholar, Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute (RBNI), Technion
Honors and Awards
- Technion’s remarkable excellence in teaching (several times)
- Moshe Yanai Prize for excellence in teaching, Technion (2014)
- Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship (2007-2008)
- Bikura postdoctoral scholarship of the ISF (2007-2009)
Selected Publications
- Y. Or, “Asymmetry and stability of shape kinematics in microswimmers’ motion”, Physical Review Letters, 108:258101, 2012. Marked as “Editor’s Suggestion”.
- E. Gutman and Y. Or, “Simple model of a planar undulating magnetic microswimmer”, Physical Review E 90(1):013012, 2014.
- Y. Harduf, D. Jin, Y. Or, and L. Zhang, “Nonlinear parametric excitation effect induces stability transitions in swimming direction of flexible superparamagnetic microswimmers”, Soft Robotics, 5(4):389-398, 2018.
- Y. Or and P. L. Varkonyi, “Experimental Verification of Stability Theory for a Planar Rigid Body with Two Unilateral Frictional Contacts”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 37(5): 1634-1648, 2021.
- O. Wiezel, S. Ramasamy, N. Justus, Y. Or and R. L. Hatton, “Geometric analysis of gaits and optimal control for three-link kinematic swimmers”. Automatica 158 (2023) 111223
- Y. Geron, E. Ben-Haim, A. D. Gat,Y. Or and S. Givli, “Dynamic single-input control of multi-state multi-transition soft robotic actuator”, Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2500077, 2025
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
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