About laboratory

Research laboratory of the Robots and Production Systems department of the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest

History of the laboratory

The Smart Pneumatics Lab is placed in room CB110 in the Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Robotics (FIER) and belongs to the Department of Robots and Manufacturing Systems. Its history begins in the ’80s as a computer center of the Department of Machine-Tools and Gears, one of the greatest academia and engineering departments. During the communist regime, between the ’70s and `80s, Romania was a great manufacturer of machine-tools, pushing the academia to create great engineers.

Meet The Team

Tiberiu Dobrescu – Director of Department of Robots and Manufacturing Systems

He is a graduate of the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, currently being a university professor at the Faculty of Industrial and Robotics Engineering, director of the Department of Robots and Production Systems. He has been an engineer doctor since 1998, when he defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Research on optimizing the characteristics of superfinishing machines for fragile materials”.
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Mihalache Ghinea – Director of Smart Pneumatics Lab

Mihai Ghinea is the Director of “Smart Pneumatics Lab”. He was born on the 22nd of July, 1964, in Urziceni, Romania. Graduated of Polytechnic Institute in Bucharest in 1990, Machine-Tools specialization, when he also started working in the same department that trained him.
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His professional activity is composed of three main periods:
– technical studies and his debut in professional academic

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Mihai Agud – Specialist Engineer

He was born on the 26th of March, 1978, in Iasi, Iasi county, Romania. Between 2012-2018, I attended the bachelor’s (Faculty of Mechatronics-Robotics) and master’s (Advanced Mechatronics Systems specialization) of the University of Oradea. Since 2018, I have been a Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering at the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, with the title of thesis: “Researches regarding the

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Crina Narcisa Deac – Technical Expert Advisor

Current position (2003 – present): Co-founder and General Manager at Impro-Media srl. Her position duties are company administration, project implementation in advertising and activities of advertising agencies, software and multimedia production. Development of web applications and online platforms, object-oriented software programming, multimedia

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Gicu Călin Deac – Technical Expert Advisor

Born 14th January 1970 Current position (2003 – present): Co-founder and IT Director at Impro-Media srl a multimedia production and software development company providing solutions in the following domains: customized online applications, streaming solutions, development of multimedia applications, video production and 3D graphics.

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Former Team

Olteanu Vlad Andrei

About Vlad: Vlad follows his undergraduate studies in Robotics at University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Robotics. Being passionate with Mechanics and CAD Design he helps our team with prototypes manufacturing and assembly

Stoica Vadim

Robotics Engineering Student. Uses his experience from previous teams he was in to help finish projects in the lab. Perfect right hand man for most of the jobs around here.

Roxana

Electronics-Software Engineering Student With previous experience in media she helps us improve our image and makes our public appearances just that much better.

Lab Equipment

May 15, 2023

Holographic Telepresence System

It is a technology that enables remote collaboration among engineers, allowing them to share 3D models and virtual prototypes in real-time, improving communication and reducing travel costs. This technology also has applications in training and maintenance, enabling engineers to diagnose […]
May 11, 2023

TEVO 3D PRINTER

The Tevo Black Widow is a FDM 3D printer with a full metal frame, a large build volume of 370 x 250 x 300 mm, and a layer resolution of 50 microns. It is compatible with a variety of filaments, […]

Partners & Sponsors

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